Oh, color. You thrill. Happy weekend, friends!

LINK:  MOCA
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Hey! It’s Friday!

LINKS: DARREN KNIGHT GALLERY & JASMINE HAMED

If you weren’t ready for spring yet, you are now!

LINKS: ARTIST SHOWDOWN & TOOK MY PEARL

Whoa! Another weekend here already? Peruse a few of my favorite links from this week, and don’t forget to check out our contributor posts coming up next!:

1. Darling Dexter’s texture study is fantastic. Definitely worth a peek.
2. Oooh, my heart beats faster with every one of these handmade houses!
3. Jennifer Causey’s “The Makers” project is riveting. I love this peek at Alison Woodward‘s Brooklyn studio.
4. Ulrika Jarl’s reappropiated porcelain plates feature a series of six dinner plates utilizing nostalgic design to
depict modern problems (I liked globalisation!). [thanks jen!]
5. These cheeky boxes bookshelves are honeycombingly awesome.
6. An image with a beautiful reminder.

Temporary tattoos are the best tattoos around.

LINKS: BEZ UMA & ANNETTE PEHRSSON

OK, I don’t have children, so forgive me if those of you who live in MomLand know all about this store. BUT, my mother-in-law recently returned from a trip to Downtown Disney and brought back the cutest souvenir ever. Seriously. EVER:

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It’s a coffee scoop + bag sealer! G-E-N-I-U-S. And $26. Sold.

LINK: FINNISH DESIGN SHOP

Whoa. British designer Abigail clearly takes her tea with awesome. And honey.

LINK:  STAY GOLD MARY ROSE on ETSY
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A few months ago, I went through the pile of endless magazine stacks in my office and noticed how few I really read. Thousands of glossy pages went untouched last year, and I can’t bear to think of how many times I walked past that stack and felt guilty, wasteful and uneconomical.

In an effort to streamline my belongings and enter a more “grown-up” phase of my life (sweet Grace wrote a fantastic post about grown-up things a few weeks ago!), I made the decision to cancel all subscriptions, declare magazine bankruptcy and start from scratch.

Since then, I’ve noticed a very subtle shift in a few areas of my life:

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Remember when I told you I sent in Ken and I’s DNA tests to be transformed into art? The results are in, folks!:

Cute, yes? We’re going to find an awesome spot for this giant acrylic piece in the new home soon, but until then, we couldn’t wait to show it to you!

LINK: DNA ART