for beautiful eyes

all time favorite = audrey hepburn. {click photos for original sources}

"i was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it." ~ audrey hepburn

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until we meet again

I miss these amazing places and cannot wait until I get the opportunity to visit them again.

Lucerne, Switzerland

Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria

Munich, Germany

Hofbrauhaus, Munich, Germany

Black Forest, Germany

Neuschwanstein Castle, Bavaria, Germany

inspiration

That is the question of this post. Where does your inspiration come from? What do you discover during your quest for inspiration on your next design, photo, story? Here are a few things that inspire me to keep looking.

geek out moment

Every so often I plan on posting a "geek out moment" post. This first GOM is dedicated to my love of ornithology. This picture is of a Northern Cardinal- usually red. There's something unusual about this photo:

Nope, it's not photoshopped! From the source: 

"Tom's lutino cardinal. "Lutea" is latin for yellow, thus the term lutino. This cardinal is exhibiting a condition known as xanthochroism, a genetic anomaly that causes an excess of yellow pigments to show through. It may be caused by darker pigments being suppressed, thus permitting less dominant colorations to shine through."

Not going to lie...I'm impressed. A cardinal is one of my favorite birds and I've never seen this before. Here are some of my other favorites:

Pyrrhuloxia (top one on my life list)

American Kestrel 

Double Crested Cormorant

Northern Flicker

Red-necked Grebe chicks

Cedar waxwing chick (my own photo from this past summer)

Hawaiian Cardinal

Redpoll

Indigo Bunting

oscars trivia

ad spending on social networks

collaborative consumption

web design by gender

visualization

at the moment, these photos speak to my soul.

macbook decals

If I had a macbook I would have a hard time deciding which of these I would buy! Want to buy one? Photos are linked to the corresponding Etsy shop.

designer cards

working on designing a deck of cards for my letterforms class. sought inspiration and found these beauties: