1. Amazing birdhouses called ‘For the birds’ by Jeff Canham. (source)
2. Good advice for 2012 (only one month has passed, there’s still hope, right?) (source)
3. I know what I want on my birthday cake next year: crayon-candles from Emanuel Cohen. Yes please! (source)
4. Prunella soap is not only organic and vegan but has the cutest promo shots I’ve ever come across. Love love LOVE it! (source)
5. Cute necklaces completing the print on the t-shirts, by Luft und liebe.
6. The photorito lens wrap by photojojo. I actually have something similar, but mine is boring grey (okay and fluorescent orange on the inside) and looks far from edible, boo. Or maybe that’s a good thing?
7. I remember being so in love with these cat-head lipsticks by Paul & Joe a few years ago, and apparently there’s a new collection, called ‘Meow’, celebrating the 10 year anniversary of Paul & Joe beauté, and it looks so good! I want. (source)
8. This impressive piece of street art was made on a mossy wall outside of the STUK art center in Leuven, which is one of my favorite spots in the city. I am so bummed I never saw this! It was on the other exit route that I never take because I live on the other side of Leuven. Sad, very sad. Anyway, it’s a work by Belgian artist and illustrator Stefaan De Croock aka Strook, who washed away the moss with pressurized water. Too cool. (source)
9. Raindrop magnets by snugstudio. It shouldn’t be too hard to DIY with the university’s laser cutter, I should give this a try soon. Could be a great gift, no? (source)
PS. I updated my Tim Walker post, you should be able to see all of the photos now! And I’m still having problems commenting on blogger, I don’t know what’s wrong but this is a shout-out to let you know I still read and enjoy your blogs! Oh and one other thing that makes me smile: Elle Belgique named me in their list of Belgian blogs you should follow, yay! Merci, Elle, merci.
Usually I only post photos of young photographers, who aren’t that famous (yet). But today I’m making an exception for Tim Walker. His work is very different from what I usually share here (the scenery, the models, the clothes,…) but his dreamy photographs belong without a doubt to my favorites. I’m sure you al know his most famous work (like this one, this one, or these colorful cats), but I focused more on his recent creations and the archived photos that I didn’t know yet (and hopefully you don’t either). Here are my favorites! (Be prepared, because I have quite a few favorites…)
3. Rise and sigh bedlinnen, embroidered with mirrored messages that leave a print on your body after a good night’s sleep. (source)
4. The Nefelejcs Project, a series of murals in Budapest Hungary, by Merge Invisible with support from the Ludwig Múzeum. They reconstruct the walls, rooms, and even inhabitants of these forgotten places by using data from the city archives, information from neighbors and the feint imprint of old structures. (source)
5. David T. Waller’s installation made out of 2500 old toy cards, called the Toy Atlas Rainbow. (source)
6. A collection of tableware inspired for 50% by traditional chinese porcelain and for the other 50% by traditional European design. (source)
4. Thomas Jackson is currently shooting a new series of images of large hovering masses of objects in locations around New York. These aren’t finished photos yet, but should be considered as ‘sketches’. Looks already pretty amazing if you ask me. (source)
5. Bathing girls teacups, available at hunting & collecting. I love that the spoons and saucers are decorated with the girls’ slippers and underwear.
I told you I would keep an eye out for more confetti smiles! I discovered three more confetti smiles in my city Leuven. If you want to see them for yourselves: the first one was in the Parijsstraat, on the side facade of the Metafoor, the other’s are in the Charles Deberiotstraat on the left side of the parc, in the parc on the backside of the stage and in the Leopold Vanderkelenstraat, next to Museum M. Such adorable street art, this surely turns a smile on my face every time I cross one of these!