iPhone art

This cover of the New Yorker was made by Jorge Colombo using the $4.99 iPhone app, Brushes!

Brushes is on sale for a limited time for just $3.99.

Handwoven iPhone covers

*drool*

These iPhone covers are the coolest. I guess I'll have to get an iPhone 3G first, though.

a lamp unto my feet

I have a new arty mission in life: to try making one of these lamps. They are made from dried gourds which are painted with intricate patterns. Tiny holes are drilled in them and filled with colored beads. Somehow the electrical parts of a lamp are put in there and -- voila! GourdLamp. I just ordered two gourds on eBay. Weird.
Visit their Etsy store.

No, I'm not a Mormon...

...but this letterpress poster of the Salt Lake Temple rocks.

Paul and Babe

Now that I'm a Minnesotan, I think I need this. And maybe this.

I could sleep ...

... under this amazing quilt. I like the more modern-looking pattern. I wonder if Andrew's mom could make one for us? Maybe in green, blue, and purple (our wedding colors)! Instructions and pattern on the purl bee.

Soothing colors

I love the calm colors of this bedroom. I think it would go nicely with the maps (below). Via Apartment Therapy.

Map quest

My birthday present from Andrew arrived! He got me three really awesome maps! The world map is from National Geographic and is huge -- something like 6 feet wide. The two smaller maps of Italy and Rome are actually pieces of wrapping paper. Maybe our future guest bedroom will have to be The Map Room.