Well, isn’t this just the prettiest music box you ever did see?  Designed by José Ferrufino,  the movement of the musical mechanism (it plays Son of a Preacher Man by Dusty Springfield!) causes sticks of barley to gently sway.  Lovely.

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These paper sculptures by Richard Sweeney really blew me away.  Cut, folded, and constructed from paper, I can’t begin to imagine the precision and thought that goes into each one of these.

From the artist: “Any form imaginable can be rendered through drawing, but when modelling in paper, an object has to be physically shaped. When faced with a flat sheet of material, there is no obvious indication of how it can be manipulated into a three dimensional object. The limitations of paper as a form making material offer a challenge, which through playful investigation results in tangible models.”

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Silversmith, Victoria Delany, designed these set of candlesticks in silver and lacquered wood. The central wooden parts are interchangeable making an endless number of interesting and colourful combinations as well as allowing you to make them as tall or short as you would like.

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A bike shop in Altlandsberg, Germany chose to create a wall of bikes in lieu of a sign, which makes for a pretty stunning sight!  I would love to see how many were stolen over night if they tried this in NYC.

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Sorry things have been kind of slow around here the last few weeks, we’ve been really busy working nonstop annoying each other..  aka: fine-tuning our wedding details.  But, only a week and 1/2 until hitchin’ time!

Anyway, these miniature sculptures by Dalton Ghetti, made on the tips of pencils, are pretty incredible! He uses a razor blade, sewing needle, a sculpting knife, a steady hand, and a crazy amount of patience to create these tiny works.  Wow.

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Here Design recently collaborated with cabinetmakers to create the beautiful packaging for The Balvenie Forty.  150 bottles recieved the VIP treatment with hand-carved oak boxes and personalized calligraphy.

FYI, I just happen to be a scotch girl myself and I also just happen to have a wedding coming up.. just sayin’.

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I thought this was a pencil drawing at first glace, but it’s actually a wire sculpture created by Shi Jindian of a Changjiang 750 (which is a knockoff of the Russian military M72-M).   Apparently he painstakingly wraps wire mesh around a 3D object then carefully removes/destroys the object, leaving the exoskeleton.

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I would most definitely buy this cat-shaped lipstick by Paul & Joe and never use it because it’s too cute.  So, I probably won’t buy it.

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Sometimes I come across certain things that truly make me feel like I’m the last to know.  Case and point:  The Chand Baori Stepwell. No idea how this one slipped by me..

Located near the Harshat Mata Temple, it’s one of the largest (and deepest) step wells in India, although it more closely resembles and MC Escher drawing. It was built in the 9th century and has 3500 narrow steps that go down 13 stories.  AMAZING!

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I just love these beautiful hand made webs from textile artist, Shane Walterner.  Kind of wish that if I stopped cleaning my studio, these were the kind of webs that appeared instead of the haunted-house kind I normally get.

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I don’t know where I’ve been or how I’ve missed this, but I just found out that the world is running out of helium..?!  It’s so endangered that it could run out in as little as 8 years.

In the case of a helium balloon crisis, there is now a solution for you, created by Clementine Henrion.  These Helium Eternal ‘balloons’ are in in fact made of fabric, stuffed, and hung from the ceiling; but they still have the same great effect.  Not sure about the rest, but you can purchase the rainbow HERE.

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I would love to own this siamese chair by Harush Shlomo, so I could put it at the front of my apartment, bark orders, and yell, “Entertain Me!!” at anyone who came over to visit..  just kidding I wouldn’t do that.

Ok, actually I would.

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Things have been pretty chaotic around here recently, made especially so with the endless DIY wedding projects we’ve been working on.  I don’t know what crazy frame of mind we were in when we decided to take all of it on, but here we are finding, baking, printing, and constructing everything from our invites, to lighting, to our decorations (w/ the help of dear friends & family, of course!)

Since we’re paying for it ourselves, we are trying to stay on a very tight budget.. So when any possible creative freebies come along, we don’t hesitate.  We decided to pass on a professional florist and keep things simple with a mix of Georgia wild flowers and a couple of our personal favorites.  Instead of buying 100 + vases, we decided to take what Brooklyn itself was offering.. free glass bottles from the 1900-1950s!  Want to find out how?  Keep reading..

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These are incredible!  Located in Harads, Sweden the ‘tree hotel‘ currently consisting of four rooms: The Cabin, The Blue Cone, The Nest and The Mirrorcube (my favorite!), and is set to open this weekend.

Mirrorcube

The Blue Cone

The Cabin

The Nest

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It’s been so hot in our place I’ve been feeling almost sick.  We have a tiny window unit, but it only keeps an area of about a 3 ft radius in front of it cool, and that’s usually taken by our cat, Bruce.

So late last night Wes decided to create an A/C condom-tunnel contraption that carries the cool air to where we are sitting.  It’s pretty hilarious..

Take THAT MacGyver!