etsy south...

i just found the old red hen shop based in florida and i am lovin' everything that shopowner julie curates.  she has a lovely style, an eye for good vintage finds and she is also a talented photographer.  she is the current etsy featured seller .

vintage opera glasses, $55

both photos courtesy of julie/ the old red hen

large glass cloche, $95 


beautiful montessori baby toys from pinkhouse handworks based in texas.  i am a montessori mama and would have loved to have had these handmade toys for my daughter when she was a baby.

wouldn't this make a wonderful baby gift?  five sweet toys in one bag, simple, cotton, wood, $35

both photos courtesy of pinkhouse handworks

wintery blue soft circular rattle & teething ring, $20


graphicspaceswood based in florida, involves the collaboration of a family working between two states. they make super cute wooden bookends and shelves.

mabel the mushroom bookend, $80

both photos courtesy of graphicspaceswood

bentley the bunny bookend, $80

this is just to say

i picked up these two perfect yellow plums yesterday morning and they made me think of this favorite poem by william carlos williams.

by juli

give me a food zine!

courtesy of the runcible spoon

i am so happy to see a resurgence of zines in the mix of this era of paperless reading.  i have recently been smitten by food zines.  granted, i am biased.  there is a visceral quality to touching the paper, smelling the pages, admiring the font choice.  plus, i love the handmade quality of a zine and how much it reveals about it's creator.

so in honor of food zines, i'd like to share some of my favorites.  please share your favorites!
the runcible spoon

courtesy of the runcible spoon

fire & knives

courtesy of fire & knives

condiment

courtesy of condiment

 remedy quarterly

courtesy of remedy quarterly

put a egg on it

courtesy of put a egg on it

scenes from a life...

my daughter was incredibly done with me working tonight.  therefore, i received an impromptu performance from her one-girl band.  certainly nothing will get my attention like the accordion played alongside sharp jabs from a whistle!  yow.  needless to say, i relented.

photos by juli

p.s. there was also a very involved marching and dance move routine.

anna schuleit

artist anna schuleit painted this incredible 1800 sq ft mural entitled "just a rumor" at UMass amherst's fine arts center.  this was a temporary work that lasted through the fall of 2010.  unbelievable, no?

photo by john solem

photo by francesca g. bewer

photo by steve snell

check out one of schuleit's other works, bloom.  truly amazing.

(photos courtesy of www.1856.org)

southern singer-songwriter tift merritt interviewed anna schuleit for the spark, a program on marfa texas public radio.  look for it to air next week.

sneak peek and speech bubbles

ok, ok.  obsession part two.

six feet above, by juli

sneak peek below of four frames from the stop motion animation i shot today.  the theme is spring fashion which enabled me to build my love of birds into the storyline.  i worked with our talented staff illustrator tim lee, who drew the backdrops by hand, to create the nest and forest scenes.  this project is such a long time in the making with tim and i planning to do this three years back but never finding the time or the right project.  so here we go!

also, have you seen these awesome chalkboard speech bubbles on photojojo?  so fun!  this might be a purchase in my near future.

new scarf from jarvis gift

i guess february is a weird time to buy a new scarf, but i am so excited about this new hand-made scarf i bought from jarvisgift!  i love turquoise, and this scarf allows me to indulge my love of color and maintain a little sensibility with the brown. and the cowl style is perfect because i can never knot a scarf just right.  just pop it over your head and go!

photographed with my android device