David LaFerriere, a graphic artist, has been decorating his sons' sandwhich bags since 2008. There are hundreds of them. Watch a video of him here.
Posted by Stephany Aulenback on April 21, 2013 at 10:53 AM in Art, Bright Ideas, Childhood, Collections, Creativity, Family, Parenting | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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Another gorgeous book cover -- the New York Review Children's Collection's edition of Penelope Farmer's Charlotte Sometimes. Lizzie Skurnick mentioned this book today on her Shelf Discovery facebook page and I vaguely remembered reading it as a child. Can't wait to get my hands on a copy (preferably this one) and revisit it. (I had a wonderful dream recently that the New York Review people sent me copies of all their children's books. If only they would...)
Posted by Stephany Aulenback on July 11, 2012 at 05:23 PM in Art, Books, Children's Literature, Collections | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0)
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Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales, cover design by Roxanna Bikadoroff. Some of the books Bikadoroff has designed covers for have intriguing titles: Born on a Rotten Day: Illuminating and Coping with the Dark Side of the Zodiac
and Not All Tarts Are Apple
, for example. If I had the money to drop, I'd purchase all the books Bikadoroff has designed the covers for.
Posted by Stephany Aulenback on July 10, 2012 at 12:43 PM in Art, Books, Collections, Illustration | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
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Custom silhouette charms of the kids. One of my minor obsessions is collecting charms. I've seen the generic silhouette charms around but never really coveted one because, well, they are generic heads. But this artist will make actual silhouettes of your children's heads using photos you submit. Genius. I'm putting in my order right now. Are you reading this, D?
Posted by Stephany Aulenback on April 23, 2012 at 07:21 PM in Bright Ideas, Charms, Collections, Family, Fashion, Keepsakes, Little Things, Parenting | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
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Ernie and Bert, done in Lego by Jung Von Matt. Via BB-blog. (This reminds me. Luke has a Great-Aunt named Barbara and a Great-Uncle named Earnie. The other day he confused me by asking, "When are we going to see Ernie and Bert again?")
Posted by Stephany Aulenback on March 30, 2012 at 01:06 PM in Bright Ideas, Childhood, Collections, Lego, Little Things, Luke, Stuff for Kids, Toys | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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I get the Dover Pictorial email sampler and this week they shared some images from Alice Illustrated: 120 Images from the Classic Tales of Lewis Carroll. I'm adding it to my wishlist.
Posted by Stephany Aulenback on March 09, 2012 at 11:09 AM in Alice in Wonderland, Art, Children's Literature, Collections, Illustration | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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Gorgeous shadow paintings by Rashad Alakbarov.
Posted by Stephany Aulenback on February 28, 2012 at 01:26 PM in Art, Bright Ideas, Collections, Creativity | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
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Here's yet another paper town -- a cardboard one, actually. They come as templates like these:
There are three different sets that cost 20 PLN each -- they are made in Poland and are based on Polish suburban life. That's about $6.33 Canadian. Not bad -- it'd cost a total of $14.26 to purchase one and have it shipped. Via handmade charlotte.
Posted by Stephany Aulenback on February 09, 2012 at 11:04 AM in Arts and Crafts, Collections, Little Things, Paper, Stuff for Kids, Toys | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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Posted by Stephany Aulenback on February 01, 2012 at 01:50 PM in Childhood, Collections, Creativity, Culture, Family, From the Department of Stopping to Smell the Flowers, Musing, Nesting, Parenting, Photography | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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From top to bottom: a Mondrian sandwich, a Pollock one, O'Keefe, and Hirst. There are more at Low Commitment Projects. Via Max Clarke on facebook.
Posted by Stephany Aulenback on January 19, 2012 at 07:00 PM in Art, Arts and Crafts, Bright Ideas, Collections, Food and Drink | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
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