this is one of the coolest and most clever things i’ve ever seen…
david horwitz took pictures of all the pictures in his grandma’s house and put them in a pdf for you to download as a keepsake for yourself.
iekeliene
original fpgirl katie h. found this post…
these girls should be our best friends!
iekeliene’s show took place earlier this year, but we wanted you to enjoy the pix/mood as much as we do!
summer love
our friend eric took this pic of his wife, beth…
eric wrote the music that we used in our december 2007 catalog video…
long live summer…
sugar…oh, honey honey
from our marketing manager, kathryn… :)
my brother and his partner, who live one of my many dream lives, spend 3 months out of the year here in philadelphia with family and the rest of the year in their home in hawaii. they, among other things, are local beekeepers. before they left this year, they harvested the hives and left me with a jar of local, organic honey. you can see the difference between the smaller jar of honey that was harvested here, and the darker honey from hawaii. apparently, when done organically, the color depends on the flowers the bees choose to collect pollen. check out their website to learn more about organic, biodynamic honey. i’d like to learn how to keep bees eventually when I have some space, but for now i’ll enjoy these gifts from them. wanted to give them some love for the cool things they are doing. xo.
a few interesting notes about honey and beekeeping…
1. it is said that eating local honey can help prevent and tame outside allergies.
2. there are said to be 212,000 beekeepers in the US, and about 95% of them are hobbyists.
3. the white house vegetable garden is home to a hive.
altar ego
another pic from merrie, who’s working in india right now…
“a makeshift altar (mundar) in a delhi parking lot…just because it felt right.”
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happy friday!
marcelo gomes
i saw a post about marcelo gomes on coute que coute this morning…and i am still in awe. are you kidding me?
stunning.
best in (cat) show
from fellow fp girl whitney. she is the department store specialist for our wholesale division…
“my friend (dustin fenstermacher) just showed me his website and I’m in love with his pictures!! right now he is working on putting together a book of cat show pictures. i’m trying to tag along to a cat show with him because they look amazing!! i don’t know which one i’ll enjoy more, the fancy cats galore or the fantastic people watching.”
design for we the free!
if you’re a clothing/accessories designer with a love of all things raw and genuine and rad…and if you’re in l.a. this thursday, you should come out to our we the free store!! we’re looking for folks who would be interested in sharing their wares, and possibly adding them into our existing product assortment.
what a cool opportunity…hope to see you!
1520 cahuenga blvd. c/o space 1520
anshu
i got an email this weekend from one of our creative directors, merrie. she spends a lot of time in india, and shared this story with me about a little boy she befriended:
“this little boy’s name is anshu.
his family lives on the grounds of our friend kundan’s office and his father is the gardener.
kundan has developed a soft spot for him as he’s grown up because he is so ‘street smart’. he loves hanging with the big guys and doing what they do.
so, kundan decided to send him to a school that teaches english, which is the ticket to a better life in india. the school started only a few weeks ago, and we don’t know if the family will see the value of a good education over the years to come, but we are trying…hopefully it’s the start of something bigger.
i figured out no one had ever taught him his colors, so now everyday after ‘tutions’ he stops by our office and sorts my colors with me. (i work on my hindi, and he works on both hindi and english).”
time to chau
if you’re in ny, go visit fuse gallery. our awesome knits designer chau – who has
graced our blog many-a-time – is showing some of her work there.
in the form of flowerpots…
and ink on paper…
show runs from august 15 through september 12.
she’s the best. watch our interview with her from may 2008.
chris butler – smartist
this is chris butler, brother-in-law to our awesome graphic designer lizzy.
he describes himself/his art as “analytical, cheap, collage, fast, geometric, simple.”
cool stuff.