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Something’s Hiding for BHLDN
The makers of joyful frivolarities (letterpress fish, thoughtful bow ties, mustaches on a stick {they did it first}) are doing projects for the well-funded seller of frivolarities BHLDN (if you’re reading this post out loud to your friends, it’s pronounced Beholden).
handcrafted, covered in vintage wallpaper. so pretty. they play “here comes the bride” once wound up. Yes, the 2012 plate kind of makes it seem like a prom gift takeaway, but all sorts of things would be lovely inscribed there.
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a Magpie’s Trip to the Beach
These work so well. Spacious photos of trinkets gathered on beachcombing wandering in Maine.
I’m always picking up rocks that glinted just so in the sun, coral that aged like wood, or shell fragments that “would make a great necklace.” Then I abandon them by the stairs back to the parking lot, because I know I’ll never do anything with them.
Speaking of beaches, I will post a few more photos of aforementioned trip to Michigan, if only to document that the water there does look exactly like the Caribbean.
Seen on Chance’s Discoveries.
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launched: the personal project
I wrote about Greg‘s valentine art last week, and now he had launched his website, the Prsnl Prjct. Check it out, and I think you’ll agree: the guy has a knack for saying what you were thinking. (and do note the snappy use of j or k navigation between the photos)
if you use the photos as a valentine, let me know! I’d love to hear what happens to them.
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Welcome, little Kindle
When a new-mom-friend told me that a Christmas Kindle gift had brought books back into her life post-baby, I immediately knew I needed one.
We’re not quite friends yet. I’m a serious library card carrier and rarely buy books, even used ones. So the idea that I have to buy any new book I want to read, even if it is a bit cheaper than cover price, seems crazy. And that I can’t lend the book, once I’ve bought it: even crazier. And that I’m direct depositing into the Amazon machine instead of the local bookstores…let’s not go there.
But reading one-handed, with no hardcover girth to balance, tossing this digital lightweight into the bag alongside a few diapers, or lightly clicking from chapter five of Baby’s First Year back to A Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing…that does not seem so crazy.
Joe surprised me and personalized this strange creature by downloading a bookplate for my screen, one that he made for me years ago and I already use in my physical books (that is Curious George, but because I love monkeys, not because I love George so much).
Any savvy Kindle users out there who want to recommend a few free good books? And who’s starting the Kindle discountedbook of the month club? I am IN.
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Boston Farmers Markets
The Farmers Markets of Boston have begun! I’m always forgetting which ones are on what day (checking this site again and again), so I asked Joe to make me a graphic for the fridge.
I thought I would share it here too in case you want it too! It’s sized to fit an index card.
Because I’m downtown, this doesn’t list some of the Cambridge markets (like Harvard).
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Favorite Childhood Quotes
We’re hunting for inspirational quotes for the “nursery” wall right now. I love Allie’s new design of one of her favorite quotes.
Lovely, right?
It’s not very childhood-related, but both Joe and I loved this quote that Maira Kalman (you would remember her from her opinion-paintings-blog that she did for the NYT) wrote on the wall for her wonderful show at the Jewish Museum. (this sneaked photo was the only one I could find, sorry for its odd focus.)
Do you have favorite childhood-spirit quotes? Something that will remind me, midst 3am-diaper change, what I believe in?
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Northern Folk
Congenial belly patting has increased 100% in Maine, compared to Boston. -
Maine
Joe and I are in Maine (Southwest Harbor, same island as Bar Harbor) for a couple days. I have a completely enticing stack of books, but I’m also trying to reacquaint myself with my laptop as a non-Internet-vehicle and write. There’s a yard framed with aging lilacs, a back porch, unrestricted sunshine access, and un-Thai-restuarant-scented breezes; things that make a city dweller purr and sprawl.The midwife whispered to the baby yesterday, doubtfully asking if she was going to stay in there for another week or two, so it feels like a good time to write as much as possible.
Last night, an over-buttered lobster roll with fried pickles. Tonight, mussels from a man named Rat who does his own roadside marketing.
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Romance, documented
These designs by Greg Christian remind me of the early days of dating Joe. Noticing the most banal things and being thrilled that they reminded me of him; that feeling of, We’re the only ones who like bookstores like this; finding yourself charmed by the simplest aspect of their personality….I don’t know if Greg himself is wooing someone with these (but he must be, right? They are just too convincing) but I’m glad he’s sharing them with the rest of us.
Genuine sentiment, simply executed: works every time.
Greg is launching a small project of all these designs, called TH PRSNL PRJCT, next week. Follow him on twitter for updates.
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instagram: the Visual Twitter
an instagramed photo of Joe's dumpster-dived globe. Our new nightlight! Are you all Instagram fans? It’s an app for sharing photos (and using interesting filters) on iPhones. I gave it a try a couple months ago, and didn’t quite catch on, but these days I’m addicted. There’s something very appealing about seeing tiny little snapshots of other’s daily lives. It’s my favorite app to check when I’m waiting for the T.
If you’re on there, you can find me under girlpolish, and I would love to follow you back!
postscript: Of course NYT wrote an article about it yesterday that I missed. Apparently there are 5 million+ users! I only follow 23…