A long awaited debut, Nicole of Freshlyblended Press and Lara Cameron have collaborated together to create this wonderful collection of covered journals. These heavy duty journals are bound with the original illustrations of Lara Cameron and hand silkscreened on 100% organic fabric. Adorning the interior of the books is a custom bookplate and an italian cotton ribbon book marker from Angela Liguori at Carta Inc. The books measure 5x7 inches and holds a 1/2 in. of 100% tree free white blank paper. Available here.

Loving this Margaret Kilgallen print on the wall of this Sneak Peek post today on Design Sponge. It's the home of Enormous Champion couple, Jason Wong and Jordan Provost. Their space is really lovely as well, lots of mid-century furniture mixed with fun collectibles. Click here to see more.

It's almost April which means that it's almost hippity hoppity time! From top left clockwise:

Letterpressed Easter cards from Sycamore Street Press; Cheery Easter Garland from Corrieberry Pie; Hand-knit bunny from Knitalette (also known as Resurrection Fern); Lucky rabbits foot print by Roll and Tumble Press; Paper Mache eggs from The Broken House.



Hope springs eternal ceramic egg from Paloma's Nest; Ceramic nest egg (egg bank) from Mudpuppy and Whatever you are, be a good one ceramic egg from Paloma's Nest.



King Rabbit ceramic bunny light from Non Fiction Design; Rabbit photobox from Elizabeth Soule; Bunny pin from Helis; Bunny photograph from Sharon Montrose.

Image clockwise (top left): Whitney Smith Pottery, Five trees softees, Storia Home Eiffel Tower and Susannah Conway spring blossoms

Lots of pretty spring posts are happening over at The Handmade Artist (our artist community blog). Whitney Smith is having an online pottery sale; Storia Home is hosting a spring sale; Sycamore Street Press has a new Easter print (not shown), click here to see; Susannah Conway has some new spring blossom prints; Five Trees has made some new critters while is snowed last sunday in Chicago; New P's and Q's posters by Roll and Tumble Press. And May Luk has a special sale for Poppytalkers!

The Hanmdade Artists blog: poppytalkhandmadeartists.blogspot.com

New Dallas Shaw paintings. Click on contact for each piece to purchase. It's a little confusing at her website. Then just click on "click here to purchase artwork". That will take you to her list of shops where she sells online (however I couldn't find the new ones up yet), or email her at dallasshawdesign[at]gmail[dot]com. She has booked 4 shows this summer to show off her new wares, which will include SF, DE, Phildelphia, NJ and NY. She will post the dates on her website and art blog very shortly.

Blog: dillydallas.blogspot.com
Etsy: dallasshaw.etsy.com
Site: dallasshaw.com

Hey, there's still room for a sense of humour in this economy, and 9spotmonk, an eco-friendly letterpress company has it going on. A recession line with all the jokes and humour to help us all get through this. Click here to see.

9spotmonk.com

Portland illustrator, Ward Jenkins is offering an etsy giveaway on his blog this week (well till Wednesday April 1st - no April fools joke)! He will have his kids each pick out a number from the total number of comments that are posted on that particular post from now until 11:59pm PST. These are awesome prints! Click here to enter!

wardomatic.etsy.com
b-boy series @ etsy
And a nice new website: wardjenkins.com

My latest purchase by a new favorite Vancouver artist, Gillian Worsley of Civil Disobedience a hand-drawn (amazing) screenprint of Allen Ginsberg from the Blim Main Street Community Market this past Sunday. Gillian also makes some awesome journals and other beautiful prints. Her website isn't updated with those, but you can probably email her for more info.

Also had a delicious cupcake there too! Thanks Lyndsay! The market will run every last sunday of each month!

Found these swank images uploaded to our The Art of Display pool this weekend, and just love. Hailing from Nashville, TN, owner of this lovely 1955 brick rancher, Marusica has really created a music city home. From music and country-themed collectibles, and local artists her style is down home and full of heart. Note her bedside shelf she made out of an old paper cutter (top image), brilliant! And we love the Johnny Cash image, welcoming guests to Nashville. Visit her flickr to see more!


Art by Harry

There’s no secret we love Field Notes, those agricultural-inspired memo books from Coudal Partners out of Chicago. Well, we’re sending some to PDX this week for the swag bags being handed out at the Handmade Nation northwest premiere screening, April 3/09! Wish we could be there, but we hear the film will be making it's way here this summer! More info here about the Portland show.

Mmmmmm............this Lemon walnut cake is sounding pretty yummy! (Loving that dish all these ingredients are on too) From Ceramic Dish (a blog about cooking and home made ceramics.

This Sunday March 29, from 11am-6pm RE-SURFACE will be at the Brooklyn Flea's Indoor Winter Pop-Up Market located at 81 Front Street in Dumbo.

Today on L&G's storytime segment, we would like to share with you this wonderful book, "The Camera" one of Time-Life Book series. We found this book and it totally fuels us to get even more excited about cameras and photography!

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Good afternoon everyone! It's Summer from Design is Mine and this is my last guest post here on Poppytalk. I have had such a blast doing this- thanks so much for reading!

To wrap things up, I would like to share something that shares three of my biggest loves: interior design, art, and Portland. I spend such a large portion of my time browsing through beautiful interiors online and have found that not only are Portland artists extremely talented, but they tend to have some pretty gorgeous homes. I find few things more wonderful than seeing little corners of the homes of some of my biggest inspirations.

And so, here you go: ten peeks into the homes of Portland illustrators, bloggers, photographers, and crafters.



Who: Alicia Paulson of Posie.
What: A crafter and blogger.
Where else: her personal website and blog.
More images: "Corners of My Home".



Who: Jill Bliss of Blissen.
What: An illustrator and crafter.
Where else: her portfolio
More images: "sneak peek: jill bliss".



Who: Matte Stephens of Matte Art.
What: An illustrator.
Where else: his shop and blog.
More images: "home and Portland".



Who: Susan O'Connor of Sulu Design.
What: A blogger and jewelry designer.
Where else: her shop.
More images: "susan's home" (photos by Abby Powell)



Who: Chelsea Fuss of {frolic!}.
What: Blogger and photo stylist.
Where else: her portfolio and market.
More images: "my home".



Who: Stephanie Congdon Barnes of stephaniecongdonbarnes.com.
What: A crafter, blogger, and photographer.
Where else: her shop, blog, and book.
More images: "Knock, Knock: Nature Inspired Home".



Who: Nubby Twiglet of Nubbytwiglet.com.
What: An artist, designer and blogger.
Where else: her shop.
More images: "Haus & Belongings".



Who: Andrea of hula seventy.
What: A blogger and photographer.
Where else: her shop and flickr group.
More images: "home" and "hula seventy: Show & Tell Home Tour"



Who: Julie Dutton of Studio Olivine.
What: A stationery designer and printer.
Where else: her shop and blog.
More images: "sneak peek: julie dutton of studio olivine".



Who: Andrea of scout.
What: A blogger, crafter, and photographer.
Where else: Her photostream.
More images: "new nest".

Thanks again everyone!

xoxo,
Summer

I leave you this morning with these new porcelain mixed nuts I found from Brooklyn's KG & AB yesterday and instantly fell for. I'm off to a meeting but hope to be back in time this afternoon to catch you all and post Summer's last post of her Special Guest series with us.

Every year the anniversary of this blog passes us by, don't know why, but we always seem to miss the exact day. But instead of looking back here, we look forward, now on to our fifth year, we look forward to more beautiful, more decayed and more handmade! Thank you for coming along, we hope to keep you coming back!

This image is of our favourites from our flickr we've collected slowly over time. Click here to view each one.

ONE OF A KIND SHOW - VANCOUVER

The folks at the One of a Kind Show & Sale, Vancouver are having a "Call for Submissions" for their show being held (for it's second round) this year at the Vancouver Convention Centre, October 8 - 11, 2009. The One of a Kind Vancouver is a shopping destination (show) with fashion shows, contests, seminars and some of North America’s finest artists and artisans! They are taking applications now. April 10, 2009 is their deadline. For more information: Visit oneofakindvancouver.com or email vancouver[at]oneofakindshow[dot]com.

AMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL - (AltCraft) - SAN FRANCISCO



The American Craft Council is now accepting AltCraft applications for their show in San Francisco being held August 14 - 16. They'd really like to increase the presence of Canadian artisits (they just became eligible to participate this year!) Deadline for applications is Monday, April 27th, 2009, send submissions to altcraft[at]craftcouncil[dot]org or visit their website craftcouncil.org

THE RENEGADE CRAFT FAIR - LOS ANGELES & SAN FRANCISCO




2009 Renegade Craft Fair in Los Angeles! This year’s event will take place July 11 + 12 from 11am - 7pm, at the California Market Center. If you’re interested in applying to be a vendor, please read their FAQ and click here to apply. Applications will be accepted until May 1!



2009 Renegade Craft Fair in San Francisco! This year’s event will take place July 18 + 19 from 11am - 7pm, at The Fort Mason’s Festival Pavillion If you’re interested in applying to be a vendor, please read their FAQ and click here to apply. Applications will be available until May 1.

BLIM MONTHLY COMMUNITY MARKET


Blim a local community based art resource center has announced it's very First Monthly Main Street Community Market, supporting the unique independent creativity found in the Mount Pleasant community of Vancouver

Beginning in March, Blim will be presenting a monthly Main Street Community Market. The first Blim Community Market will take place at the Cambrian Hall on Main and 17th from 11–5 PM, and will be held consecutively on the last Sunday of every month.

The first community market will be this Sunday, March 29 from 11–5 PM, with over 30 vendors and additionally will feature a different live local music act each month, as well as hot food and beverages. Vendors include hand crafted edibles, fashion, jewellery, craft supplies, fine art, vintage clothing and jewellery, zines and records, and are not limited to crafts. There will be a focus on nurturing and promoting creative production in the community, both by cross-pollinating between different groups, and offering a forum for independent marketing. The live act this month is FINE MIST .

Some vendors this month include: basement sweet ( jewellery) basementsweet.com; Darwin Meyers ( vintage vinyl ); Rad Attack ( clothing ); Coco Cake Cupcakes/Coco Chow Fun Earrings (cococake.com and cocochowfun.com); Blim (clothing and accessories) blim.ca; It's Your Life ( jewellery) itsyourlifeshop.com; Re-up (jewellery) ReUp.etsy.com; No Fixed Address ( zines and books ) (solderandsons.com); District Thirty (jewellery) Districtthirty.com; Devon Gifford (hand made dolls and accessories); White Sky ( vintage clothing ); Laboratory Laboratoire (handmade crafts) (laboratorylaboratoire.com)

PORTOBELLO WEST MARKET

Handmade leather goods: belt buckles, pendants and bags from flightpathdesigns.etsy.com

The Portobello West Market opens its doors once again on March 28th and 29th, 2009 here in Vancouver to kick off the new season .

Portobello West fashion and Art market is open March to December at the Rocky Mountaineer Station, with $2 admission for the public (children 12 and under get in free!), on the last Sunday of the month from 12pm to 6pm.

Bonjour! It's Summer from Design is Mine posting again. Have I mentioned that I am having a ton of fun guest blogging? I really am.

One of my favorite ways to spend my time has always been hanging around bookstores, but being a mum of two little ones, this now means always being led over to the children's section. Here I am almost always asked to flip through the same picture books over and over and over again. Usually, I find this to be somewhat of a chore, but recently I have been finding a large amount of beautiful kid's books that I truly enjoy looking at. As it turns out, many of my favorite artists (ones who are known for album art, posters, and prints) are now illustrating children's books, which I must say is quite a pleasant change from what I think of as the general boring book art.

Anyways, it is quite late here in Portland. I could really use a sweet good night story myself.

1. "All In A Day," illustrated by Nikki McClure, 2. "School Years," illustrated by S. Britt, 3. "Little Hoot," illustrated by Jen Corace, 4. "The Composer is Dead," illustrated by Carson Ellis, 5. "Where You Came From" and "When You Were Small," both illustrated by Julie Morstad, 6. "The Lonesome Puppy," illustrated by Yoshitomo Nara, 7. "My Family, My Journey," illustrated by Susie Ghahremani, 8. "The Octonauts," illustrated by Meomi, and 9. "There's No Such Thing as Ghosts!," illustrated by Emmanuelle Eeckhout.

Claire Gipson: Mississippi State University, Gold Juror Award

Kate posted about the MSU winners 2009 Pix(elated!) awards this past evening which we sent out a call for submissions for a while back and we had to show a couple of our favorites here. Congrats to everyone! Click here to view all the works that made it into the show.

Jeff Gluck, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Silver Juror Award (this should be our Olympic logo)!

Christopher Sausto: Maryland Institute College of Art

Found a nice little webshop across the pond today out of the Netherlands, called Gup. Handmade and vintage stuff made by owner Jasmijn Stegeman. From pillows and lamps to baby gear, all unique and original goods and a sweet little site.

madebygup.nl

Top left clockwise:
buckscountyframes.etsy.com, 100% VOC free from Enviornmentally sustainable wood sources.
dolangeiman.etsy.com, rescued wood constructions
gaiaconceptions.etsy.com, hemp organic cotton
ecocessories.ca, recycled beads

We’ve found some awesome green-minded products this week, from natural laundry soap to children’s clothes made from reclaimed vintage 'mangle cloths'! With earth day on it’s way we are on a quest to find the best green things handmade.



Top left clockwise:
copabananas.bigcartel.com, Fused Plastic Lunch Bag
periwinklebloom.bigcartel.com, reclaimed vintage 'mangle cloths'
eco everyday, Natural Laundry Soap
bodhicitta.etsy.com, Recycled Rewined glassware
shop.shirinnyc.com, organic baby clothes

Love this tape Joy posted about today from Be Back Soon. Wondering what else it could be used for besides taping?

It's Summer from Design is Mine again here. Today I would like to talk a little more about Portland, Oregon, specifically a group of ladies that reside here.

It all began last Autumn with a bunch of girls who shared two things in common: a love of photography and mutual online friendships. Together they decided to meet on a farm (owned by the family of one of the organizers), bringing with them their favorite cameras, tall boots, and great energy. It was a day remembered fondly by all who were involved, and resulted in some truly gorgeous photographs.

Fast-forward to last month, when it was decided that another event would be held, this time at an old local amusement park, which was closed for the season. I was lucky to have been able to be a part of it. I have to say that there is little more inspiring than being surrounded by a large group of women that ooze talent and courage (believe me, it takes courage to snap away photographs and be other people's model).

This is now turning into a monthly event and is something that completely makes me fall in love with Portland all over again. The ever-flowing creativity is almost overwhelming at times.




Photographs above by unruly things, moxiee, Amy Nieto, abbytrysagain, and koreana. More photographs from the events, including my own, can be found here.