poster child prints

while looking for some cool graphic art to use for a gallery wall in a current project, we stumbled across poster child prints, a site dedicated to selling "high-quality prints at modest prices so that art is within reach to all."  cool stuff.

the first thing to catch our eye was this set of 4 brightly colored prints in a signed edition of 85 by artist "jrf" for the bargain price of 60 bucks! our gallery wall is halfway finished, but our budget is just fine...

graphic and colorful, this 22" x 28" print by curtis kulig is available in a series of four variations which would look terrific hanging as  group, but we're just going to propose this one vivid red print for our wall.

this black and white print entitled "I Hate Everyone But You #2" by tim biskup, is again part of a series of 3 prints, and at 29" x 38" might be too big for our wall, but is so cool, we might find a place for it elsewhere!

last, this print "happy farmers" by artist duo, friendswithyou, is way too big for our gallery wall at 38" x 52", but is on file for the next child's bedroom we work on- it's too cute, and a bargain for such a large work at $250.00.

be sure to check at all the other great prints at the poster child prints website!

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now that's a kitchen! (congrats, nicole!)

did y'all see sketch42's apartment today in rue? wow! congrats, nicole!

ps- m21 wants her kitchen- bad:

in a case of great minds thinking alike, m21 just ordered two of the same fabulous 'hicks' pendants from circa lighting (in polished nickel) to hang over a kitchen island for a project he's currently working on!

when are we invited to brunch, nicole?

now, get on over to rue to see the rest of nicole's fabulouslity!
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fabulous faux taraxacum (say whaaa?)

the taraxacum chandelier, designed by achille castiglioni, 1988- one of our favoritist chandeliers of all time (and one of the most 'spensive at $4984.00, @ y-lighting)

a knock off taraxacum, undoubtedly made by chinese child labor ( but just $600.00 @ kirch & co. it's currently out of stock, but when it comes back in, we want one, bad.  just until we can afford the real thing, mind you...)

(found via home accents today magazine)

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nature's fiercest predator (or biggest pussycat)

when richard was a teeny tiny kitten, i couldn't play with him with a toy.  mona would see the toy, think it was hers, and proceed to destroy it, while richard would run and hide under the bed; but kittens want to play 24/7, so i did what pet experts warn never to do- played with him with my hands. that way we could be stealthily playing together in my lap, and mona would blissfully ignore us.  hands to her were for petting or feeding- if they weren't doing one of those two things, what use did she have for them?

little did i know then, that richard's daddy was a bobcat or a mountain lion, and he would grow in the biggest cat evah, so now i have a 22 pound cat whose idea of a good time is attacking hands.  scares the bejesus out of visitors to the atelier, let me tell you- if he likes you and stops being terrified long enough to come out from under the bed, sooner or later, your hands are gonna get it. no escape.

the amazing thing is that even though richard has the tools to be one of nature's fiercest predators- 22 pounds of muscle, needle sharp teeth and claws, is not something i'd want to mess with in a dark alley- he really is just a big ol' pussycat at heart.  he has never pierced my skin or even put a scratch mark on me in his playful attacks. sure you feel it- he's a big boy- but it never really hurts.  when i warn guests of his habits and they indulge him, to a one they react the same after an encounter- it looks likes he's gonna hurt you, but when it's all over, and no blood is drawn or limbs severed, they laugh and let him go in for the kill again.  kind of like a scary ride at amusement park- after you live through it once, you do again, just for fun!

so do you think you'd be brave enough to stop in for a bite?

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so damn cranky (an open letter to the public relations industry)

maybe it's because we're busy, maybe it's just our time of the month ;-), but today, we got all fed up and in your face about it:

please, PR people, just because you can send a mass email by just pushing the send button, doesn't mean you should.  i *love* pitches about design-related products, but have some respect, and make sure you are pitching to the right outlet, and remember, there is a person behind every blog or site, and we all have names...

ps- we deliberately changed the name of the PR person in question for the screen capture of this email.
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