affordable art roundup

I stumbled upon this online gallery with some really great and affordable prints.
All around $20.
The site is really well designed and built as well (Flash-o-rama!). Check it out!

Charmingwall


Prints by Devon Kelley-Yurdin, Eric Otto, Evan B. Harris & APAK

the lost art of letterheads

A friend sent this website to me the other day - very cool blog all about letterheads.
Some really great vintage designs, personal as well as business.
*love the Henson Associates letterhead!

letterheady

one more time, with flourish

So I'm sitting home alone. Watching Iron Chef America on my dvr (Battle Almond!). And an overwhelming urge just hit me. The urge to conduct a Google search using the search term "flourishes". This is perfectly normal, right? Right??

Anyway, I found a cool blog post from Andrew at www.myinkblog.com in which he gives detailed, step-by-step instructions for creating your own swirls and flourishes in Illustrator. Way to bring The Awesome to my Tuesday night, Andrew!

typographic blues remedy

Serious type inspiration.

Feeling a little blue? Type got you down?
No need to fret! Brand new blog, Friends of Type are here to save the day.
I came across FoT browsing on GrainEdit this morning, and I'm swooning.
They've only been posting for a short time and already their blog is full of inspiring type and sketches.
I love the 'yes.stay' and I'm really feeling like hand drawing some type this weekend.

poster roundup

add a little color to your home - art prints that you can afford

pretty

Design Sponge is celebrating their 5 year anniversary with pretty wallpaper giveaways. It's the gift that keeps on giving, because they will also be doing a wallpaper giveaway each month featuring different artists and designers. So keep checking back!

I always love getting a nice wallpaper every now and then to spruce up my background and rejuvenate my computers appearance.

5 year anniversary

analog!

There's a cute little stationary site based out of San Francisco called Yellow Owl Workshop that is offering up odes to all things analog in this crazy digital age. Love this postcard set and all the Polaroid kitsch!