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Showing posts with label inspiration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label inspiration. Show all posts
Monday, June 7, 2010
PHOTOS : GHOST SCHOOL
Derelict buildings never get old. All my favorite playgrounds have been inside the ruins of old schools.
Fading into squalor so that twenty years later I can run amok : that is what schools are for!
{ yay immaturity! }
At the end of April, PJ and I quested to Woodstock, New York, where my brilliant cousins Ariana & P live.
They are pretty much The Wussup in every sense, and took us one day to a run-down Catholic school nearby..
{ yay adventure ! }
it. was. reallyrilly cool. the proof is in the pudding(pictures) :
{ Read More! pitchers from BUILDING #2 after the jump, y'all! }
{ p.s. I am so obsessed with the skeleton staircase outside BUILDING #2 }
{ them doilies behind some of the pictures are from another Pugly Pixel download, Paper Buffet }
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
AWESOME!
My wedding invitations were featured in a crazy beautiful inspiration board on Snippet & Ink yesterday!
GORGEOUS palette, GORGEOUS details. I'm way proud to be a part!
Thank you so much, Kathryn!
*****
Thursday, July 23, 2009
love love love
8mm Ideas
i just discovered this line of paper goods by 8mm Ideas and am totally obsessed. small works of wonder, indeed!!
JUST the kind of cards i would want to give people. awesome.Elum have always had a knack for having super classy style but not coming off as boring or stuffy. their designs are always colorful and fun and they obviously really know how to make the most of letterpress. tons of different textures.
and these letterpress post cards? holy butt!
Sugar Paper
Simple, sweet, beautiful. I love their die cuts. Everything about Sugar Paper is so soft...
Saturday, July 4, 2009
NEW IN THE SHOP!
today i introduce you to a new series of BREAD OF MANY note cards called : FRIENDSIES !
aptly titled as lately i've been turning to my insanely wonderful friends for inspiration and ideas that could translate in interesting ways to stationery...
the first of the FRIENDSIES series was technically my RECKLESS PUMPKIN note set, which i made by copying a photograph of my bandmate and pal PJ, although i designed it before i had plans for a collection...
{ this is a PJ }
i think the photograph was from hallowe'en one year, but i might also think that just because PJ is pictured wearing a mask...
the first intentional FRIENDSIES installment was the NOUX'S POLYGRAPH note set, which was actually the first thing i was able to make after enduring a horribly long period of creative stagnancy... i ended up asking my deer dear Nour for help, and had her imagine what her ideal stationery would look like...
{ this is a Nour }
she had a really rich and exciting response which was actually full of ideas, but included the notion of polygraph stationery...
thank you, Nourex! also, since i'm still riding the excitement-coattails of my own wedding, i'd like to mention that Nour, who was one of my bridesmaids, custom made my veil for me, which was so much better than having to shop around for one and stress about it.. she worked with me on it and it was so so BEAUTIFUL
today i made another in the FRIENDSIES series with a set of note cards dedicated to another chum of mine: Lauren!
{ this is a Lauren }
check it out in my shop!
this FRIENDSIES series is making me really eager to make! make! make! luckily i have a lot of great friends to skim fascinating stuff off of... i'll keep you posted!
aptly titled as lately i've been turning to my insanely wonderful friends for inspiration and ideas that could translate in interesting ways to stationery...
the first of the FRIENDSIES series was technically my RECKLESS PUMPKIN note set, which i made by copying a photograph of my bandmate and pal PJ, although i designed it before i had plans for a collection...
{ this is a PJ }
*****
the first intentional FRIENDSIES installment was the NOUX'S POLYGRAPH note set, which was actually the first thing i was able to make after enduring a horribly long period of creative stagnancy... i ended up asking my deer dear Nour for help, and had her imagine what her ideal stationery would look like...
(it was nice of her to feign having ideal stationery. i dont even think i have ideal stationery... well, actually maybe i do...)
{ this is a Nour }
thank you, Nourex! also, since i'm still riding the excitement-coattails of my own wedding, i'd like to mention that Nour, who was one of my bridesmaids, custom made my veil for me, which was so much better than having to shop around for one and stress about it.. she worked with me on it and it was so so BEAUTIFUL
*****
today i made another in the FRIENDSIES series with a set of note cards dedicated to another chum of mine: Lauren!
{ this is a Lauren }A Lauren is such a darling, in fact, that she was able to be a helpful helpful bridesmaid AND play autoharp/banjo during my wedding ceremony even though it was also her very own birthday! and she succumbed to my selfish party happily! what a doll! (we did get everyone to sing happy birthday and give her a toast during dinner...)
and thus, the LITTLE LOLO note set was born.
*SO ANYHOW*
a couple of years ago The Lauren took an awesome series of photographs where miniature animals were placed in adorable "natural" settings. she gave me some prints which are to this day some of the cutest things i've ever seen.. today i was looking at my favorite one : (excuse the poor photograph of photograph...)
A HIPPO SHOUTING AT A DANDELION !!!!!!! YES !!! oh man, that never ever gets old !a couple of years ago The Lauren took an awesome series of photographs where miniature animals were placed in adorable "natural" settings. she gave me some prints which are to this day some of the cutest things i've ever seen.. today i was looking at my favorite one : (excuse the poor photograph of photograph...)
and thus, the LITTLE LOLO note set was born.
check it out in my shop!
*****
this FRIENDSIES series is making me really eager to make! make! make! luckily i have a lot of great friends to skim fascinating stuff off of... i'll keep you posted!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
MOOD : GARDEN PICNIC
this jadeite + lawn inspiration board from the ridiculously well-kept snippet & ink is really flipping my lid... i keep finding myself coming back to it over and over... it's so fresh, right?
i want to incorporate the ambiance (or whatever) of this into some new stationery, i can't stop brainstorming
i think i especially like that stack of dishes. really
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
inspiration : home sw8 home!
i like my house to also be a treasure chest :
{ l-r, clockwise : 1. awesome sqrrrl cookie jar from my dear aimee, 2. awesome pull-down anatomical chart from 1918, 3. awesome weird shrine/junk collector, 4. awesome drawing my little brother made when he was in 1st grade }
{ 1. music corner! 2. thrift store painting i modified, 3. one of my all-time favorite things: HAMLIN'S WORLD ( Hamlin is the egg, the chapstick in the boot is The Chap, &the remote in the fancie blouse is {Percival} )
{ guardian of all things sacred - Mr. Fennec the Cat a.k.a. Mr.&Mrs. Thomas (she looks just like Marlon Brando, no?) }
{ l-r, clockwise : 1. awesome sqrrrl cookie jar from my dear aimee, 2. awesome pull-down anatomical chart from 1918, 3. awesome weird shrine/junk collector, 4. awesome drawing my little brother made when he was in 1st grade }{ 1. lust shield - note the bologna bubble gum (ew), 2. dead hydrangeas + black eyed susans, 3. scraps, 4. the ceiling collection, 5. my doily garden }
{ 1. music corner! 2. thrift store painting i modified, 3. one of my all-time favorite things: HAMLIN'S WORLD ( Hamlin is the egg, the chapstick in the boot is The Chap, &the remote in the fancie blouse is {Percival} )
{ 1. homemade curtains - a work in progress, 2. close up - curtains made from shark fabric cut off a boogie board & lace over a cape, 3. close up - curtains made from a psychedelic baby blanket & a big weird rainbow dress i found on the side of the street }
{ guardian of all things sacred - Mr. Fennec the Cat a.k.a. Mr.&Mrs. Thomas (she looks just like Marlon Brando, no?) }
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