philographics

I'm such a visual person. If I see it and understand it, it's committed to my memory and therefore part of my lens with which I understand and describe the world. Reading this article > Philosophy 101. Just sayin'. Genis Carreras wrote a novel titled Philographics; a few of the images posted below.

Would make for an interesting Jewelry Line....

eva martin

Hot, hot design crush. Eva Martin...

What is it about a Monday that creates a need to scour these interwebs for impressive design...

what to do

How am I to get anything done around here when I wake up early to begin work, click on one Etsy email, and am faced with things like Istanbul's YeganeArt AMA-zi-ng pieces.

Alas, no lamenting here. Let's start this Monday off with a new design crush. A trio of Turkish artists collectively produce this work which is, in my humble opinion, quite inexpensive. And freakin' gorgeous:

spreading the love of a GIVEAWAY

Vancouver Cutie, Sarah, the designer behind SadieDesigns is hosting a getting to know you giveaway. The booty? A gorgeous rutilated quartz necklace. Head over to her blog where she is celebrating the milestone of 150 followers. She welcomes visitors with her brief intro: "Welcome to my blog of handmade awesomeness and accidental experiments."  That's the name of the game in my book.


I've won two random prizes in life: fifty bucks off of a scratch off ticket and an amazing giveaway between my other design crush named Sadie and Flaming Hag Folkwear.

Vortexed

Really, no intention of being sucked into the internet this sunny Saturday morning, alas. My email checks almost always begin with the days' Design*Sponge which inevitably leads me to a vortex of beautiful design and women and blogging and per usual, a daily dose of creative urge. Luckily, that's in the plans for today. I went to the Oregon Leather Store yesterday and loaded up on all kinds of new leathers and tools. With April's craft shows approaching, Crafty Underdog, Portland Metals Guild Expose, and an eventual traveling roadshow Oregon to California something with the divine Sadie Rose, projects are in the works.

Today's design crush goes out to Woodland Belle of Asheville, NC.