The alphabet squad

Sometimes simple ideas are the best one's. This alphabet poster was made for a fundraiser at a private school - simple idea that gives great results. Who wouldn't want to buy a class photo that looks like this one? I came across this image at TSJ photography blog, which is a blog by a  mother of four and it's well worthing checking out since it's full of fun, creative and interesting things to do with kids. And it has tons of wonderful photographs of children.

The Magician next door: Ann Wood

Image/Ann Wood

Fabric spiders, flying ships and paper horses running wild. Welcome to the world of Ann Wood, a Brooklyn based artist that makes magical things for a living and is our Magician next door. 

"I work with mostly found, and salvaged materials, many of them vintage or antique garments,"says Ann that among other things has created owls out of used denim. Some of the dark owls with attitude that caught my attention, and put Ann on my radar. "There is a kind of affection and tenderness in the re-use and re-purposing of things that which was once personal and perhaps treasured possessions." 

Everything she makes is like a fairy-tale, far from the typical one though, since her creations could both belong to the good and the bad forces that usually set the stage for a fairy-tale. Ann says she seek inspiration from her materials as well as from the idea of smallness, intricacies, miniatures, collections and repetition. She is likes the idea of haunted and enchanted places, things and creatures and the setting of a tiny stage. 

You can see more of Ann Wood's work right here.