Architectural Jello

I mentioned Liz Hickock in my last post, so I thought I'd share a couple pictures of her work as well. She replicates entire cities in gelatin. These pictures are from her molds of San Francisco.



London-based company Bompas & Parr is also making architectural Jello molds (below) and even held a competition for them in 2008. You can see more photos from that competition here.

Jello Art

You may recall that I have a fascination with Jello. I posted last year about some of the gelatin art that is going on in Mexico these days, and I am sure you are familiar with Liz Hickock's Jello architecture. I just discovered that last month a much more avant garde Jello art competition was held in Brooklyn, at Gowanus Studio Space. These are pictures of some of the amazing entries, from the Gowanus Studio Flickr page.

Holy Roller

I am so excited! I have been waiting for the Roberta Roller Rabbit online shop to open for ages, and now it has! Check out her beautiful prints on home goods and clothing here.

Dessert

I made this last night. I wish I had taken more pictures because we had dinner on the patio, which was beautiful. I made an enormous salad Niçoise, and delicious sangria made with Moscato di Asti, nectarines, plums, key limes, kumquats, and grapefruits. With the light from the lanterns in the fig tree, and dozens of candles twinkling in jars, I thought the table looked magical... just very hard to photograph! After dinner we came inside for dessert and Patrick took a few photos (including the one above) for me.

How I Survived the Craft Show

I have a confession: craft shows are incredibly boring. Yes, it is wonderful to meet our customers in person, and make new connections with other vendors (and be inspired by their work), but the truth is that spending 8-9 hours sitting behind a folding table can be dull. Luckily, my wonderful friend Marina and I always do these shows together (we share a booth), which essentially turns a business opportunity into a social one, but even we can run out of things to talk about by the second day of a weekend show. We always come prepared with snacks, and this time we brought mini Babybel cheeses, one of my lunchbox favorites as a child because of the red wax coating which made for all kinds of creative fun.


Reverting to our 10 year old selves on Saturday, we immediately made ourselves bright red fingernails from the wax, and then suddenly... we started making miniatures. On Sunday we also brought the "Bonbel" cheese, which has yellow wax, and tools. By the end of the day we had hot dogs, pizza, donuts (old fashioned, Boston cream, cruellers, and classic glazed), potato chips, layer cakes, eggs and bacon, popcorn, soft serve, spaghetti and meatballs... even a Twister Dog! I didn't have a camera with me, so these were taken with my phone, but luckily our friend Shauna took some really great (more detailed) pictures that you can see on her blog, here.

Renegade, Day One

Today was Day One of Renegade, and I thought I'd share a few favorites I spotted around the show. I'm sure I'll have more tomorrow.


Stationery from 16 Sparrows.


America the Beautiful woodcut poster from Tugboat Printshop.


Painted portraits from Treatzone.


Bottle print from Small Stump.


Prize ribbons from My Imaginary Boyfriend.


Wood pins from Timber!.


Gorgeous posters from Mat Daly.


Wooden eggs from Miss Natalie.

I also really liked some of the textile prints from Cosmonaut but can't find any pictures of them.

Behold: The Twister Dog

Last night we went to the Alameda County Fair and among the many highlights of the evening (including a performance by Solange Knowles, cheese on a stick, having our handwriting analyzed by an ancient computer, model trains, prizewinning pickles, lionhead bunnies, etc.), was this wonderous creation, the Twister Dog, cousin to the Tornado Potato (same thing, minus the hot dog). Yes, this is a hot dog wrapped in a spiral-cut potato, all of which is deep fried and served on a stick (with toothpick supports). We had ours smothered in nacho cheese for the hell of it, and I must say it was quite tasty. Unfortunately, we didn't get a picture, as it was already dark out, so this one is courtesy of Flickr member Tom Spaulding.

SNAFU

I discovered today that all the emails that have been sent through my website (to info@wetfootpublications) since May 28 never reached me. This was an error on my web hosting service's part, and although I have now fixed the problem (so any emails sent from today on will get to me), any emails that were sent before are irretrievably lost. I truly apologize if anyone wrote me to follow up on the National Stationery Show, or in response to my features on Poppytalk, Design Sponge, Print Pattern, Modern Craft, More Ways to Waste Time, or any other blog, and I never responded. If you're reading this, please write me again!

Love Is...

Here is another awesome painting by my friend Price Peterson. There is something so simple and romantic about two toothbrushes nestled together in a cup. Electric toothbrushes just don't have the same effect.

Renegade

It's that time of year again- time for the Renegade Craft Fair at Fort Mason in San Francisco. Pie Bird Press will be there along with my friend and craft-fair companion, Marina of Honeylux, from 11-7 this Saturday and Sunday. Come by and say hello to us!

The Best Thursday

Pop!

Here are some great, vintage popcorn bags I found on Etsy. They are so cute for wrapping gifts, or making a fun lunch, and I bet they'd also make a great art collection, framed.







Hey Yo Yo


Your Vintage Kitchen


Sweet Treat


Recycled Wares

Swoon!

I saw these YSL shoes in the home of stylist Elisa Nalin on The Selby, and they made my heart go pitter-patter...

Happy Independence Day!

The Fourth of July is my favorite holiday of all because it includes so many things I love: fireworks, barbeques and picnics, friends, warm weather, summer produce... This year I'll be celebrating with a two-person BBQ. I'm making potato salad, grape-tomato-feta salad, grilled corn on the cob, hamburgers (served with my own pickles of course), and patriotic shortcake for dessert of course! Hope you have a happy holiday!