Cincinnatian Alli, the lovely lass behind One Pearl Button, attended last Saturday’s Crafty Supermarket in Northside, and was kind enough to post photos of her purchases, including some of our own work!

Above, our Coney Island vintage typography print. Below, the Bar 1132 coasters:

She got there early and was lucky enough to receive a swag bag, which included one of our penny farthing make-ready prints:

If you didn’t get yours, we still have a few available in the print section of our online shop. Each one is unique, printed on [sometimes layered] test prints from our previous projects. $10, postage paid.

Alli also inexplicably sent us this photo of a couple of wanna-be hipster doofuses. I have no idea what’s going on here. I think he’s saying, “What the what?” and she’s wondering if someone farted. Who are these crazy kids?

If you haven’t yet checked out Allie’s blog One Pearl Button, do so now — it’s filled with gorgeous photos, crafty projects, funky fashion, and tons of visual inspiration. Thanks for the photos, Alli!

Andy Pratt is a NYC-based illustrator who has worked on projects for clients such as Cartoon Network, Noggin, School of Visual Arts, Lego and Comedy Central. Shown here are his city-specific letterpress cards, screenprinted notebooks, and digital prints.

Fall in the Midwest may be a bit disappointing, but there is something about the Midwestern sunset that is almost magical. The light has a warm cast, and the buildings gleam with a soft glow.

Shhh, don’t tell Michael that I totally have a crush on [the work of] Nigel Peake… Originally from Northern Ireland, Peake trained in architecture and now lives and teaches in Edinburgh, where he creates these obsessively detailed drawings for clients including Believer Magazine, Dwell Magazine, Blueprint Magazine, and Tiny Showcase. Swoon-worthy!

A few days ago, Over-the-Rhine blogger The Walking Green mentioned some of the benefits of living in a walkable neighborhood, and also her Walk Score, which is 92/100. Mine is actually 98/100! Do you believe that? I actually do walk to pretty much everything I want and need, so my score doesn’t entirely surprise me.

However, the Walk Score is a bit misleading, as some of the nearest establishments are not nearly as relevant or useful as it may suggest, and some others no longer exist. In fact, I had some thoughts about the Walk Score earlier this year.

This particular corner store isn’t quite a close to my house as Bang’s Mkt. was, but it’s pretty damn close. If only it were open!

I’ve been spoiled by larger cities in which I’ve lived, where I’ve had corner store options. My options here include the Vine St. Kroger, Garfield Market, Avril Bleh, Sunshine Fine Foods, Silverglade’s, Walgreen’s, and three CVS stores. How many of those are actual corner stores? How many are on my corner, or even a block away?

When you factor in the “closed on Sundays” and “closed on Mondays” [WTF, Avril Bleh?], lack of evening hours, and the limited availability of certain mundane items in some of these stores, my quick trip to the so-called corner store can easily turn into a highly organized five-stop tour, executed with a bit of advance planning. It can be done; I do it. Life could be simpler, though.

Who’s going to reopen this corner store? Do I have to do it?

“It was a themed Bar Mitzvah, Deep Throat.”

Enjoy Your Weekend: we’re helping you spend your money wisely this weekend.

Crafty Supermarket: tomorrow afternoon, crafty people are taking over the Northside Tavern, us included. Be there or be square.

Midwest Seed Bombs: Amy of Amy’s Stocking Stuffers likes our Midwest Seed Bombs and Ohio River coasters, which are available in our online shop. Thanks!

City Hall: suddenly added to my Cincinnati to-do list is a free tour of the Cincinnati City Hall. Who knew?

Motion Supports Making Urban Gardening Program Permanent: good news for this fledgling pilot program in Cincinnati.

Bio-Diversity: Christoph Niemann’s Abstract City column in the NYT looks at leaves. The results are stunning.

Mystery of Argleton, the ‘Google’ Town That Only Exists Online: just that.

Lebanon, OH-based Erin Beckloff, the designer and letterpress printer who goes by the name Inky Winke, makes these adorable letterpress cards that feature vintage clip art of cars, along with the sounds they make.

You may remember seeing Erin’s cards in her booth at the OTR/Gateway Summer Celebration back in June:

Her OTR cards ended up at Park+Vine:

Check out Erin’s Etsy shop for more letterpress cards and prints!

Brian du Bois is currently a student in the Cranbrook 3D Design program, and he is also the principal of 2:37am Studios, a design/build/model company, and 2:37am, an apparel company whose graphics visualize aspects of industrial Detroit.

Check out Brian’s studio blog for news and profiles of the artists and musicians who model the t-shirts in these photos. I would be remiss if I didn’t again mention the work of fellow Detroiter and Cranbrook alumna Bethany Shorb’s Cyberoptix Tie Lab and, along similar conceptual lines, apparel by Oaklandish, which celebrates aspects of that troubled, yet beloved, city.

The upcoming Crafty Supermarket is in today’s Cincinnati Enquirer, in an article entitled ‘Handmade Nation’ Arrives in Northside, and we got a mention: “[Shoppers will] also find Cincinnati-centric art by Maya Drozdz and Michael Stout of VisuaLingual, a design and print studio based in Over-the-Rhine whose creations include screenprints of Cincinnati cuisine (think goetta and chili) and brightly-colored tea towels screenprinted with the word “Cincinnati” in a 19th-century typeface.” Thanks, Lauren!