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Yesterday, Blake and I spent a nice day riding 20 miles on the local old-railline-turned-bike-trail. We rode through a state park, over old railroad bridges, past bubbling rivers...
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Autumn is definitely in the air and I'm excited.
I love these animal portraits by Etsy artist Berkley Illustration. I'm putting these on the Christmas gift list...
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Found via Design is Mine.
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Thanks to Paper & Stitch blog for mentioning the "NO" letters on sale at Kitsch Café! Thanks for the blog love!!
Blake and I spent last Saturday in Columbus looking for new items for Kitsch Café. We found a lot of great stuff, including a groovy toad and toadstool needlepoint wall hanging, kitschy plastic rose plates, a colonial cool canister and neato typographic tea mugs...
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Check the shop often as much of it will be added in the coming days.
There were massive amounts of wind that came through Cincinnati yesterday, thanks to Hurricane Ike. Close to 1 million homes are without power, including me. All schools and universities in the area are closed except the one I work at... thanks.
Anyway, after the power went out, I was sitting next to the window knitting. I noticed people walking by carrying grocery bags from the independent grocery down the block from me. Once it got too dark to see my knitting, I decided I'd go see if the grocery was open. Something told me to go check on my car which is always parked behind my apartment building. As I can around the corner, this is what I saw...
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My hear sank as I saw the red car, then the white car...
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Fortunately, the tree stopped about 2 feet from my car. Wow, somebody was watching out for me!
I love this Polaroid promotional film by Charles and Ray Eames from 1972. It's typical Eames, with amazing camera angles, easy pacing, great styling, influences from nature...
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This film is great if you've always wondered how Polaroid cameras and film work. Too bad there will soon be no more Polaroid film!
Found at The Mid-Century Modernist.
A few new items have been added to Kitsch Café:
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These super mod mugs and other great stuff are in my Etsy shop. Check it out!
My sister is almost 10 years older than me. So when I was about 6 years old, ABBA, and other late 70s and early 80s music, was always emanating from her bedroom. I think that's why I respond to and know more about music from that era than other people my age.
Anyway, I always loved looking at those ABBA albums. There are two that I remember clearly...
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The "Super Trouper" album cover sort of scared me. All those weird circus-y/sideshow people are weird... but in a cool way. My favorite is "ABBA The Album". All those colors and groovy illustration still looks fresh today. I wouldn't be surprised if current illustrators are using this as inspiration. Does anyone know of any examples?
I love baking. Not so much during the hot summer, but the rest of the year I usually bake something during the weekend and bring it to work on Monday.
I usually use a recipe from Everyday Food. But, when I was little, I was always using this Betty Crocker cookbook from 1957.
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I'm not sure why we had it or where it came from, but I loved it. Maybe I was so attracted to it because it was so colorful and retro. I loved looking at it as much as I loved eating the baked goods I made (attempted to make, that is).
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It uses only a few colors of ink and mostly illustration in a total 50s sort of way.
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I also loved that it includes crafts and party favors. I don't remember if I ever made any of them, but it was eye candy for me, nonetheless.
Maybe I should order a compete set of The Family Creative Workshop and Kids America that I also loved...
