Pugs + Pink

Guess who's googling pictures of pug puppies now? Paige is. It showed up in my inbox this morning and that just makes my day.

I also love this postcard by Carolyn Sewell from her collection of "Postcards To My Peeps." It's so fun and charming and it also made my day.
[via swissmiss]

Loop, Ligature, and Stem

My boss pointed me to this amazing "Lesson Plan Print" by Loop, Ligature, and Stem. It was letterpressed in a 100 print edition and is, seriously, so gorgeous.

I looked at their website and found some other beautiful creations. I like these Ampersand Buttons, as well as everything else. Check it out.

V-Day post script

I'm kind of addicted to NPR. I love them. These valentines that they put on their website are one of the many reasons why.

See them all here.

Check it out, check it out

It rained and snowed like crazy this weekend. Look at us braving the elements. I got a new coat which is my new favorite thing. It is S.O. W.A.R.M. Seriously, it might change my life. It was -10 this morning and only my face was cold.

If you click here you'll see that my first bookcover is now listed in the UCP online catalog!

Friday was the day where I thought I was almost finished with everything. Saturday and Sunday were days full of Christmas and anniversary celebrations. Today is the day where I realize that I have lots more to do. Not imminently, but it's coming. The next few months will be carazy. (Yes, ca-razy).

Now back to work.

My first book cover!

 

"The Forgotten Frontier" by Andrew C. Hess. It was a really interesting and enjoyable and frustrating and rewarding and super exciting process and I'm really happy with the way it turned out! And the first book with my name on the back!

Cute, yeah?

"O Happy Day" print from Keep Calm Gallery.
[via swissmiss]

The Gap logo fiasco

Gap debuted a new logo on its website last week and the new icon was met immediately with criticism from customers and designers alike. Gap initially defended it, then back-pedaled a bit by encouraging submission of designs (a no-no in the professional design world), and now has officially gone back to the previous logo. Thank goodness. I hated the new logo so I'm thankful they've done an about-face. Seriously, it reminds me of something Microsoft-esque (did you want to sell clothes or computers?).

[graphic from the chicago tribune article]

Book covers

The other day I was wandering a bookstore, pointing out to Dave all the book covers I liked. After about three, I stopped and said, "Wait, I think I'm just pointing to all the ones with heavy typography." He just laughed and nodded. Case in point, this book, today's internet find which I think is cool. The big type gets an extra +100 from me because it's in MY FAVORITE COLORS.

[designed by Sarah Greeno. Via The Casual Optimist.]

Church pew headboard

I love this headboard! I think my love is partially related to the fantastic spot for books and reading lights. This lady made it from an old church pew. Pretty cool, right??

[via design*sponge.]

Trees

I really like these wall trees decorating this mini-office. Mental note for future room made!

[featured in a before & after on design*sponge]

a. favorite design

I love these nerdy letterpressed cards by a. favorite design. Actually, I love most of the stuff she makes and sells. And her site is super cute to boot. Check it out. (Plus, Chicago based!)

[via the donut project]

The Bachelor Pad

I designed this for my friend Adam as a logo for his new place!

Andrea Nordstrom Design

My dear friend Andrea just launched her official portfolio website! She's so talented and will be starting her graduate design studies at Savannah College of Art and Design in the fall! Impressive, right?? Check out her website and her awesome work at andreanordstrom.com

Happy Friday!

In honor of dear Christa's masters degree and Paige's first year of her masters degree (we say she has her 'M' and next year she'll get her 'A'). Happy Friday!!

Ampersands are pretty.

So pretty! And for sale here. Designed and embroidered by Laura Belle.

[via HOW]

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday! I hope you have a wonderful weekend. I'm looking forward to seeing some out-of-towners tomorrow! Yay!

Happy Friday!

I'm still enchanted by my new font, pictured here. I decided on a swash-bedecked little "Happy Friday!" for this week and promptly left it on my home computer. So, via "sample text" and the myfonts site... here's a happy friday to you... ministry script style!

I'm off to a mystery birthday date that I CANNOT figure out. I've been given next to NO CLUES and every guess I come up with isn't it. I'll find out in t-minus thirty minutes (maybe), take some photos, and share with you later.

Happy Friday! Happy 23!

New font!

Dave got me a new font for my birthday! It's one I've been eyeing for a while and I'm really excited to use it. The font is Ministry Script, which I think is a beautiful script that steers clear of being too formal and too cheesy. Yayyyy!

P.S. Happy Thursday :)

Jane Mount + An Ode to Books

There's something about the way books line up so beautifully on shelves advertising their subjects so blatantly from their spines. I love looking at bookshelves (as you may know). I love the color and graphic mix of them all lined up. I just love books. (Good thing I'm in the industry, right?)

I've run across Jane Mount's work several times recently in my perusal of the internet and it fits well with my love of all things books + shelves. She does paintings of people's bookshelves, portraying what's on the shelf, thereby describing who they are or where their interests lie. I looked through many of her pieces and had such a hard time choosing one to put up here. I think I settled on this one because I love the whale bookend.


See them all, and Ms. Mount's other work, here.

Side note 1: I love how the New York Times refers to people in their articles as Ms. Suchandsuch or Mr. Whosywhatsit. It's so professional and respectful. Hence I've decided to do that too... as often as I remember.

Side note 2: I found these wooden lunks of bookends at the thrift store many months ago, planning to fix them up and make them look... more awesome than their lunky-ness is right now. I noticed them a few days ago and now am taking ideas for what to paint them. So far I've thought: teal (duh), yellow, or something else bright... purple? orange?

Happy Friday!

This one's for you, Ashley. :)

I hope you have a great weekend! My plan is to... relax. And get some errands that didn't happen LAST weekend to happen THIS weekend.