a wedding weekend : in rochester, ny

I flew up to Rochester last night for a friend’s wedding this weekend, in an effort to dodge any possible trouble with Mr. Earl. The drawing above is the illustration I created for their wedding invitation, which I’ll share with you sometime soon as well. I’m excited to be here, in the places I’ve only seen through Google Images so far!

Enjoy your holiday weekend all! I’ll be back on the blog on Tuesday.

a wedding tent

Skip the honeymoon suite and get yourself a wedding tent! See more photos from this UK wedding here.

(*via Snippet & Ink)

window shopping : at mohawk general store

Mohawk General Store is based in Los Angeles but many of their carefully chosen goods are available online. Great taste and many very likable things for gals and guys.

I particularly liked (listed in order of the pics): People In Summer Safari sunglasses by Super; the Grey Perf Chuckman shoes by The Generic Man; Mini Sac in Red by Vivier; the Picnic in Black clutch by Marie Turnor; and the Rebozo Tunic in Blue by Carla Fernandez.

(*via Honeyed Figs)

love for a photo : two girls reading

I’ve had this photo flagged for a while and felt like today was a good day to share it — with all this grey, cool weather in NYC, it makes me want to spend an afternoon cruising bookstores with my sister. And taking breaks for treats. Not sure where this was taken, but it sure feels like The Strand.

If you don’t know about the genius that is the blog Bookshelf Porn, please go there now.

(*via Bookshelf Porn)

my way : christoph neimann

Kottke.org put me onto the work and blog of Christoph Neimann, specifically a post of his various Google-maps-inspired set of graphics. They’re funny and observant. Check out more here and see a few of my favorites below.

i just signed up for the sketchbook project : and you should too

Here’s how The Sketchbook Project works:

Anyone can sign up (until October 31st) and for $25, you receive a blank moleskin sketchbook with a bar code and a particular assigned theme. You have until January 15th to fill it with doodles, drawings, paintings, collages, whatever you want. Then you send it back and all the sketchbooks go on tour across the country in galleries and museums!

You can track where your book is at all times and even view it on display at one of the above scheduled tour locations. At the end of the tour, the books will all be cataloged as a permanent collection at The Brooklyn Art Library. For an extra twenty bucks, they will scan and digitize your book so that you can have an electronic record of all your hard work.

This is the first I’m hearing about it, thanks to The Donut Project, but Art House Co-op has been running this for five years now.

I am excited to get started! Join my sketchbook on tour and sign up here.

aakash nihalani : at play with tape in nyc

On a Monday morning I want to share something that’s energizing and fun and helps to kickstart your week. For today, it is Aakash Nihalani and his geometric artwork with tape. In each of these images, Aakash has applied actual tape to the object pictured, such as the wheels of this ice cream truck above or the building front pictured below.

From his statement online:

I selectively place these graphics around New York to highlight the unexpected contours and elegant geometry of the city itself. All execution of a piece is done on site with little to no planning…We all need the opportunity to see the city more playfully…I try to create a new space within the existing space of our everyday world for people to enter freely, and unexpectedly ‘disconnect’ from their reality…I work instinctively, trying to follow my gut about the sensation of color and space, and have fun doing it…I’m just connecting the dots differently to make my own picture. Others need to see that they can create too, connecting their own dots, in their own places.

(*via Hard Feelings; All images via aakashnihalani.com)

a sweet spot : bakeri

Along with the introduction to Brook Farm General Store (mentioned earlier this week), my friends took me to Bakeri on Wythe Street in Williamsburg. There are a million cute cafes in this city but Bakeri has a uniquely charming feel. Just go. Eat a lavendar shortbread or a brioche and try a mint black iced tea in their petite garden out back.

Bakeri
150 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn

(*Images via Hiroko Masuike for The New York Times)

brooklyn navy yard : photographs by nathan kensinger

I’ve been looking for this! Photographer Nathan Kensinger was granted access to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for a year and posted a fantastic collection of images to his blog.

I bike past this restricted zone of Brooklyn every day, curious and intrigued by the history and current state of the buildings and grounds within. Finally, a glimpse.

All images courtesy of Nathan Kensinger.

a new favorite : brook farm general store

Some friends took me to the Brook Farm General Store this weekend, tucked into a quiet storefront on South 6th Street and Berry in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It’s a wonderful shop filled with soft whites, linens, new and vintage products — basically a million things I wanted to buy for myself and as gifts. Reasonable prices too. Here are some pics of products available from their online store but make a trip to the shop if you can for an in-person browse.

Above, Sugar Spoon ($12) and Canvas Essentials Bag ($29).

Anglepoise lamp ($250) and Bensimon sneakers ($50).

Canvas Tool Bag ($68) and Linen Day Blanket ($225).

Florentine Rose Water ($12) and Recycled Ball Vase ($25).

Cotton Hammam Towels ($68) and Savon De Marseilles ($12).

Brook Farm General Store
75 South 6th Street between Berry and Wythe
Brooklyn, NY 11211

www.brookfarmgeneralstore.com