found!

I like finding little blips of things I've done in my computer, this one I made for Bill while he was in Michigan and sent me a funny text message that made me smile. TEAL + PINK!!

spring ahead

earrings: vintage (Everyday People, mpls mn)
scarf: vintage (Abigail's Antiques, hudson wi)
flower brooch: h&m
cardigan: target
shirt: urban
jeans and bag: from alli!
shoes: walmart

I was going to post today about my supposed trip to zen box for lunch, but I got lost in the labyrinth that is the Minneapolis skyway system so I had to go to the Macy's food court for lunch instead (which was also tasty).

INSTEAD I'm going to post what I wore today, which I actually have never done before. But it is springy and beautiful outside and I feel springy and beautiful inside! Especially because I'm about to go find some good mom jeans at Savers with Alli. We're going to turn them into short shorts. It will be fun.

OH HAPPY DAY.

p.s. Music of the day is most certainly Andrew Bird's new album, Noble Beast. I just spent about five minutes on Youtube trying to figure out which song to link to. THEY'RE ALL SO GOOD. In the end, I chose Masterswarm.

watch the birdie

Here is a bird. I painted him during an Illustration Friday frustration session. "Breezy" as a keyword was NOT cutting it for me... Couldn't come up with one good illustration!

This bird is actually a front for me to ask all you designers/illustrators/lovers of scanning out there: Do you own a scanner? What brand/model of scanner do you use? Do you like it? My roomie has a scanner but with Intel macs you have to open up Photoshop in Rosetta in order to use it, and for some reason I can't open my Photoshop with Rosetta... so I'm thinking about getting one of my own.

feeling good

Feeling Good, Nina Simone
by mrfnk

How sweet is this video? I've always loved this song, and with this new type-y motion graphic-y element I love it even more (via black eiffel)

To even out the amount of (f)arts that're being posted here, some thoughts about fashion: I have been trying real hard to use all the willpower I ever had in order to NOT BUY CLOTHING. I haven't really gone shopping for two months, and have bought perhaps one or two items of clothing in this span. Because I am so dangerously addicted to retail therapy, I've predictably been going crazy because of this. Here are the things that I have almost bought before slapping myself on the wrist and quickly navigating away from the page:



CLOCKWISE FROM TOP:
-Very Parisian one piece bathing suit from gojane. Do these swimsuits ever flatter anyone? I must figure this out.
-Equestrian bag from fred flare. I feel like my red plaid bag (also from fred flare) really looks best in the wintertime, and I have never owned a classic bag like this before. The color, the stitching! I WANT.
-Heart purse from Forever21. This little guy is almost useless and completely frivolous, but I still want it. Also it is impossible to find on the website now, so I linked to a similar one.
-Painter's tank from Built by Wendy. I actually had to put my credit card back into my wallet for this one, because for today it's ONLY TEN DOLLARS. It just looks so simple and sweet. Go go go, the sample sale ends soon!

meme memory

This game was going around on facebook for a few days, and some fun things came out of it! Basically what you do is go to Wikipedia's random article for the band name, take the last four or five words from a random quote here for your album title, and use the third photo on flickr's most interesting from the last seven days, and put it all together!

I like how these four look like they probably belong to the same snooty independent label. Creators in order of appearance: Bryan, David, Eric, and Me.

booked

M.S. Corley has been getting a lot of attention as of late with his fantastic, classic Penguin style redesigns of the Harry Potter and Lemony Snicket book covers. I too have drooled over these, and was rather excited with the new set of His Dark Materials redesigns. Word has it the Narnia series is coming next.

Check this guy out, he is seriously talented!

cover me!

On Friday night I hauled my lil' patootie down to go see Matt Jones play at the 331 Club! I had been working with Matt and a friend of mine from high school on his album, "The Black Path" for some time, and it finally made it to my hands that Friday night!

It's been great working with Matt, not only because we came up with some great imagery, but also because his music is actually awesome! I've already talked about this before, so I will not bore you with my gushyness again.