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From Meera Lee Patel comes a two-part tete beche (head-to-toe) book about an unlikely friendship between a rooster and a unicorn. It’s a beautiful story that is deeper than it lets on, and definitely warrants repeated readings.

Handmade and bound, the book features Meera’s watercolor illustrations, individually appliqued with gold leaf; and is for adults and kids alike.

One of my favorite excerpts from the book:
“Her sadness was a poison that crystallized when she cried, leaving her face scratched for days.”

You can get a copy over at Meera’s Etsy shop.

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Happy weekend folks!

The Button-O-Matic is a gumball style vending machine that dispenses limited edition art buttons from the folks at Busy Beaver Buttons.

And for their 10th Anniversary special, the folks at Busy Beaver Buttons has teamed up with the folks at Delicious Design League. The series features a mix of celebrated artists who have made their name creating posters for rock shows, aka “gig-poster” artists. Artists from all across the design spectrum as well as all across North America were included, and among them: Anne Benjamin, Aesthetic Apparatus, Burlesque of North America, Delicious Design League, Doublenaut, Hero Design Studio, James Flames, Kevin Tong, LandLand, Spike Press and Two Arms.

Oh and if you’re in Chicago, the series will be making its official debut at the Button-O-Matic series release party on September 7, 6-9pm, at the Busy Beaver headquarters!

Take note folks: You know you’ve hit a truckload of artist gold ink when you have your work on people’s body. When people love your work enough to permanently show it on their bodies? Priceless.

Also priceless: Other people’s laughter ringing in your ears once you tell them that that these weren’t done (with a Sharpie) in a momentary lapse of judgement – and that they’re here to stay.

Ooops.

Via

UPDATE: We’ve removed the first picture which was a tattoo by Marc Johns! Thanks for the heads up Jenny & Clara!