green fence.

So, my husband and I are about to make an offer on an amazing Victorian house right outside of the city limits. It has incredible character and it is absolutely enormous! There will be plenty of room for us as we start a family, and we will obviously be there for quite a while. One of our criteria in our home search was that the house have a decent fenced-in yard. While this house has a million other things that I never imagined would be in our first home (like the square footage!), it does not have a fence. But, it DOES have a nice yard. I was researching fencing online today and it seems that it can be quite expensive to have someone come and build a fence for us. So, since there are many things we want to do to this house over time, we'll be doing as much of the work ourselves as we can to save money. So, I started researching building your own fence online, and specifically, "green" solutions to fencing. As you might imagine, there aren't many options for tree-friendly fencing. But, I did find one that I just adore. Every time I look at this picture, it makes me smile. Maybe we'll even use this idea in our backyard!

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obama+steelers=victory.

I think we all know who's got this game in the bag. I mean, if you have the president on your side, how can you lose?

jesus is a friend of mine.

We all need to laugh sometimes. This should do it for you.

fun.

I just came across this site (though I had seen these illustrations before, just not knowing where they came from)- someecards, where their tag line is, "when you care enough to hit send". Pretty hilarious. You should check it out. Here are a couple from the category, "somewhat topical".

president obama.

("November 4, 2008" by graphic designer, Patrick Moberg)


("Progress" by graphic designer, Scott Hansen)


("All Colors Together" by Brazilian graphic designer, Daniel Molin)

In honor of today's historic Presidential inauguration, I thought we should take a look at some Obama art (Obamart?). This next one is from 30 Reasons, a website that I found during the election season. It is a series of 30 graphic designers presenting 30 reasons to vote for Barack Obama. Even if you disagree with one or all of these reasons, it's an aesthetic treat! Yum-yum!


(by graphic designer, Chaz Maviyane-Davies)

And I would be remiss if I were to ignore the Obama logo and branding-an incredible way to reach younger voters of the MTV generation (like myself), as well as the growing number of design-concious Americans (and let's face it, who doesn't like pretty things?). Read about it here and here. Presidential campaigning will never be the same.



(Obama campaign buttons with O logo and Gotham typeface)

If you're wondering what that font is that he's used, it's called Gotham, and it was chosen for its simplicity and elegance.

For more on our new president, check out change.gov and/or whitehouse.gov.

Happy Inauguration Day! :)