Who could resist? See more World Cup posters here.
Caught My Eye
March 9th, 2010Heard it from a Yankee
March 4th, 2010Aster+Sage will be in the May/June issue of Yankee Magazine. Photos will appear here shortly [it's March already, so May's like... 2 weeks away, right?]
Try It: Look for Color
March 4th, 2010I’ve got a little exercise I do when everything around me’s looking kinda bland. In fact, the blander the better.
A wintry landscape is perfect but you can try this anywhere, indoors or out.
It’s pretty simple. I start by looking for anything that’s red. Once I’ve seen all the red there is to see, I work my way through the rest: orange yellow green blue purple.
Here’s what happens.
I’ll think to myself ‘there’s nothing here that could be red’ and I start to look… and almost inevitably I will see something red. Though maybe it’s more orange… and it begins a conversation in my head about whether it is red…or orange.
After I’ve found all the red stuff I move on to the next color.
It’s not so much an exercise about color. It’s really a way to see how much I didn’t see before I started looking.
So try it right now: look around you and find everything that’s red. Make sure to determine if what looks read is really red to you, not any other color (If you don’t, making your way through all the colors gets lame really fast) and then move on to orange.
See anything new?
P.S. I included this photo in case you’re really at a loss for something to look at [click on it to make it bigger]. But the real world is a far better place to try this out.
Animals, Animals
March 4th, 2010
Here’s the newest pendants I’ve added to our online store. More to come tomorrow.
Whew! It may not look like much, but posting new products take a lot of back end work. Time for a coffee break!
Click on the photos to get more info.
Caught My Eye
March 2nd, 2010
Oh, the joys of Twitter!
That’s where I met Jamie Shelman, fellow RISD grad. And that’s how I ended up with this gem in my mailbox. I mean my real, certifiable, a postman comes to my door daily and drops off mail kind of mailbox.
Actually, this pertains to you too. Every order I ship out gets a little Jamie Shelman card in with their order. Wholesale and retail.
They say the USPS may cut out Saturday deliveries, but won’t that make the other 5 days of the week a little sweeter? (I only seem to get bills and junk mail on Saturday anyway.)
Follow Jamie on twitter at @hmstrjam and while you’re at it, follow me too @linda_astersage
Caught My Eye
March 2nd, 2010
Official Selleck Waterfall Sandwich logo… see photos of Tom Selleck and a sandwich in various watery outdoor locations here.
Caught My Eye
March 1st, 2010
See more of what Daniel A. Becker does here.
Fountain of Youth
February 28th, 2010Not understanding why Linsday Lohan is famous, scratching your head about the purpose of MySpace…it can make you feel old. It’s possible there’s something a little more abstract that could be eating away at you too [you and me].
I think there’s a lot of pressure to decide what you’re going to be when you grow up. One day you’re smacked in the face with the idea that you are grown up, and are you ever going to achieve the dream you once dreamed as a fresh-faced young adult?
Was there a concrete plan for what you wanted to achieve, or is this all 20-20 hindsight? You may be judging yourself against an imaginary scale of varying greatness, and depending on your mood you could score quite low. I mean, it’s all arbitrary, isn’t it?
Let’s say you want to validate your success with money– that can work, but were you really gunning for financial success? [Yup, that's kinda shallow. Vying to be the next Donald Trump isn't quite the end all, be all...is it?]
I think you know what I’m getting at– what seemed to be so straightforward at age 21 is not so clear-cut 10 0r 15+ years later. It’s time to re-assess, as a real, grown up adult what success means to you.
Why should the 21 year old version of me have control over my future? I wouldn’t want a 21 year old to decide what music I should listen to, let alone set the bar for my hopes and dreams.
Caught My Eye
February 27th, 2010
The combination of minimalism and lots of stuff to look at…to me, it’s perfection.
See more photos here.
Lavender Blossom Bracelet [my favorite]
February 26th, 2010
Here’s the new Lavender Blossom bracelet.
I posted new photos of all the Blossom bracelet colors. And you can see me wearing one.
See the Blossom bracelet here.