flea bags

Anyone familiar with Flea Bags? I am obsessed. You'd think that someone who was obsessed would have some background knowledge on the product in the form of the actual product, but not this moi! I'm the stalkery kind of obsessed. If I had some extra benjamins lyin' around, I would most likely spend them on a lifetime supply of Apple Jacks a Flea Bag to carry my empty wallet with me wherever I go. They. are. beautiful.

Image from here

burlap pillows

So my favorite store in Newport Beach sells these awesome graphic printed pillows on burlap. Lots of interiors stores are selling them nowadays. They're kind of IN. They're also a wee bit freaking pricey. Like to the tune of $800 if you're my favorite store in Newport Beach.

At my last visit with my mom, she decided she could make the pillows for much cheaper than aforementioned $800 pricetag. I sent her some designs and she and my sister Brooke made them for me for my birthday. I think it was a lot more work than they anticipated (they cut out each design by hand. Yeah look at the baby on the right.) But the end result is AWESOME. Here are the finished pillows on my bed. I am SO happy with them.

Thanks again Mom and Brooke!

state mottos

I am lovin' on these state mottos. Have you guys seen these? Here's a little description. So. Rad.

"Fifty and Fifty is a curated project which attempts to construct a handsome new way of looking at our country. Fifty designers, one per state, will illustrate their state motto, creating something steeped in history but completely modern and unique: a kind of designer's atlas."

Here are some of my favs.

From Dan Cassaro

want 'em!

I am obsessssssed with these!!! Who wants to buy me some? I want some for my kitchen that say, "EAT." Oooorrrr "YUM" orrrrrr "FATTY"...  No that's too expensive. I want them for everything!

Found here.

vegas

Anyone doing anything fun for the holiday? I'm takin a roadie to Vegas with the brothers and the boy. It will be both fun and Vegassy. We're just going to have a nice little relaxing vacay.

If I had tons of time, I'd want to hit up the Boneyard.

Has anyone been? I saw a tv show about it last week and a few weeks before that, I was up in Salt Lake at a design event and Hatch talked about going to the Boneyard for inspiration for a project they were working on. See. Cool. Anyway, it sounds uhmazing. It's basically a junkyard of 150 old neon signs from all over Las Vegas that date back to like 1930. They look rad. I'd like to go sometime and take a bajillion pictures. That is all.

 Pictures of Vegas roadie coming soon to a blog near you. (this one)

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live the language

I am a big lover of typography. Typography and candy corn. Have you guys seen these commercials? They are so tiiiiight. I can't stop watching them.


EF - Live The Language - Paris from Albin Holmqvist on Vimeo.


EF - Live The Language - Barcelona from Albin Holmqvist on Vimeo.

josh + becca

My friend Becca recently got married and posted this video on her blog. I am in love with it. It's so great! It was made by Tiger in a Jar. Check out their other videos here.


josh and becca from tiger in a jar on Vimeo.