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Valentine's Day Love Poster

Okay so here is what I worked on for Valentine's Day.
A custom poster made for my darling!
I did several runs on several different pages until I ended up with a composition that I felt looked pulled-together and cool. I spent a good chunk of time inking, testing, printing and repositioning type and I relished every single second of it. I loved the uneven result and the strangeness of the different types. Wood type, in particular, is really wonderful. I had never used it before and it really provides such charming character.

I was lucky that my letterpress workshop at Snap and Tumble landed on the 12th of February.
I was thinking about what I was going to want out of the day. I knew I wanted a ton of stationery for all of my letter-writing (I write a lot) but the top priority for that day was a special gift for my husband. Having worked on letterpress before, I knew the best results always let the type's strange curves and angles be the focus. I wanted something simple in its design and strong in its message.
So I got thinking...
I decided on an image based around our special dates.
The first is our first date.
The second is our wedding date.
And the last line is the most important date of all...
Forever!

Time Warp?

Aren't these charmingly clever?

How would they have marketed Facebook, Youtube and Skype in the 50s or 60s?

I think these have a pretty cool look.
I love the elegant copy and the "futuristic" computer.

Found here.

Music Video Cool

It's Wednesday.

We're so close to Christmas.

We're having a little casual dinner tonight but then a big family one on Christmas day.

It's getting real hard not to give in to opening the presents early. 

So let me distract myself with some art!

I love this ultra modern interpretations of the these awesome videos. Artist Frederico Mancosu has really managed to capture the essence of each video and turn it into pop art.

He's got even more on his website.

Found here.

An Owl A Day

Night Owl. Day Owl. Snowy Owl.

These prints by Josh Brill are making me pretty happy. 

They are simple, strong and graphic. And aren't they cute?  

The Snowy Owl seems very appropriate this morning. I spent all day yesterday watching the snow fall. It didn't stop. It was light and fluffy. Lots of it dancing about before it hit the ground. Winter is setting up camp. 

Found here.

For typography geeks and movie nerds alike.

I love them.

Found here.

TV ART

Dexter posters by artist Ty Mattson now available on Showcase.

Love the punchy colour selection, the graphics and the layouts. 

A pretty cool way to bring the hit tv show to print.

Found here.

Cool Kitchen Tool

My recent baking adventures have made me realize how important it is to have a good sense of measurement. It also showed me that if you whip whipped cream too much, you will, like the internet told me, turn it into something almost butter-like and have to start all over... but that's a whole other issue.
Right now I am just really liking these cool kitchen conversion charts from Sweet Fine Day.
They are both useful and creative.

Found here.