It's a Terrible Week for Singing

So, a friend at work shared this with me today and it brightened my day considerably.

A bunch of industrious musically-minded film students at Columbia College Chicago have gotten together with the hopes of putting together a 90-minute musical film about a puppeteer whose life seems to be going from bad to worse.

If the video they created introducing their idea and asking for donations to help fund the film is any indication of what the full-length film will be, I'm in.

How bout you?

It's a Terrible Week for Singing from Evan Mills on Vimeo.

If you want to help these young folks out and donate to their film, click here.

Casey Riordan Millard

Went for a second view of my best friend Casey Riordan Millard's show at the Schopf Packer Gallery in the west loop of Chicago. Her work is as brilliant as ever--pretty (like hardcore schoolgirl-in-pigtails-crinoline-and-patent-leather-shoes pretty), and gorgeously executed and sad. If you haven't seen her work before, you're missing out.

Check out her website: caseyriordanmillard.com

This is my favorite piece of hers. . . ever: "Shark Girl Riding Blue Bird"

Salt Box

I want a Bee House Salt Box. . . preferably in white, though Carrot would also do. I've always dreamed of having a grey, white and orange kitchen.

Let's be honest, though. Don't we want a Bee House anything? Their design is so simple and clean and modern. Beautiful colors on teapots and creamers and mugs.

Ingenious Lounge

When the weather was crazy hot here in Chicago, I found this ingenious couch on ruffhouseart's shop on Etsy and thought how lovely it would be to have a couch with cold enamel sides.



During the winter, though, I'd either have to retire this particular couch or make a giant woolen cozy for it. . . Just so long as I could still see the juxtaposition of red feet to sky blue exterior. Brilliant!

Julia Kuo

Is fabulous! These images are from her sketchbook that she shares online here.



She's an illustrator who is approaching famous. But I know her work most directly because she was parked at the table directly across from mine during the last Christmas Renegade in Chicago. I spent two whole days staring at her adorable prints and ornaments and art boxes. I wanted to buy all of her stuff--but I satisfied myself with just one Christmas ornament head. Luckily, my perfect husband watched me covet her work and bought the below illustration of trees growing across the tops of a city scene.



Her work delights me.

Or what about this?

This stuff is brilliant. From MelissaSue on Etsy as well! Using the same techniques as I do with decidedly different results. Lovely, strange creatures. Check out her blog, too, to get more insight into the creation of her new bird-leg cottages. It's just the kind of prefect blend of creepy and cute that I adore!