What will you make today?

I wrote about "The beckoning of Lovely" last week. I think it might be my favorite find so far this year...

Today is the deadline to get involved and the video above is how it all started.
It's simple and lovely and makes me wonder:

What will I make today?

What will YOU make today?

Le Love. Because we can all use more love in our lives.

Le Love is an amazing blog devoted simply to   l o v e.  

With small snippets of text and filled with images of soft intimate images you will always leave with a smile on your face,  a light glow of love around you , and the urge to kiss someone.

Now, Go + be smitten!

“Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: ‘I’m with you kid. Let’s go.’”

– Maya Angelou

If only we could rewind..

I came across this via VeryShortList and had to share. The beginning is so melancholy, so perfectly mysterious, and it quickly transform into.. well.. something so worth waiting for .. so worth waiting for that I'm not giving any endings away..

Enjoy....

We Feel Fine

We Feel Fine  is an amazing site.  It's like picking peoples thoughts out of the air. It's intimate and anonymous and full of all kinds of amazing things. Go and enjoy!

PS- While it's well worth a quick look,  more than likely you will be pulled into it for an untold amount of time.

Lets Make Something together!

I came across this on Penelope Dulligans blog and fell in love. It might be impossible to watch it and not smile.

For more info on the project visit The Beckoning of Lovely

To see how it started take a look here.

ps- It makes me want to move to Chicago too...!

Even though this is the time of year for change...

Sometimes it's good to enjoy yourself...

just as you are.

Wear it on your sleeve..

I just love how Reed Seifer spreads the good word with these buttons

I love the whole world

Happy New Year Everyone!!



via swissmiss

101 Acts of Kindness

1 prepare a meal for a homeless person
2 smile :)
3 call your mother to tell her you love her
4 write a handwritten note
5 knit a beanie or blanket for a homeless person
6 put change in the washer/dryer for the next person
7 fill an expired or about to expire parking meter
8 leave some extra money in the vending machine
9 buy a little extra grocery for the local food bank
10 plant a tree
11 send your favorite grade school teacher flowers
12 write a thank you letter to your parents
13 pay the toll for the person behind you
14 tape a nice saying or thought to a bus window
15 instead of just thinking it, compliment someone
16 give a sad looking stranger a happy music cd
17 ask someone “how are you?” mean it. and listen.
18 make some baked goods for your neighbor(s)
19 hug your loved ones for no particular reason
20 make breakfast for your partner or housemate
21 call someone you haven’t talked to in a while
22 give someone a flower …or a dozen
23 offer someone else your seat on the bus/train
24 visit a senior center or nursing home
25 say “thank you” for the otherwise routine, mundane

Visit the 'Love is the Word' blog to see the rest. Go + be inspired!

Free Hugs

How could you not love this.. found via Love is the word.

You ARE Beautiful

Imagine the surprise, the wonder: You are walking along and glance up at the sky to see " You are beautiful" spelled out on the side of a building. You smile. Moments later you glance at the side walk and written in chalk, in small letters:

you are beautiful

Imagine the smile on your face as you look at the strangers around you. You are beautiful.
And so are they.

Go visit You Are Beautiful.. and spread the good word! If you send them an envelope you will be graced with a collection of stickers to share...

Keep Calm + Shop On

Who doesn't like to be reminded of all the good things out there? And not in some soft fuzzy kitten filled way either. Just a direct + aesthetically pleasing nod to a more positive day.

'Be Optimistic'
+
'The World IS Your Oyster'

Especially if you visit Keep Calm gallery , a print shop based in the UK. They specialize in just those kinds of inspiring images... so go, buy, + keep some calm up on your wall!


ps- I still like kittens!

"I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be."

– Groucho Marx

Our sun is also a star

I've just read this somewhere and can't seem to get it out of my head.

Paying it Backwards

 This story has aired on CNN, and probably a ton of other news shows. The excerpt below is from a local news station

"At the Starbucks drive-thru in Loveland, more and more people are pulling up to the pick-up window to find they owe nothing. They're then told the person ahead of them paid their bill. 
"It kind of almost took my breath away for a minute," said Lindell Green, a Loveland resident. "It was just such a wonderful surprise." 

Green then paid for the person behind him. 

"This is paying it backwards," he chirped. 

Starbucks employee Julia Domascieno says - for reasons she can't explain - this random act of kindness is becoming less and less random. 

"I've seen it go through 15 cars," she said. "

Remember this?

Love how it fits in nearly a decade later...

It's A New DAY!!!

Yes, We Can!

Change.gov

WOW!

I almost wondered for a second if it was real!

Virtual realities
from the Design Blog Dezeen

airplane, eightball, yingyang, glasses, mailbox, OPEN MAILBOX!!!!!

Pure Joy : photos by Brown Cannon lll

My earliest memories involve water.
The shore for the summer. My Grandfather teaching me to be
comfortable in the ocean.

I go to the beach once a week, for a few hours.
In the water the world settles and quiets
and the day is exchanged for some timeless moment
that could be 30 years or 3 days ago.

For me it's pure joy.
Find some of your own
right here, with Brown Cannon lll.

via Daily Candy, of all places!

OK, I am a sap. There. I said it.

Thank You!

Over the past few days a bunch of nice people have
taken the time to post about a few of my new prints:

Thank You SO MUCH!

Urban Outfitters, PoppyTalk, More Ways to Waste Time + Bloesem.

New Prints are up in the shop!

Stop by for a look-see!

I found More hearts out there!

I just came across this wonderful video on the Uppercase Blog.

Beau is a designer and this is his presentation to Ideo. He has a lot of heart..

The lost hearts

On my 365 blog I have a visitor map that shows a heart whenever
someone visits my blog. I Love it! Those little hearts blink in unison
when people are actively on the blog
and then
leave little heart remnants
after they've gone.

Then one day last week a server went down and
those little hearts were gone. Just like that. Pooof.

And the world looks empty again.

sigh.

You can read my original post about the maps here

In the sky..

We were at a birthday party / picnic this weekend.
The seagulls arrived just in time for a photo op.
Those silly birds were trying to outdo the Birthday girl!

color my walls..

The lovely Kelly from the much loved Paper Stories shop always has some of the best things:
If you've never had the pleasure of seeing her work first hand,
I can't stress enough how beautiful it is.

These are some of my favorites..
Paint chips letterpressed with beautiful modern room silhouettes.
They even come matted and signed! So lovely.

On my desk.. and in the studio.

Linzie Hunter (illustrator extrodinaire!) has a wonderful blog
that invites other creatives to share whats on their desk and in their studio.

It's called, appropriately enough: On My Desk.

My little spot was listed this week.
You should go and see all the other lovely places too!

This past weekend..

Barley wanted to go swimming


so we filled up the tub


and he prepared the toys.


to collect.


and watch.


and contemplate.


and gather - even underwater.


it's so exciting.


that he has to bark.


loudly!!


and celebrate


even on his back!!


The End!

breaking down walls..

we've all heard this.. But I like seeing this version so much better!