How bout some French couture to inspire your work wardrobe? I love how the pieces have such strong male characteristics (the blazers/suits and officewear, the boxy fit, grey and navy palette, nice fabrics) yet maintain a feminine image.
Please someone send me all the amazing structured jackets in this collection…especially this one
See the rest of the collection here.
~Jennifer
Fun and absolutely drool-worthy desserts.
I wish I could get off my lazy butt, so I could experiment and make these delectable desserts. But after a day of work, I’m content with staring O.O at these pictures and eating with my eyes :).
(By the way, these food blogs are pretty awesome in themselves as well).
Hope you like!
Why yes, I would love to eat a carrot cake muffin oozing with cream cheese filling…
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip
Apple Cinnamon Roll Cupcakes
Soft Pretzel Bites
Panini Happy
Ham, Egg, & Cheddar Breakfast Crepes
Open-Face Ice Cream Sandwiches with Caramelized Bananas and Walnuts
Grilled Mac & Cheese with BBQ Pulled Pork
~Jennifer
Contrary to its name, the blog Blow at Life is pretty awesome at life and is quickly becoming a huge source of artistic inspiration for me. I love every single post/piece or work I see, because each one is unique and intriguing due to the use of intense colors and line detail.
I know I just had a recent post about Irina Vinnik, but this post is slightly different. I love Vinnik’s works for being intricate, as if I were to analyze a complex puzzle, but artist Lawrence Yang of Blow at Life is able to inspire me with his watercolor and ink drawings like I’m watching a Pixar movie on a canvas.
Check out my favorites:
Big Doodle 2
051111 Experiment
Sleep with the Fishes
Sunset Meeting
Sun and Moon
Snail
Pigs
Two Bears
Plane Doodle
Cataclysm
Heart of Darkness
Bait
Mechanical Heart
Fish Catcher
Cosmos
I love the little white cartoon characters Yang uses. They remind me of the cute forest creatures in Princess Mononoke. Especially in this piece:
Peak
For some reason, I am extremely picky when it comes to desktop wallpaper images. The image has to convey a sense of serenity, intrigue, and beauty, in order to pass my test (sometimes a particularly funny or color image may work as well). Usually this means my wallpaper ends up being a beautiful nature scene or some abstract collage.
I’ve finally given in and decided I’m too tired to search for the right image, so I’ve been rotating these images on a 15-30 minutes interval basis (just look at your desktop settings), so I’m always satisfied!
(P.S. It turns out this is only a problem when I’m looking for the right picture. Later, I wonder to myself why I wasted so much time -_- Story of my life.)
All wallpapers found here.
~Jennifer
…Irina Vinnik, a master at using ink to create incredibly detailed illustrations.
~ Jennifer
Been browsing through adorable T-shirt designs here.
Love these! They’re witty in a cute way.
~Jennifer
No, I don’t think I’d ever want to permanently mark my skin.
Yes, I’ve thought about it…but I don’t think I could ever really commit to one single thing to remain indelible on my own body. It just seems so extreme. Cool, but extreme.
Nonetheless, I appreciate the artistry of tattoos, and I’m obsessed with shows such as Miami Ink or LA ink. It amazes me, the level of detail and realism a tattoo can attain – isn’t it difficult handling that kind of medium, vibrating and injecting into the skin? Either way, tattoo art intrigues me, but never enough to really compel me to get one myself (Just for looks right?).
And then I came across Amanda Wachob‘s abstract watercolor-esque tattoos:
Amazing. Artistic. Awesome. Emphasis on Awe.
Jennifer, I still remember when I was 6 years old and said I would like a fat baby sister to put in a basket on the back of my bicycle. Now you are taller than me!!!
I hope you are having a fabulous celebration – here’s to you on your birthday!
(cake via Smitten Kitchen)
Yesterday, after much humming and hawing, I purchased a bike. It’s a lovely cream-colored Linus Dutchi 3-speed, perfect for traipsing about the city. I was deciding between the Linus and the Public J Bike (which I believe has been replaced by the C bike), but ended up with the Linus because they began offering a new “Small” size that was ultimately a better fit for my height. Now I’m looking forward to leaving my car parked and enjoying the summer and fall days on my bike!
(via the Sartorialist)
(via Garance Dore – and yes, although I didn’t realize it before, that is in fact my bike!!)
~Cathay
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