Urbancase Report

Dylan and I went and checked out Urbancase's ICFF preview show at Cairo last Thursday. It was a great space, great crowd, and a great show overall! It was fun chatting with Darin about his experiences showing at the ICFF. Since neither of us has been to ICFF, we picked his brain apart asking him about everything involving the process and the show itself.
It was great to see his work in person, since you can really see and appreciate the details and feel the quality of his work. I like how there's a mix of modern sleekness in his bigger pieces as well as the more humorous and playful small accessories, such as the 'Energie Lamp' that's inspired by the high voltage warning signs.
I especially love the new beeswax polaroid candles! Both Jamie & I ended up getting one for ourselves. And I happened to have the similar model camera! Now they're friends. :D
The smell of the besswax is AMAZING.......You can get one, here!On top of all the awesomeness, there were also a bunch of well decorated sugar cookies in the form of polaroid cameras and his voltage shocked guys. Super cute AND delicious!...and I ate too many of them... :P
Best of luck to Darin!

Abby Done It Again

Photographer and blogger, Abby, from Abby try again last year opened her online shop selling her beautiful photographs taken with film cameras. And since beginning of the year she started a collaborating with Chelsea from Arugala Press...Their new project, Print + Press, is where each month one photograph (by Abby) and one art print (by Chelsea) will be produced and sold as a set in limited edition.
Each month they focus on a theme that correlates with the season, the mood, or things that they did that month. Each Print+Press pack is only $20. Visit their shop, here! Make sure to read about their process! You'll appreciate the thoughtfulness and the care they put 100 times more. I've been looking at them repeatedly and still, I can't decided on which to go with...since I want them all! (My natural tendencies is that I want everything!)
Seeing such talented people creating such wonderful work together makes me very envious of life in Portland! Having to have grown up in Eugene, OR, I appreciate the even more laid back lifestyle. I think it's really what makes Portland so unique as a city. They're a small city with big ideas. Their openness to new ideas allow lots of great things to happen. I think it's the fact that most people there seem to be more uninhibited, and there's a general honesty and distinctive charm in their work whether it be art, fashion, food, design, or lifestyle. Perhaps one day collaborating between Portlanders and Seattleites can happen...until then, I just gotta decide which Print+Press pack to get!

They try to make me go to BROOKLYNrehab...

...and I say, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I know, I know...bad joke....I apologize, but I just had to do it.
I want to share some neat-o purchases I made recently from one of my favorite Etsy shop...at BROOKLYNrehab!
Alyssa creates wonderful objects from jewelery, to decorative figurines, and housewares. With her product design & fashion background, her modern take on traditional inspired creations are cute, but not too childish...elegant, but not too girly...simple,but not too boring.
Kind of like me!...well... actually I'm pretty childish. I make fart jokes and throw fits if I can't get the kind of candy or ice cream I want. And...I'm pretty boring, too...since I make the same jokes all the time...same fart jokes. :PI TOTALLY excited to share these custom eggcups she makes! I had her make custom ones for "Ladies" and "Gentlemen"! Mind you that I get excited about eggcups and soft boiled eggs. Remember when I had my FIRST soft egg in an egg cup just last year?? Well, it's that time's 100, because now both Dylan and I get our own special eggcups to eat soft eggs now!
I also got the faceted metal necklace, which I absolutely love and wear all the time now. It's that kind of simple elegance that I love so much. It's perfect!
Alyssa also sent those lovely little treasures of a shell, a feather, and a porcelain slip-cast wing! It was an unexpected pleasant surprise, and so thoughtful.
I will treasure it all....and promise to never make the rehab joke again. :D
Thank you Alyssa!

Nicholas Nyland At Ohge Ltd.

Our dear friend and a NW based artist, Nicholas Nyland is currently exhibiting at the new Ohge Ltd. Gallery, right next to the Lawrimore Project in Seattle's Chinatown. His solo show, "Nowhere, Anywhere, Everywhere" is packed with a wide array of mediums from water color paintings, to ceramics, and even paper-mache sculptures hung with phat chains! It's a total treat to see so many of Nicholas' colorful and playful work in one area!We love how Nicholas uses colors. It seems as if he can mix nearly all the Pantone colors and incorporate them into one of his cave-like paper-mache sculptures.
He paints in all the nooks and cranny with little added delightful surprises of map pins and fake flower arrangement buds as if they're mini landscape! I was imagining how fun it would be if I was 50 times smaller and climb all around to find the perfect place to sit and hang out and be surround by all the vibrant colors!

Tomorrow at the Ohge Gallery, they will be hosting a talk with Nicholas Nyland from 7pm-8pm.. Tacoma artist and University Of Puget Sound Professor Elise Richman will host the event. Elise will lead the conversation as Nicholas shares his thoughts on the pieces that are currently being shown at the gallery. Chinese dumplings, sake and beer will be supplied to help fuel the evening. How fun!

If you can't make it to the talk, make sure you check out the show before May, 10th. Also check out Lawrimore Project, too!

OHGE Ltd is located at 831 Airport Way S. (Next to LAWRIMORE Project)
I just have to share this piece of Nicholas' that's not part of the current show. He painted the colors in a building with existing cracks in the wall...What a great way to turn an eyesore into something beautiful.
Happy Friday!

Mural Mural On the Wall...

Another awesome video! This one is a video documenting 1 week long of mural painting by Japanese artist group called, Rinpa Eshidan.(rin-pa eeh-she-dan) "Rinpa" is a word meaning "to bring people together, while "Eshidan" essentially means "art crew."

Everything they create are ephemeral. They're either painted over or taken apart, and ultimately seeing the whole documentation of the process is the art in itself. Really stunning work.

I like this video below as well and it's shot from a bird's eye view. It's a mix of 2D and 3D with mix media. Watching it makes me wanna splash some paint, smear some clay, throw things around and get totally messy.
I just wouldn't want to clean it up....

L&G Item in their new home

I spotted the two mustache gentlemen I sold in their new home on flickr! I sold these awhile back to Christine at Jackrabbit.
The guys looks perfect in their space along with their new mustache friends. :D
She has a great space and you can see more, here!
I just love seeing where things end up and how people incorporate it in their space! It makes me so happy to see my findings in a nice home like Christine's. Yay!

We're Growing!

The dupe got bunch of vegetable seeds and we're growing them!! LOOK! Well...we actually started in end of March. So don't be surprised if you see the plants a foot taller in the next couple posts. :P
This is my first time growing vegetables, so this is totally exciting to see these cute little greens growing out of the soil and watch them get taller and taller each day! I know nothing about growing vegetables, so I've been getting lots of great tips from everyone. One great tip we got was putting the seeds in the fridge for couple days and then plant it. This way, it tricks them in thinking that it's warmer weather and then they'll wanna come out! Silly plants...they don't know any better.
Here's what we're growing! Egg plants, beets, cucumbers, peas, peppers, arugula, heirloom and cheery tomatoes, cilantro, dill, chives, basil...Eventually they'll all go to our dupe backyard! I just hope we can keep them alive and to produce some awesome vegetables...otherwise I'm gonna be really sad....and pissed. I'm keeping my fingers crossed...permanently. This will ensure all the plants to produce awesome vegetables.

Urbancase at Cairo Today!

urbancase will be introducing their new line of contemporary furniture, lighting and home accessories at cairo in Seattle TODAY from 7-9 pm.
This is your chance to see their new designs before hitting the big apple for ICFF! It's a great feeling to know that you'll be the first one to see some new design before everyone else in NY!! ....and that's what is all about.
I'm loving this first aid bar kit! So practical! It's great for the living room...kitchen...bedroom...office...garage......okay I'm just gonna put one in every room! :D
I've yet to check out cairo, but have heard great things about the gallery. I suppose when you put 2 awesome people like Joel (owner of 20Twenty) and Justine (creates beautiful paintings) together, it's inevitable that awesome results come of them. I can already tell that I'm gonna love the gallery. Just look at the photo of their space! I always wanted to build a whole wall with mis-matched old windows! JEALOUS!!

Don't miss it if you're in Seattle!
Cairo is located at 507 E Mercer St (near the corner of Summit and Mercer in Capitol Hill).

L&G Storytime No.9: Decorating ABC's

This L&G storytime takes up another fantastic vintage decorating book “Betty Pepis Interior Decoration A to Z”. Betty P was apparently quite the authority on decorating in her day, so let’s see what sort of alphabet she has to teach us:

A is for Accessories: who can’t help but notice these accessories’ brilliant colors?Speaking of color…you guessed it C is for COLOR! We especially like this example using shades of red, pink, orange yellow and with a dash of bright green:
F is for Fur…but we can’t help but oogle at the Fur-niture in this image:
P is for “pattern placement”:
W is for Wire. Wouldn’t you love to sit on this dandy chair couple’s laps?:
…now at this point, you’re probably thinking: What the hell is Ms. Pepis going to do at Z?…what else other than….drrumm-rolllll…. ZEBRA! Bit of a stretch don't you think Betty?

Fruity Goodness

This post is inspired by my previous post about juice boxes by Naoto Fukusawa!
An Apple A Day poster by Vik. Stick all the apple stickers on there! It's cool looking AND healthy!
This ring by Jia Style. It's named "Burning Volcano", but it totally looks like a strawberry to me!
Sweet fruit calender by Claire Nereim.