Gems of the Week

Leena Kisonen.

Rachel Antonoff for & Other Stories.

Ellen Surrey.

Laura Langston drew me a pineapple.

Lemon & Ket.

Shrimp!

The Goodbye Girl.

Katie Scott.

ART + ILLUSTRATION + DESIGN-Y THINGS

another print / a bathtub made out of quartz / "The Lady of Shallots" / Eleni Kalorkoti's moon animation / empathy cards / just an adorable gif / Juju Papers / Saul Bass / this was pretty accurate / beautiful vintage playing cards / a cute coloring book / pyrite studies / yet another great Lucky Peach cover / 9 squares / the designer cubby / the "best" of indoor picture taking / ice cream mosaics 

MOVIES / TV / ACTORS / THE SUCH

iconic / "Leonard"  (oh, Leonard - and just fyi "it took him awhile to get hair under his armpits") / don't shame Anne for wanting to protect her pale complexion - carry that umbrella with pride / a Bob burger / a Mulleavy movie / In Praise Of Betty Draper, Difficult Woman / this is the sort of thing I'd do with my money if I had an unlimited supply of it

BOOKS & WRITERS & WRITING

The Fever is becoming a tv show / Beastly Verse / a brief interview with Julie Morstad / reading illustrations at Chronicle Books

ETC.

Canned Soup and Molecular Cuisine Aren’t All That Different / birth / things to try in May (including one of my fave coloring books) / typedrummer

Gems of the Week

Marie Gardeski.

Adam Higton.

Falconwright's Curses Collection.

Cari Vander Yacht.

Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree. An important image from my childhood.

Marina Muun.

Ellen Surrey.

Maori Sakai.

ILLUSTRATION / DESIGN / THAT SORT OF THING

my "What's in Your Bag?" post for Etsy / Leah Goren for The Land of Nod / Harry Potter A Day / a robot nutcracker / Hue Grant / fabric by Elizabeth Olwen  and Michele Brummer Everett / Esmé Shapiro at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast / Cardnest sounds like it's going to be awesome / printable marbled paper / floral prints by Danielle Kroll / dogs to adopt (a blog) illustrated by Elizabeth Graeber

MOVIES / TV / ACTORS / ETC.

The Comeback / this poster is great / pizza in the movies (via Alison) / The Sleepless in Seattle houseboat / I rewatched Lars and the Real Girl after seeing this illustration and it was even better than I remembered / I enjoy reading about people's eating habits / I hope that this ends up being made / The Shining toy prototypes / Molly Lambert on Joan Rivers / Christian Bale: Shape Shifter / the history of Entertainment Weekly / the Hannibal score is so, so good / "I’d get very discouraged and bail on things because I was super insecure. It was that awful combination of being insecure and impatient. Also, you’re afraid of failing, so you sabotage yourself so that you’re not failing" - Bill Hader

WRITING / BOOKS / AUTHORS / & THE SUCH

sentences / an interview with a pair of book publicists  / making sense of creative writing's job problem / "I suffered nothing except the routine terrors of childhood: fear of the dark, fear of the future, fear of the return to school after a summer on a lake in Maine, fear of making an appearance on a platform, fear of the lavatory in the school basement where the slate urinals cascaded, fear that I was unknowing about things I should know about" - E.B. White / Go To Sleep, Little Pets / a story that gave child-Mallory nightmares / shelving books

ETC.

a crab molting / I’m tired of seeing intelligent women—and some lovely men—waste so much time repeating themselves because their audience still can’t accept basic concepts like “Women are human.” / so, I linked to that article on The Maine Hermit last week because a.) I live in Maine and b.) it's an insane story - then I read Mallory Ortberg's post about him at the Toast and I feel the need to point out that I cannot fathom anyone treating him as a hero and I want to be sure that no one thought I linked to the article in celebration of that brand of hermit-dom (other types of hermit-dom I fully support). / a dog swallowed 43 1/2 socks / save the monarch butterflies / responding to one-handed reviews and the revenge porn fixers / Baked: The Blog / buying instagram followers / Janelle Monae on Sesame Street

Gems of the (Previous Few) Week(s)

Alice Provensen by Ellen Surrey.

Home Movie Archive - *stills.

Kyle Metcalf.

What I Wore to the Studio (Leah / Monica).

Mary Feddon.

ENTERTAINMENT-Y

books & books & books (plus - on the shelf) / food in Martin Scorsese movies / I will mourn the eventual loss of Netflix's dvd service as though it were an important human relationship & I'm not ashamed of this fact / on The Petticoat Junction theme song (my sister and I used to love to sing it during the first year we got cable as children and watched a lot of TV Land) / Greenberg and asterisks on a mix cd / Jerry Seinfeld's ama (also - Spike Jonze) / movie music / Amy Jellicoe & Tina Belcher / apartment hunting with Natasha Lyonne / The Rise and Fall of Fox Civilization in Disney Films (the fox in Mary Poppins is so cute) / on body image & movies / "As a female comic, I would say 70 percent of the tweets I get or the feedback I get is whether or not they want to have sex with me. Every day I get a lot of, 'Am I crazy that I want to sleep with her?' I've been getting feedback on whether or not I’m fuckable since 2007" - an interview with Amy Schumer / the make-up of Prisoners / "When I had it on it almost felt like some version of a superhero cape. It didn't have any special talents, but actually created negative abilities." - Greta Gerwig on her Frances Ha jacket / "movie lovers" who don't like to watch movies / women in Hollywood - 1 and 2 / Nicole Holofcener / Gaby Hoffman / Chandler & Monica / the McConaissance / Lucius singing "Go Home" in a kitchen / mystery novels / such a brave performance / expecting too much from best picture nominees / a Twin Peaks board game / unfortunately, Paul Dano can't drink milkshakes

ART & DESIGN-ISH

my latest post for Etsy (on resolutions) / the selfie sticker pack / plates by Helen Dardik / a pegboard headboard / an interview with Neal Whittington of Present & Correct / beautiful dominoes / an interview with the Falconwright ladies / whales and ships and icebergs / an interview with Lisa Hanawalt (plus, another one) / animal group illustrations in book and print form - kickstart 'em / a paper donut gift box / a comic about body issues / BOOM BLAST RATTLE RATTLE: Children's book amazingness from Carson Ellis's bookshelf / there are so many great artists over at Buy Some Damn Art right now / I love this house (belonging to Emily of Nancybird) so, so much / sandwich gifs / blob things / the technology and interfaces of Her / a tour of Kneeland Co. Textile Studio & Mercado

ETC.

a snow-woman bride / a moose farm / not here to make friends / save Clearly Canadian! / I love juice as much as Buster Bluth and I long to own a juicer, but I think that juice cleanses are pretty much the most idiotic things ever / “Intimidating” Is Not a Compliment and I'm not really that scary / interview with a big dick / at home in Brooklyn / believe in your selfie / what no one tells you about motherhood / it’s okay to travel by foot / 30 (also) / exercise gifs / books that still have covers should expect to be judged by them / there are lots of great interviews at Claire Zulkey's website / Merrill Markoe on procrastinating / writing tips by Patrick Ness / if you live in Los Angeles you should join the LA Cake Club / getting my fucks in a row / famous people and their cameras / on blogging / the chemicals of food

Gems of the Week

Maggie Li.

Diana and Anton's beautiful "best day ever".

A Max Papart lithograph at Kitka.

The ALL Knitwear / Baggu collaboration (backpack / duck bag).

Jasmine Deporta via It's Nice That.

I enjoy how Michelle Brusegaard uses fictional character names as examples in her shop. Some that I noticed straight off - Laura Palmer (her) / Chester Copperpot (him) / Herman Blume (from this) / Millie Kentner (Lindsay's old bff)

Meanwhile in the Ello There shop, Anders and Blake seem to be getting married (these guys). Of course, it could just be a coincidence... but whatever.

I am proud to say that I have been to Perry's Nut House.

Andy Rementer's People Blocks at Sight Unseen.

Louisa Parris.

Myrtle's illustrate lookbook (illustrators from top to bottom - Ellen Surrey / Alice Rutherford / Gracie Chai).

Heinui.

I know that Halloween is over, but spookiness doesn't have to be seasonal.... so enjoy this mix of scary songs I made. Sorry to haunt your day with the pic of G'mork. 

ENTERTAINMENT-Y

such a specific (and great) Cheers-related costume / the final pages of the final episode of Breaking Bad / weeping - getting dvds from Netflix is one of my greatest joys (as a movie obsessed person who -as a teenager - watched 95% of the movies in her local video store). Having a huge selection of dvds to choose from and have sent to my home.... it has been heaven and PLEASE DON'T LET IT END  :( / Cumberbatch's coats / Louis C.K.'s banner ad / the trailer for The Book Thief  / Stephen King’s Carrie Is Even Stranger and More Radical Than You Remember / tv characters who never change their clothes / Graphic Novels My Kid Loves / a Beetlejuice brunch / Frasier reunion <3 / I thought this was a pretty great interview with Vincent Kartheiser (Pete Campbell) - it's a really old interview because I have a lot of really old things saved on Pocket / a book post at fieldguided / Tyra from Friday Night Lights dressed up as Labyrinth-style David Bowie for Halloween / I love It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia / actors hate it when you treat them like actresses

DESIGN-Y

I got a copy of this coloring book in the mail and it's great - get one / beautiful quilts / "the float table" / I have a sneaker obsession too / The Oyster / Leah Goren at Boots & Pine / Mary Blair's concept art for Alice in Wonderland / Cat People magazine / I found a bunch of awesome personalizable gifts for the Etsy blog / DIY forest mobile / a massive pom pom / yet another lovely wallpaper at Poolga / a trip to the Edward Gorey house

ETC.

What We Wore / 1-2 Simple Cooking / the new issue of Chickpea magazine / buffalo plaid / I wish I had been in this duck-filled CVS / everyone who uses facebook fears this / running a vintage shop / coats / kite festival / a Copenhagen photo diary / "I think 'everything sucks' is too often leaned upon as a comedic stance. It's a really easy and pretty weak perspective. Don’t get me wrong, we’re going to do jokes about things that I don’t like, but people who don’t really have personalities will often manufacture the illusion of a personality by just saying 'no' to everything and just telling you why everything sucks." - why I try never to say "I hate ______" on twitter or this blog or elsewhere (other than when I'm talking to people in real life - it's [obviously] necessary sometimes). In general though, who cares what you don't like? I'm more interested in what people do like or enjoy or (especially) love. People really tend to use twitter as an outlet to tell the world the things they loathe, and I just think it makes them look like miserable lumps. You feel that strongly about people who post pictures of their food on instagram? Woe is you. The only thing I feel compelled to tweet about hating is people like that. Don't tell me you hate Wes Anderson movies, tweet about the trailer for the movie you ARE excited for. I just think that's more worthwhile than commiserating in mutual disdain. Did a member of Mumford & Sons kill your dog? If not - chill out.