Monthly Archives: May 2010

Echo and Narcissus/Anna Betts

Fantastic color in Anna Betts‘ latest project, Echo and Narcissus. Inspired by the Greek tale, Anna used lino printing for Echo and flat perfect colour for Narcissus. The result is simply glorious. What a series they’d make framed and displayed. You can see the full set of work at Flickr, and read a bit more […]

Snap & Tumble

I submit the work of Toronto’s Snap & Tumble as proof that a muted, neutral palette looks elegant and completely amazing!  The save the date above is customizable in myriad ways, limited only by your own creativity, and the banner card below just begs for a personalized greeting. You can see more at the Snap […]

Show Us Your Scout Book!

A serendipitous Flickr discovery: members of The Post Family, a group of seven Chicago creatives, have done a bang up job personalizing Scout notebooks. Click on over to Flickr and see for yourself, read more about it at the Scout blog, and get inspired to fill your own book! (I’m especially loving the work of […]

Friday Flickr Five

Happy Friday! It’s Mother’s Day weekend. The gifts are wrapped (and sent, if need be). Further, the sports gods have granted me a small reprieve: Sunday’s baseball practice has been cancelled! (Wonder how many irate phone calls they got?) Glad that we won’t have to rush through the family Mother’s Day lunch. Small victories :) […]

Farm by Elisha Cooper

I’m a big fan of Elisha Cooper‘s illustrations (and writing). His newest book, Farm, looks completely charming, and I love that he was driving around my “backyard” for inspiration. images courtesy of elisha cooper