The 22nd Annual Night of a Thousand Stevies is happening tonight. Prep yourself by watching this video 22 times, then put on your Bethany Cosentino for Urban Renewal Stevie Cape, and prepare to have the witchiest night of your life!
Field Notes is offering their great pocket-sized notebooks in a six pack of colors, each one highlighting one of America's core crops. They come packaged with a small map showing where the crops are grown and a little triangular Field Note patch. Scoop one up before they're gone! -Bob
Maurice Sendak, creator of Where the Wild Things Are, and many other beautifully twisted children's stories, died this morning. Certainly, there's a wild rumpus waiting for him in heaven.
The Decomposition Book is your standard college ruled notebook, except it's so much more awesome because it's made with 100% post-consumer recycled paper and biogas derived energy. Plus, we love all of the undead puns that can be made with this eco-friendly book. Someone claim that your "zombie ate your homework" and let us know if it works!
My new favorite pastime is browsing Mantiques Modern for all their new vintage Goyard. Not only do they regularly have pieces from this legendary French luggage house, but keep an eye out for assorted jewelry, bags from Hermes, and Vuitton trunks too. This is what my flea market dreams are made of! X - Jen
Embrace your inner boyscout with one of these classic pocket knives. The top is a classic American W.R. Case for the rugged at heart, while the lower Opinel originating from France is for those who like the fancier things in life. No matter which one you choose, you can't go wrong with either of these classic designs. -Bob
Neuw Denim's S/S 2012 collection lookbook, titled Northern Hemisphere, is all about simple, clean and classic looks. With sleeveless button-ups, feminine tanks, and their perfect Marilyn High Skinny Leg jeans, this collection will be great inspiration for all of your summer days.
You don't need to be a sci-fi nerd (I'm not, I swear) to acknowledge how cool these Polaroids are which were taken on the 1986 set of Aliens. You might however need to be a bit of a nerd to get really excited (I am) for the release of Prometheus this June, which is a prequel to the original Alien saga. Bring on the summer blockbusters, I am ready. -Bob
Today is Kurt Cobain's birthday. He would have been 44. In case you are somehow completely clueless and lacking in creativity, here is an ehow article about how to celebrate it. (Wtf?)
The Lindsey Buckingham Appreciation Society plays Mirage this weekend, tonight at Johnny Brenda's in Philadelphia, and tomorrow at Littlefield in Brooklyn. And even though tonight is all about Lindsey, we're still going to dress like Stevie.
Last fall, Penguin Creative Director Paul Buckley commissioned Jillian Tamaki to embroider covers for a series of special editions called Penguin Threads Deluxe Classics. Now Rachel Sumpter has re-designed and embroidered the covers of three more classic books (Little Women, The Wind in the Willows, and The Wizard of Oz) for them. Don't they make you want to settle down like little old lady and embroider pictures of everything and anything? - Hazel
Kinfolk Magazine teamed up with the Etsy blog to bring you this super easy recipe for classic pesto. We can't wait to try this! We started drooling as soon as she grated the parmesan. Luckily, it's time for lunch.
We're not sure our boss would like the idea of having slingshots at work but these Wooden Slingshot Catapults would be a lot of fun around the office. Foot tappers, pencil drummers and loud talkers beware! (We'll only use paper balls, we promise.)
These VHS Video Notebooks from Mocha might be the best way to keep your thoughts private. Label it "M.A.S.H. Reruns" and stick it between two old VHS tapes—we guarantee no one will pick it up.
Fox River Mills is well known for their wool socks but I love them just as much for the warm winter gloves they produce. The ragg wool gloves (right) are staples in my winter wardrobe. They also produce a version with deer leather (left) enforced palms and fingers for extra durability. -Bob
Elizabeth Barker and Laura Jane Faulds are re-writing all of The Beatles songs as short-stories or essays, and then publishing them over nine volumes in the Let It Be Beautiful book series. Judging from quotes such as "I looked like a Richard Kern photo, which was the best thing I had going for me, which is barely even better than NOT looking like a Richard Kern photo," we think this is going to be a project that strikes a very entertaining balance between sweet and sarcastic.
Rebecca Kemp sketches, paints and makes clay brooches for her Etsy store Sketch.Inc. We were immediately drawn to these hand-painted wooden Nesting Dolls, which put a modern spin on the classic matryoshkas.
Norse Projects and Hestra have joined forces to bring you these extra warm deer skin gloves with removable lining. As nice as the normal black and brown are, the rubber-glove-yellow ones are our favorite!
