High Anxiety

Finally starting to feel normal again after last week’s bout with the flu, which kept me away from work for two days.  I’m feeling a bit like this right now about the upcoming week. 
  
{print by Seb Lester via Keep Calm Gallery}

Dust to Dust

Artist Hannah Bertram spends days creating incredibly intricate patterns from dust using a combination of brushes, a sieve and her custom made stencils, only to have her artwork blown, trampled, and brushed away.  And she enjoys every minute of the process.  For Hannah, the destruction of her installations is a vital part of their existence. 





{images via Hannah Bertram}

Nail Love

Alix of The Cherry Blossom Girl blog has been sporting these dual colored nails on her blog lately, and I’m completely smitten with them.  She recently posted a how-to, and they are surprisingly easy to do.  I might just have to try these out myself soon. 



{images via The Cherry Blossom Girl}

Luggage as Storage

Most of the time I’m pretty good about emptying my suitcase when I get home from a trip, but I’ll admit there have been times when a week or so later after a trip my clothes are still packed away in my suitcase.  If only my suitcase were as stylish and functional for the home as these created by designer Lotty Lindeman.  Then at least I’d have an excuse.



{spotted in Vogue Living Australia}

Soft Wood

Designer Veronika Wild Gruber created this series of chairs in order to show how wood can be both soft and as comfortable as it’s cloth and cushion counterparts, which they mimic. 




I especially like this button tufted one.  Such great detail. 

Cool Color Combo: Pale Aqua & Gold

Such a lovely combination of colors on these chairs by Kaki Foley as part of an exhibition at Anthropologie’s New York Rockefeller Center location in support of, and featuring, artists and designers from New Orleans. 

See additional pieces from the exhibit here.

{image via sfgirlbybay}

Striped Paper Bowls

These beautiful bowls are hand-made from 100% recycled paper and designed by Japanese artist Takumi Shimamura.  They are finished with a water-resistant coating to help them last.  I think they would be quite interesting pinned in a group on a wall. 



Available at Gretel.

EmersonMade Tees

As soon as I saw the new EmersonMade t-shirts on Joanna’s blog this morning, I knew I’d have to get one.



And since Pete has been wanting to buy me something for Christmas, this seemed like the perfect gift.

{images via EmersonMade}

Aphro Chic Designs

Gorgeous placemats from Aphro Chic featuring exclusive watercolor prints by Brooklyn artist Samantha Hahn.  Almost to pretty to use... maybe just buy an extra one and frame it.  

Beautiful illustrations by Julia Breckenreid.

A Project for the New Year

Love this DIY project from Design Sponge.  A sentence a day however prophetic or mundane written each day on a dated card and each year you add another sentence to that same card, so that over time, you have built up a daily history of your life.  Perfect as a gift to a loved one or to yourself.   

{image via Design Sponge}