Artist: Sebastiaan Bremer

Discovered some rad artwork by New York-based (Netherlands-bred) artist Sebastiaan Bremer today. Starting with vintage photographs from his idyllic childhood family vacations in the countryside, he adds a sprinkling of translucent rainbow confetti ink to create a wholly unique image that's layered in memory to produce something entirely new and fresh.

Print Party

Something about the gray December skies has me eating up these luscious, saturated prints. Here are a few of my favorites after inspiration skimming...

New Years Resolution: More Svpply

First of all, Happy 2011!

It's a new year and there's no better way to ring it in with some new found inspiration, oh, and some new purchases, mind you. Svpply just so happens to be my favorite new discovery this year. Although one of my new years "resolutions" involves "saving money" it's hard to stick with it when a site like Svpply comes along. It's basically an online shopping blog that allows you to add items to your own personal Svpply list as well as add and follow what friends, and other users whose style you dig, are swooning for at the moment. I've already discovered so many new shopping sites and, needless to say, my "resolution" is taking a lot of motivation to follow through with...but, then again, does anyone ever really?

Check out some of my recent finds, which I will title "color explosion" for good reason. It's one way to beat the winter blahs.

Photography: America in Color from 1939-43

The photos below are selected from a series entitled "Captured: America in Color from 1939-1943" that were taken by Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information. They are, apparently, some of the only color photographs that show the effects of the Great Depression on America's small, rural towns. My favorite thing about these ones, in particular, is the amazingly rich, color-saturated floral fabrics and patterns that make up the clothing and textiles. It's such a stark contrast to their hard, tired expressions and the dingy surroundings that they endured.

Tip-Toe Through the Tulips

If only all farms looked like the technicolor patchwork of these tulip farms in the Netherlands.