the dark side of keeping calm.

mrs. french of the very beautiful blog bliss had a fabulous home tour of veronika’s perfect abode, and i couldn’t help but love the way she matted and framed her midnight black keep calm & carry on poster in this natural wood frame. so much so, that i plan on framing one my own to hang in my soon to be black & white living room! you can find the black keep calm silk-screened prints in my etsy shop (along with a lot of other original colors, like charcoal gray, seafoam, red and pink).
*as a way of assisting with haitian relief efforts, i am currently donating $5 from every sale to the red cross.

share your winning resolution.

it’s that time of year again — have you made any new year’s resolutions? feel like sharing them with us? i’d love to hear what’s on your mind, and see if you’ve got a secret something we all might get inspired by to make this new year a more productive, meaningful and happy one.
i’ll send a ‘keep calm & carry on’ print (in the color of your choice) to the resolution that i think might put a nice spark under us the most! simply share in the comments below (be sure & include a way to contact you), before next friday, January 8th, 2010, and i’ll shout out the most inspiring thought, or resolution for the new year.
happy new year everybody! i can’t wait to see y’all next week for a brand new, and much better year! here’s to a fabulous twenty-ten!!!
[ photo credits, center: riptheskull; clockwise from left to right: sfgirlbybay, caitlin is nice, brandon lyon, i'lltakeyourphoto, ricardo torres iii, laurence, swapatorium2, patrick q, danske, nishka, allencompanyinc, and jaime m. ]
black is the new, ummm, black.

i know it’s not really a ‘color’ so to speak, but i wanted to see what my keep calm & carry on posters might look like in a nice chalkboard black. it’s not really ‘chalky’, but a nice rich, solid jet black, but the white type on black reminds me of a beautiful chalkboard. it’s turned out to be one of my favorites. if you like it too, you can find it in my etsy shop.
keeping calm.

the phrase is everywhere and the posters keep on and on. all i can figure is that when times are tough, it’s just a phrase that resonates with everyone. and now, ceramic artist rae dunn has created her own little homage to the poignant sentiment. these beautiful ceramic bowls are rae’s own sweet tribute and interpretation of keep calm and carry on. for more of rae’s lovely work, check out her etsy shop and follow her blog.







































