hilary williams.

My BFF Jess posted a link in the comment section of a former post alerting me to the work of Hilary Williams, and WOWZAH, I'm in love. In TOTAL and utter love.



I adore her city scene paintings and prints; they make me want to pick up and leave tomorrow and just explore--- different cities, streets and areas ALL over the world. I've never had a piece of art do that to me before, and it's quite nice to feel.



And gracious, have you ever seen a McDonald's look so beautiful?



Hilary is based in San Francisco and has QUITE the artist process:

In creating her screen prints she takes most of her own photographs, and each other stencil is created by hand, with ten to twenty layers stenciled and then printed on each piece. Her paintings are composed of stretched fabrics on boards. She then layers acrylic with screen printing and other mixed media.



Whew! I'm exhausted just READING that.

Thank you my dear Jess for the link, and thank YOU, Hilary, for being SO SO fabulous! :)

maejane.

Step 1: Find MaeJane through her comment on my blog.



Step 2: Read her entire blog incessantly--- in mad love of everything featured.



Step 3: Realize she has an Etsy shop where she creates work that is probably even better than what she features.



Step 4: Confirm that yes, the work is awesome.



Step 5: Wallet goes back in the fridge. No prints today, Erin, no.
edit: Ok, maybe just one. That's fair, right?

the dailies: jessica from shiny squirrel.

OMG I'm so so excited for this Daily. Ok let's be honest--- I'm excited for EVERY Daily, but this one? This one is a KICKER. Jessica from The Shiny Squirrel (yeah, I know--- THAT Shiny Squirrel!) is joining us to walk Design for Mankind through her painfully fabulous life... I won't keep you from her day ANY LONGER--- HERE GOES! :)
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7:30ish – It was daylight savings and I was restless in bed.



9:00 – Went to Oslo coffee shop on Roebling and North 4th for a small skim latte and a blackberry plum bran muffin (my favorite variety).



I am a reading junkie including novels and magazines. I usually bring a stack on the weekends to leaf through and tear out the pages that have great items or places I want to visit. I have an inspiration binder that everything gets filed in.



12:00 - Met my mom (who lives in New Jersey) for burgers and dessert in the West Village. We talked Shiny Squirrel (she runs the warehouse) and wandered around. We visited the Greenwich Letterpress, which has an amazing card collection, and tidbits that are great for gifts.



Burgers weren’t so good and the Mudpies I had at Mama’s Mudpies was very chocolatey. The French press coffee was delicious; I love coffee especially strong espresso.



3:30 pm – Went to the gym, ran 6.5 miles then came home to change and go out. It was a warm day and I wanted to get some ink at Mikey’s Hook Up on North 6th st. I love wandering around my neighborhood on the weekend, (Williamsburg, Brooklyn).



I went to the traditional places I like to go like Sprout Home, Flukes, and along Bedford Ave. The AG Gallery on North 3rd had the most amazing Wall Calendar on sale for 50 % off! I was very excited because I had been eying it for some time. I also was lucky to speak to Mara from the Gallery portion about involving Shiny Squirrel in the shop. It is a big goal of mine to give the site a more physical presence in the neighborhood.



5:30 pm – Made dinner at my apartment; whole wheat toast, light cream cheese, lox with olives... some broccoli from Trader Joe’s. Finished with a Skinny Cow Fudge popsicle and strawberries.



7:00 pm – I sat down to work on the site, answer e-mails and watch 8½ by Fellini. He is one of my favorite directors and I am a bit of a movie fanatic. I watch at least 4 a week...

10:00 pm – Getting ready for bed, reading Women by Charles Bukowski.

style pick of the day: victorian shoes.

"if you can fit into these, i officially hate you."

$33 from Salvation.

print of the day: a flock of the birds.

"because you KNOW you loved flock of seagulls back in the day..."

$14 from JZRoszell.