The mail has been good to me recently. After receiv­ing a trade from San­dra Juto and col­or­ing book com­pli­ments of RxArt, I have now received a pack­age from the lovely Thereza Rowe! Com­ing home to these good­ies has made my day. One of the things that Thereza included was her Morn­ings Zine, which was def­i­nitely ...

Last week, San­dra Juto made an announce­ment on her blog about swap­ping art­work for tea. She had cre­ated some beau­ti­ful work and so I leaped at the chance to swap with her! This after­noon I received this won­der­ful pack­age in the mail: I am really dig­ging the char­ac­ter she made, and she included some other good­ies ...

Full dis­clo­sure: I love toys. In recent years I’ve grown very fond of “designer” toys — ones that are often lim­ited edi­tion and cre­ated by artists and illus­tra­tors. You can find them at shops like Kid Robot and Giant Robot, and each city seems to have their res­i­dent designer toy store. (Mine is Atomic Books ...

I’ve been a huge fan of Mike Perry’s work for years. So, when he announced his new show at the Min­neapo­lis Col­lege of Art and Design, I was intrigued. He cre­ated a blog for the event that detailed his preparation. Now, Mike has cre­ated a web­site about the show so you can view it if ...

If you fol­low my tweets at all, you might have known that I ven­tured to New York City this week­end, largely to check out the Museum of Art and Design. It was the last week­end for their exhi­bi­tion, Slash: Paper Under the Knife. Slash rec­og­nized that paper, while a con­ven­tional and abun­dant resource, is quickly ...

Brown Paper Bag has started a new Link BPB pro­gram. Part of Brown Paper Bag’s larger mis­sion is to become a resource for cre­atives. This includes a direc­tory to start — link Brown Paper Bag and I’ll link you back! You can grab some of the nifty images I’ve cre­ated, or you can always use ...

Gemma Cor­rell is an indi­vid­ual who likes draw­ing, pugs, and cof­fee. She is an illus­tra­tor liv­ing in the UK, but it looks like she has also ven­tured into the Bay area of the US as well. Gemma’s char­ac­ters make me melt a lit­tle inside. They are so earnest look­ing and the char­ac­ter­i­za­tion of them makes absolutely ...

Going along (slightly) with the geom­e­try theme… I love these neck­laces and head­bands from Thief and Ban­dit . Every­thing is hand printed. Via Design for Mankind. Images via Thief and Bandit’s Etsy. ...

Yes­ter­day I wrote about Jared Andrew Schorr and posed a request at the end of my entry. I asked Jared if he could send me a pic­ture of his stu­dio space. Well, friends, ask and you shall receive: Jared tweeted that photo to me, mak­ing my day. I love that cut­ting mat on his table! ...