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+ (above) I love Milly Freeman’s illustrations, via It’s Nice That

+ Don’t forget to enter the Vintage Interiors owl bookend giveaway by Monday morning, if you haven’t already!

+ This painted driftwood by Ginette Lapalme has been making the blog rounds (first seen on design for mankind), and I want it.

+ oh to have these tiles in my house

+ Danni’s 2 year blog anniversary giveaway is a good one! $100 to Anthropologie plus a Fugifilm Instax camera, and it ends on Monday morning.

+ I’m not sure it’s even for sale, but I wish I knew someone having a baby so I could give them this poster by Allan Peters (who has an awesome blog, by the way) via French Paper Sample Room

+ hello doodles on the hello project

+ LOCAL STUFF: Tonight at 9pm there’s an outdoor movie at the NC Museum of Art! // Annie opens this weekend at the North Carolina Theatre // I really enjoyed seeing “Color Balance” at the Nasher last weekend (abstract paintings by Felrath Hines and Alma Woodsey Thomas). See it for free on Thursday nights.

Have a great weekend!

I’m so excited for my friend and client, Heather Garrett, whose shop was included in this month’s issue of Elle Decor in a “what’s hot! shops” feature. (All the other featured shops were in California and New York City I might add, so go Durham, North Carolina)!

But wait, look closer… (really close)… those are my photographs on the wall! The closest I’ll ever get to being in Elle Decor, folks! Ha!

Jokes aside, it’s a huge accomplishment for Heather, and I’m so proud for her & her team!

+ photography by Lesley A. Sico (above)

+ my dream bathroom

+ internet radio based on your mood

+ For those of you following Jag Nagra’s Alice in Wonderland invitations (here and here), Jag threw her party last weekend and has photos of the actual event on her blog.

+ chalk drawing murals via Black Eiffel

+ love this building, via Color Collective

+ make your own mango sorbet!

+ LOCAL STUFF: The “Best of the Triangle” Indy party is tonight at Golden Belt. Food samples/local bands/cash bar/free entry/6pm. // Movies in the park: “Hollywood History and Household Hints”, 8:45pm, free, Durham Central Park // Mandolin Orange plays tonight // Thao & Mirah play tonight // Color Balance: Paintings by Felrath Hines and Alma Thomas opened this week at the Nasher

Happy Father’s Day & have a great weekend!

+ Swiss scientific photographer Martin Oeggerli is on a personal mission to reveal the secret life of pollen. We are completely mesmerized by the beauty of this miniscule world, and we’re not the only ones— “Micronaut” Oeggerli had an impressive amount of press coverage over the recent months. You can find an article over on swissinfo: Photographer reveals the secret life of pollen, an amazing Photo Gallery over at National Geographic Germany and on the NBC Front Page.

+ Love this DIY recyclable shower curtain available from Grain. Way better than those smelly (toxic) vinyl things.

+ Such beautiful photos over on Roost.

+ Do I need this bowl? Heck no. Do I want it? Badly.

+ a fun to watch video on letterpress printing

+ paper flowers for mother’s day on sparkling ink by emersonmade

+ these little drawings are hilarious

+ beautiful furniture from treadway on hoping for happy accidents

+ firm, semi-firm, silken, what? tofu 101 on fresh365

+ so the product photos are terrible, and the site is hard to navigate. but if you’re looking for antique grain sacks or wooden beaded appliques, this shop is for you. (thanks ali for the tip!)

+ LOCAL STUFF: Tonight is First Friday in Raleigh. Check out Artspace (works inspired by advertising, architecture and mixed-media installations + James Henkel’s photography), Designbox (17 of Raleigh’s Low Def Pop Artists sell works for $25, $50, or $100 + three local bands, live graffiti, Only Burger, Locopops, and a retro photo booth), and Fish Market (133 Fayetteville St., work by senior art & design students) // The First Friday Market (a project of IndieNC/Rock & Shop) debuts this weekend! I am so sorry that I’ll miss this one. Visit 131 S. Wilmington Street for handmade works by local designers, Friday 6-10pm. // This is the last weekend to see the Jacob Lawrence show at the Ackland (also at the Ackland, work by MFA students).

first two photos by eros turranos, who sells prints of anything on flickr and has an etsy shop here

images by Bolaget via emmas designblogg

+ How cute are these baby shoes from Livie & Luca!

+ washing plastic baggies has never appealed to me much, but if I had cute reusable sandwich bags like these, it would be a different story. via the obsessive imagist.

+ “every occasion” invitations via FPO

+ oh to be the Saipua intern….

+ a peek at some great invitations from Chellé Paperie

+ Baby artichokes with lime butter, nectarines, and shallots. Yum.

+ LOCAL STUFF: Meet your local farmers this Saturday and Sunday at the 15th Annual Piedmont Farm Tour. You can buy a button in advance at select locations for $25 or pay $30 at the farms. This button gives you access to see up to 40 farms from 1 to 5 pm on both days. Bring a cooler so you can purchase local, sustainable vegetables, meat, dairy, and eggs. // The Grand reopening of the North Carolina Museum of Art takes place this weekend. Become a member and see the museum today, a day before the crowd. Or catch the Grand Opening Festival on Saturday and Sunday. // The much-advertised Wicked opened last night at DPAC and is showing until May 16. // The arts/crafts/inventors/”makers” festival Maker Faire is this weekend in Durham. // I am digging the local food truck trend. Did you know the downtown Locopops is now mobile? // We made the New York Times! And here! I know, you heard… // Heavy on the food links, right? I must be hungry. I can’t wait for PieBird (sweet pies, savory pies, to go pies) to open in Raleigh.

+ Food Lovers: Spilled Milk is a podcast by Molly of Orangette and Matt of Roots and Grubs, with topics like Romantic Food, Junk Food, weird recipes with fish, and more.

+ I love this photo from Little Brown Pen

+ beautiful artwork by Shaun O’Dell via Aviary Studio

+ Robert Harrison launched a balloon-mounted camera that went 21.7 miles above the earth. The camera captured some amazing views of space that NASA is supposedly interested in. Read the article and view the pictures.

+ I love rediscovering old links: Random Got Beautiful.

+ LOCALS: Tickets are now on sale for the Hopscotch Music Festival in downtown Raleigh, September 9-11, 2010. From the site: Indie rock giants Panda Bear and Broken Social Scene will headline Friday, Sept. 10, with support from Triangle favorites The Rosebuds. Hip-hop’s most legendary group, Public Enemy, will headline with a rare full-band set on Saturday, Sept. 11. Los Angeles trio No Age and Raleigh’s The Love Language will open. More than 110 bands will be spread between nine clubs throughout the festival’s three days. // The Bowerbirds, Midtown Dickens, and Veelee are playing at the Cat’s Cradle tonight! // The Special Collections Gallery at Duke is exhibiting photographs and print advertisements in “The Power of Refined Beauty: Photographing Society Women for Pond’s, 1920s-1950s.” // Paintings, photography, trains, sweat, tears: Freight Show at AHPeele // The Raleigh City Museum presents art from reclaimed materials from home projects (reception tonight) // Lastly, don’t forget about Full Frame! The documentary film festival ends on Sunday evening.

image by johan sellen via white trash beautiful

I’m taking off a day early this week to enjoy the holiday weekend and this beautiful weather! Some links for your weekend:

+ This beautiful poster (above) from Spread the Love (by Melanie Linder) can be customized for your wedding! Melanie’s blog and shop are chock full of beautiful things… mostly not wedding related. via happy cavalier

+ This week Margot and I both talked about coming to the realization that work is just… well, work. We’re both lucky to have great jobs, but sometimes it turns into a whole lot of stress, and the line between work and personal life gets a bit too blurry. You can read my post here and Margot’s here.

+ A combination pie shop and design studio! John Bielenberg started Project M to “inspire and educate young designers, writers, photographers and filmmakers by proving that their work—especially their wrongest thinking—can have a positive and significant impact on the world.” Through design, the group has helped with a conservation area in Costa Rica, Micro-financing in Ghana, and connecting households to fresh water in Hale County Alabama (among many other community-oriented projects). Last year, they started PieLab, with just their great idea of a pie shop/studio and a successful fund raising campaign through KickStarter. PieLab is now nominated for a a James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Restaurant Design. Hear more about PieLab here and here.

+ I love these colorful TableArt tumblers, found via Remodelista.

+ I love this hand drawn monogram via Head vs. Heart.

+ LOCAL STUFF: Tomorrow is First Friday in Raleigh! Check out Special Characters at Busy Bee with music upstairs at the Hive by Kid Future (starting at 8:05pm). Also visit the Open.End: Masters in Graphic Design Thesis show at FishMarket (133 Fayetteville St) from 6-10pm. // Last week at the Nasher Museum “Displacement: The Three Gorges Dam and Contemporary Chinese Art” opened. Four leading contemporary Chinese artists—Chen Qiulin, Yun-Fei Ji, Liu Xiaodong and Zhuang Hui—respond to the Three Gorges Dam project. Artist Chen Qiulin will give a talk tonight at 7pm. // Chefs from some of Durham’s best restaurants will compete for the title of “Best Soup in Durham” Friday at Empty Bowls from 5:30-8pm at the Durham Armory. Tickets are $15-$30. The $30 ticket includes a keepsake bowl created by artists from Claymakers. Proceeds benefit the Urban Ministries of Durham.// Early birds rejoice: April means the Durham Farmer’s Market opens at 8am again!