Friday Destination: My fascination with bees

[Mark Randall] I hate getting stung. Several years ago a somewhat mild bee sting escalated into a severe reaction and put me in the hospital. The doctor in the emergency room suggested that maybe beekeeping was not such a good hobby for me. He then casually mentioned that the previous year someone came in with a bee sting and died.

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My TypeCon swag report: The fine, the fun, the very font-cy

[Alyson Kuhn] At TypeCon last month, I assembled quite the tote o’ treats. Here I explore some of my most notable loot. In a swell kuhnfluence — which editor Tom Biederbeck points out is not untype-ical in the Alysonian universe — I detoured to a superb calligraphy show on the winged heels of TypeCon: For typographic dessert, I’m going to show you a rich assortment of my favorite pieces from the Society for Calligraphers of Southern California exhibition.

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Redesign high school? Here’s an award that welcomes innovation

[Tom Biederbeck] What high school student doesn’t have ideas about how to make school better? Putting those ideas into a positive context is School: By Design, a new award from Design Ignites Change and Designers Accord that asks high school students — with their college and professional design mentors — to “redesign your school.” In support, the Mohawk Feedback Loop Notebook project launches today on Felt & Wire Shop with a spectacular array of unique letterpress notebooks.

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Blogs we love: wedding inspiration and advice

We love weddings, and not just because they mean gorgeous invitations, engraved stationery, luscious thank you’s (and cake). We just can’t get enough of all those luscious wedding blogs. So when the nominees for the first annual Aisledash.com Wedding Blog awards were announced yesterday, we were happy to see so many of our personal favorites make the list. 

The impressive jury—Marcy BlumColin CowieEric HildebrandMark Ingram and Liene Stevens— will be hard-pressed to choose from the impressive list below. A special toast from Felt & Wire to all the nominees. Winners will be announced in August. [PW]

Best Blog for Wedding Inspiration
100 Layer Cake
Postcards & Pretties
Ruffled
Style Me Pretty

Best Blog for Wedding Planning Advice
A Practical Wedding
All You Need Is Love
NYC Wedding Planner
Wedding Bee

Best Bridal Fashion Blog
From Hello to Hitched
Merci New York
The Cinderella Project

Best Community Blog
Chatty Brides
Offbeat Bride
So You’re Engayged
Wedding Bee

Best DIY Blog
100 Layer Cake
iDiy
Once Wed
Ruffled
Wedding Bee

Best Groom Blog
Grooms Advice
Temple of Groom
The Groom Says

Best International Blog
Brancoprata
Parisian Party
The Girl in the Pink Wedding Dress

Best Local Area Blog
Atlanta Occasions
Beantown Bride
Merci New York
The Vegas Wedding Planner


Best Magazine or Wedding Website’s Blog

Atlanta Occasions
Southern Weddings
Utterly Engaged’s Journal
What Junebug Loves!

Best Real Bride’s Blog
Bridalhood
Thao & Robert
The Knotty Bride

Best Retailer’s Blog
From Hello to Hitched
Betsy White’s Flights of Fancy
Jennie Fresa Beauty
Truly Engaging

Best Service Vendor’s Blog
Album Boutique
NYC Wedding Planner
Studio 222

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