Pretty, pretty porcelain

Pretty, pretty porcelain

by | Doing Good

I always love those artist and free thinking types who commit to something like wearing a different dress every day for a year, or cooking a different vegetable every day. And now there’s one more–UK mom and artist Lisa Stevens who’s creating a...
In praise of the mustache

In praise of the mustache

by | Art + Decor

The hipsters have spoken! From Williamsburg to Silverlake, the official motif of the 2011 hipster movement is…the mustache. Specifically, the curly handlebar moustache. If I’m not seeing it on the faces of the kinds of guys who have traded up from trucker...
Sweet baby gift in the Year of the Rabbit

Sweet baby gift in the Year of the Rabbit

by | Art + Decor

Bright and cheerful doesn’t have to mean garish, and when it’s British-based Lulabird it’s even downright stylish. One of our favorite modern, hip nursery designer clockmakers are back (we’re pretty much in love with their quirky owl, too) with...
Owls are the new black

Owls are the new black

by | Kid Style

If you’ve been anywhere near a children’s shop in the last year or so, you’ll know that an owl is the requisite children’s motif for 2011. And we’re not complaining a bit. Especially when it’s as cute as the ones we’ve just...
We heart real artists

We heart real artists

by | Fashion

We love seeing the amazing work of independent artisans recognized on big sites–except when they don’t actually give credit to the artist. That seems to be the case with jewelry artist Stevie Koerner of tru.che, whose beautiful United/World of Love line...
A clock that’s not digital? Shocking!

A clock that’s not digital? Shocking!

by | Art + Decor

I find myself missing clocks these days. You know, clocks? Actual things with two hands that don’t glow in the dark from your DVR box or flash 12:00 after the electricity goes out? So when I saw this wooden clock, I felt this little pang of must have it. The...