Gems of the Week (1/14 - 1/20)

Maurie & Eve. Via Knock You For Six.

Desktop wallpaper by Eleni Kalorkoti.

I really enjoy Hello, This is Food.

Thunderwing Press.

The Vamoose / Eefje de Coninck.

Film still from Petroushka (1956), artwork by John Wilson. Via Tombolare.

Aleksey Kovalev via tender buttons.

Vintage images from a Girl Scout calendar. Via.

Leah Goren.

Katie Scott.

Wood Wood via Weareyouneak.

Plus - 

• I love Yelena Bryksenkova's work & Sara posted a studio visit with her on Brown Paper Bag.
• Baskets, baskets, baskets.
• I definitely had a ton of pens like this back in my elementary school days.
• Ruined polaroids.
• As a Mainer I have a lot of L.L. Bean love.
• Arlie's new necklaces are amazing.
• Some nice b&w collage action.
• Yet another adorable Valentine's Day card at Inklosures.
• Nancybird is doing a HUGE giveaway. & you should enter.

Gems of the (Previous) Week

Let's start this edition of Gems of the Week off with these actual (well, not actual-actual, as they're paper) gems by Egg Press found at The Shallow End.

via her famed warm gun.

Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1941 (via).

Lost & Found temporary hotel room via Skip Town.

Steve Martin. The best. Via.

Miki Sato.

Upon A Fold.

Mia Farrow in The Great Gatsby. Stills found here.

YSL via witches and slippers and hoods.

Sarah Anne Johnson via COLLECTED / The New Yorker.

I can't wait to see this movie. Paul Rudd. A major fave (via)

Dabito's (OLD BRAND NEW) amazing print.

"Four Decades of Skate Boarding in San Francisco" via Old Chum.

Little Edie Beale with her brothers (via).

Oh, Lestat. Via. An Interview magazine cover story on INTERVIEW with the Vampire. Too perfect. I wish I had that issue.

I'm realizing this post is sort of actor/movie heavy, but. Deal with it. I saw this post and was filled with glee. I love Frasier. It's one of my favorite tv shows ever. It's not exactly a "cool" comedy to love (like... I dunno... Arrested Development / 30 Rock / such), but... I am the biggest fan. Thanks to my mother who also adores it. Anyway. I saw that post and said to myself - "I bet there's a tumblr devoted to Frasier", and (of course) there was (also).

Is it wrong I kind of want to name a future child Niles? Truth.

Bandanas at Present via anne louise likes.

Cillian Murphy in pink sunglasses. Awesome? Awesome. Via.

Also -

• Diana gushing about the (marvelous) Anjelica Huston.
• (she also had Anabela do a Things I Like Right Now post).
• I wish I could zap myself to New York to get a bag full of candy here.
• I also wish I could have zapped myself to this.
• And you know, I wouldn't mind zapping myself to Greece too... after seeing Jennifer's pictures from her trip.
• Hila's beautiful post on hands (in film stills).
• A bright paper-y party.

(i heart) ART - Anne Benjamin / MOK DUK

Anne Benjamin (MOK DUK) seduced me illustration/design-wise with that Pride & Prejudice poster. Everything else was just guacamole on the taco (my version of icing on the cake - I don't like icing, really).

found via Iconoclassic / OMG Posters!.

LINKS - site / shop / blog

Lovely Finds - Anna Fewster / Lampyridae Press

Anna Fewster (Lampyridae Press) emailed me to introduce me to her work. Her email made me exceedingly happy for two reasons - 

1. her work is (as you can see) marvelous
2. although she lives in the UK, I discovered that she's been camping in Maine roughly 1 mile from my house

Coincidences, coincidences. It's a small world & such. It seriously is though.

A few words about her process (visit her site for more info) - 

My interest in letterpress printing developed as I carried out research on early 20th century book design for my doctorate, a collaborative project with the University of Sussex and Charleston. With unlimited access to Charleston’s unique collection, and a workspace in Vanessa Bell’s studio, I spent four years closely studying the books designed, illustrated, printed, and bound by the Bloomsbury group at the Hogarth Press and the Omega Workshops, and I became increasingly interested in the ways in which visual and verbal interact on the page. In the middle of writing a chapter about the influence of typesetting on Virginia Woolf's fiction I decided to buy myself a press and teach myself to print....Using an Adana Eight-Five platen press, metal type, cotton papers, hand cut linoleum and wood blocks and linseed oil inks, I use traditional processes and craft techniques to create work that expresses and reflects my love of design and detail, and inspires an appreciation of the characteristic texture and quality of letterpress.

LINKS - blog / shop / site

Lovely Finds - 1973

There are many (many, many, many) awesome cards at 1973.

LINKS - shop / blog / pinterest / twitter / tumblr

Mary Poppins Picks for 5/11/11

Today's practically perfect, tip of the top and cream of the crop picks are...

• an original (shark) drawing by Kate Pugsley
• a card from Fugu Fugu Press
• Emily Mackenzie's alphabet print
• Judy Kaufmann's Collection of Animals print
• vintage puppy postcards from Cathode Blue
• a tee from Petra Hilbert

Mary Poppins Picks for 5/9/11

Today's practically perfect, tip of the top and cream of the crop picks are....

• the Swan shirt from Kin Ship Press
• the diamond ceramic brooch from and o design
• Dear Deer Humane Antlers from Lost Nation
• Lila Ruby King's sticks fabric
• the Snowbirds print by Deadweight
• the Deep End Mug Pair by Clam Lab

Lovely Finds - Life with Tigers

Adorable cards from Life with Tigers. If you add a tapir or an octopus to a card... you can almost automatically count me as a fan.

LINKS - shop / blog / site

Lovely Finds - Studio Tipi

Continuing on with another animation-related post, Studio Tipi's The Art of Animation series is awesome.

Mary Poppins Picks for 5/1/11

Today's practically perfect, tip of the top & cream of the crop picks are....

• the Merry Happy Hi-lo Top at Free People
• a tapestry from Argyle Academy
• a (sadly sold out) necklace from Apres Ski
• a print from Gennebra
• jewelry from Erin Considine
• the Color Palette Dress at Need Supply Co.

Mary Poppins Picks for 4/30/11

Today's practically perfect, tip of the top and cream of the crop picks are....

• the Assorted Citrus Set from Rifle Paper Co.
• a purse by Made By Hank
• the Sawyer bag at Plumo
• a dress at Pixie Market
• rings by Jacquie Aiche
• Striped Silk Sandals by Tabitha Simmons at mytheresa

Lovely Finds - Valentine's Day (Part II)

Some more Valentine's-y gems.

Above? Katie Crawford Design.

Argyle Whale

Small Talk Studio

Fugu Fugu Press

Ink & Iron

The New Adventures of Betty Turbo

Hello Jenuine

Tea & Ceremony

Oh My Cavalier!

Laura Berger

Lovely Finds - Valentine's Day

It may be too late to order Valentines in some cases, but I was totally behind the game as far as posting them... so - here they are now. That's fine though, because I think it's better to send cards-o'-love to your boyfriends/girlfriends/platonic-pals all year long anyway. Not just on one particular day. Of course.

The card above? From Amy Walters.

Argyle Whale

K e e k i

Besty

Katie Crawford Design

Owls Go Hoot

Fugu Fugu Press

Spread the Love

Uccello Curioso

Jill Kleinhan

Squirrel in the Attic

Pup & Pony Press

Parrott Design Studio

Pearl & Marmalade