grassdoe

so successful has been the camera's role in beautifying the world that photographs, rather than the world, have become the standard of the beautiful. 

- susan sontag

i find myself continually returning to photgrapher Jonathan Levitt's photoblog, GRASSDOE, for bits of inspiration and glimpses into worlds that are at once other and familiar, where i feel a little bit at home. his photographs are raw and honest and they all possess a simple beauty, whatever season, scene, subject, or way of life they capture. looking at them, i am reminded of the above quote from Susan Sontag's On Photography (1977), except that in Levitt's photos, it is the world that retains it's beauty in the face of the camera. i really think i could live in almost any one of them.


all photographs Copyright © Jonathan Levitt

10 - a rugged giveaway (from modish)

jena at modish is hosting an incredible giveaway from Spool No. 72! she is kindly offering one of their gorgeous Sage Burrow Rucksacks made from 100% salvaged materials to ONE lucky reader. don't you just love a rugged bag?

for your chance to win, visit modish. you have until Wednesday, May 12 to enter. i am already daydreaming... so in love with this bag, and well-crafted repurposed bags, period.

08 - letterpress love affair

letterpress week at oh,hello friend!
image by: slimjim
it's letterpress week at oh, hello friend! i have had a love affair with letterpress for the past few years, so i am really excited about this wonderful week-long feature. in addition to studio tours, interviews, design & print processes, and other great features from a wonderful line-up of artists, Danni is offering DAILY GIVEAWAYS! the first giveaway features an incredible package from four lovely shops who have generously donated a variety of letterpress goods. you'll have to go see for yourself, but here are a few of my favourites (just a taste!) from their collections:

• vintage wood type 5 block set of ampersands from Monki Vintage
• pitch a tent {instructional series} letterpress card from SNAP & TUMBLE
• letterpress paper house kit from 1canoe2