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31.3.11
Art in the Landscape
I'm loving the art in the landscape installations I have been running across lately. If you recall my post last week on the Blue Trees, and now I found these art coloured pencils (which aren't new to the internet apparantly, but new to me) by Finnish artist Jonna Pohjalainen who created them from fallen trees in the forest. Found via Juxtapoz Magazine via Finnish Site Specific Art.
Added to my Tumblr
Just added these espadrilles (via blog.freepeople.com) to my Tumblr but had to show you. Question. Should I bring fashion here every once in a while? Who's making the rules? I really love these.
DIY: Modular Storage
Ever since I found the IKEA blog Livet Hemma, I've been inspired constantly with all their fun ideas and DIYs to create one of a kind items using their products. And again today, I'm really loving what they did with their PRÄNT office storage boxes. They've created a fun modular storage system using black metal clips and a little paint for accents (a tribute to these perhaps)? Via Bright Bazaar.
Collecting Collections
Contributor post by Lisa Congdon
Hi everyone!
I have taken a hiatus from contributing to Poppytalk for the last year but I'm back now with a new monthly column all about...you guessed it...COLLECTING! In this column, I'll showcase various collections (some famous, some not), interview collectors, share some of my collections and offer some resources around collecting. It's my passion, and I am excited to share with you.
Today I'm going to be a little self indulgent and talk a little bit about my book that just came out last week. It is, as many of you already know, all about my collections! In addition to full page images of the 365 collections photos in chronological order, it also includes: photos of my home and studio; an essay by Fritz Karch Collections Editor at Martha Stewart Living; and an essay by me about how I came to collect stuff, how I started my Collection a Day project and my thoughts on collecting.
As some of you may know, I started a project on January 1, 2010 in which I posted a photograph (and occasionally a drawing or painting) of one of my collections every day for an entire year. I posted those images on a blog called Collection a Day, 2010 . The blog became very popular with folks and pretty quickly I had loads of daily visitors. Sometime last spring, I got an email from Janine Vangool at UPPERCASE publishing. I've known Janine for about 5 years and have collaborated with her before on a much smaller scale at her gallery and in UPPERCASE Magazine. She asked me if I'd be interested in making a book of my project. I'd already been contacted by other publishers showing interest, but was secretly waiting for Janine to email me! If I was going to make a book from the project, I wanted more than anything for her to design it.
So at that moment we started to concept the book and began working on it shortly thereafter. Most of the ingenious design in the book (the size, layout, color choices, cover, the tin it comes in, etc) were all Janine's doing, but every step along the way she consulted me about the direction the book should take. It was a wonderful and easy collaboration! Around December 2010, things really started to kick into full gear. Our goal was to have the book printed and available in March 2011. We had to work quickly! At the end of December, I wrapped up the project, finished my essay for the book, and sent her all the photos of my home and studio that would be included. Janine then did the hard work of finishing the layout and all the other third party negotiations that come with printing 5000 copies of a book and a collectable tin.
Miraculously, in less than three months since the project was finished, we had a book! And I love it so much. Here are a few images of the inside:
You can purchase the book here along with some other Collection a Day goodies.
You can purchase a few prints of some of my collections here .
You can download free "collections" wallpaper for your desktop here .
I'll be back next month with something new! Stay tuned.
Lisa
Hi everyone!
I have taken a hiatus from contributing to Poppytalk for the last year but I'm back now with a new monthly column all about...you guessed it...COLLECTING! In this column, I'll showcase various collections (some famous, some not), interview collectors, share some of my collections and offer some resources around collecting. It's my passion, and I am excited to share with you.
Today I'm going to be a little self indulgent and talk a little bit about my book that just came out last week. It is, as many of you already know, all about my collections! In addition to full page images of the 365 collections photos in chronological order, it also includes: photos of my home and studio; an essay by Fritz Karch Collections Editor at Martha Stewart Living; and an essay by me about how I came to collect stuff, how I started my Collection a Day project and my thoughts on collecting.
As some of you may know, I started a project on January 1, 2010 in which I posted a photograph (and occasionally a drawing or painting) of one of my collections every day for an entire year. I posted those images on a blog called Collection a Day, 2010 . The blog became very popular with folks and pretty quickly I had loads of daily visitors. Sometime last spring, I got an email from Janine Vangool at UPPERCASE publishing. I've known Janine for about 5 years and have collaborated with her before on a much smaller scale at her gallery and in UPPERCASE Magazine. She asked me if I'd be interested in making a book of my project. I'd already been contacted by other publishers showing interest, but was secretly waiting for Janine to email me! If I was going to make a book from the project, I wanted more than anything for her to design it.
So at that moment we started to concept the book and began working on it shortly thereafter. Most of the ingenious design in the book (the size, layout, color choices, cover, the tin it comes in, etc) were all Janine's doing, but every step along the way she consulted me about the direction the book should take. It was a wonderful and easy collaboration! Around December 2010, things really started to kick into full gear. Our goal was to have the book printed and available in March 2011. We had to work quickly! At the end of December, I wrapped up the project, finished my essay for the book, and sent her all the photos of my home and studio that would be included. Janine then did the hard work of finishing the layout and all the other third party negotiations that come with printing 5000 copies of a book and a collectable tin.
Miraculously, in less than three months since the project was finished, we had a book! And I love it so much. Here are a few images of the inside:
You can purchase the book here along with some other Collection a Day goodies.
You can purchase a few prints of some of my collections here .
You can download free "collections" wallpaper for your desktop here .
I'll be back next month with something new! Stay tuned.
Lisa
30.3.11
Matchbook, A Field Guide to a Charmed Life: Issue 3
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| Photo: Cooper Carras |
Matchbook: A Field Guide to a Charmed Life e-magazine's third issue is out. Click here for the link!
Inspiration: Michael Wolff
Designer and creative advisor, Michael Wolff's philosophy on design and branding. (Via Josh Lafayette). Love.
Link Love
I want to smash some of these!
A beautiful new settee by South African designer, Liam Mooney via Elle Decoration SA
Two new e-magazines - Styled and EST
Hello Sandwich in Vogue Japan
Outlaws of the Wild West in letterpress
A Russian Retreat
A cake terrarium
Song for Japan via Hello Sandwich
Throw a cowboy party!
Salty Sweets: Treats for Grown-Ups
By Jeannette Ordas of Everybody likes Sandwiches
I've had a nagging craving for those ubiquitous childhood treats, the rice krispie square, for quite a while now. When I was a kid, I made them all the time. It was easy - margarine, cereal and marshmallows - and making a batch felt like a real accomplishment. When I got older, I'd catch myself picking up a square from a coffee shop for nostalgia purposes.
But then the New York Times wrote about making rice krispie squares with brown butter. Think about it. Brown butter is the magical elixir that results when you cook butter a few minutes longer than usual. In french it's called Beurre noisette which translates into "hazelnut butter" which makes sense because the butter not only turns brown, it gets downright nutty. It's a wonderful substance.
So you can imagine that using this warm, nutty butter would impart some serious flavour into your favorite childhood treat. It does. Along with a generous pinch of flakey kosher salt, this is a treat that might be fine for kids, but why waste it on them? This is a decidedly delicious treat for adults. Sharing not required.
Salted Brown Butter Rice Krispie Treats
(adapted from Smitten Kitchen)
1/4 cup unsalted butter
5 oz mini marshmallows (half a bag)
1/8 t kosher salt
3 cups rice krispies
Grease up an 8x8 square baking pan with butter and set aside.
In a large pot, melt the butter over medium-low heat. It will start to get foamy, and after a while, it will turn golden brown and start to smell nutty. Stir frequently to scrape off any bits from the bottom. Watch the pot carefully, because brown butter and burnt butter can happen in an instant.
Once you've achieved brown butter, remove from heat. Add in marshmallows and stir until melted. Stir in the salt and the cereal and quickly spread the mix into your prepared baking dish. I used a flexible silicone spatula to push this gooey mass into each corner.
Let cool and cut into squares. Makes 9 good sized squares.
I've had a nagging craving for those ubiquitous childhood treats, the rice krispie square, for quite a while now. When I was a kid, I made them all the time. It was easy - margarine, cereal and marshmallows - and making a batch felt like a real accomplishment. When I got older, I'd catch myself picking up a square from a coffee shop for nostalgia purposes.
But then the New York Times wrote about making rice krispie squares with brown butter. Think about it. Brown butter is the magical elixir that results when you cook butter a few minutes longer than usual. In french it's called Beurre noisette which translates into "hazelnut butter" which makes sense because the butter not only turns brown, it gets downright nutty. It's a wonderful substance.
So you can imagine that using this warm, nutty butter would impart some serious flavour into your favorite childhood treat. It does. Along with a generous pinch of flakey kosher salt, this is a treat that might be fine for kids, but why waste it on them? This is a decidedly delicious treat for adults. Sharing not required.
Salted Brown Butter Rice Krispie Treats
(adapted from Smitten Kitchen)
1/4 cup unsalted butter
5 oz mini marshmallows (half a bag)
1/8 t kosher salt
3 cups rice krispies
Grease up an 8x8 square baking pan with butter and set aside.
In a large pot, melt the butter over medium-low heat. It will start to get foamy, and after a while, it will turn golden brown and start to smell nutty. Stir frequently to scrape off any bits from the bottom. Watch the pot carefully, because brown butter and burnt butter can happen in an instant.
Once you've achieved brown butter, remove from heat. Add in marshmallows and stir until melted. Stir in the salt and the cereal and quickly spread the mix into your prepared baking dish. I used a flexible silicone spatula to push this gooey mass into each corner.
Let cool and cut into squares. Makes 9 good sized squares.
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Vancouverite, foodie, crafty, freelance designer, Jeannette Ordas from the popular food blog, Everybody Likes Sandwiches joins us every Wednesday enticing us with her hearty and simple recipes!
Thrifty Goodness + Fresh Herbs
Guest post by Rebecca Thoms Hanley of BananaSaurus Rex
There is nothing more exciting than thrifty goodness, unless you add fresh herbs. Have you been thrifting lately? Thrift stores are an amazing trove of totally useful things. Re-use is easy on the environment, a fantastic bargain and nothing perks up your decor and spirits better than a kooky old lamp or salad bowl. Bring a friend because the thrill of the hunt is best shared and only a true friend will pretend to be as joyous as you about sheets that remind you of summer at grandma's.
Today I found some beautiful vessels for my tabletop herb garden. The perfectly-distressed terra cotta pots were a steal at 50 cents each and the whole lot cost less than $20.
You'll need a masonry bit to put drainage holes in the bottom of your ceramic containers.
I didn't want to put holes in this enamelware pot - it came with a lid and I may want to use it for kitchen storage later - so I just slipped the plant, in it's nursery pot, inside. Perfect fit!
Viola!
top row: Pineapple Sage, Chives, Cilantro, Oregano, Rosemary.
bottom row: Sage, Boxwood Basil, Marjoram and Thyme.
By the time the herbs outgrow these containers, it will be warm enough for them to be replanted and thrive outside.
There is nothing more exciting than thrifty goodness, unless you add fresh herbs. Have you been thrifting lately? Thrift stores are an amazing trove of totally useful things. Re-use is easy on the environment, a fantastic bargain and nothing perks up your decor and spirits better than a kooky old lamp or salad bowl. Bring a friend because the thrill of the hunt is best shared and only a true friend will pretend to be as joyous as you about sheets that remind you of summer at grandma's.
Today I found some beautiful vessels for my tabletop herb garden. The perfectly-distressed terra cotta pots were a steal at 50 cents each and the whole lot cost less than $20.
You'll need a masonry bit to put drainage holes in the bottom of your ceramic containers.
I didn't want to put holes in this enamelware pot - it came with a lid and I may want to use it for kitchen storage later - so I just slipped the plant, in it's nursery pot, inside. Perfect fit!
Viola!
top row: Pineapple Sage, Chives, Cilantro, Oregano, Rosemary.
bottom row: Sage, Boxwood Basil, Marjoram and Thyme.
By the time the herbs outgrow these containers, it will be warm enough for them to be replanted and thrive outside.
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BananaSaurus Rex features astonishingly beautiful things for post-modern bohemians — made of amazing vintage, recycled and other rescued materials.
29.3.11
Fresh From the Oven: Lauren Gentry
Contributor post by Will Bryant
Lovely work coming from Scotland student Lauren Gentry. She is currently studying at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design. Her illustration portfolio is filled with textural, thoughtful, and playful pieces comprised of wonderful color palettes. Check her out!
More from Lauren:
- Portfolio
- Blog
Will Bryant is a freelance creative at Public School in Austin, TX. He's known for surfing the internet, crackin' smiles, and holding hands with his wife in public. Mr. Fancy Pants also enjoys drawing letters, browsing record stores, and bike rides with his sweetheart."
Lovely work coming from Scotland student Lauren Gentry. She is currently studying at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design. Her illustration portfolio is filled with textural, thoughtful, and playful pieces comprised of wonderful color palettes. Check her out!
More from Lauren:
- Portfolio
- Blog
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Will Bryant is a freelance creative at Public School in Austin, TX. He's known for surfing the internet, crackin' smiles, and holding hands with his wife in public. Mr. Fancy Pants also enjoys drawing letters, browsing record stores, and bike rides with his sweetheart."
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