Fifi Mandirac

this image from Fifi Mandirac pulls my heart strings :)

Casa Kike

I found these photos of Casa Kike on Remodelista, for a little background I'll quote Remodelista: "London-based Gianni Botsford of Gianni Botsford Architects designed Casa Kike in Costa Rica for his father (and his vast collection of books) as a writer's retreat."

I love all of the wood and the towers of books. And the fact that you can see the structure of the walls/shelves. The breezeway in the woods is quite dreamy as well.

An Object of Beauty

Have you heard about Steve Martin's new book, An Object of Beauty?

The lovely hand-lettered cover art is by Darren Booth.

I'm not a great reader, I usually get stuck half way through a book. But, I did love Steve Martin's Shopgirl, and so I think I might like this one too. (I also loved the movie Shopgirl with Claire Danes and Jason Schwartzman.)

Watercolor Save the Date

This save the date is a collaboration between Love, Jenna Calligraphy and Swiss Cottage Designs.

M.E.A.T. America

Did you see the type (and symbols) made out of meat over at oh joy?

It's part of Dominic Episcipo's exposition called M.E.A.T. America.

All I can think of when I see this is how sharp a knife would need to be to cut beef into such perfect shapes.

Ball Drop

Before it's too late to talk new years, I wanted to share this cool sketch of Times Square New Year's Eve "ball" created by Paul Gregory and Focus Lighting when they were updating the ball with LED technology.

Found @ The Crafts Dept.

Mimi Kirchner

Mimi Kirchner's blog totally makes me want to create stuffed animals and dolls - and then a whole wardrobes for each one of them. These pictures are from a recent project where she created a fox doll inspired by an illustration by Matte Stephens. You can see more pictures of the foxy doll on Mimi's blog.