July 25th, 2008 Grace’s Love List - 7/25

I’ve been posting a lot of photos, I realized, and not so much of the art. I need to rectify that this weekend. But until then, the Love List!

• Lise Lefebvre’s work is very unique and her website is fun to browse through. Of all her collections, I enjoy her {tradition, traditional} collection best: handles on plates so you can lick them clean, images of utensils on the table cloth so you’ll know exactly where they go, and the ability to create your own dinner napkin. Funky and smart.
• A Little Hut has on their website tags in simple and clean designs that you can download for free . I found this particular set, which is perfect for those going back to school. I’m planning on downloading the set and creating tags for my teacher friends. Cool and free are two words I know well.
• Speaking of downloadable paper, visit www.printablepaper.net for -what else?- paper templates you can download for free! I know the paper lover in me will incorporate the templates in my scrapbook designs. But any office supply nerd can find many other uses for this site. And guess what? I’m both! Hey, you never know when you’ll need accounting paper, right? Right.

• Pretty, pretty, pretty. These silhouette images of children and balloons. I’ve been into silhouettes lately and these are a cool find for me. I think these will work well as imprints on greeting cards via a Gocco impression. What do you think?
• I love color and I’ve professed that fact often enough. But how would it be if I lived in this world as a color blind person? Colourlovers has come up with a fantastic read on how exactly color blind people see our world. Take a look at the article and check out the images that accompany it. I wonder, will Google by any other color still smell as sweet?
• Freakin’ cupcake lollipops. Freakin’ cute! Crafty Ginger came up with this delicious idea. I’m no cook, but these kinds of things make me itch for a chef’s hat. I want to try this out. I need to try this out. I must try this out. Period. [[Update: Thanks to Jo for clarifying that Bakerella presented these luscious treats on a Martha Stewart Show segment. And now I am officially in love with the Bakerella blog. Thanks Jo!]]

Time for another Heart Tap! And this one is a bit personal. I’m honored to say that I’m one of the contributing artists to Ali Edwards’ newest book, “Sharing Your Story: Recording Life’s Details with Mini Books”. This book is 164 pages of incredibly awesome work by some of my favorite artists (Laura Kurz! and Maggie Holmes! just to name two) and is now available for pre-order to be released in August. So honored to be a party of this. I’m just so happy.

That’s it from me for now. Hugs to all you guys. Big giant hugs from me to you!