I love this photo. It was originally published in the December 1955 issue of House & Garden. You can buy a print of this Richard Rutledge photo (and many others) directly from Condé Nast here.
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If you’ve had a chance to see Coraline (and even if you haven’t) maybe you’ve become as crazy about it as I have. I went through the entire movie site and found amazing videos about the making of the movie. I couldn’t resist posting about them. Here are a few of my favorites, but you should explore the site on your own for more!
Enjoy!
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Yesterday we went to see the new Henry Selick directed movie, Coraline. It’s an amazingly beautiful movie done in all stop-animation movie style. It took 3 years to make and involved some of the top talents of the field. And it shows. The details are intricate and spooky. The animation, seamless.
Not only is the look of the film fantastic, the story is great. It’s based on a book by author Neil Gaiman, who is extremely talented.
Despite some reports, Tim Burton did not have a hand in making this film.
Go see it! Also check out the website for the film here. And the website of Neil Gaiman here.
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Edward Gorey is one of my all time favorites. His writing and his illustrations are fantastic. So, as you can imagine, I was delighted when a good friend of mine passed along this book. It’s been making its rounds of the blog circuit of late but I’ve only just seen it today. The Recently Deflowered Girl by Hyacinthe Phyppe, illustrated by Gorey, is both beautiful, disturbing AND funny. It gave me a weird feeling, but I still enjoyed it.
I’m only going to show my favorite page so I don’t get in trouble. I’m sure you can find the rest out there if you do a quick search.
• Thanks Toby •
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The last element that I designed for the Dina Shower, that I previously posted about, the thank you cards.
I’ve been updating my design website with new work that I haven’t had the chance to put up until now. You can check them out here.
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I want to give a big thank you to two people, Wanwisa of Modern Vintage for posting about our wedding, and to Laura Budde for recommending us and for making my beautiful dress. You can check out Modern Vintage Designs for the feature or click here to go directly to the post.
Thanks again!
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I crocheted this dog from a pattern in a Japanese crafting book. If you haven’t looked through a Japanese crafting book, you should. And be ready for cuteness overload! I became obsessed with these craft books years ago and my collection has grown steadily. I’ve made more than a few items from these books but the one downside is they are almost all in in Japanese. I don’t happen to read Japanese but luckily for me crochet patterns are universal and I can usually follow those without much problem. It is a little taxing on the brain, trying to decipher which pattern is for which part of the doll but in the end it works out.
I’ve gotten my books from a variety of places, mostly Japanese bookstores. Andrew used to live in Chicago and, during one of my visits, I stocked up at Mitsuwa. In NYC, my favorite Japanese bookstore is Kinokuniya, which is not only great for books but movies as well.
A few online sources that I’ve found useful are Crafting Japanese, YesAsia, and Amazon: Japan.
Here is the book that I got this dog pattern from: ISBN-10: 9784774750712
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