gray suede boots

Remember my favorite over-the-knee boots? No boots will replace those stunners, but I've found an adorable new over-the-knee boot for fall...

the amazing heike weber

Ohh...what amazing large-scale sharpie doodles by Heike Weber.



From Apartment Therapy

Heike Weber is a German installation artist who creates large scale pieces using heavy repetition. While she does painting and drawings on paper, her installations using permanent marker across floors and walls (in areas sometimes larger than 5,000 square feet) are quite amazing and beautiful. While I don't know many people that would allow their floors to be adorned with doodles in permanent marker, I think I could be compelled if Heike was doing the work.

And some of her works on paper:

Glück


O.T.


Paar

[via Hey Lady Grey via Apartment Therapy]

poketo for target

Remember the retro cute Orla Kiely housewares for Target? Well, the good folks at Poketo (yep, love them) told me that they're the next limited edition design line at Target. Yippee!

From Poketo's blog:
Beginning August 10th 2010, we’ll showcase the complete collection and lookbook on poketo.com. That same day, the Poketo for Target collection will be available at all Target stores across the country. We’ll be posting more about this collaboration with Target and more sneak peeks before the August 10th launch. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook for the latest. Stay tuned!

I think I might need that tote...

Check out the awesome roster of (a few of the) designers Poketo is working with on this line:
Kate Bingaman Burt
Lisa Congdon
Mike Perry
Camilla Engman
Cole Gerst
Leif Parsons

comic-con finds: graphic novels + poketo

Check out the cool items I brought back from Comic-Con...

From Pantheon:

Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli

From Abrams:

M by Jon Muth, adapted from the Fritz Lang film M

From Poketo (I love Poketo!):

Cody Hudson wallet for my sweet


Ashkan letterpress print for baby girl's room

From Drawn & Quarterly:

James Sturm's Market Day

comic-con madness

Blame Comic-Con madness for my absence. I've been working long hours all week.

Life goes back to normal tomorrow when I fly home. I'm looking forward to not standing all day long, making my own breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and sleeping in my own bed next to my sweet.

Yo La Tengo's Season of the Shark is helping me get out of the hotel bed this morning and on the convention floor where I will be surrounded by hundreds of masked crusaders.

handmade greek sandals

Yes, please.

chronicle books: friends & family discount

Unabashed work plug...

So everyday I go to work at Chronicle Books. One of the coolest, most design-y and innovative publishing houses around. My favorite things about working at Chronicle are being surrounded by and working on books, the amazing (smart, stylish, creative) people that I work with, and being an integral part of creating and marketing beautiful products. Oh, and the discount is pretty great too...which is where I'm headed with this post. Now through July 28th you get 35% off plus FREE ground shipping on Chroniclebooks.com with promo code FRIENDS. Sweet deal, right?

Here are some of my recent faves:

Yellow Owl Workshop LCD Notecards


Fast, Fresh & Green


Oh Joy! Labels & Stickers


All My Friends Are Dead


Lotta Jansdotter Handmade Living


Art of McSweeney's

on repeat: zorbing

Stornoway

chic

I'm feeling inspired by pregnant Miroslava Mikheeva-Duma's fabulous outfits over at Le Fashion.

the babe

We had our 20 week ultrasound today and found out that we're having a GIRL! We are so, so excited. We are beyond excited.

Here's the sweet babe's profile:



And in profile lifting her hand towards her mouth:


And her strong little foot (that we've been feeling a lot of the past two weeks) pressing against the wall of my uterus: