never slap the gift donkey

I couldn’t not share this.

meredith — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 20:40:44 +0000

it being so very very relevant here:

yay.

from illustrator Aled Lewis, who’s Toy Story series is basically on every blog ever today. I saw it on Junk Culture first.

a little pearl person helps me break the silence

meredith — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:56:39 +0000

well hello little pearl-person brooch:

j’adore. put her on your cardigan, here.

(thank you to swissmiss for sharing).

dear santa

meredith — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 02:34:43 +0000

Christmas just won’t feel complete until I have a Tactical Air Initiated Launch (aka. TAIL) system with Battelle-designs innovative grappling hook technology.

Also, wool socks.

xo,
meredith

DEM!

meredith — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 22:21:13 +0000

I have fallen in love with DEM, from Milan, who has created crazy amazing (hows about “cramazing”) murals for the “Breakin’ the Wall” project in Wrocław, Poland – in celebration of street art post-1989.

More about DEM (and video on this project) on outofsth.org.

And on DEM’s flickr are even more supersurreal stuffs:

monsters that walk the earth

meredith — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:55:52 +0000

Oh that I could be in Milan for the 2010 design week such that I might lounge within my very own elasticky-plush Monster chair (by Pieke Bergmans and Innofa/Stretch textiles).

more monsters in milan on core77

And just because it’s Friday, here’s another:

Doesn’t this darling yeti shadow puppet from owly shadow puppets make you want to bust out your gamelan set?

pixellence

meredith — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:31:23 +0000

It’s pretty, it’s nerdy, it’s pretty nerdy, thus it’s going on my blog:

PIXELS by PATRICK JEAN.
Uploaded by onemoreprod. – Discover more animation and arts videos.

secret note: edwina! yuri! lillie! it looks like the smoke monster.

welcome to my dream job

meredith — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 18:25:46 +0000

I do enjoy my job. really I do. But the following is a universal truth:

your job + baby animals = better job.

If you haven’t already, do check out sharon montrose’s etsy store.

via craft zine.

happy friday, dears!

one stop whimsy shop

meredith — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:37:31 +0000

I have three thoroughly thaumaturgic things I’d like to share with you today:

NUMBER ONE**

behold! beard fish! by the ever-clever marc johns:

(thank you to evan-dear for sharing.)

NUMBER TWO**

And straight from the Netherlands and onto your dinner table are Jorine Oosterhoff’s porcelain walking tea dishes:

I triple dog dare you to find anything more whimsical than the above.

via shiny squirrel

NUMBER THREE**

Lissy Elle’s “Let’s Play Pretend” series is dreamy and bizarre and girly and badass and I’d like to share it with you:

grandma spiders weave doily webs

meredith — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:45:46 +0000

I know, it’s so beautiful it hurts.

These whimsy-tastic webs are woven by London artist Shane Waltener.

swoon.

via allthemountains.

cd-nom?

meredith — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:36:04 +0000

allow me to I interrupt the paralyzing silence ’round these parts for a moment to show you the following:

You know what? I’ll tell you what. It is genius, and I would have thought of it, if I hadn’t been so busy inventing sneeves.