for your walls

some etsy artwork for your thursday...

dear colleen

going underground

katty bouthier

claudia pearson

loving the work of Claudia Pearson
on this fine Thursday night!
i am so, so, so ready for the weekend.
thank the sweet heavens for good art and nights that
lead to Friday.
:)

smitten kitten v.1

smitten kitten, yep that's me.

vintage feelin' art by pietari posti


the most beautiful set of baking instructions anywhere!
via forty-sixth at grace

click HERE for a free download of this 'just because card'
courtesy of susan of hey susy!

love the work of andrew bannecker
spotted on jenn's blog!

officially inspired: bursts of talent

i don't know about you,

but i love how diverse the world
of CREATIVITY and ART is.
song;dance; illustrations;photographs
of a chocolate bar, a baby giraffe, a single
billy ball in a glass vase; jewelry design;
cover art design; home design; PHEW.
it just doesn't stop and is all so equally inspiring.

an illustration of the diversity, if you will:

cute + inspiring illustrations by lisa rupp

fabulously simple and modern jewelry made
by kate of the notable blog for me, for you

officially smokin' look over at grizzly bear modern.
mod/retro cover art + awesome mixes = one hot diggity-blog
creative + fresh photography by aaron ruell
ammmmazing origami by sipho mabona via
share some candy

leaf prints and beautiful typography by Byggstudio!
( via the swoonworthy blog wit + delight i just discovered
via oh happy day)

it's almost mid-week! thank goodness.

sweet prints

oh my word these prints by jhill design
are so cool. i'll take one of each, please!
(love their animal alphabet prints too!)

happy friday

it's friday!! ahhhh....

feels so nice, doesn't it?
bits of inspiration for your wknd:

on the fly

conor keller
by nosideup

by andrew bannecker

have a great wknd, friends.
this movie is the only thing on my to-do list:

wish list!

-- in the midst of finals, it seems as though all i ever do is look for pretty things on the dub-dub-dub. while most of this time has been spend browsing potential gifts for my loved ones, i would be a liar if i didn't say i was looking for myself too!
without further ado, and with a little nudge from my i art u girl (aka my lovey j)....here's MY christmas wish list--

flock silkscreen print (been eyeing this for at least 6 mo!

cute red tights from anthro

love this calendar by leah duncan , and the moose version, too!

love the seascape stamp set found at the curiosity shoppe

cute blue egg crate from anthro

Gold blossom Pendant Necklace on Etsy

Grape wood tillandsia garden from flora grubb

prints 4 christmas

really, really, really like this. a lot. currently OBSESSING screenprints of all sorts. but this one in particular.

happy kitch

cute cute cute. find it here.

mati rose

so a few weeks ago while perusing sunset blvd, i found THIS, by the super talented mati rose at reform school. this feathered girl has been sitting in a file on my computer for months and months and months and i was so happy to find her!
i don't know why it appeals to me so much, but it does and i'll leave it at that.
check out her blog too. cute 2 boot.

the zoo...coming soon!

so...its FINALS week. but after that? the zoo, as a celebration of being with my very own brown bear for 7 whole years. wowzers! here's a little collection to get me thru this icky week.
find this dear little bear here...

this punchy roo here...

and this tray, perfect for...um, not really sure, here. oops lost the link.

can you tell i'm excited for my trip to the zoo?! yessirree!
p.s. i've heard you have to stand in LINE for this sweet thang below. i'll do it, anyday. viva la china.