Great idea

Pantone based make-up? This is a genius concept! They should do this!

(Found via The Dieline)

Winter solstice

It's officially the first day of Winter. Today will be the shortest day of the year and then they begin to creep longer again -- yay! These short days could drive me mad.

After a weekend full of holiday parties that left me exhausted, I am planning on spending the rest of today with a big pot of tea, holiday treats from L. (too insanely delicious) and crafting and creating for the last few people on my Christmas list.

Check out these beautifully wrapped gifts found via The Dieline by Summer Watkins on Style Me Pretty.

Easily distracted

I have been known to be easily distracted. On a nice day like today, all I want to do it be outside in the warmth of the sun. Today, I have been easily distracted from work and sun by surfing the internet. Since getting into this whole blogging thing, I have come across a few nice blogs that I could spend hours on... going back deep into the archives. A nice one that has inspired me to work on the packaging of my work has been The Dieline, the self described world's #1 packaging design website. Here are some samples.

A really pretty Albert Menes sardine box,

Some juicy designs for Kleenex,

Sliced Bread notebooks,

Summer Coca-Cola cans,

and lots of witty stuff from BrooklynFare.com.

I especially like the coffee cups from Brooklyn Fare and I have always hoarded Coke paraphernalia so I have a definite sore spot for that stuff.

Happy Friday and enjoy the weekend!

All photos in this post are taken from thedieline.com.