Helmut Fritz ... ça m'énerve (LE CLIP OFFICIEL)

So I wake up this morning to a message from one of my lovely Etsy buyers, who tells me that a jacket she purchased was used in this French music video. This is so thrilling for me in an odd way ... this little, ol' jacket from the midwest United States, found it's way to France to do something big! The music video is fantastic - gorgeous people, beautifully shot, and the song is fabulous. (I watched it while the kids were getting ready for school - and they loved it, too! Even though none of us know any french, we loved it just the same.)


Here's the jacket ... You'll see it at about 35 seconds into the video - embellished with some medals at the chest pocket.

(P.S. on a side note, but somewhat related... I just sold something to the propmaster for the Sex and the City II movie. I can't wait to see if it makes it to the big screen!!)

Shop additions ...

These pieces were just added to the shop within the last 24 hours or so. Anything look good?

Extract ... the movie

oh. my. gosh.

I cannot wait to see this movie. (Haven't we all worked with people like those ladies in the beginning?! Hilarious!)

The Three Amigos ... Aqua is the new Quatro

Aren't these little guys adorable?
I overheard them trying to count to ten in Spanish. It went something like this... "uno... dos... tres... aqua... cinco..."

Polyvore ... my first time ever

First Set Ever by goodgrace featuring American Eagle Outfitters

So what do you think? I may be addicted. This Polyvore thing is so easy to do ... and it's so much fun "window shopping".

Wary Meyers love...

I've been enamoured with anything Wary Meyers for quite some time and I was so excited when I saw they (Linda and John) had a blog. Well... now they have a print shop open. I'm trying to decide which prints are my favorites. I love the whimsy of the animals ... Spyglass, Mole Going to Play Tennis, George ... hmm... do you have a favorite?

I'm also looking forward to their book being released in September.

(p.s. Check out the family crests and other illustrations here. sigh...)

Mad Men Yourself ... via AMC

Check out this interactive ditty over on AMC ... After you've created yourself, you can download your "scene" as desktop wallpaper, or use your "face" as an avatar over on Twitter/Facebook/etc.

Mad Men's new season starts August 16th!

Inspiration ... Animal Font

I'm not sure how I'd use these, but I think they are fabulous! (They'd be terrific to use as stencils for unique wall art, applique or kitschy printed tea towels.) And there are even more versions of them when you use the special fonts. The lower case characters are the "baby" version ... adorable! Go check them out here. (I especially love the zebra's.)

(Found via Abbey Goes Design Scouting. Font via Alan Carr at Dafont.com.)

Perfect for Father's Day

I absolutely love this hanky... so perfect for Father's Day. Not sure how many men still use hankies, but it's such a lovely, unique and thoughtful little piece. Found via Etsy's front page "inspired by a handmade wedding"... created by Etsy seller EmbroiderybyLinda.

photo: EmbroiderybyLinda

Kindred ... "Wallpapered Together"

Have you heard of this lovely collaboration between Holly of Decor8 and Heather (Ez) of Creature Comforts? They've created Kindred. It's their way of promoting and supporting independent artists ... with free downloadable note cards, postcards and desktop wallpapers. Their most recent update is the "Wallpapered Together" series, "Summertime theme: the five senses", with all of the featured artists using the current Pantone color forecast for Spring 2009. (They also have an archive of the previous season's Wallpapers!)

(image via Kindred)
(found via YellowGoat)

Outcasts United ... A Refugee Team, An American Town

This book looks like a wonderful, inspiring story. I saw the author, Warren St.John, on MSNBC's Morning Joe last week. (According to Mike Barnacle and Joe Scarborough, this needs to be made into a movie!)

From the book's website: Outcasts United is the story of a refugee soccer team, a remarkable woman coach and a small southern town turned upside down by the process of refugee resettlement.

In the 1990s, that town, Clarkston, Georgia, became a resettlement center for refugees and a modern-day Ellis Island for scores of families from war zones in Liberia, Congo, Sudan, Iraq and Afghanistan. The town also became home to Luma Mufleh, an American-educated Jordanian woman who founded a youth soccer team to help keep Clarkston’s boys off the streets.

Theirs is a story about resilience in the face of extraordinary hardship, the power of one person to make a difference and the daunting challenge of creating community in a place where people seem to have so little in common.

Royals for the Rainforest...

I think I first saw a clip of this over on MSNBC (surprise, surprise... I know...). It's a lovely, compelling video - and definitely worth a look.

There is an official website as well: The Prince's Rainforests Project.