carumba!

i can't believe it's been over a month since my last post! back from our renovating adventure with ceilings now apart, electrical issues and so much more. i was hoping we'd have it all done by now, but that looks more like a summer adventure ahead. so i'm going to try to get back into posting in between reno jobs; work and the odd hopeful visit to the beach.

in my absence i managed to find a few good design things to share. first off with a detour to fontoville and some surfing baby and vertigo freebies for my alphabet friends!

and if you're really serious about it you have to take a look at the "unfreebies" carumba (love that word!) and elvis in stereo fonts!


some beautiful textiles coming out of toronto right now by illustrator, virginia johnson, former accessories designer for helmut lang.

according to canadian house and home mag, she is next focusing on developing housewares like quilts, ceramics, oven mitts and towels. her pillows now out are available at l'atelier, toronto (416) 966-0200.


i'm all about these posters from hammerpress out of kansas city.

designsponge did some great coverage of their work at the national stationery show in ny last month. read her article here.

amazing typography.





i like the idea of cath kidston being laura ashley's trippy fun cousin as commented in a recent post at apartment therapy.

her cowboy wallpaper is one of my faves.








speaking of children's wallpaper, absolute zero has some fun playtime wallpapers perfect for the nursery. the paper is wipeable (bonus!) too.


so much to catch up on and design to talk about i can't believe how much can happen in less than a month! looking forward to getting back on track!