We went to St. Louis over Memorial Day weekend, and it was mostly awesome.
Highlights:
The St. Louis Zoo (this was amazing, best zoo ever)
Cocktails and awesome food at Taste
Visiting the gallery/shop of the Craft Alliance
Walking in Forest Park
The City Museum (this was cool beyond explanation and we didn’t even see it all)
The picture above is of one of the entrances to the Bird House at the zoo, which I loved. There were two horned guans (a big, critically endangered, super beautiful and hilarious bird) wandering around free, flapping from benches to railings to investigate us and making their funny honking sound. I want to move in with them.
Arounna at bookhou recently had a sale of little groups of her various fabric pouches in different prints and styles. I have a pouch weakness, as you may have gathered. (As objects they are perfect; artistic and useful and visually and texturally pleasing all at once.)
Considering they are one of my favorite design houses this was great chance to collect more bookhou goodness. The sets sold out almost immediately but I was lucky enough to get my hands on these. They are on their way from Toronto now.
Check this out: Eerie Retrofuturistic Monuments of the Eastern Bloc
Lost Lake (Detail)
This artist uses Loch Ness Monster type creatures a lot in his fantasy environments and I. love. it. I am totally inspired to start making and drawing my own now.
Daddy Krill, just going to work
This is fantastic. I was never able to use watercolors well for some reason, but they are one of my most-admired mediums. When someone really nails watercolor like this there is nothing else like it.
Cats: making crappy days better since ancient times.
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Put a bird on it!
Orla Kiely’s Birdwatch print in indigo covers my newest bag acquisition from the ever-charming Daytrip Society. Hopefully I’m taking this on a special trip soon, details of which I will disclose later.
I want this living room and all of the stuff in it. -
I <3 The Brick House.
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dang this 1855 book on manners is harsh on the good ol’ American Way Of Sitting
Nemesis by Fabien Bravin
Real-life cartoon bags!
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Found here.
My New Desk.