50 + 50.

50 designers take on their state mottos.

terrain.

Maybe not so necessary but a lovely way to complete an outfit.

rectangular objects.

A study in colors and shapes from this art by Courtney Price. (Lots more here.)

texture and pattern.

Effortlessly put together and so pretty, compliments of JCrew.

sister sister.

Illustrated with thread: Maricor/Maricar.

christopher astley.

Surprising beauty in art of unassuming materials.

specs.

A quick visit to Karen Walker's site and you'll be rationalizing the purchase of
yet another pair of sunglasses (or is that just me?)

masters.

Minimal + modern portraits of Saarinen & Calder by Marcel Ceuppens.

"To me, the drawn language is a very revealing language, one can see in a few lines whether a man is really an architect"
- E. Saarinen

summer color.

Have you visited our shop recently? It's full of cheerful summer colors and great vintage finds.

vanilla.

It gets so hot here in the summer that I need a pretty good reason to pull out my bike (or the tandem!) and go for a ride. If I had one of these lovelies parked in my garage it would be harder to resist a ride now and then, even in the 100+ heat.

waylande gregory.

Birds, folk glam. Love the work (and interesting life) of Waylande Gregory.

marais.

Marais gives us reasons to buy new sandals and to show off those pedicures.

smythson.

Smythson has you covered for cute traveling accessories. The plus: they're on sale!

lanvin petite.

Quite possibly the most adorable collection tailored for little girls; Lanvin's 'petite' collection.
Photos by Lanvin from Fashionista.

letterset.

Do you remember using dry-transfers? Veer embraces the hands-on approach to typography.

lindsey adelman.

Floating bubbles translated into lights.

in flight.

+ Valero Doval.

type, identified.

New blog find: Mark Weaver identifies all your favorite MCM typefaces.

via design crush

warm and cheery.

There's a whole lot of pink and red going on in this apartment, and I sorta love it.

photos by Vincent Leroux for Marie Claire Maison

orla + pattern.

As I wandered around Salt Lake City this past weekend, I fell in love with an Orla Kiely skirt that was way out of my price range. So instead I just enjoyed looking through her book, Pattern, which is full of inspiration and highly recommended.

Orla Kiely 2011 S/S collection