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sad part: these are enemy tracer bullets.
(via ffffound and the boat lullabies)

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happy saturday to you! may great things abound. may you meet a new puppy. may you find the perfect thing. may you get something done. may you feel a sense of relief and purpose and sleep like a baby lamb.....


from here and here and also originally from the needleworkers constant companion.

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i need a grown-up purse. pretty much everyone who knows me has heard me talk about my ongoing search for a grown-up purse that i can really stick with - one that is durable, comfortable, practical, simple and beautiful. for a long while i also wanted a vegan bag, but for various reasons i gave that up. so aside from a dean bag that i used for awhile, it's been mostly one canvas tote after another.

but lately i've realized that it's vintage coach. my mother was given a coach bag (by my pop) back in the 70's and still has it. she recently started using it again at 78 years old. what does that say about a bag? it says that i need one of these bags. and contemporary coach doesn't do it for me. what i really need is vintage coach. especially bonnie cashin coach. so lately i've been searching etsy and ebay for my perfect grown-up coach bag, and all of that searching led me to the inspired darling-ness of cashin herself:





{pictures above courtesy of corbin}





{pics above courtesy of bonnie cashin site}



{above pic is courtesy of here.}











{above photos came from pineapplemint's flickr and shop}

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this is how my mother turns branches, leaves and bark into part of her home. the bark is a leaping rabbit. the branch has tiny gold vintage stickers mixed in with pendant leaves. such an eye she has. more of this here.

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the work of maya hayuk. those magnificent colors and stars in the distance! a perfect combination, if there's such a thing as perfect.





such colors for a saturday, no? like falling into rainbows.
possibly found via here.

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a girl about town in an outfit, via streethearts.

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have you seen the artwork and photographs of oly? for the longest time i've been an admirer of her artwork, photographs, flickr stream and blog. she has a little shop too. she is an inspiration to me - in both her images and words.

















recently she's been staying in paris and sharing photos each day. you can see them here. such loveliness....

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i visited christina in her new apartment yesterday and snapped a picture of this poster on her wall. nuff said.


UPDATE: christina thinks it was designed by these folks.

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the work of illustrator rosemarie auberson discovered via this interview with elisabeth dunker. rosemarie also has a lovely blog.







back to the free and simple...

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from the terrain installation, by kia neill, at the women and their work gallery in austin texas - (via ffffound)



i've been hearing great things about austin lately. i think i need to go there for a visit soon....

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beautiful pieces from the etsy shop vintage from japan (via ii-ne-kore, a blog to love). these are vintage japanese sweets molds, or kashigata, usually made of cherry wood. find out more here and here.

HELP FOR THE PEOPLE OF HAITI

kee shares a post on how to donate, which includes a link to charity navigator (a helpful source for evaluating organizations). this page on cnn is also a good place to start. and one more thing: here's a bit of information about how to avoid scams.

and if you are a person who prays then let's PRAY.
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