Link Love: January 2012
- This “probable cause” tote bag by Lesley Hornbeck will soon be mine.
- My brain twin Serpenthes’ 11 Observations from 2011 is definitely worth a read!
- I love Chloe’s clever idea to share some facts about herself through spontaneous picture-taking.
- I’ve been eying TokyoMilk’s Femme Fatale collection, but can’t seem to decide which to try first!
- Maggie’s Mighty Life List is incredibly inspiring. I’m in the process of making my own.
Link Love: November 2011
- 10 Rules for Brilliant Women
- Ah, bacteria. Thank you for the Milky Seas Effect.
- I adore Infmetry’s Romantic Star Projector.
- If you love modern design, and natural light, you simply must take a peek inside Swanwick Ranch.
- I’m not really a t-shirt wearing sort of gal, but Random Objects’ shirts are far from ordinary.
- I’ve become slightly obsessed with Pinterest. Okay, really obsessed.
Link Love: August 2011
- Todd McLellan takes vintage gadgets apart and then photographs the components in stasis or in action. The result: A strangely beautiful series entitled “Disassembly.”
- 11 Incredible Living Walls
- The Pioneer Woman’s Watermelon Granita recipe is the essence of Summer in a glass.
- Learn to make a Sky Scarf! (also a great excuse to be more in tune with nature)
- Colossal Art & Design’s Almost Extinct Calendar speaks volumes.
Link Love: May 2011
- I’m loving Kelly Framel’s gorgeous jewelry line.
- Julia Restoin Roitfeld gives us a glimpse inside her beauty regimen. I can personally vouch for how AMAZING Lancome’s Genifique line is.
- I really like New York Magazine’s 50 Steps to Simple Happiness.
- Ever wonder what your future child’s blood type will be?
- When I’m Small by Phantogram is my new favorite song.
- Stinson Beach Bubbles made me smile.
- Gwyneth Paltrow’s Tribeca Apartment is just perfection!
Link Love: April 2011
- Photographer Vitya Lyagushkin and diving journalist Bogdana Vashchenko give us a glimpse inside the hauntingly beautiful Ordinskaya Cave, the longest underwater cave in Russia.
- I recently discovered Jen Gassiraro’s intricate, abstract paintings, with a feminine twist. If you’re in the Dallas area, I highly recommend seeing her work in person!
- Luke Jerram’s Portrait Projecting Ring (inspired by 19th Century Stanhopes!) makes me smile.
- Justin Terveen of Urban Fabric put together a couple of very neat time lapse videos of Dallas. (one captures a day of what came to be known by locals as Snowpocalypse 2011)
- Some of these are highly amusing, while others are quite clever: Fiverr: The place for people to share what they’re willing to do for $5.
- If you’re one of my close friends, you know Brunch is by far my favorite meal. What’s not to love about fresh fruit, pastries, crisp bacon, the perfect Bloody Mary (extra spicy, please), and Eggs Benedict? I recently discovered The Dallas Observer’s Brunch Drunk Love column by Andrea Grimes.
- Speaking of brunch, Luxirare’s Simple Breakfast Tart is a work of art, period.
Link Love: October 2010
- Crystal Renn all dolled up in ELLE = Perfection.
- I’d give anything to magically transport to the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival right this moment.
- I just adore John Adler’s Muse Collection of anatomically inspired pieces. Brilliant!
- Just in time for Halloween, a lovely collection of the World’s Creepiest Places.
- My new favorite blog, So Long As It Is Black.
- Plaster casts of the famous conjoined twins, Chang & Eng? A medicinal garden? A collection of 2,000 objects removed from people’s throats? The Mütter Museum in Philidelphia is calling my name.
- 31 Things I’ve learned in 31 Years. (via Yes and Yes)
- Peek in on the whimsical wedding of Dan & Abbey. I just adore everything about these photos.
Link Love: August 2010
- Luxirare’s beautiful photographs never cease to arouse my senses.
- When radiology and pin-ups collide.
- Horrifying stationery.
- One person, 15 self-portraits.
- Three things that sound bad, but can actually be good for you.
- Super Sexy CPR.
- 80 Examples of Simplicity in Packaging. Ah, refreshing.
- A beautiful Flora & Fauna illustration turned puzzle by artist Penny Stotter.
Link Love: March 2010
- 11 Most Important Philosophical Quotations.
- Neat Project: Faces of New York. What do you think of your face?
- The 100 Most Beautiful Words.
- Picasso Drawing with Light.
- How different people overcome creative block.
- 100 Simple Ways to Change your Life for the Better.
Link Love: December 2009
photo © The Paris Apartment
- A twist on Missed Connections. These are illustrated.
- Russian Nesting Doll measuring cups. Eeee!
- The 20 Greatest Mug Shots of the Decade.
- LUSH snow cake soap is back! From..With Love is on my wish list this year. I love the Russian Doll tag.
- The Benefits of Pissing People Off.
- Jane from Sea of Shoes was lucky enough to be presented at the Crillon Debutante Ball wearing Chanel. Her journey has been exciting to follow.
- This gorgeous wallet from Mod Cloth.
- Nice to meet you! Door Knobs for those who like the idea of human interaction, without their germs.
- Ellen Von Unwerth has a new book out! Anyone have a spare $400+ I can borrow?
- Beware of humans bearing gifts.
- The staff at the Wellcome Library in London have scoured the shelves for the weirdest and most wonderful objects in their collection, the ones that made even them scratch their heads when they first set eyes on them. Can you do better and guess what these oddities are?
- Kate MacDowell’s talent fucking blows me away. (and that’s an understatement)
- I finally got around to visiting Toy Joy in Austin, Texas. Eeee! Wonderful! I picked up some gifts for a couple of my favorites gals ranging from decadent to simply cute.
- 6 Questions that can help you to make 2010 a Simpler and Lighter year.
Link Love.
- My love for British Designer Alexander McQueen never falters. One day I will splurge on a piece. Here are a few of his items I’ve been lusting after: Skull Box Clutch in garnet and black. I can’t choose! Peep Toe Heels. And of course, his luggage line with Samsonite makes me weak in the knees.
- Your friendly neighborhood organ grinder!
- Stationery and Postcards by Serpenthes. Le swoon!
- 100 Great Artists @ Etsy You May Want to Visit, courtesy of A Thing of Beauty.
- The Book Seer is a great little gadget for helping you choose your next book conquest.
- Soooo much fun stuff over at Fred Flare.
- Sushi for 30 Days Straight in Seattle.
- The simply fascinating organic/anatomical sculptures and jewelry by Stacy Rodgers.
- Made Her Think jewelry blows me away. Gorgeous intro on their website too.
- These rubber neckpieces by Thea Tolsma are fucking amazing.
- Kate Cusack used plastic wrap to create 5 custom design “Marie-Antoinette-style” wigs for Tiffany & Company’s 2002 Mothers Day windows. Wow.
Link Love: April 2009
- Think.Simple.Now’s Guide for the Overwhelmed helped pull me out of my black hole. At least momentarily.
- For the crazy bitch in all of us, the Instigated Jealousy kit!
- My dear friend Mirella sent me a link to one of the prettiest wallets I’ve seen in some time. Behold, the Film Noir Wallet! /lust
- Satellite True, one of the prettiest tumblr blogs I’ve come across, has made it into my daily internet rotation.
- Regardless of your personal taste, or feelings on marriage, it’s hard not to fall in love with Sherry and John of This Young House. Their wedding album is so darling and full of such fabulous ideas! Love it.
- Send someone you love the teeniest letter ever for $8. It will arrive with a small magnifying glass for easy viewing. Leafcutter Designs offers this whimsical service at the world’s smallest post office.
- Gus and Penny’s Tweeting Cat Door.
- I keep drooling over my dream swimsuit over at All Saints Shop.
- The most to the point websites I’ve ever seen are here and here.
- Want to stare at decadent desserts all day? Gluttony is a Bliss will satisfy your cravings.
- Said In Bed is hilarious! Kind of self-explanatory I think.
Link Love.
- These Floor Plan dishes make me happy.
- Salt & Pepper Squid is one of my favorite dishes! Yum. Recipe here.
- Gala Darling has written a wonderful article about female friendship & jealousy.
- If you live in Dallas, you can get some of the best gyros in town at Sevan’s Meditteranean Cafe.
- 15 Beautiful Microscopic images from Inside the Human Body.
- Glamorous Insects-see them as the artistic works of art they really are.
- Horne’s online shop has some of the most exquisite gifts from around the world.
- 25 Facts about your Brain.
- Apartment Therapy has a great list of clean, modern screen savers for your computer. Love them!
- 10 Most Incredible Mazes and Labyrinths.
- Typeface in Skin.
- Shapeways.com helps you make your 3D designs comes to life!
- If I ever win the lottery, I’m starting a collection of Enchanted Dolls. The costumed dolls are so decadent and lovely.
- A fun list of 24 Ridiculously Expensive Everyday Items.
- Being the organizational nerd I am, I love the concept of using calendar tape to keep everything running on schedule.
- I’ve always been fascinated with Tilt-Shift photography. The possibilities are endless.
- These fucking neat Periodic Rings.
- 100 things to do when you’re upset.
Link Love.
- Inspiring words from Steve Job, the CEO of Apple Computer and Pixar Animation Studios.
- Manow Asian Brasserie just opened two blocks from my place. It’s not only beautiful inside, but it the food is divine.
- Kawaii Not: The Comic for Cute Gone Bad! is an adorable 4 comic panel written by the delightful Meghan Murphy. You can also read her interview with Carmine Magazine here.
- My friend Lindsay [of Kid Pirate and Em&Sprout] just made a new home for all her projects: Sick for Cute! Sick for Cute is also the offering the cute creations of some other amazing artists like FaerieSmak, Kung Fu Cowgirl, Peach Block and more! Use the promo code ‘cuteinjection’ for 15% off your entire purchase.
- 12 Oddly Specific Museums.
- The lovely Flickr Stream of BitterLemon.
- I love Out of Gray’s Luxury Contemporary Gifts.
- Morbid Anatomy by Anita.
- I love the Plastic Foliage shop!
- Knitting for Psychos.
- Post-it Notes left to their fate in public places. Love it!
Link Love: January 2009
- Cherry Blossom Necklace made by Poetic Designs. It’s one of my favorites from their Winter Collection. Other designs from PD: 1 2 3
- Magic Pill earrings. I love the packaging.
- The amazing creations of Yulia Brodskaya. Not only is she an illustrator, but she does ‘papergraphic’, ‘typographic’ & graphic design.
- Shiseido’s Ultimate Sun Protection Creme is the shit [and a steal @ $33]
- French actress Marion Cotillard is the new face of the Lady Dior ads!
- Japanese multimedia designer, Futurismo Zugakousaku creates a video installation with Nick Chan (Muon). Watch it here.
- Horoscopes for Artsy Types! Before you rush to read about your own sign, read the intro for the year and what it has to say about Obama and his chart. Very interesting.
- Mark Jenkins plays with his art.
- Self-initiated T-shirt 2009 by Petter Hanberger. It’s a screenprint of the 2009 calendar. A pen is attached to it, so that the owner can fill in one box for each day that the shirt is being used. After one year the t-shirt design is finished.
- Hyper-realistic paintings by Robert Bernardi.
- Eat Off Me plates, designed by Japanese designer Hiroshi Tsunoda to resemble the controversial Japanese tradition called ‘Nyotaimori’, which is the practice of eating sushi off a woman’s naked body. More on the design and an interview with the designer here.
- Eugenio Recuenco’s Photography.
- I have a crush on the gal who runs the TEA room.
- The art of Candace Tripp. Wowza!
- Take a look inside Jay Walker’s personal Library.
Link Love.
- The gorgeous organic handmade earrings at Monkey Meditates. They specialize in big style for all of us who like to go BIG but prefer to keep our ear holes standard piercing size. My favorite is the S Curve.
- Alt-Model Mosh has gotten me all hot and bothered lately. I think it’s her bedroom eyes & ability to bend herself in all sorts of ways to get that perfect shot. Hot.
- Buxom Lipgloss. High shine & plumps ze lips. Love it. Another excuse to make a trip to Sephora.
- The artwork of Caia Koopman.
- Central Market. I love their selection of cheese, wine, made to order sushi, flowers, organic soaps & some of the prettiest produce I’ve ever laid my hands on.
- Photographer: Adrian Buckmaster.
- Have you ever wanted to wear a human sound? If yes, the waveform series of laser cut/hand fabricated cuffs by Japanese conceptual artist Sakurako Shimizu is for you.
- Recipe for Pumpkin & Gingerbread Icecream Sandwiches. nomnomnom.
- A Thailand Bakery that makes bread that looks like human body parts. Love it.
- Artist David Bray.
- Artist Kendra Binney.
- Love, Jenna. A girl who makes $$ utilizing her gorgeous handwriting. Jealous!
- For the sneaky bastard in all of us, Super Secret Spy Lens for Candid Photography.
- Yay! Snowcake Soap is back at LUSH for the holidays. I am aching to try their Chocolate Santa Bath Bomb. Their North American forums have a whole thread where people are sharing their Random Acts of Kindness.
