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New favorite Tumblr blog of late: Oh, Pioneer! Check it out. Source: Oh, Pioneer!

Back in my days at Iowa State University College of Design we had a fun little book binding method we lovingly called ‘toothpick and a stick’ (remember that, Lea?). It was super easy and usually pretty effective. While I’ve never attempted bee keeper/bee hive book binding I have a feeling it’s much more complicated. Beautiful, [...]

These printing mistakes from ROOM Magazine are some of the happiest accidents I’ve ever seen. Aren’t they amazing? I think that yellow one is especially striking. Source: Spotted on Design for Mankind

At first glance I thought this little wooden iPhone was a children’s toy but upon further investigation I found it’s a piece created by Kyle Bean for the cover and interior of Computer Arts. Still pretty cool even if I can’t get it for my nephew for Christmas. Source: NOTCOT

I think the stash of jewelry on my dresser would look way cooler resting in a bowl with feet. And my cereal would make for a much brighter morning if it had feet. Oh, can’t you just picture some flowers popping out of that one on the right? I think these little guys are just [...]

Yes or no? You decide depending on how your feeling that day. I’m such a sucker for clever home decor, it gets me every time. Great work, Markus Raetz. Source: swissmiss

I got a sweet early birthday present in the mail yesterday and it was worth a share here on ebb & flow. One of my best friends, Michelle, got me this nifty glass water bottle that aims to make drinking tap water cool again. I think it’s doing a great job and I can’t wait [...]

When I saw the work of J Fletcher Design on Graphic-Exchange today I did two things. First, I gasped. Second, I pinned and pinned and pinned some more. Such an awesome take on the Celadon branding and the colors kind of work with this blog scheme. What a happy coincidence. Source: Graphic-Exchange

This week’s Two for Tuesday comes from a familiar name in the blog world, the one and only Sharon Montrose. Being a sucker for a good deal my sister and I teamed up last week to take advantage of The Animal Print Shop‘s buy three, get one free sale. I, after much debate, got these [...]

Though I’m not the biggest fan of BHLDN‘s wedding fashions I am quite smitten with this image that graced my inbox today. Striking, no? There’s a video that goes along with it if you’re interested. Source: Pinned from the BHLDN email newsletter August 2011