Ho Ho Whoa!

What's everyone doing this weekend? In case you didn't know, there's only 1 more week until Christmas! Wow! If you're like me and you save your shopping until the last minute, then I'm sure this weekend will be a bit hectic. Remind yourself to take a deep breath, relax and enjoy these festive - and slightly creepy - photos if you need a good laugh...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counting Down the Days

You know what today is, don't you? It's December 1st, the beginning of advent! For those who are still kids at heart and love the excitement and anticipation of counting down the days until Christmas, it's not too late to order your own mini desktop advent calendar online or run out to your local shop and pick one up!

let the paper do the talking

As I was trolling Etsy for Christmas gift ideas I came across these designs and thought to myself:

If anyone ever gave me this at a bar...

I'd really wish I had one of these to hand back to him...

Enjoy your weekend everyone!

Perfectly Unperfect

I spend all day designing and thinking about greeting cards and invitations. Trying to get them just right: type in the right spot, color palette just so. Sometimes something so un-polished and un-invitation-y is a relief. My friend Pete, a writer in Amsterdam, sent this out for his son Oli's first birthday. Perfect. And happy birthday Oli!

Weekly Favorites

A Seattleites guide to all things coffee.

I love a good Jamie Oliver recipe...and it looks pretty too!

Look what twitter says about us!

Do you have an overwhelming list of "honey-do's" to get done this weekend? If so, call on these gals!

Check out our newest blog find of the week! I feel like the last one in the all-things-design-blogosphere to come across this lovely, inspiration-filled space and I'm so happy I finally did!

Here's what we've been listening to this week (and I'll be seeing them in 2 weeks!):



I hope you all have a lucky Friday the 13th and a lovely weekend!

image found here.

tweet! tweet!

Rumor has it that Pinkerton's tweeting. A few little birdies told us so. Why don't you follow us on over and see what all the commotions about...

creative cuts

Amazing, right? This hand-cut map is the work of Karen O'Leary, an architectural designer who's creative goal is to replace the common with something more beautiful. The patience and determination that must have taken, not to mention a steady hand with the sharpest exacto knife. Wow! She describes it as "removing the unnecessary, leaving valuable information to navigate with color defining the main paths of the city".  I call it awesome!

First, she started with an ordinary map like this:

From there she began slicing away at each and every street in Manhattan, all the way up to 120th street and parts of Brooklyn and Queens.

She's also done a map of Paris and is currently working on London.

 

If you want to be wowed some more, she also does a series of prints using repeated vertical lines indicating the streets of Paris using the simplest form, pen and paper. Up close it doesn't look like much, but the farther away you are the more amazing and obviously extraordinary it becomes. Check out her etsy page for more designs.