i’m flying south to virginia today for some much needed r&r with my family. i’ll be back on friday monday but for today i’ll leave it up to the people behind the must-read sites below (in no particular order). these are just some of my daily reads, for more please see the blogroll to your left. [carpet above from germany's reuber henning carpets]

• poppytalk
• oh joy!
• print+pattern
• karin’s blog
• port2port
• sweet juniper: this isn’t a design site but dutch’s photos of their daughter are fantastic
• sfgirlbybay
• tastespotting: one of my new favorite food sites
• 101 cookbooks: beautiful food
• go fug yourself: my day wouldn’t be complete without the fug girls. even though i know i’d be “design*fug” to them most days

looks like a fun show- “very brooklyn” is a show taking place in montreal full of brooklyn-based designers. hivemind’s new stool is worth checking it out alone…click here for more info [via mocoloco]

buy olympia is such a fantastic site for supporting local independent artists. well, local if you’re in olympia, but you know what i mean. i stumbled upon these bookmarks from sherwood press and immediately tagged them for a future purchase. the neat thing about sherwood’s bookmarks is that they’re actually 8 page notebooks you can use to make notes while you’re reading. how thoughtful. each book mark is printed on acid-free, 30% post-consumer waste, soft-white paper and is hand letter-pressed at olympia’s oldest continuously running, woman-owned press. for only $2.50 a piece, how can you resist? click here for more info and to shop. enjoy!

art star in philly is calling all artists and crafters for their 4th annual art star craft bazaar. art star is currently accepting applications; all mediums are welcome, but all items must be handmade. click here for more information and to enter. sadly i’ll be at a wedding in VA during the bazaar but i bet we can rely on some great local coverage from joy. [ps: how great is jen corace's banner for the show? she's amazing]

sofia sent over some lovely new prints available in her etsy shop right now. my favorite is this one- a print of birds, trees and dots over a vintage french music sheet. $18 right here…

my green chair press print arrived in the mail yesterday and it’s stunning- i might have to order some more. and lucky for me, green chair just added a new green print and some lovely coasters to their collection. the coasters are $12 and the print is only $12. i highly suggest checking them out- the quality is really outstanding in person.

irene just posted some fantastic links over at bloesem. the post about gesine hackenberg’s work [via grijs] is really lovely…click here to see the most recent posts.

i find the vintage shops at etsy to be an interesting addition to the bunch- i’m eager to see how it works and if prices will raise with interest like ebay. in the meantime, i’m digging this little vintage tray at nice’s shop. it’s only $16 and available right here…enjoy! [there's only one so order quickly if you'd like it]