throughout the pages of IKEA's new, swedish cookbook entitled "hembakat är bäst" ("homemade is best"), photographer carl kleiner and stylist evelina bratell sexily capture the ingredients for each recipe in their full, raw glory.

whether it be cinnamon buns or black forest cake, each baked good gets its own countertop spread. tasty teasers for the main event!

and, in usual IKEA fashion, part of the fun is translating swedish to english.  for example, i have no idea what "radiokaka" is, but apparently, it's a delectable desert.

{recipes from top to bottom:  vaniljhorn (vanilla crescent cookies);  radiokaka (swedish surprise?);  mandelmusslor (almond shells);  mandelkubb (gingerbread biscuits);  drömmar (dreamy cookie?).}

{via the always craveable craft.}

here is my proposal for achieving world peace:  replace all guns with this 357 magnum hair dryer.

why blow someone away when you can give them a fabulous blow dry instead?

the NRA will thank me for it.  no, really.  they will.

{available at domestikate's etsy shop.}

i take great pride in knowing that mamie van doren and i share the same neck size.

{via chateau thombeau...of course!}

whether you're fondling your latest itunes playlist or setting the mood in your basement discotheque, your audio system is a fundamental component to your listening pleasure.  however, did you know you can craft a system that not only sounds groovy, but looks groovy, too?

thanks to a tutorial featured on unpluggd by of blue ant's joel pirela, you can!  joel offers instructions on how to make these fabulous speakers inspired by the audio designs of dieter rams and charles eames.

to top it off, joel's DIY system utilizes a wireless streaming audio technology that can be controlled with an iphone.  pretty much, you can stream music wherever you have an AC outlet.  portable, practical, and pretty as a pony.

click here for the full tutorial.

{via the magnificent man blog - man made.}

san francisco based artist, lisa congdon, has been photographing (or drawing) one collection per day everyday this year.  most of the collections are from her home or studio.  from vintage animal charms, to plastic bread ties, to baby doll hands, lisa makes them all pretty as a picture.

see all of lisa's collections thus far on her blog a collection a day.  also, you can preorder a book of her collection at uppercase.

clap!

{via the always magnificent grain edit.}

need i say more?

{mystique vase by ange-line tetrault.  available soon (i hope) at imm living.}

for all of you cardboard camera needs.

{see kiel johnson's entire camera collection here.  via the amazing junk culture.}

yet another valuable beauty secret courtesy of chateau thombeau.

last night, i dreamt i was pumping gas with punk princess and gossip front-woman beth ditto.  that's right -- in my dreams, even gas stations are fabulous.

upon awakening, i googled miss beth to see if my dream was "a sign," and indeed it was!  i came across her new, fantasmic fall 2010 fashion collaboration with the uk brand evans.

beth ditto, the outspoken (and occasionally pant-less) performer, designs clothing?  beyond brilliant!  in 2001, i saw beth perform in hollywood.  she wore a hot pink, skin-tight, satin tube dress and eventually stripped down to nothing but a bra and spanx.  

however, along with her barely there stage attire, beth's been known to attend fashion shows and walk the red carpet wearing vintage gowns and theatrically designed frocks.  i imagine her closet is quite impressive.

also, as a size 20-22, beth is an advocate for celebrating and embracing the beauty of large women.  in an article for the guardian, she wrote:

"Start by wearing clothes with the intention of reclaiming your self-esteem, clothes that make you feel good, confident, sexy even, instead of clothes meant to hide your body. You can also look at your body more. A lot of us ignore our bodies. Connect with your body instead, especially when naked."

beth's latest collection for evans (as it turns out this is her 2nd collection with the brand) reflects street-styles throughout the decades from 60s chevron-stripes to 80s sweater dress glam.

sizes size range from 14 - 32.

above:  a tasty peek at beth ditto's collection.  see the entire collection, plus a short film starring beth, here.

finally, let's hope a domestic brand teams up with our southern-bred, portland-based miss ditto.  the american market is truly in need of kick-ass, plus size collections.

thanks, beth ditto!  you are a true WHORANGE hero (and dreamgirl!)

finally, a practical solution for all of your everyday essentials:  ice crusher, swan planter, lawn deer, dwell magazine, vodka, spread-eagle barbie, plus so much more!

{misha kahn's thought bubble cabinet discovered on design crisis...of course.}