girlpowerafrica zine

please consider this zine. "350 preview copies of this book will be sold at $10 for this weekend only. Proceeds from the sale of this book this weekend will go directly to Odette Umurerwa, the care of her daughter Grace and the Girl Power Rwanda Trip (May 18-27)."

music nerd sale

20% off the entire books & design section at turntable lab. including this poster by finest elements ($24 marked down from $30).

"you're strange and wonderful"

so i heard of zeichen press from a post over at moue magazine. zeichen is having a "buy five get 1 free sale" so head on over. most cards are around $4, like this one above.

may 11th

if your relationship with your mother is just so, you might be able to harness the genius of this mother's day card. i, on the other hand, can't quite get away with calling my mom a "crazy old bitch." props to jeanfrancisbean. $3.50. there's a few other off-colour mother's day cards there too.

pulp

i'm not sure if i stumbled upon these magnets ($8) by radpanda at etsy on my own or through some other blog's tip, but, she basically makes cool magnets out of EVERYTHING. i'm pretty sure these images are similar to the chronicle books pulp comic postcard set, which i love as well.

gratitude

many thanks to allie from fraske designs for keeping the ball rolling here at object d'crave while i was away. hopefully we'll see more of her guest posts in the future. as i've mentioned before, fraske designs does primarily prints and notecards, like this detail above.

check out her store over at etsy, thoughtful meanderings over on her blog (my most recent favorite is the recipe/masterplan for making tetris brownies) and her design website.

incognito

6.375" by 8.125" print by ashleyg is $20 at etsy.

boygirlparty

these square greeting cards come packaged in sets of 2 for the price of $5. good deal. i've always liked chickadees. they remind me of belugas ... not as sleek or graceful as their brethren, but all puffed up and adorable just the same. thanks boygirlparty. as a rule they make lovely things, like this octopus do to list ($8):

alas no photo

so i just spent forever trying to upload this lovely french poster but i can't because embedding is disabled ... which i guess is fair if you're allposter.com ... but still, i'm annoyed. the poster above is from the clearance section, and at 16" x 20" is $6. Coupon code MCARD3 cuts 20% off purchases, including clearance, when used at checkout. Expires 06/30/2008. via bargainist.

records & mustaches

so these bowls ($26) made from recycled records and this clever lewd card below ($3.50), along with everything else at elsewares is 15% with coupon ELSEWARES15. tip courtesy of bargainist vis consumerist.

mural ii

this is another print i'm thinking of buying. a surreal landscape with a crackled, aged background reminiscent of a vintage photograph. i really enjoy the mood this piece evokes. by marion herman at deviantART.

submerged

i also enjoy this print by lois. i'm thinking about getting the 10" x 15" print for $16. i love urban scenes, particularly dysfunctional cityscapes with steampunk/post-apocalyptic themes, and "submerged" fits into that penchant really well.

lollipop

there's something endearing and distracting about this print .... the cuteness wars with the lolita-like characteristics of it. maybe it'd be more appropriate if you could see a skirt? either way, i like the sketchiness of the drawing and the false repetition of the wallpaper. 8" x 10" print is $14 by karincoma at deviantART.

forgive the lapse in posts, we were getting new floors put in this weekend and had no internet.

how many stomachs you got?

oh cut + paste, you so silly. but i do adore puns, wallpaper-based design & line drawing, so this card just about does it all for me. $4.50, designed by chewing the cud. three designs in total, including my second place favorite:

never forget ...

this is a great idea, and i'm kinda bummed i didn't think of it first ... bridging the gap between scrap books and photo albums, and giving us a place to put all those concert tickets that you used to just tape to your wall but now when you've actually painted/wallpapered the place yourself there's no way in hell you're gonna tape something to a wall so instead you need a ticket stub diary. $13 from chronicle books.

deviations...

sorry not so many posts, i've been under the weather of late. as part of my cassette fixation, i present this print by %fangedfem of deviantART. $45 for a 20" x 30" print. a second print by the artist below.

take it from me

four lovely cephalapodian notecards for $6 with blue envelopes ... i love them. from enfin, la voila.

where it is wetter ...

i'm quite struck by this print ... i'm not sure how to treat it with a feminist lens. i mean, at first glance its a prone, naked female form, but i think there's an indolence to the pose that lends it more strength than usually rendered to this kind of a subject. but hesitations aside, this is an evocative, well-done 12" x 18" print of an original oil painting for a mere $16. from RW2 Gallery.

one punk posy

these beautiful cards ($2.75 for 1) were what inspired me to follow up on a rare bird finds post. besides the fine lines of the crown, i love the typography used ... the same font is used in these correspondence cards ($12 for 4) that i also picked up. the seller, one punk posy, also has a series of one-of-kind cards printed on varied cardstock with crisp iconic images like tea kettles and boom boxes. i like.

future imperfect

i've been on a deviantART kick for a bit, and i love this digital art print by spyroteknik. there are several sizes available but the default is 20" x 30" at $62.45, which is pretty fair for a piece of that size. it would pair well with the piece below, 20" x 30" at $49.95.