fifi lapin

could she be any more cute?!

http://fifi-lapin.blogspot.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fifilapin

creative authenticity

i found this book in my apartment. i don't know where it came from. but i'm reading it.
i just don't feel creative or inventive anymore. i haven't had the urge to make art or do anything, really.
my inspiration has been absent, m.i.a., kaput for months now.

maybe this will be a nice refresher.

MUXTAPE

http://muxtape.com

I MISS LISTENING TO NEW MUSICSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. It's something that used to make me so happy, and I rarely do anymore. This might be a good way to jumpstart my former hobby.

botanical illustration

These books all shall serve as inspiration & starting grounds on which I'll be designing my next tattoo to add to the garden of flowers I'm already growing up my left leg. I'd like something very delicate and realistic, like a rococco-style rose. Hmmmmm, decisions, decisions.

wallpaper swatches

from Timorous Beasties, Adelphi Wall Hangings, & misc.

paper

• http://www.katespaperie.com/

a swatch of adorable wrapping paper from kate's paperie caught my eye in a 2006 issue of Vogue & i found lots more on their website!!

oh! i bought these blank random/funny/vintage/"assorted ephemera" cards yesterday with a gift card at barnes & noble.

interior space&furnishings inspiration

• http://www.abchome.com

baby boots!!

quilts & bed linens

furniture made from organic materials

vintage & antique furniture

their ad, which i found in an issue of Vogue Living, includes words like "grounded," "infinite possibilities," and says, "good wood from responsibly managed forests or reclaimed and salvaged sources protecting old growth and endangered forest species." the slogan: "SUSTAINABLE; to keep in existence, reinvent, transform & consume consciously" & other words: organic, fair & square, beautiful, handmade, love, pure, consciously made, local economy, community made, cruelty free, indigenous, recycled. the ad also quotes ghandi's "be the change you want to see in the world" quote.

i'm intrigued. too bad there are only stores in NY, NJ, FLA and the UK.