CarmEmily » Projects

Final Bunny House

Carmen — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:35:56 +0000

Well, it only took 3 weeks to finish…

I wont to create my OWN font!

Emilily — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:59:10 +0000

I couldn’t help it, I know, that was an absolutely terrible word play. I should be ashamed…and I would be, if not for the fact that I know my sense of humor can and has done much worse.

I was reading the ilovetypography blog this morning, and they have a few articles on creating your own font. I think I am going to give this a shot – I love drawing, fonts and words – what’s not to love about putting them all together?! Well, I can answer that – the expensive font developing software programs one must buy. So I think I will create my own font that no one else can use because it won’t be a font, it will just be a bunch of Illustrator drawings. Okay, you can use it too. I just really love the idea of creating your own font, then making a poster with it…it’s art, words, and a message on potentially so many layers.

I’m not sure if you follow ilovetypography as fanatically as I do, but here is something I know you will appreciate: the Font Police! This is a blog devoted to bad use of fonts, improper typesetting, and just some general abuses of signage. Finally, a way for me to punish that stupid store downtown that has a sign out front in some godawful version of curlz that says: Fantasys’ Jewel’s. I mean, seriously, I don’t even know what they are trying to sell in there, it could be baby seal pelts, I simply cannot get past the horrible font (which you can’t see, obviously, in this post) or the bizarre use of apostrophes.

Lastly, here is an interesting notebook company. You subscribe to their Field Notes collection, and receive 10 three-packs, in assorted colors, of their fine notebooks, in graph, ruled or mixed. Lovely and functional! They had me with the graph paper option, but the little color wheel in their logo sealed the deal.

Bunny Condiminium…

Carmen — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:41:32 +0000

So, this is pretty much what I did all weekend – construction of a high-rise bunny tower. Not sure what to call it yet – bundiminium? buntowers? bun housing complex? I don’t know, let me know if you think of something good. Anyways, its taken alot of planning and many trips to Home Depot. And finally we have it up, not quite finished because I still have to install the tile floors! For your viewing pleasure… the ongoing project….

the blueprints! This is where it will be installed. In the beginning…

Check me out workin that chisel! …the progress…. and break time.

The final installation! Bunny approved!

It has four levels, each bunny (or pair of buns) gets their own level and they’ll be able to view their kingdom out of the window all day. Pretty sweet!

new project?

Carmen — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:06:58 +0000

What do you think about adding sequins to an old pair of shoes as a craft project?

this picture was taken by garance dore - she's so goooood.

Galley Kitchen

Emilily — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:27:18 +0000

Here is the long overdue kitchen shelf project. (Every time I look at these pictures, I am amazed not so much at what I have done with my kitchen, but more so with the fact that I can do anything at all in there.)

This is the BEFORE shot. And yes, this is my entire kitchen.

The shelf set I installed is from IKEA. I do not remember what series is was, but I think it was named something Swedish for “it should be illegal to call something a kitchen if it has no oven.”

There was actually a preliminary step between the BEFORE view and Step 1 that involved me using a hammer, a magnet, and my spidey sense to try to find the studs in the wall.

I also skipped one of the crucial intermediate steps: drink a whole pot of coffee and consider making another one…

And voila, shelves!

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

I really just opens up the whole room, right?

been thinkin ’bout shelves

Carmen — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:21:45 +0000

We’ve been trying to find the right kind of shelves that will fit in the firehouse and I think we have a winner. Check out these shelves Max saw today in an architect’s office. Aren’t they lovely?