gift wrapping & happy weekend.

My favorite part of holiday presents could easily be the wrapping. Last year everything I did was so last-minute, but this year I have to be prepared because I'll be out of town the week before Christmas. I've been thinking that this year I might wrap a few gifts with some of my vintage scarves (because let's face it, I've got a few too many, and I keep buying them).

Any clever and cute wrapping ideas? You could always top off your gift with one of our JOY wood type cards.

Have a good weekend!

irina graewe.

Yet another amazing stylist I'm loving: Irina Graewe. See more of her gorgeous portfolio here.

via thats happy

AIGA art auction.

The AIGA Art Auction is this weekend at Bentley. Go check it out for a chance to bid on some of our letterpress work and pieces from other great participating artists.

shown above: Taylor Swick, antigirl, Jen Urso, Greg Gummersall

we agree with charles.

"Toys are not really as innocent as they look. Toys and games are preludes to serious ideas.”
- Charles Eames

And that's why I want these fun, sculptural, and beautiful walnut spinning tops by Herman Miller.

new in the shoppe: hello there.

We brought back an old favorite design: simple, flat letterpressed 'hello there' notecards. Now available in multiple colors in our shoppe.

seeing seesaws.

Looks like I am going to have to purchase myself a pair of eye glasses. I will most likely embrace my inner geek.

Visit us over at simple blue print for a special guest post for the lovely Joanna and if you're still interested in our calendar our friend over at plastolux is doing a giveaway.

herbs.

Nice little tidy herb stand by Jakob Heiberg for Normann Copenhagen.

b is for bowie.

We love all Christopher Monro DeLorenzo's work,
but this piece takes the cake. (this is pretty great, too.)
via our friends on twitter

in the still.

Simple composition from Jung Hwa Jin.

etten eller.

Saw these Etten Eller lovelies this weekend at Barneys and it was a struggle to control myself. (see the tiny numbers?)

letterpress album art.

I recently finished this letterpress album art for my husband's band, The Olympic Whites. It was a really fun project, and nice to experiment with printing on a kraft CD folder.

Their new CD is great - you can listen to some songs here or here, and purchase the album here.

come darkness.

Really inspired by all the individual pieces in Come Darkness, as well as the exhibition as a whole. Beautiful job, Mav.

hats by behida.

Pretty sure these hats are all sorts of amazing.

via Behind The Curtain

ddl.

Delicious Design League has a slew of new posters available - these are some of my faves.

my darling clementine.

I love My Darling Clementine's line of cards and notebooks - check out their new holiday greetings, too.