New Year New Mix

HAPPY 2013 friends!

Hope you had a happy holiday season! 2012 was pretty amazing (and will be hard to top), but I've got an awesome feeling about 2013 and all the good things to come. Also love these reminders that this is your year via the atelier 

Also, a new mix for y'all on Spotify: 1. Ellie Goulding - Anything Could Happen 2. David Bowie - Rebel Rebel 3. Papa - Put Me To Work 4. Andrew Bird - Eyeoneye 5. The Cults - Bumper 6. Matt & Kim - Let's Go 7. Blondfire - Where the Kids Are 8. Florence + The Machine - Spectrum 9. The Fugees - FU GEE LA 10. The Sounds - Painted By Numbers 11. Capital Cities - Safe & Sound 12. Amy Winehouse - Tears Dry On Their Own 13. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Make the Money 14. Futurebirds - Wild Heart 

Music For Your Ears 7.0

A new mix for ya - have a good weekend! 

Hit List #7: 1. Passion Pit - Take A Walk 2. Pixies - Here Comes Your Man 3. Jack White - I'm Shakin' 4. The Walkmen - Heartbreaker 5. Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere 6. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - Almost Lost Detroit 7. Garbage - Blood For Poppies 8. Cat Power - Ruin 9. The Police - Canary in a Coalmine 10. Jay Z - My First Song 11. Mark Foster, A-Trak & Kimbra - Warrior 12. Grace Potter & The Nocturnals - Roulette 13. Trailer Trash Tracys - You Wish You Were Red 14. Gotye - Eyes Wide Open 15. Fun. - Some Nights 

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Music For Your Ears 6.0

A mix of old, new and brand new - enjoy! 

Hitlist #6: 1. Bill Withers - Use Me 2. Black Keys - Gold on the Ceiling 3. Tennis - Deep in the Woods 4. Grouplove - Lovely Cup 5. Chappo - Come Home 6. Miike Snow - Paddling Out 7. The Roots - The Seed (2.0) 8. Talking Heads - Blind 9. Feist - Sealion (Chromeo remix) 10. M83 - Reunion 11. St Vincent - Cruel 12. Jack White - Love Interruption 13. Alabama Shakes - On Your Way 14. The Shins - The Rifle's Spiral 15. Echo & the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon

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Music For Your Ears 5.0

Hitlist#5: 1. The Airborne Toxic Event - Changing 2. 10,000 Maniacs - Like the Weather 3. Reptar - Stuck in my Id 4. Estelle feat. Janelle Monáe - Do My Thing 5. The Rapture - How Deep Is Your Love? 6. Hall & Oates - You Make My Dreams 7. Tokyo Police Club - Your English is Good 8. Beck - Think I'm in Love 9. Norah Jones - Happy Pills 10. Atlas Genius - Trojans 11. Friendly Fires - Skeleton Boy 12. Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side 13. Real Estate - It's Real 14. Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy 15. David Bowie - Young Americans

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Music For Your Ears 4.0

Happy Monday, friends! Hope you had a wonderful weekend. Here are a few tunes to help kick start your week:

Hit list #4: 1. Santigold - Disparate Youth 2. Electric Guest - This Head I Hold 3. Portugal. The Man - Got it All (This Can't Be Living Now) 4. Tennis - Never to Part 5. The Velvet Underground - Who Loves The Sun 6. Thievery Corporation ft. David Byrne - The Heart's A Lonely Hunter 7. Grouplove - Tongue Tied 8. Empire of The Sun - Standing On The Shore 9. The Doors - Touch Me 10. Datarock - Amarillion 11. Sleigh Bells - Rill Rill 12. The Bamboos - On The Sly 13. The Whigs - Black Lotus 14. Bruce Springsteen - We Take Care Of Our Own 15. Pretty Lights - Finally Moving

If you listen to only one artist on here, it should be Tennis. Their music makes me feel like I'm dancing with unicorns on clouds made of daffodils, and the fact that they are a husband and wife duo hailing from Denver makes me love them even more. Other new favorites include: Portugal. The Man, Electric Guest and Datarock. But really, it's all good so check it out!

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Music For Your Ears 3.0

Some tunes to help you wrap up your Wednesday:

Hit list #3: 1. Mayer Hawthorne - The Walk 2. St. Lucia - All Eyes on You 3. Young the Giant - My Body 4. A Fine Frenzy - Blow Away 5. Yeasayer - O.N.E. 6. Beck - Black Tambourine 7. Alabama Shakes - Hold On 8. Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar  9. Wilco - Dawned On Me 10. Santogold - I'm A Lady 11. Rilo Kiley - Silver Lining 12. Cut Copy - Pharoahs & Pyramids 13. Kassidy - Oh My God 14. Amy Winehouse - Our Day Will Come

Shout out to Lucy who introduced me to St. Lucia!

It's been on repeat since I downloaded her mix Cominque - check it (and all her mixes) right here!

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Music For Your Ears 2.0

And a few tunes to gently shake you out of your mid-Monday slumber...

Hit List #2: 1. Norah Jones - Chasing Pirates 2. The Decemberists - Calamity Song 3. Fitz & the Tantrums - MoneyGrabber  4. Bombay Bicycle Club - Shuffle 5. Ray LaMontagne - You Are The Best Thing 6. The Heavy - How You Like Me Now 7. Phish - Ghost 8. My Morning Jacket - Holdin on to Black Metal 9. Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks 10. Graffiti6 - Free 11. Van Morrison - Everyone 12. David Bowie - Modern Love 13. The Shins - Simple Song 14. Foster the People - Call It What You Want 

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Music for your Ears

 Hit List #1: 1) Lykke Li - Get Some 2) Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse - Valerie 3) M83 - Midnight City 4) Lady Gaga - Summerboy 5) Cee Lo Green - No One's Gonna Love You 6) Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime 7) Kanye West ft. Lupe Fiasco - Electric Touch 8) Cults - Go Outside 9) SebastiAn ft. Mayer Hawthorne - Love in Motion 10) Neon Indian - Polish Girl 11) College ft. Electric Youth - Real Hero 12) The Black Keys - Lonely Boy

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This and That

Happy first Thursday of 2012! Here are a few links that have caught my attention recently:

Love the premise behind Advice to Sink in Slowly where designers share wisdom with first year students through these posters via brain pickings
A sneak peak at the Jason Wu for Target line hitting stores February 5 via fashionologie  
2 lovely transformations (1, 2) on Design*Sponge's Before and After 
Lifehacker's list of the best time to buy anything in 2012 giving me a good excuse to buy new bedding this month
Top 10 musical discoveries of 2011 from Rachel at Black Eiffel
Postelco handkercief envelopes via note to self
Bon Appetit's 2012 Food Lover's cleanse
And last but not least this cool photo and the rest of David Talley's 365 project

This and That

Feeling inspired by the work of Eliot Lee Hazel via designlovefest
A history lesson on the Hudson Bay Point blanket via HonestlyWTF
My pattern-loving self could not be more pumped about H&M's next collaboration with MARNI! via fashionologie
Totally in love with Naomi Stein's home via design*sponge 
Equally enamored with these bedside tables I just ordered for a client from Pottery Barn of all places
Lady Gaga for Vanity Fair January 2012 (NSFW)
Reed Danzinger's portfolios via all the mountains
Lulu Dee's 80s Mix Tape Letterpress Cards via designworklife
Beautiful botanical photography by Erwan Frotin via trendland
Awesome health news via jezebel 
One of my favorite music blogs ranks their 100 best songs of 2011

This and That

I shared some knit trees by Suzanne Tidwell a while back thinking they were so unique and original, only to find that yarn bombing (as it is referred to) is a growing new form of street art. Pretty awesome, no? via Street Art Utopia
New Black Keys single Lonely Boy makes me wanna dance
Jorge Colombo creates some impressive iPhone art
Some interspecies mingling (i.e. the world's greatest mommy)
Anthropologist's Pick: 50 of the world's best breakfasts
Costume inspiration from the fashion world's finest because if you're like me, you don't have one yet
Lindsay McCrum's Chicks with Guns - lovely photography and rather entertaining
Love this DIY camera carrier via Design Sponge
The Rules of Halloween made me giggle via Good

This and That

Really loving photographer Lottie Davies's Travel series via butter and brass
I always enjoy Amy Merrick's Living In series on DesignSponge but her Royal Tenenbaums takes the cake
Florence + The Machine debut 4 new songs **update: stream the new album here!
I might have to take up knitting again to help these little penguins out
Awkward Halloween Family photos - some equally as confusing as they are entertaining
some of the most original art I've seen in a long time by Matthew Fox via HonestlyWTF
These ornaments will definitely be making an appearance on my Christmas tree
I like this little blog of letterheads via 01 Magazine

This and That

 

Jonathan Zawada takes a unique approach to landscapes with these colorful oil paintings on linen whose topographies are derived from graph data. Read more about it here and check out his equally vibrant home on the Selby

In honor of Halloween coming up, some really scared people - this is totally worth viewing

Can't stop watching Beyonce's Countdown video - she's got such great spirit. Fun fact: Tom Petty's daughter directed it.

Looking forward to making this recipe that combines 2 of my favorite foods: Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese 

If you are as perplexed and intrigued by the fame and fortune of Rachel Zoe as I am, you might be interested in taking a peek inside her home

This made me laugh

Enjoying the challenge of 30 days of good (although I'm not exactly following them in order) 

Oh Land covers The National

Just splurged on these shoes and have decided leopard goes with everything

A few more landscapes that are not what they seem

This and That

It's that time of week again - I can totally smell Friday. Here are some goodies to help you push on through 

The many faces of Amy Poehler - love this woman. Check them out, there are 30 of them! via Jezebel

this made me want to move to Finland (and lets not forget about this - or this for that matter) 

the most ingenious invention of the year

Can't get enough of all the textures layered in this beautiful home

Feist is sweet and you can stream her new album Metals right here FOR FREE!

Glad to come across a good excuse for making three pots a day (and to ignore the slight jitters)

I really love that this is happening

and also that this is happening

Happy Thursday :)

This and That

A few Fashion Week favorites from the top: Tracy Reese, Jill Stuart, Christian Siriano, and J. Crew - (I know I said I wasn't going to post any photos from the J.Crew show but I really just couldn't help myself.)

Love this new Florence + the Machine song Shake it Out

Also love perusing Dana McClure's shop - thanks to designformankind

What are they looking at?

Suri's Burn Book - musings on fashion, travel, and other celebrity children from the perspective of Suri Cruise

Amanda makes changing up your furniture look easy with Upholstery Basics on DesignSponge 

What happens when grandparents try to turn on their new webcam

Very cool scientific research and glow in the dark cats

These rules make me laugh because they are so on point - It's good to know I'm not the only one guilty of this 

This and That

Indira, Kathmandu, Nepal age 7 

Ahkohxet, Amazonia, Brazil age 8

Kaya, Tokyo, Japan age 4

Tzvika, Beitar Illit, West Bank age 9 

Completely mesmerized by images from documentary photographer James Mollison's book Where Children Sleep via brainpickings - definitely check out the link there are plenty more to see.
Very cool prints by Paul Octavious - I think my favorite is the Beatles VI album
Jon Jackson's public break up with Los Angeles via HonestlyWTF
Kanye and Jay's new album Watch the Throne
first images of Missoni for Target Lookbook
Interior Design crush: Jarlath Mellett via Elements of Style
can't wait to try this drink via designlovefest
this made me laugh a bit

Sea Lion Woman

poster by Valhalla Studios 

Feist's new album Metals drops October 4th and I can't wait for the chance to see her live in concert in November. You can check out the full tracklist, album cover and upcoming tour dates here. For now, here's a flashback to 2007 to get you all excited:

This and That

How awesome is Fine Art Pet Photographer Carli Davidson's series Shake? Shes uses a fast shutter speed to capture these hilarious images of dogs shaking off water. I need one of Bambi ASAP. via PetaPixel 

A totally amazing trolley depot renovation right here in Atlanta - Before & After via DesignSponge

Check out these impressive works by Julene Harrison cut from paper

Play FreeRice - the World Food Program's vocabulary game that uses revenue generated from ads to donate 10 grains of rice for every answer you get right 

The Anthropologist's Pick: rare early photographs of musicians from around the world

If you're looking for some new music, check out Pretty Much Amazing's list of Best Albums of 2011 thus far 

And last but not least, the cutest thing you'll see all day