Charley Harper ABC's

[All images from Ammo Books]

I love Charley Harper. I always wanted to get An Illustrated Life, but could never justify paying so much for an art book. So I would see it and look at it longingly, all 10 lbs. of it (it's one heavy book!) The same publisher, Ammo Books, is publishing Harper's work in a children's ABC board book. The book will be released on May 15th and looks so colorful and beautiful. Great for the little ones who are just learning their ABC's and being introduced to art, and great for the adults who want a small taste of Charley Harper's work without paying the price of An Illustrated Life. You can preorder Charley Harper ABC's here.

Cupcakes for Baby

[Images from Flickr users: Tri_Poodle; Cupcakes Nouveau; Clever Cupcakes]

My sister's belly is getting bigger, summer is approaching, and before we all know it, our family will have a really adorable new addition. I am planning the baby shower, and while I'm sure there are a lot of other things I could be planning right now, all I can think about is the fact that 1) it's a party, so therefore, 2) we get to eat CAKE. Cake cake cake cake cake. Cake. CAKE! It's gonna be one cupcake-tastic shower.

ReadyMade Goes Digital

[Image from ReadyMade Magazine, April/May 2008 Issue]

As if ReadyMade could get any hipper, the environmentally chic magazine is now putting its magazine on the web in honor of trees everywhere. The first installment is available online FOR FREE so if you've always flipped through ReadyMade and always thought of buying it but never actually did, here's the chance to have an entire issue to yourself. As an added bonus, when you sign up to read the paperless version, clothing company Nau will donate $1 to Climate Trust.  

Read the latest Green Design issue, without the price tag, here.

Dutch Door Press

[All images from Dutch Door Press: Mother's Day card (pink and green); Mother's Day card (pink and pink)]

Dutch Door Press just posted some beautiful Mother's Day cards that I'd like to snatch up for my mommy. While I peruse their website, I just can't help but be jealous of design duo Mara Murphy and Anna Branning. It seems too perfect to be making beautiful things with a good friend in a beautiful Victorian house in San Francisco and get paid for it. Where do I sign up?
Check out all of Dutch Door Press' cool designs here.

Spicing up the ol' 9 to 5

[All images from See Jane Work: Cherry Bombs Eraser; Gummy Bear Eraser/Sharpener; Smencils]

See Jane Work is having a domino deals sale (as in Domino Magazine.) You get 20% off on the entire site when you enter "domino" at the checkout. I think it's about time I add more fun office supplies to my desk, especially those gummy bear erasers/pencil sharpeners. I think I would need one in every color. Go See Jane Work to spice up your office.

Twigs & Honey

[All images from Twigs & Honey]

I've been following Myra Callan's shop on Etsy recently, and I'm totally smitten for her beautiful and eye-catching hair pieces. I generally wear nothing in my hair because I fidget like a five year old and usually can't handle leaving the hat/headband/whatever it is on my head. I think someone would have to pry one of Myra's designs off my head though--I'd probably never want to take it off because they're just too damn pretty. Check out Twigs & Honey here.

Ring Dome

[Ring Dome Milan (top and middle), Ring Dome New York (bottom), Minsuk Cho/Mass Studies]

If I ever had 1,500 hula hoops at my disposal, I would totally be making a hula dome. Last year, Mass Studies Architecture Studio made the installation in NYC for the 25th anniversary of Storefront for Art and Architecture. This year, they are making an even bigger dome in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele in time for the Furniture Fair (April16-21) in Milan. Maybe I should have kept my prized pink-striped hula hoop. I think that color scheme would be much more interesting.

Found via Craftzine.