post on Crafty Bastards vendor favorites coming up soon.
‘it’s just a little prick’. this was the most memorable one that made me wish I was a more capable sewer in need of a pin cushion. they also sell girlie bits, bacon bits and zombies on their website or etsy.
reasoning:The design blogs (Lost in a Supermarket, Minimalismi, Curated + many more) were all over this Stretch Shelf, even Urban Outfitters. I like it b/c it’s functional, has an element of DIY, and totally fits into the “why didn’t i think of that?!??” category. made of cast rubber and machined aluminum, the shelf is essentially like having a giant rubber band that sturdy enough to hold and fit oddly shaped items on the wall in a connect-the-dots type of fashion. living in a cramped rowhouse, i’m begining to realize how useful storing upwards on the wall is, this would be perfect for spaces in the hallway or my room. one blog posed the question of what happens when the rubber dries out and it cracks, I’m hoping the shelving kit comes with some sort of sealing solution to prevent this. design schools are supposed to teach design, but also practicality and sustainability, right?
Oyler is a RISD graduate, you can check out more of his work here.
Anvil’s Bar and Refuge 100 List
reasoning:100 Places to go before you die, 100 drinks to try before you die -> what is it with humans needs to list and compartmentalize everything?!?! that and our obsession/fear with dying. and also large numbers easily divisible by 5: 100, 25, 75, etc. Perhaps even more than the Imbibers100, this is a list I can get behind, or make it my next year’s mission to get behind. I remember reading about a blog where the writer simply stated she kept a blog b/c it was a place to keep things interesting to her, instead of on a piece of paper where it could be lost and wasteful. i like this list because it’ll be a great reference for my current ‘cocktail apprenticeship’.
I’m intrigued by Anvil, the design of the list is great, and i love that they’ll provide you with a card to get stamped after you try each one. just reading up on the comments in the Houston Press food blog, it seems to be a cocktail nerd’s wet dream, but then equivocally pretentious to everyone else. i’ll admit, if you can’t already tell, that i fall into the former category. Perhaps i’ll reconsider University of Texas Public Health program because of its Houston location, if anything, it’s at least worth a visit now.
WikiHow’s How to Create a Calder Mobile
guess which is the joint effort attempt of DF and me at a mobile, and which one is the calder.
where did we go wrong?
i need a couple more visits to the Hirshhorn for further inspiration, but the more i look at our ‘work of art’, the more i see the potential to add more on to it and make it a more LEGIT mobile. hopefully this creative crafting itch is here to stay, i need something new to keep me occupied.
Postage Due Unit/ US Postal Service/ PO Box 9998/ Austin, TX 78798-9998
Washington Post: Peeps Show III
peep dioramas – people are just so creative. the winner: Hopper inspired ’NightPeeps’ is so good, especially when you hear the story about how it was created. some of my other favorites include ‘Mrs. Peepcock, In the
Conservatory, With the Revolver’, ‘R-E-S-PEEP-ECT’, ‘Purple Tunnel of Peeps’, ‘Peeptown Cupcake’, ‘Steve Jobs Presents IPeep Nano’, and ‘Sweet Revenge’. Finally, Peeps have more of a purpose than just to be stretched out and blown up in a microwave. those 3 dots on their face give them such a humanistic quality, i wish real humans came in purple, pink, yellow and blue – our art would (perhaps?) be more endearing and colorful. in the pagan, consumerist American sense of the holiday word -> Happy Easter!
Metropolitan Home/StyleGuide/ PO Box 413050/ Naples, FL 34101-6816
Cool Hunting video: Ian Hundley’s studio
wow, as if quilts weren’t complicated and layered enough. i love the seemingly abstract, but completely logical and practical look of Ian’s work. like the gee’s bend collective that had an exhibit at the whitney, quilts aren’t necessarily ‘kitchy patchwork, they are and can be beautifully complex. if only i wasn’t such a slow hand sewer, or i could borrow my parents’ sewing machine – think of the creations! the possibilities!
National Geographic Society/ PO Box 64112/ Tampa, FL 33664-4112
brookadelphia business card
yesterday was CityPaper’s Crafty Bastards! Arts and Crafts Fair. i moved into my new place at noon, sort of unpacked, and cleaned. i got on a bus towards Adams Morgan and didn’t get lost (!). while 
my transition into DC hasn’t been the easiest, but this was a good day, when urban life loved me back. i won’t go into how much i want to be on my own and independent, but yet become frightened, squeamish or whiny at the prospect, as well.
the fair was teeming with baby clothes and obama memorabilia, but some of my favorite new designers (including the aforementioned brookadelphia): b-kao, imogene,barrysfarm, miss alison, maryink and sofia masri. i picked up a bunch more business cards from other vendors, i’m slowly combing through their websites, and may post about them later.
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