“don’t cry because it’s over. smile because it happened.” – dr. seuss
what was your favorite dr. seuss book? mine was always the cat in the hat…i loved thing 1 and thing 2 :)
happy birthday dr. seuss
happy holi!
today is holi, also known as the festival of colors – a celebration of love, life, and the coming of spring :)
tessar lo
i posted one of tessar lo’s paintings a while back…but i keep coming back to his work so i wanted to post some more. i love the elephants that are in a lot of his work!
view more of his work here.
instant love
when i posted the photos yesterday of our chicago visual mit’s puppy wearing an fp scarf, a reader wrote in “ohhh polaroids. when will they be back?” funny you should ask…i just heard earlier this week that the impossible project (which has been working tirelessly to bring back production of polaroid film) has encountered some problems that are delaying the project’s timetable. they were planning on holding a press conference this past monday to announce what the future holds for polaroid film, but that event has been postponed until march. i will keep you all posted!
in the meantime, check out the impossible shop where you can still find rare analog polaroid products.
the above images are from the flickr group “save polaroid”, which consists of thousands of self-portraits sent in by polaroid film lovers in an attempt to save the special film.
a touch of pink
you may recognize these images from our first episode of home sweet home that was on the blog a little while back. i came back to them recently and wanted to draw out a great decorating tip that might inspire your own efforts at home!
in case you didn’t see it, another fp girl and I went to the home of our director of design and image and took a little tour of her home. one thing that really stood out to me about how her house was decorated was the use of pink tape all over! it is such a cute idea and definitely adds that free people touch to a wall of photos that might otherwise look a little bit plain.
i love how it looks against that blue paint!
if any of you have fun, free people inspired decorating ideas, please do share :)
wednes-diy
i found this photography project the other day and it reminds me a lot of the WAFA mail art postcards i posted this morning so i thought it would make a cool DIY project for today! this is something that i definitely want to try- all you need is a camera and a friend!
every week, photographers ian land and caroline hancox each take a photograph and email it to each other. they then create a diptych of the photos and display them on a website, taking turns deciding which photo goes on the left and which one goes on the right. to make things more interesting they live 114 miles apart, have never met and do not know what the other one has taken during the week.
isn’t it weird how even though they aren’t planned, the photos end up looking really good side by side? or do i just think that because that’s the only way i’m seeing them?
regardless, it is such a fun project and a great way for them to collaborate and inspire each other through their work. check out the website here.
this would be such a fun thing to do with a friend- especially one that lives far away! if any of you try it send me your photos :)
wafa
postcard collages by wafa, an international artist collective that focuses on collaborative projects. one artist creates something and mails it to another artist to finish, adding an element of surprise and randomness that i think is really interesting.
check out more of their stuff here…it’s pretty sweet.
oh and wafa stands for we are f—ing awesome :)
end of the day cuteness
how cute are these pics? they were sent to me by the visual mit at our chicago store, who says:
i went home recently and dressed my little yorkie-poo in a free people scarf, and he ran around in it for hours it was so comfy to him!
i love it! thanks for sharing :)
sky blue sky
a final batch of photos our team took while they were in california shooting our february book.
stay tuned for a new catalog coming in march! can you believe it’s already the last week of february? spring is getting close…hooray!
andy goldsworthy…
…blows my mind.
“movement, change, light, growth and decay are the lifeblood of nature, the energies that i try to tap through my work. i need the shock of touch, the resistance of place, materials and weather, the earth as my source. nature is in a state of change and that change is the key to understanding. i want my art to be sensitive and alert to changes in material, season and weather. each work grows, stays, decays. process and decay are implicit. transience in my work reflects what I find in nature.” – andy goldsworthy
see more of his work here.
about a girl
for an upcoming meeting, some girls at the home office made these amazing collages representing who they think a free people girl is. i loved them so much i had to put them on the blog!
giveaway winner!
first of all thank you so much to everyone who filled out our survey! your responses are very interesting and helpful :) the lucky participant who was randomly selected to win the coin purse is…..
jamie from california!! congrats jamie, you’ll be receiving the coin purse in the mail shortly.
thanks again everybody!