I first heard about this etsy shop via CasaSugar – that’s when I discovered these very pretty pieces from PataPri. All PataPri’s products are designed, hand silkscreen printed, and sewn by Yuko Uemura, a graphic designer, textile designer, and screen printer. Originally from Tokyo, Japan, Yuko is now living and designing in Chicago. Each of Yuko’s designs... 
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Holly Becker from decor8 is one of the most prolific and popular design bloggers out there. And the eye candy she shares has always got me oohing and awing, and wondering, why didn’t I think of that!? She has an amazing eye and shares some of the prettiest finds, all gathered from her trips to Europe, her vast magazine collections, the web and beyond. Holly’s created... 
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Birds of a feather should be flocked together, no? I love these new prints from Kareem Rizk’s titled Birds No.1-5. Yes, it’s true – Bird No.3 is missing. Apparently, it’s a long story. Available at BlueFlip Art, I think all four of these very inexpensive, but very lovely bird prints of Kareem’s would look great in a set. The 9.2″ x 11″... 
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Today’s visit is to another fabulous San Francisco-based artist, Mati McDonough, otherwise known as Mati Rose. Mati shares a studio space in what she calls a compound behind her home with her talented husband and illustrator Hugh D’Andrade, as well as a few other artist friends. Mati says she is “an adult who paints like a child. It has taken her 32 years,... 
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Erin over at the lovely blog Design for Mankind is running a great series of posts called the Dailies. She’s invited designers, artists, and bloggers like myself to document a day in our life. It was quite a fun little exercise and almost made my day seem eventful. Follow these links to read the Design for Mankind Dailies on Irene from Bloesem, Jena from Modish, and Kelly... 
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