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Barney Greengrass: New York, NY

Posted in Design, Food, tagged on January 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

We visited the museum of natural history in New York, where we saw this diorama, which raises the question: Did Wes Anderson design this, was he heavily influenced by diorama design, or did the diorama designer just watch the Royal Tenenbaums one too many times? Either way, it was a nice diorama. After the museum, our [...]

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Holga: The Accidental Genius

Posted in Design, Thingophilia on September 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »

I get it. I’m not breaking any new ground here by telling you about the Holga. You have one. Your friend who’s a graphic designer–the guy who wears denim cutoffs and oversized ironic sunglasses–told you about it and you bought one on Amazon. Maybe Urban Outfitters. But here’s the thing: hipsters aren’t always wrong, and trends [...]

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Look What I Did

Posted in Design on September 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

If you’re like us, you have a lot of little framed pictures that seem inadequate for big walls. Here’s one solution. Some fun stories in a few of these. That National Grain painting is by our old friend Rodney White, painted as a favor before he hit the big time. Top left: chicken shit bingo.

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Ben’s Bow Ties

Posted in Design, Fabrication on September 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »

When Ben and I got married last November, he wanted to wear a Carolina blue bow tie. We hunted high and low for the right shade of blue and the perfect fabric, and ended up placing a custom order with Julian’s in Chapel Hill. The fabric had to be special ordered from Spain and the [...]

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My New Stitching Addiction

Posted in Animals, Design, Fabrication, Music on September 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »

I remember reading about Jenny Hart and Sublime Stitching a few years ago in Bust and thinking she had a really cool thing going. I recently bought one of her hand embroidery kits and a baby bib to practice on. I loved stitching this little bird. Jaxon models the bib. I decided I needed more [...]

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