Rhuby

I'm a big fan of elaborately made cocktails. New and interesting flavored spirits are quite exciting for me, so I'm kind of thrilled about Art in the Age's new liqueur: RHUBY. It's rhubarb flavored! Art in the Age already make two successful liqueurs, SNAP (gingerbread) and ROOT (it's root beer, but also think sassafras and birch bark). Both are fantastic.





The real reason I thought to post about this was because I love their artwork for everything, but it seems I like the product just as much.

"Like ROOT and SNAP, RHUBY is based on a centuries old Pennsylvania recipe and is totally unique in the marketplace. There has never been anything like it…at least not since 1771. This is the year Ben Franklin sent John Bartram America’s first rhubarb seeds. Bartram proceeded to make a delicious garden tea with rhubarb, beets, carrots, lemon, petitgrain, cardamom, pink peppercorn, coriander, vanilla, and pure cane sugar. We took this recipe and turned it into a spirit!"

They have a few recipes here, although I'm not sure when it's for sale. Hopefully I can find it soon!

USA! USA!

Via DesignSponge

A beautiful map design, titled American Flags Map from These Are Things.





I love the delicate lines, zig zags and crosshatch used to designate states. And of course the little flags! This is a great piece of simplified design, it would look great anywhere. It's a limited edition print of only 100, sold for $99. Should I get one?

Their shop has many more map prints for sale.

Sweet Paul Magazine

I was reading the PopSugar app on my phone and they linked to an online magazine called Sweet Paul. The cover of the new summer issue was so amazing I had to read the rest. It's awesome! Paul Lowe is a food and prop stylist and all around cool and crafty guy. The magazine is filled with great stuff (144 pages actually!). It's like a younger and hipper Martha Stewart Living, I'm sorry Martha.

Here's a link to the new issue.

Barton Hollow

While I'm on the topic of music, I'll just add that I'm absolutely obsessed with Barton Hollow from the Civil Wars. Do yourself a favor and listen to this over and over and over.

Codes and Keys

I've been loving Death Cab for Cutie's new album Codes and Keys. It's not as sappy as their previous album Plans, so that's good. It has a more electronic feeling and I'm liking it more and more each time around. And you can download it on Amazon for $5!

Karl Lagerfield for Diet Coke

I love these Diet Coke cans designed by Karl Lagerfield. They're unfortunately only sold at Harvey Nichols. The simple patterns are beautiful. I wonder if I could get my hands on them. Diet Coke isn't my drink of choice but you better believe I would but a ton of these.



Also 2 soda posts in a row, what?

Found on The Dieline.

Barritt's Ginger Beer

I am a huge fan of ginger beer. I've tried and enjoyed lots of different brands but always failed to find the king of ginger beers: Barritt's. It has been brewed in Bermuda for over 100 years and is the original ingredient in a Dark and Stormy (also originated in Bermuda).

I've yet to see it in any retail stores, it seems like they only sell wholesale. But yesterday I came home from work and there was an entire case waiting for me.



Thanks to Rob, who surprised me with this perfect drink. Barritt's is made with real cane sugar and I was amazed to taste the difference from regular processed sugar. It's so clean, sweet, just a little spicy and extraordinarily refreshing. Add vodka and fresh squeezed lime juice for a Moscow Mule!

Svpply

I've found a new, awesome time waster. It's called Svpply and basically you add items that you want. It's like pictorial collection of things you'd love to buy. The website design is simple and only focuses on the images, there is no text until you hover over the picture. It's so easy to add to your collection and everything is linked right to the website for purchase. It's fun! If you start one, my name is wowheywhat.

Pinata Man

This picture from Confetti System reminds me of my boyfriend:




He made this pinata costume to wear during Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Amazing!

(P.S. I'm trying to get back in the blogging game!)

Baaad

I'm a bad blogger.

Unicorn Tears

Source

So Long Sweet Summer

I painted two happy and positive signs to put in our bedroom. The bottom frame refuses to hang straight, but that's ok!


The white painted walls in my apartment can be such a drag, so I bought this tapestry from Urban Outfitters to make the bedroom much happier.


After seeing Willie Nelson in July, I was able to spend some awesome time with my dad. He has a fantastic garden and gave me some zucchini and cucumbers to take home.


I've wanted paper straws for a long time and finally bought some from Etsy. I love these straws so much! They make any drink look super fun.

Without Cabinet

Without Cabinet by Helmut Smits. Materials used: books, TV, lamp, speakers, record player, video cassettes, CDs, LPs, cassette tapes, binders, boxes.

Coffee Cups

"Susan Jane Belton continues her consuming interest in logo-emblazoned, take-out coffee cups by lovingly rendering studio portraits of these contemporary icons." Link

Lego

Pilot did this ad campaign for their new ExtraFine pens. Lego characters with lots of gnarly tattoos.

Telegramme Studio

Very very cool screen printed poster from Telegramme Studio in England. They briefly mention "getting the hang of" the color overlays, which I'm sure is difficult. I love the assortment of typography and little illustrations of the gold brick and bell. Cute and eye-catching!

Sound Of Design

Via Boing Boing: Sound Of Design redesigned album covers in a beautiful flat minimalist style. "...feels like a lovely melding of 1960s Penguin Books minimalism with a bit of 8-bit sensibility."







All 21 albums can be seen on their Flickr page.

Pinhole Camera

"This one of a kind handmade pinhole camera is crafted from a reclaimed, spray painted iPhone box. It is designed to take standard 35mm film just like a normal camera. It has a built in advance reel as well as rewind reel. This enable you to shoot a picture, advance to the next frame, use the entire roll of film, rewind it back into the canister and take it to the drug store for processing!"

From Etsy user Engrained, a cool pinhole camera made from an iPhone box. $80.

Canon Rebel T1i

I finally bought a new digital camera after having a point and shoot for many years. It's a wonderful Canon Rebel T1i and I still don't know how to use it. Reading the manual isn't very fun but I'll do it.

The picture is of my sister, the shirt I bought her, and the large cup holder sized pockets she found. Look forward to my new professional photographs!

Hand Made Shoes

Don't you NEED these shoes? They are hand made from etsy seller spirocreations. The only reason I haven't bought them is because they are $225. Very expensive, but they would be my favorite shoes...