The second year of mixes for ACMC is in full effect. I just wrapped up my latest mix. I originally set out to make a full mix of cover songs entitled That Sounds Vaguely Familiar. It didn't work the way that I wanted so some of the cover songs made it to the final but it's a more well-rounded mix. Enjoy.

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I've been listening to the WU LYF album Go Tell Fire To The Mountain on heavy repeat for a month now. They were recently on Letterman and I laughed super hard at the end when Dave comes out and tries to talk to them, worth watching all the way through or else just skipping to the end.



Also awesome:
Wu Lyf - We Bros by WU LYF

Girl & Chocolate Trailer from Crailtap on Vimeo.

Girl and Chocolate have put out some of the best skate videos of all time, this one looks like it won't disappoint.

I'm blown away by this video of how this Explosions in the Sky poster was made. Enjoy



Sketch


Final Poster


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I'm in the midst of working on a big project for Land O'Lakes. I'll hold off on too many details until it launches. For the photography of it, I travelled out to Pennsylvania to shoot farm families with Jonathan Chapman. I first saw his work when he documented Bill Holm:



And then for Colle+McVoy, he has done quite a bit including our Purina work, documenting Best-In-Show type dog shows:



It was a great experience, we had a great time, here's a preview of what we shot.







Jonathan's assistant on the shoot was another amazing photographer, Josh Grubbs. Josh rounded out his portfolio and his tumblr with a plethora of cat photos.

I love this series of videos that touch on the idea of pop culture all being a remix.



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I know it's late in the summer but after much deliberation I have decided that I'm building a treehouse in the backyard. The boy has been asking for it for a while and I've been excited to do it ever since I saw this treehouse:



I found it in an issue of Atomic Ranch Magazine, check it out here. I scoured the internet and finally found our perfect plan at TreehouseGuides.com.



This is a video of one of their other plans being built:



I am not the best wood worker but I have reassurance from this website and the entire family that I can do this, stay tuned for updates.

I do love me some neatly organized things. LOVE this blog. Hours and hours of carefully planned fun. I suddenly feel the need to organize my desk.

How fun to see co-worker Carla Fahden's St. Paul home on Design Sponge. She has such a beautiful and subtle design sensibility. Just lovely!

Hard to believe I've been working with Knock for almost 4 years. They have recently posted some new work to their lovely website. I had the pleasure of working with them on the Holiday 2010 and Back To School 2010 campaigns for Target stores. Time certainly flies when you are working with great people on such fun projects.

Stumbled across these awesome badges from Designer Jane Chika's Disorderly Goods on Pinterest. Delightful and amusing.

I just squealed a bit when I saw these. Zuzii is a a mother and daughter owned company. Together they combine traditional cobbling and sewing techniques with a modern and clean aesthetic. Yup. I'm in. I'm a bit bummed that the Poppy Juju Baby Sandals are gone, but will be getting the little girl the Bijuou Baby Boots for the fall. Thank you, Zuzii.

The little girl's party was such fun. Everyone even managed to come in a full spectrum of color! I made the birthday girl a special little sunshine crown for the day, and she couldn't have been happier. And thank goodness for purple cauliflower. Am I right?









All images by little miss sunshine's awesome uncle Jerrod Larson.

Barrett found this little gem through Kickstarter (a funding platform for artists, designers, filmmakers, musicians, journalists, inventors, explorers...) After sharing it with the boy, I have to say, it's a refreshing little online game that I don't mind that he plays. I actually really like it. Tinkatolli is full of imagination and creativity. The site encourages kids to participate both online and offline. Once you create or do an activity offline, you can enter it in your journal, earn badges and points to further your tinka to next levels. They even disrupt your game to make you move if you've been playing too long. Now that's refreshing.