a desert fete

A friend of mine emailed and asked for ideas on gifts for her boyfriend on the occaision of their 3 year anniversarry. His birthday just passed, and she spent a lot of money on that gift, so she is trying to keep this one on the budget side. They are both recent arch graduates, and just moved into a house together. Awww. She wanted something kind of personal, but design-ey.

Here were my favorites;

For free, I suggested she make a meaningful mix-tape (ok, cd, but that just sounds lame) and give it a cover that is, in itself, a work of art.

For money, I suggested that she make a design that would be meaningful to their relationship and have it silkscreened onto throw pillows for their couch, or make it into a poster.

And for lazy, I suggested that she buy an orb from Tend Living. (see the last picture in the previous post.) Cause they are pretty much the coolest thing ever, and it is keeping it extremely local. (Like, we are all in a square mile.) Plus she said she was coming to me since her man always digs my style, and there is little in this world I dig more than Britt's orbs.

Any other good ideas you might have?

*rad mix tape suite via studio on fire