Oh lordy, I can not NOT believe it is Spring (is it? I hear the groundhog disagrees), but it feel like spring… Which means it’s cleaning time, and, alas, that is not my forte. If you knew my mother this would be a shocking! (take note of the exclamation point, SHOCKING). How can I be so disorderly? The only logical answer is that it is rebellion. (Mom, if you are reading this, it is unintentional I swear.)

Anyhow, I made a massive attack recently, and sold a lot of clothes. It was a start, but somehow my little ny apartment is always too full. (When I was typing that I wrote, is always too fun. So Freudian. So fantastic.) I want spaaaaaaaaaace. I want to feel unencumbered. I want to purge all my stuff, but I love my stuff. Rumor has it I’m a hoarder. Sigh, oh New York. (Feel free to add a soundtrack to this post by playing this here.)

You should go listen (and look) anyway. It is cracking me up.

Anyway, I’m not actually down… I’m just procrastinating from cleaning.


SHOT & SHELF BY STRING SHELF // FOUND VIA DESIGNLOVEFEST

Becky and I attempt to highfive with a timer on my camera. Mess up. And try again… Trying again is so 2012.

PHOTO REBECCA PAULL MARSHALL

MARTIN PETERSEN // VIA BUTTER & BRASS

Why would I need gold gilded blocks? Umm, I don’t, but they sure are pretty to look at… Seriously though, I hope there are no kids out there playing with these blocks, Veruca Salt excluded.

GILDED ALPHABET BLOCKS // CABIN 7

My Halloween costume: Rebecca with a moustache… with a moustache.

Sometimes I feel like I’m standing on a cliff. Do you ever feel that way—Like you’re one step away from everything changing? It’s not that change isn’t exciting—I’ve always been more afraid of things remaining the same—but it’s still scary to cross your fingers, close you’re eyes & jump.

LUKE BRYNE // FROM AUSTRALIAN COLLECTIVE SPR/PPL

Gemma Shepherd, of SHEPHERD England, sent out her new line, and hot damn are they pretty.

Oh patterns, you know me so well.

And the color story is amazing. I’ve been really happy to see electric blue popping up in fall palettes. But the addition of that green (especially with that camel!) I am head over heels.

I wish Shepherd England were stateside (and I could justify £243 on a scarf right now.) Let me know if any of you have ideas for bold colored patterned scarves. (Yay!)

SCARVES // SHEPHERD ENGLAND

I was on Oh Happy Day the other day and saw a post about making Pinatas. So I figured “that would be an awesome thing to bring to Birdy’s birthday on Saturday!” And it really was. It’s a LONG project, but I highly suggest it.

27 // PINATA

I saw this Airvase over on theartistandhismodel and thought it was pretty awesome! Ignoring the amazing NEON, it’s a paper bowl that can freely change its shape by molding it—it gains strength trough resistance when stretched.

AIRVASE // TORAFU

I’m off to Louisville, KY tonight for three days of design-y-ness, and I thought I’d post some sort of classy cocktail involving bourbon and maybe do some awesome graphic with horses from the derby or something. Trust me it was going to look mighty fine. You were going to be like “oh, man, Rebecca is going to tear Louisville up!” But layovers are layovers, and the recipe I found is kind of the antithesis of classy… Though if you swapped that pint glass for a traditional silver julep cup… baby steps. Little tiny drunk baby steps.

WESTEGG CAFE