Via Design Sponge. If you have an old-school bike with a straight bar frame, this leather bicycle bag is a beauty. Flux Productions in Brooklyn is the creator and the handy snap strap keeps the bag from swinging while you're in motion. The size is 10x9x1.5 and they have some very cool leather cuff bracelets as well.
Do you know about Parasol Craft? It's the brainchild of Yasmine Surovec and features emerging artists, crafters and indie publishers. Each issue is over a 100 pages and the interviews and images are stunning.
You can purchase the issues online for only $2.50 each. I mean, wow. I'm buying all three issues today.
Designer Jay Hilgert has made his font BB Petie Boy available at his Bittbox blog. Available in four flavors: light, medium, heavy and destroyed. My favorite shown here is medium because I think it has a cool, chalkboard quality.
You may have noticed a pretty big change in the look of the site if you've stopped by lately. I got some comments from some readers (okay, my mom) that the subtle colors in the previous version of the site were a little difficult to read because of the contrast being low. I took this under advisement and started playing around with color to see if I could come up with a new palette that satisfied the contrast request while still matching my aesthetic sensibilities. It soon became apparent that a completely new direction might be in order and so I've redesigned the site based on one of my earlier visions for the charming ink logo. I'd love to hear your comments.
Nice script font with some rough-hewn flair over at dafont.com called The King & Queen. Personally I think it's perfect for a little yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
The Etsy shop Elegant Green takes old clothing, pillow shams and other fabrics and gives them new life as cute clutches. Click through to look at the before photos of the garments from whence these bags came. It would have been straight to Goodwill for me, but Lea looks beyond and sees potential for new beauty.
Woof. This is perhaps one of the coolest hotels I've had the good fortune to stay at. In the heart of downtown Portland, the Ace Hotel is funky and fun with style to spare. All the rooms have their own quirky decor and this playful pooch adorned my quarters. I can highly recommend a stay here.
