Check This Out : Another Fun Print

To add to our small collection of bicycle themed art, I bought this yesterday.

My hubby, the cycling fanatic and twitter extraordinaire , sent me a tweet link to this print. With the power of Paypal, it is ordered.

Can't wait to add it to this:

I have plans for a gallery wall that is dedicated to bicycles in our family room. I am slowly collecting art and photographs. 

Here is a photo I took while thrifting with Carol from The Design Pages and with the power of Picnik I now have this:

On a side note, not bicycle related...

School is finally out and last night my husband and I put the three kids on a plane to visit their grandparents on their 350 acre farm.

Kid free for a WEEK!
{party in the house} 
So today I am painting...

And getting ready for the long weekend!

XO Barbara 

Check it Out : Chiang Mai Dragon Stencilled Wall

Check out this fantastic wall painted by Danika at Gorgeous Shiny Things. 

This girl has some serious talent

Yes, it is hand painted. 

Meanwhile, you can find my Chiang Mai Dragon pillow being featured

at

The Notebook

Thanks Meaghan!


XO Barbara

{check this out: typography maps}

My husband never ceases to amaze me with his internet finds. Now with his newest toy, an iPad, he is a twitter extroidinaire and keeps his finger on the pulse of the latest news and even sends me links to design finds! He has taken to reading Design Milk's Flipboard which brought these cool maps by Axis Maps to my attention, as a hint for Christmas. We both love maps as art, he especially loves them and collects maps from his travels. 

I have always loved typography, I guess it comes from my high school drafting course days when I loved practicing lettering {we weren't allowed to use the computer, had to be done by hand}, even working for an engineering firm in university where they let me do the lettering for their blueprints. Typography is a wonderful combination of art with {in my opinion} math/science. It's precise and follows a pattern. Does that make any sense?

Check out these maps!

These maps of Chicago and Boston are made up entirely of words!

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I stumbled across this typography map of London from Blanka, in the UK.

After searching a bit more I came across these from Ork Posters:

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{I think MadeByGirl had this one in her office?}

Can I just say I LOVE these!

I think I might have to buy a few, hmmm...

which ones?

Photo source: {1,2.3,4} Axis Maps

{5, 6, 7}  Ork Posters