Contemporary Collage

Work by San Francisco-based illustrator, Lorena Siminovich.

Fabric Designs

Fabric pattern reference from ReproDepot.

Olympic Fashion

Interesting article on Olympic fashion.



The women on the Finnish Olympic Team were dressed in Marimekko dresses for the opening ceremony.

Art Hop: Tremont

Next Art Hop is September 12 at 6:00PM

Artistic Luxury

Coming in October to the CMA is a show of great beauty - the works of Lalique, Faberge and Tiffany.

Craft Fair

The Renegade Craft Fair is September 13 & 14 in Chicago. Check out this link for more info: http://www.renegadecraft.com/chicago/index.html

Haunted Cleveland Tours

Great website offering tours of "Haunted Cleveland". Please leave a comment telling us which tour(s) (if any) sound interesting to you. Spoooky! :)

Hallmark creates cards celebrating gay marriage

Interesting article that Pat had found from abcnews.

Tutorial for creating a blog post

Check out the other great blogging tutorials from Citricguy on YouTube.

Tutorial for uploading videos on to your blog

Laser D/C Reference

Lindsay found some great laser D/C reference from Paper Orchid.

Eco Christmas

Pat had noticed that Christmas is beginning to show up in the stores. Here's some reference she had found from, Amenity, a company founded on the principles of organic design and sustainability.

Interesting Wallpaper Designer

Claire Coles, is a wallpaper designer from the UK who uses stitching, layered fabrics, and various textures to create unique designs. She also has a journal and photo albums available at Anthropologie.

Break out your umbrellas... It's time for an Idea Shower!

Welcome everyone to our new brainstorming blog! Feel free to post any new reference, interesting websites, videos, articles, thoughts and ideas, as well as anything else that we can use for inspiration. Enjoy!