This identity program for 3 Little Birds Salon by Lifter Baron is amazing. It’s just so fresh and beautiful I instantly fell in love!

Photos by Lifter Baron Via Flickr

Going to a sign museum doesn’t sound like the most exciting time but it is when you’re in Las Vegas, neon central! Photographer Greg Meadows has taken some drool worthy photos documenting the Las Vegas Neon Museum’s Boneyard.

Photos: Greg Meadows. Seen via: The Best Part Blog

Lisa Rupp, a surface pattern designer, sent me a link to her amazing work yesterday and I couldn’t resist sharing! I just adore her patterns, color palettes and all the whimsical details in each illustration.

Lisa is graciously offering a free printable calendar for March and will continue to offer a calendar every month for the rest of 2009! Since I missed the calendar boat this year I couldn’t be happier! The two that are available for February and March are absolutely stunning! Be sure to check out Lisa’s blog here and see more of her concept work and patterns on her Flickr page. Thanks to Lisa for sharing!

Imgaes: Lisa Rupp

I was searching for Crepe Paper Crafts over the weekend and stumbled onto this beautiful tutorial for Sewing Pattern Twinkle Lights over at Everyday Beauty. The simplicity and charm of these took my breath away. These lovelies are made with old fabric patterns and white christmas lights. Good thing I just happen to collect fabric patterns – I knew they would come in handy some day! I can’t wait to find an excuse to make a garland of my own. Be sure to check out the full post for complete instructions.

I am SO excited to announce that I’ve opened up shop on Etsy over the weekend! I hope to be able to share more templates and other craftables in the future but for now I’ve got just the one project (in 4 colors). I’ve received several requests for my Baby Quiz Scorecards from my friends shower that I designed and hosted, and I thought it would be a good place to start.

These PDFs are editable, so you can fill in your own questions and answers and then print and cut. The best part is that once you’ve downloaded the template it’s yours to keep and use again and again! Below are some pictures from my first listing at the Twig & Thistle Store on Etsy.

Choose from Blue, Pink, Yellow or Green

To see pics from the shower that these were originally designed for check out Baby Shower: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. If you have any specific ideas on what you’d like to see next or more of, I’d love to hear from you! Just leave a comment below.

Here’s are a couple pictures of my latest contribution for Style Me Pretty. This tutorial includes directions for making Homemade Vanilla Extract and a free PDF of the labels to put on your own bottles. This would make a great wedding favor or even a good Christmas gift. Click here for complete instructions and the full article.

Click here to see my other Style Me Pretty contributions.

Check out this lovely illustrated wedding invitation and suite! I just love the hand drawn feel and the personalized feeling it invokes. A friend of mine sent me a link to Anna Melcon Bond’s Flickr page (thanks Joseph!) and I instantly fell in love with her work.

Images: Anna Melcon Bond
From top: Invitation Suite, Wedding Program with illustrations of the wedding party, and Thank You Card

I did a little poking around and discovered that this invitation was from Anna’s own wedding. I found some charming shots from her celebration that were too great to pass up. How great is that cake?!

From top: Wedding Cake by Bake Me A Cake, Flowers by Blossom, Flowers by Blossom and Handmade Tissue Paper Flowers

Besides a Flickr page, Anna also has a web site a new blog and looks like a online shop coming soon! Be sure to check them out for more sweet inspiration.

My whole family thinks I’ve gone mad but for some reason I’ve become obsessed with this trend of paper and ceramic deer busts and antlers. I’m not one for hunting or taxidermy but I see the beauty in the silhouettes of these sweet animals and how striking one of these could be in a room. Below are a few of my favorites. So what do you think? Are faux deer busts all the rage or crazy town?

From top: Deer Trophy Puzzel from Veer, Alabaster Deer Head from Modern Dose, Cold Comfort by Rachel Denny seen via Design Milk.

I’ve seen this fad start to creep it’s way into all sorts of mediums. Check out this antler coat rack from Velocity,  deer antler socket covers by Nendo seen via On Paper Wings and this iPhone/iPod Touch wallpaper from Poolga.

I know I’m late with this but Nicholas Feltron has published his 2008 Annual Report!

For those of you that aren’t familiar, the Feltron Annual Report is a collection of statistics that Nicholas collects about himself throughout the year. He arranges the stats into perfectly designed graphs and charts. It’s what us nerds view as the perfect form of Information Design. Here are some pics from his newest report.

You can purchase your own copy of the report here along with the previous two reports. He has a folded version for only $5 and a flat version for $10.

What’s even cooler is that Feltron is building a site called Daytum that lets you make your own reports!

Buttons are a huge trend lately, they seems to be popping up just about everywhere! Whether it be for a party, favors at a wedding or purely for fun they’re making a come back. Complete sweetness just happens to describe this set from the lovely Studio MIKMIK.

Be sure to check out their Etsy shop!