au revoir simone

Loving the typographic treatment of Au Revoir Simone's album cover, and the collage style of their website! It takes me back to the good old days of decoupaging everything in site with magazine clippings as a teenager!

rainy day accessories

Today is supposed to be the first rainy day of the week as we're headed into October. I still have hopes and dreams of many sunny crispy October and November days, but I am thinking rain at the moment! Here is a little collection of lovely rain related accessories...First of all, proper rain enjoyment begins with dry feet in Wellington boots! I also love this rain inspired necklace, why not celebrate what keeps Portland green?! And finally, I have a deep appreciation for anything Coal Headwear puts out, isn't this Fedora so fasionable and fun?

chick-a-dee-dee-dee!

I just adore Chickadees, they're so formal and sweet!
Thanks to Draplin, I found this fabulous artist's site who has a lovely Charley Harper style and interest in birds!

Also, you can just search by "chickadee" on Etsy and find lots of amazing little bird related items! fun!

Happy Monday! Did the weekend zoom by for you too?

Treat Wednesdays

Things have been a bit dismal in the Architectural world lately, and our firm has not been exempt from that grey cloud. I decided to boost morale we should start a rotating treat service on wednesdays! I thought I'd share the little flyer I made to remind everyone when it was their turn to make everyone else's mid-week better.

seriously?

So on my drive into work this morning I passed Burger King like usual, and saw these posters for the Angry Whopper...well, not this poster exactly, the one I saw had much more ridiculous typography...more like Rage Italic or something. And I thought to myself, I don't want to eat something that's angry! Who would want to eat something angry? I only want to eat happy things don't you? I would love to hear the rationalization and the brand development sessions that led to the naming of this food product. I'd love to hear the marketing guy go "yeah this is going to be big...angry big!"

Is it just me or does the Whopper Furioso crack you up too?

horse art wednesdays

Wish I was this good at painting horses falling from the sky! Wish also that I could tell you who did paint them...

nixon now

There's nothing like a Nixon Watch, I have three of them and the boys at Cinco do an awesome job turning out new and exciting designs all day long. I ventured over to Nixon's website, and found they've come out with some new and very expensive options! The Ceramic Player is $1,400 and the Ceramic Debutant is $1,000! They're fabulous of course, but far to steep for my Architectural-Economy-Based-Income!

I am totally enamored with the Nixon's Winter Wonderland collection, I must get that white and brown purse in the back! And check the adorable milk pitcher tipped over with the whale tail and the polar bear...too cute! More realistically, I'll probably go for one of these lovely items in the more near future...love the classic lines and loud gold of the Cougar, and there is something NubbyTwiglet-esque *without going all the way* about the Chalet Leather.