little flyers

here's some new little birdie earrings I whipped up last week, new in the shop ...


not feeling any cheeky commentary today, I'll just leave you with some cute bird stuff I found around the web:

(eggagogo)

(regeneration)

(Weinberg Design)

all these guys will be at the Boston Bizarre Bazaar December 6th if any of you are up in the area ... lucky!

are pins nerdy?

I'm not sure about pins ... are they only for old ladies? librarians? moms? not sure.   But I like this new pin of mine enough to consider wearing it to work, where I am surrounded by some very arty teenagers in tight jeans and big chunky glasses, full of judgmental ennui.



I've almost got the woodland thing out of my system, a few more floral hoop type earrings and baby birds coming along then I'm out of the woods, working on a new "line" ... but until then I have to pass along these lovely prints from Traci Edwards, she makes the best cards and band posters. so adorable, cool, and woodlandish without being cutesy, an accomlishment!





This is pretty much near perfect for me...victorian, sweet, tough, black, awesome.

 This room pretty much sums up this post. maybe for my next house ...

buzzin'

I really love bees. I mean REALLY love them. Minus the stingers I think they are the cutest little fuzzy creations ever. the excellent Kimberly over at ChezSucreChez inspired me to bring out my bees for my blog ... she did a great post about collecting honey. Will we see an embroidered bee in the future?? say yes!!

So here he is:

he's pretty cute right?

I've been carrying around this bottlecap for years now, who knows where it came from, but I figured it would serve as an inspiration for something someday and I was right! so this justifies my habit of filling my pockets and drawers with odd garbage-y artifacts...

In the design world, I tend towards bees on paper more than other places. I especially love the way bees look in letterpress or stamp form:


letterpress card by Pearl & Marmalade, matches by Areo Home, thank you card by Hello! Lucky.

but here's a pretty great super bee shirt from etsy seller Dallas Shaw



I also made a tie tack,well, just cuz why not? dang he looks good on that tie!


I'll leave you with some highlights in bee history:

(why so sad Honeycombs? OMG her name is Honey!)

(John Belushi & Dan Ackroyd, SNL 1975)

(cool guy Jason Schwartzman from Rushmore)