Weekend Update

So, I've had quite a busy few days and have barely touched a computer. Busy with what, you might ask. Well, I've been buried in a book that I started on a few weekends ago. It's call The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss and it is excellent. It's not entirely new, but I haven't been caught up reading a book like this in quite a while, so I really enjoyed immersing myself in another world without being glued to a TV screen as usual. I'm about to embark on a new adventure as I've just started the second book in the series and can't wait to get into it. Also, my Jeffrey Campbell Cosmic Litas arrived yesterday and they fit perfectly. They are damn hard to walk in, but they are so gorgeous that I just want them on my shelf looking pretty for now. They are works of art and I can't wait to wear them.

RIP J. D. Salinger

I want to dedicate today's post to a wonderful author who wrote one of my favorite books, The Catcher in the Rye. I was only a teenager when I read it the first time and it made an immense impression on me, and I know I'm not the only one. RIP.

Read more about J. D. Salinger here.

BookBook Macbook Cases

Okay, so I really really want one of these. I'm totally in love! These are the most stylish Macbook cases I've ever seen. The images speak for themselves. Go visit BookBook for more information on how to own one of these trendy and oh so cool vintage book laptop cases.

Work by Alex Stikeleather

Okay so I'm way behind on posting. Sorry. I've had an enormously busy week at work and haven't had any time for myself really. But I'll make up for it this weekend with lots of new exciting posts.

I'll start off by sharing the work of Alex Stikeleather who's a very cool design student I discovered on Twitter. I don't know that much about her, but she studies at the School of Visual Arts in NY, and her work is very creative and fun. I just had to share it. I especially fell in love with her Floss Book which is based on one of her school assigments. Have a look at her Flickr gallery or follow her on Twitter.

004 - Brownie the Bear

Today I made a watercolor of a wonderful warm forest friend that I call Brownie the Bear. He's a big old cuddly fella and I hope you'll see more of him later as I'm actually writing a little story about him that I'm also going to illustrate.