Surreal Collage

Bird Brain, 8.5"x11" collage
$20

Harebrain, 8.5"x11" collage
$20

Both from Etsy seller dollfacedesign.

Reprint of the Pink Pearl

A smaller, unnumbered print of Jordan Crane's Pink Pearl is now available for $40. Buy it here.

Hello Yellow

Planes? Kites? Birds? I'm not sure, but this is lovely all the same.

20x20 Formation pillow, $110.

Pantone Coffee Mug

The perfect coffee cup for the artist in your life.

Etsy Show & Tell: Eccentric Acrylic Jewelry

In the Etsy shop of Paraphernalia, you will find jewelry inspired by vintage illustrations, 19th century magicians, the odd and the uncanny.

Each piece is made of light-weight acrylic.

Vetements Polka Dot Bow Necklace, $30


Black Widow Brooch, $22

Mona Lisa Vases

These are like a cross between an Andy Warhol painting and a grocery store votive candle. I love the idea of the set of four together on a mantle.

Mona Lisa Vases, $28 each at WDH.

Skeleton Pencil Holder

Etsy seller CircaCeramics calls this the "itty-bitty cylinder skully las manos".

It's the most adorable salute to death I've seen all week.

I See London...

A dirty Peeping Tom of a doormat from Uncommon Goods.

Via Casa Sugar.

Pretty Clutch

This is a handmade cotton clutch with silk lining. I really love the stark tree print.

The Wood no. 10 Clutch, $56.

Etsy Show & Tell: Wall Flower Print

Wall Flower from Etsy seller Marmeecraft.
7.5"x10" Print, $17

Wirepod: The Surge Protector Goes Sexy

A bendable, wrought-iron inspired version of an ugly office necessity. Via Geekologie.

I'm Smitten

Cake, 20"x20" print for $40

Foxes in Trees, 20"x20" print for $40

Find them both at I'm Smitten.

Via sfgirlbybay.

Etsy Show-and-Tell: Cherry Blossoms

I wish these pretty ceramic cherry blossoms could be hung on a wall. But they'd be lovely scattered across a table.

Cherry Blossoms from Etsy seller Whitney Smith, $32 for a set of 12.

Nautical Portraits

I love this print of preppy portraits from Etsy seller labpartners.

It has a Royal Tenenbaums-ish look to it and lovely, bold color-scheme.

8"x10" Gocco print, $20.

Finette Frames

Designer Michelle Ivankovic designed the practical, modern Finette frame collection for Umbra.

Each is made up of two pieces of glass bolted together. The front is strategically screen-printed with frame silhouettes to border your photos.

Shown here, the 14"x 14" wall-hanging multi-frame, $32.50

Horses + Laser Beams?

While browsing Etsy for horse-related art, I ran across this very unusual print from seller thecellophanes. It's called "Laser Beam Mustang," and the 10.25" x 14" print is $20.

First I laughed, but then I fell in love with it and bought one for my living room. It's a little bit stark, but anything that has laser beams coming out of it's eyes has at least a dash of whimsy.

Below the Dark Water

"Below the Dark Water"
A 17"x26" 4-color hand-pulled print by Jordan Crane.
$40.

$0.99 Gourmet

The NY Times has two very interesting articles about gourmet cooking on the cheap.


Here, the writer spends a week eating only what he can prepare from ingredients found at NYC $0.99 stores.

And here, gourmet seafood chef, Eric Ripert, creates recipes using $0.99 store finds.

Via Buzz Feed.

Remote Pocket Pillow

By far the most attractive incarnation of on-sofa remote storage I've ever seen. The only problem: I need like 5 of these.

Nervous System Jewelry

Nervous System is an experimental jewelry company founded by two students, Jessica and Jesse, who met at MIT.

They make their pieces out of nontraditional materials like silicon and stainless steel and base the designs on complex patterns generated by nature and computation.

Check out more at their Etsy store.



Via sfgirlbybay.