I really dig chokers. My mom had a hot pink one with an embroidered butterfly back in the seventies that I loved to put on to play dress up. I love these chokers from Erin Banwell's etsy shop. Turns out he's located in Chico, Ca! We flew there twice for day trips with our fold-up bicycles. Great town, great people and obviously full of some great talent.
$10 off Speakers at Zazzle
If you want to grab a custom speaker for your iPhone or MP3 player, Zazzle is offering $10 off with the promo code: DESKSPEAKERS. It's good through tomorrow, August 16th, 2011. You can choose from thousands of existing styles, or make your own design.
Star Wars typography posters
Love these illustrations composed completely of letterforms. Created by Matteo Civaschi and Gianmarco Milesi of H-57 Creative Station.
| via smashing magazine
Lighting with a punch
Fun! These funky wall lamps are cast in plaster from the artist's own hand. Check out more of Kara Gunter's work at her Etsy shop.
IDEA Design Collection
IDEA International has some really creative designs. My two current favs are the cake clock, inspired by a rice paper motif and the hairglasses. I'm totally guilty of using my sunglasses as a headband, so I personally find these hilarous.
Friday font featuring Jonny Wan
Today's Friday font isn't free, but rather an appreciation post for an illustrator I admire. It's a personal project by illustrator and designer Jonny Wan. He created an entire alphabet as an excercise in manipulating typography to match his illustration style. Charming.
Paper Clip Dress
There are some great projects over at cut out + keep, a rich craft community site full of tutorials and forums. This dress made of 7,500 paper clips is quite the eye-catcher. I wonder what kind of jingly, jangly sound it might make ...