I’ve been altering the famous Colette Sorbetto top but then I ran out of sticky tape, which is basically a nightmare; so to scratch the sewing itch I’ve been browsing Modcloth for inspiration and venturing boldly into the land of billions of clothes that are Not For Me and that are all named so obnoxiously…
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Love for Michel Gondry
I am pretty terrible about paying attention to things; I don’t go out of my way to watch films or read books… rather I just sort of observe, watch, read and absorb things as they come along. It might sound like a rather passive way to enjoy life, but too often I feel under pressure…
My favourite new blogs
I am addicted to Google Reader and the treasure chest of inspiration it offers me, but with so many fabulous blogs out there in internet land, it’s very easy to get congested and overwhelmed. I recently did a massive purge because I was finding it very difficult to keep up with all my feeds however…
I love typography
I bought some books from Book Depository the other week and two of them were typography related, Mike Perry’s Hand Job and The Handy Book of Artistic Printing. I really relish these books because I don’t often by them for myself, and I’d been eying them for a while! As a result, all I can…
Do you have a happiness buddy?
This ad from headspace.org.au is one of the best commercials I’ve seen on television for depression. Usually the ad people rely on stock video of anguished looking people with a hand to the forehead shot in a blue cast, which could just as easily be used for headache tablet commercials. This animation totally nails what…
Pansies, ranunculus and hydrangea – oh my!
1. Birthday flowers, 2. ranunculas, 3. Bouquet collection – Mixed flowers (2), 4. rows of hyacinth bouquets, 5. Ranuncula Garden, 6. flowers for you, 7. orchid arrangement, 8. Bouquet, 9. Cala Lilies, 10. Flower Arrangement, 11. Pansies, 12. blue and white, 13. Hydrangea , 14. bouquet in snow, 15. The Opening of Lotus, 16. Mom’s…
A new calligraphic hero!
Bernard Maisner‘s calligraphy is beautiful and sumptuous, I think this style of hand lettering is the direction I’m going to take our wedding stationery in, however, I’m going to give it my own twist. Thanks, Lost at E Minor, for exposing me to Maisner’s work!
Today’s found images
If I can’t have a ffffound account, well I’m just going to dump images I like here! Hope you enjoy as much as I did – I think I’m a freak, I totally pour over images I find! This is one of the posters that LA Pop Art create – they’ve used the first four…
Inspired by: Flowers
I have promised to do a tutorial on flourishes, but my RSI is quite chronic at the moment so I’m reducing the amount of fine pointing activity I do – unfortunately this includes flourish work in Illustrator! I do have some free vector shapes lined up (peacocks!), but I’m quite snowed under at work right…
Ye Olde Magazine Covers, or Design before Paris Hilton Ruled Earth
This is still beautiful. I’d love to be a part of a design and illustration magazine with really old influences like the examples in this post. If you’re interested in design and typography, check these out… Some of the lettering even looks hand crafted! It’s also interesting to note that there are typefaces used in…