The NY Times' Abstract City blog always puts a smile on my face! Above are some of my favorites. See Christoph Niemann's full post here.

In case you haven't seen these...I first heard about Coralie Bickford-Smith's designs on Design Sponge. They're so beautiful I couldn't resist not passing this along. She's a senior designer at Penguin Books and recently designed their hard-bound classics as a series. Each cover has a different pattern, using a symbol inspired from the book itself, 2 colors and a metallic finish. Each one is so unique yet clearly part of a collection. See the interview on Design Sponge here. See Coralie Bickford-Smith's website here.

This is really beautiful...it's the spatuletail hummingbird, a rare bird that lives in Peru. I saw this video on the BBC News website, it shows its mating habit. This particular hummingbird does a dance to entice the female, you have to see this!

This is a great place to browse all sorts of rare LP covers, it's a site called LP Cover Lover. Some have interesting designs and some are just hilarious and strange. Is that a whale, or is that a shark?

BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN

My friend just told me about this show by Livia Marin. It's called "Broken Things" and it's taking place right now in House of Propellers (a gallery in London), the show is up until November 7th. For more information about the gallery and her show click here. Also check out this interview with the artist, where she explains her work a bit.
It all looks absolutely beautiful, I would love to see these pieces in person.

GETTING INTO THE SPIRIT

I love the look of these home-made lollipops from Martha Stewart. Make these Halloween treats here.

I went to Joe's Fabrics yesterday...so many options!!