Friday!

May 24, 2013  ★  4 Comments 

What a week. Big hugs to Oklahoma. Also, a big shout out to my sweet friend, Kelly Beall. She has been helping the displaced, furry victims of the Moore tornado by working with her animal rescue group. Follow designcrush on Instagram to see. Look at THESE GUYS! Awww… I hope they all get back home. The photos of animals reunited with their humans are so good. And a shout out to the AMAZING Moore mama cat who got all her 5 kittens to safety in... Read More

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Brookes Boswell Millinery

May 23, 2013  ★  3 Comments 

I love all the cute hats that Brookes Boswell Millinery has been making in Brooklyn. I’ve been going cuckoo looking for a summer hat to shade my ghostly pale Irish mug and Brookes’ are really sweet. I also love that she makes made-to-order hats. Everything is 100% hand blocked and the stitching is done almost entirely by hand. Beautiful! More HERE. Brookes Boswell Millinery photos by Shawn Brackbill. TwitterFacebookPinterestStumbleUponEmail Read More

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Beauty & Use by MAV

May 21, 2013  ★  3 Comments 

I love these simple, pretty handmade pieces from the Beauty & Use collections by MAV. Those are the initials of Maria Alexandra Vettese, half of the lovely collaborative creative effort you may already be familiar with, by 3191. The other half of by 3191 is Stephanie Congdon Barnes who has created a sweet collection of gingham table linens for their little shop. Plus, the new issue of their quarterly magazine was just published. More HERE. Images... Read More

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Psychic Fortune Cookies

May 21, 2013  ★  1 Comment 

I love these porcelain fortune cookies by Seattle artist, Aleksandra Pollner. Making them a pretty magical gift is the fact that the unique fortunes inside have all been written by empathic clairvoyant and professional psychic, Darlene Christopher. More HERE. Images courtesy of Mociun. TwitterFacebookPinterestStumbleUponEmail Read More

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Noun: A Person’s Place for Things

May 20, 2013  ★  3 Comments 

Hello! I just wanted to share a few of my shop favorites from Noun. This is one of the very first places that I started shopping at frequently when I first moved to Portland. I didn’t know many people in town and it was always fun poking around the shop (read: hoarding!) while chatting with Stephanie and her husband, Thom. Still is! PLUS, they split a storefront on SE Belmont with Saint Cupcake. YUM. I’m really happy they have an online... Read More

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