phuntastic photography

these pictures made me smile this week (yep, more dogs...design-y people, i will get to more of that soon!)

(from top to bottom) "go ahead, punk, make my day" by maggie duvall. 2009 a space ottosey by dustin weant. running puppy by michael szydlowski.

some of my favorite customer pix!

it's a fact. i am the lamest blogger ever. i think of a million posts i want to write every day but barely manage to post once a month...blurg!

in lieu of something poignant or brilliant, i am posting about the thing that makes me the happiest...when customers send in pictures of their dogs on our three new patterns! (title track, big city life & mr. roboto) (though i can only include a few here, check out all of the pictures here.)

i wish i could post every single one-best part of my job...seriously!!

new flickr favorites

trolling flickr recently for design inspiration, and ran across these gems. thank you artists & illustrators for being nifty.
(lightening cloud by tamer koseli, talk nerdy to me by constantinexgraphics, ice cream truck by haunted house of projects, "never put a bullet in a deer with a mullet" by the amazing kali meadows)

warning, this video contains nudity

be-bop has no pride. none.

mystery...

san francisco, 24 august, 1933

dear murray,
received your letter to-day & was surely pleased to hear from you. sorry we could not meet here. we leave to-morrow & i don't know where we go next.
best wishes
ray

(a lovely friend gave me a postcard recently, one she found on ebay...so mysterious. i mean, who is murray tyson? why couldn't he meet ray" & who was ray? the possibilities are endless.)

sideways head.

molly mutt--bella sideways head from shutupayouface on Vimeo.

what a weirdo dog!

meet my dogs, episode 2 - rebel

aka reb, rids, nancy, nance-o, yellow dog, chodo baggins

reb is the dog of the three. he has all of those fabulous traits writers love to wax poetic about - loyalty, obedience & charm. that & the classic sad-lab-face-that-melts hearts...well, needless to say, he's a ladykiller.

he is the only male in a house of strict alpha-females. this has made him into a bit of a pushover & a little bit of a scaredy cat. san francisco is a huge tourist city. this means we encounter tons of random people on our walks. reb is that quintessential american dog-the one people from all of the world want to stop & pet.

deep sea fishing...and be-bop

molly mutt--bebop the scuba dog from shutupayouface on Vimeo.

meet my dogs, episode 1 - macy

aka macy moo, the black dog, bassador (half basset hound, half black lab), old bluehair, the hunter, sherlock pita-the great bread detective.

macy is a pound dog. she has a gimp front foot (because her first owners were the unmentionable kind of dog owner...the kind that should be drawn & quartered...), but she runs like a ninja, and swims like seal (& actually looks like one in the water.)

one of the most amazing macy-qualities is her ability to discover bread. not kidding. this dog could sniff out even the smallest crust a mile away. she is unbelievably accurate in her bread detection.

my new favorite vector ninjas

love these illustrators. vector art makes me happy.gloome.gloome.

bubble friends. fred siebert.

the dogs of the molly mutt family LOVE cheengoo collars!!

check out bella's new cheengoo collar! so freaking cute (& ps, who doesn't love birds on stuff...?!) bella loves her new collar so much she couldn't even keep her eyes open all the way. best purchase i've made in awhile. made in san francisco & designed by the very talented liz paik, i'm going to buying more for the other 2 dogs, as soon as their collars wear out.

ok...i know...

i know i haven't posted in 476 years...but i couldn't keep this awesomeness all to myself. i am madly in love with robots created from trash.

check out the whole set here
(thank you anonymous bird who whispered this magic in my ear!)

a quoi ca sert l'amour

what good is love?! i've watched this 5 times, and want it easily accessible so i can watch it a million more times. edith piaf is intoxicating. (translation to the lyrics here)

watch out world.

i am batgirl.

i felt like saying something

about felt (i am so funny sometimes...)

a round up of strangely radical felt goodness. everything here is from etsy. keep on crafting you wickedly creative peops you.

(in the usual order) orange felt dog pouch-$40 smacks. iphone case (SO cool!)-$34.90. punk rock cassette tape zipp-y bag-$38 clams. rabbit pillow-$32 one dollar bills. elizabethan collar weiner dog pillow-$40 bucks (i mean SERIOUSLY?!?! so a++).

to the apartment i love (alternate title-weird is underappreciated)

i subscribe to about 476 fancy pants design blogs. the kind that features awesome apartments & decor inspiration & visual candy for everyone & their pig. i love looking at these pictures of meticulously put together rooms & office nooks & modern-meets-retro kitchens.

but i have to come to grips with the truth, people. i will never be one of these decor-elites. i am just too weird & too not-cool to be a guest blogger on design*sponge. now i know there are quite a few of my faithful out there screaming at your computers..."NO MOLLY, you're wrong!! you are so classy-you don't even know it!!" sadly, dear misguided reader, you are dead wrong. don't mistake me, i know what's cool, i will just never Be Cool. or live in a place anyone other than me will find photographable. it's true.
let me explain. i love robots (*noted) & they are in weird places all over my apartment. there are 3 shades of green from the living room to the hallway to the romper room to the bathroom. because i wanted it that way. i have a frame on the wall with nothing in it. not because i am getting a great print "matted" or waiting for the right "piece" to fit the space. no, it's empty on purpose. & the purpose? no idea.
none of my dishes go together-again, by choice. when you have matching plates & cups & bowls,
you tend to get antsy when stuff breaks. i don't need this kind of pressure over dishware...hence my no-matching policy. easy come, easy go.

so there you have it. my apartment pretty much lives off the grid of the design-gurus of blog-o-land. haters to the left.

*curtsies & exits*

the news on the street

oh-me-oh-my. what a week. it's official, there are NOT enough hours in a day to get half the things done that need to get done. remember that lame-o movie with michael keaton, multiplicity? sadly, i dream of this being true about 753 times a day.

no boring you with details. let's focus on something fun. f-u-n, FUN. & what's more fun than stuff for the working girl (or boy) in you. if you spend as much time as i do in & around working...well, let's just say it's time to spice it up a bit. (and let's be real, i am a huge, ginormous geek.) i few things i have on my perpetually growing "molly-wants" list.

the cassette tape is a usb hub. design-win. (though i can't find a place that sells them in the states...blurg.) the thing with the strap is an ipod/iphone holder. well done, for $28 smacks. & last but certainly not least, a wooden laptop case. perhaps a bit bulky, but tres chic. thankfully, it costs 220 euros, so i will not be buying this until i'm 40.

mark your calendars people. in 2019 i will be wanting this laptop case (but to tell the truth, we will all probably not have any need for actual hardware or cases to hold them in by then. probably just your standard issue chips-in-the-brain...a girl can dream.)

night night, punks & princesses.

don't have time to...

write proper posts (apparently) but i DO have time to take pictures of my 3 dogs wearing clothes. could they be any cuter?! nope.

molly the mime

the window from whence i do my "night job" (read "twitter & nerd surf the interwebz") has absolutely zero insulation. none. san francisco is great in a million ways. most apartments don't come with heaters or air conditioners, the weather is that mild. but this presents a problem when it's cold outside. my hands FREEZE OFF. it's really bad. i can't put a heater on my desk, that i learned in fire hazard 101. soooooo....i bought these radical diane keaton gloves to pimp out my night time look. (ps, the tshirt message is "guns don't kill people. people with mustaches kill people.")

i REALLY intend to write posts all the time. seriously. i have about 476 things in the arsenal of what-i-want-to-write-about...but every day just slips by. no. scratch that. races by.

so i this is me. the 7th of april. making an outloud commitment to bring you, my loyal follows, LOTS of awesomeness.

superior buddha's jump soup

had a GREAT trip. what i was able to get done in 6 days, it would have taken 5+ weeks to do via fedex back & forth. hangzhou is called "the most romantic city in china." & it really is...well, could be, if i wasn't working & locked in my hotel room or the factory.

one of my favorite things about china is the chinglish. the literal translation of a very poetic language. i can't get enough. for instance, what sounds better than superior buddha's jump soup with a side of mullet?
& then there's the other random awesomeness...like this make-shift stroller.can't wait to show you the new pattern & new items being made for molly mutt...really, REALLY exciting stuff!!

ps, i learned how to write 3 characters in mandarin. i'm well on my way to being able to read...just 2997 left. at this rate i will be entirely fluent by 3017. yessssss. (rest of the flickr set.)

leaving on a jet plane

leaving in less than 24 hours for china. this sounds elitist, but i used to go there SO OFTEN, almost every few weeks at my old job. i totally took it for granted. this time, though, i am going for me and my business. much more exciting. & yes, being as this is my fledgling trip-and i am a startup...i will be flying lovely economy. for some reason, though, the excitement of going to my favorite country ever overrides the being-cramped-for-13-hours thing.

past travel pictures here, if you need a distraction for a little bit.

going to create amazing things with the leftover fabric scraps saved from my first batch of dog duvets. have so many ideas i am probably not going to sleep until friday. talk to you all soon!!

danger will robinson, vol.3

this is a print. i must have the print AND the actual robot. his name is elmer. some get on this please? make it happen. (artsy, you rock)

sláinte gaelach

a toast, to all of you, from me.

"here's to cheating, stealing, fighting & drinking.

if you cheat, may you cheat death.
if you steal, may you steal the heart of the one you love.
if you fight, may you fight for a brother
& if you drink, may you drink with me."

happy green beer, et al. get rowdy.

danger will robinson, vol.2

YES. the series is called 165 bots with stuff. this whole thing makes me happier than the white dog rolling in a dead seal (this actually happened, and i have never seen her so happy...or smelled something so vile it should have been banned to the underworld.)

thank you, chris grine. people, you will be seeing more of these...there are 165 of them, and i can't find one i don't love.

diana f+++

for xmas this year, i got a diana f+ camera. it's pure plastic loveliness, needs real film & weighs about 2 ounces. it's fantastic. ps, reader please note, i am an amateur at best with all of the various cameras i have. it's just for fun. makes me happy.

finally picked up my first 2 rolls of film. having to wait to see what your pictures look like is such a novelty these days...(or having to wait for anything-i made the point recently when-for the 8th time in a conversation someone googled for an answer-that there are no more mysteries. no lingering questions. more on this @ a later, more emo date.)

most of the pictures were grey & blurry. my two favorites are below.
(see the whole set here.)

danger will robinson, vol.1 (i'm back)

yes, cupcakes, it's been awhile. this whole "owning your own business" thing has kept me away from my love of robots. no more. some of you may have to wait on getting your orders, but it's well worth it (JOKES, obviously. stop being so linear.)

we are changing titles from "to the moon alice" to "danger will robinson" because, well...this is molly 3.0, and things are done differently around here now.

let's do this.

darjeeling tea robot (combining my love of bots AND tea? match made in heaven.)

prepare for amazing robot madness every thursday. if i were you, i'd mark my calendar so i could mentally prepare for the awesomeness.

ah, japan...you always amuse me

51 characters is a site with the purpose of giving kids/out-of-touch adults a glimpse into japanese culture & the stereotypical people in a japanese city. it's a pretty amazing website.

that being said, one of the categories is "characters"...and it's here that i found amazing gems like this (now, REMEMBER, this site is meant to be educational. wicked.)

meet chican.he likes to touch young women in the crowded subway of tokyo - mainly in the rush hour, when it is so crowded that nobody realizes what he is doing. he always carries his camera to take some voyeuristic pictures. because of guys like him some of the japanese railway systems have women only cars, which are marked with a big pink sticker.

no, i'm not making this up.

what did E ever do to you?

when did it become fashionable to hate & revile the letter "e"?

it only struck me recently how this letter is gradually disappearing. let me elaborate. leaving out the "e" all together has become trendsetting & fashionable-all the popular kids are doing it. is it a statement against the man? in protest of the concrete pillars of injustice? a stand against convention & tradition?

or, is the new "kill-the-e" campaign a more sinister plot to one-by-one erase all the letters of the english language...leaving us with crude writing utensils & damp cave walls to draw pictures on. we shall see, puppies, we shall see.

foto funsies all around, please.

ok, there are some GREAT pet photographers. i mean, probably the happiest i've been all week is checking out some of these awesome captures.

first, i perused the magnificence that is macro mutt, which focuses on dog photos & photographers. score. THEN, i found shiny pet photo's genius-behind-the-lens grace from her twitter feed. yessssss. hours of delight. it makes me want to get my three pigs photographed stat. i think she & i should pretty much be best friends so i can borrow her eye for great pet pictures. fact. (thanks, grace, for letting me use these photos!)