We Have A Winner

Do you dudes remember the awesome contest we did with G Select last week?  Well guess what, we have a winner.  Random Generator picked #9  (I use this site) so, congratulations Garrick, you just won yourself a tam tam stool!  Time for the happy dance

If you didn't win but are still interested in your very own Tam Tam Stool you can get one here, psst, it's only $48!!  

As for me, I just got back in to town from a long weekend visiting my Mom's newly renovated (and stunningly beautiful) house so I have lots of catching up to do today.  Tune in tomorrow for an awesome guest post from DC fave, Double Takes

catalogue collage

Hello fellow Design Crisis followers, it's Melody of me melodia. I am so pleased to be doing a tiny guest spot here. You design savvy, forward thinking hussies are fantastic. I kinda racked my brain on what to focus on while I stood on this design crisis soap box. I scoured through my unattended magazines and furniture catalogs for some kind of inspiration. Then I came to the realization that I have way too many unread wallpaper, simpleliving, believer, good and martha's lying around. Keeping up with the goin'ons is not easy. Currently our office and my night stand have piles of dogeared magazines.

Books Stacked (Pottery Barn Spring 2006). Collage on paper, gouache, graphite.

Then voilà I came across the work of Leslie Mutchler and her cleaver catalog collages . When I spotted these I immediately had an I should have thought of that moment. What a great way to make creative use of those read and used catalogs we all have lying around.  

 

 

Untitled (Brown Drawers). 2005. Collage on paper.  

White Storage (Pottery Barn Spring 2006)

Baskets (Pottery Barn Spring 2006).

Black Storage (Pottery Barn Spring 2006).

White Storage (West Elm Spring 2006). Collage on paper, color pencil.

Black Storage (West Elm Spring 2006). Collage on paper, color pencil, graphite.

Brown Storage (Crate & Barrel Spring 2006). Collage on paper, color pencil.

Do you have cute makeshift magazine tables? Or are you like me and bordering the brink of being a hoarder?

I Never Really Been So I Don't Really Know

Big News Dumplings:  Matty and I have decided to go to Mexico for 5 days for our anniversary this fall. Hooray!!!  There's so much culture and so many ruins and, oh, the food!  Guess what?!  We won't be seeing ANY of it.  Nope, not one bit.  We are going to be such tourists that we probably won't even leave the comfort of our all-inclusive resort long enough to say ¿dónde está el soporte del taco?  Look, all inclusive means free booze and infinity pools so, pray tell, why would I leave? I spent a few minutes thinking that I should forgo all-inclusive and instead stay in one of the hotels I've been lusting after.  I did some research and found some gems in Playa Del Carmen (our destination) with rates within our budget.  2 small snags:  Neither had drinks included and both were a block from the crystal clear ocean.  I don't care if Phillip Stark was conceived in the pretty hotels, if you're not giving me free drinks or the beach, you're not part of my vacay.  I will feature you on my blog, however.

Hotel I passed up #1:  Hotel Basico

See!!!  That is concrete, not crystal clear water

Oh, but maybe I could just stay in the room the whole time

And try to squint to see the ocean.  It may be worth it, right?

I could pay a few extra dollars to have my selection from this quaint fruit stand.

Oh, but those roof-top tubs don't look much like an infinity pool, or a lazy river that wraps around a Disney-sized resort.

This is probably the only view of Hotel Basico I'll get in person.

Denied Hotel #2 Hotel Deseo

I am a sucker for pool-side beds with canopies.  I wonder how much drink service costs on one of those bad boys.

And a hammock in the room DOES tug at my heart strings.

Why can't you have free drinks??!!

Yep, this is probably all I'll be seeing of the Deseo.

You know why?  Because I'm totally going to be rockin it like this:

Booya!  LOOK AT THAT WATER!

In other news, I'm going to be out of town tomorrow so you're going to have to live with these photos until Monday when Me Melodia stops by with some awesome collages.  

I'll be back on Tuesday to announce the Tam Tam stool winner.  Remember, you have until Monday night to enter.  If you haven't already, don't be scared, I don't keep your email addresses or use your information or anything creepy like that.  Really, I'm not that organized.

Kisses and happy early weekend everyone!