[photo by Flip Cas­sidy]

My dear­est wifey, Agent Lover, made me the cutest hat I’ve ever laid my eyes on.

She now has a lim­ited stock for sale to the pub­lic, so you too can have one of her deli­cious hats for your­self!
She even named the red model after me– how sweet of her!

Head on over to the Agent Lover Bak­ery to get yours!

Poor Mojo’s Almanac(k)

I had the plea­sure of going to the Alter­na­tive Press Expo a cou­ple weeks ago, and I came back with a pile of really neat stuff.
Here are a cou­ple gems that I par­tic­u­larly liked:

These folks were giv­ing out really sweet screen printed & let­ter­press posters & zines FOR FREE.
Some of you may already know that I’m a sucker for let­ter­press, but to those that don’t-you now know the inky way to my heart.

They also were hand stamp­ing cus­tom cards for peo­ple at their booth, also for free.
Lastly, on their web­site, they do a weekly col­umn where you can ask for advice from a squid!
How totally rad is that?

Check it out at poormojo.org.

Ice­cream­lan­dia

This book caught my eye all the way across the con­ven­tion floor.
First, it’s huge & beau­ti­fully hand screened.
Sec­ond, the cover is pur­ple, hot pink & gold.
Third, it had a huge sign under­neath it that said WHITE TRASH, BLACK MAGIC.

Okay one of you sweet darlin’s grab a card.
If I guess wrong, I got some Bar­tles & James pome­gran­ate rasp­berry bev­er­ages in that cooler over there– go and drink your­selves stupid. 

Ice­cream­lan­dia is Eve Engle­zos and Joshua Moutray, and their work is full of sweet illus­tra­tions and dark humor.
So far, I kind of love every­thing I’ve seen them do.

Also, how hilar­i­ous is this bio?

“Eve and Josh do not use pho­to­shop fil­ters for their work. in the inter­est of full dis­clo­sure, they have used them iron­i­cally while in art school, and occa­sion­ally eve has liq­uidized pho­tos to make her­self appear thinner.“ 

Check out the rest of their work at icecreamlandia.com

Camilla Tay­lor

I got a sweet stuffed ten­ta­cle from this rad lady!

I think this speaks for itself.

Get your own HERE!

& check out more of Camilla’s work at horsefleshproductions.com

While I was vis­it­ing Port­land, my co-conspirator in all things ver­mil­lion, Miss Nubby Twiglet, thrifted a beau­ti­ful pair of Siger­son Mor­ri­son Rain or Shine flats.

The ever-attentive Ashe Mis­chief pointed out that Tri­cia from Bits & Bob­bins thrifted a pair of the same shoes that very week.

Then, on a tip from Miss Mary Bee, what should I find in my neigh­bor­hood thrift store?

Why is this shoe show­ing up every­where in thrifty places?
Are we just incred­i­bly lucky?
I may never know, but I’m amped to rock my new kicks around the bay!

Have you found a pair in your local thrift store?