Hodge Podge of Stuff!

I've had a lovely few days off. First there was Santa Barbara, and then there was staying with the lovely Paris girls in San Diego. A very great time was had by all. Here are two pictures from the hike we did:

This is Tangerine Falls!

This is a bit of a modge podge entry, just a bunch of stuff I wanted to share. Here's a video that shows the creepy similarities in drawing and movement of some Disney movies, suggesting that they just reused the basics and drew over things I think. It's interesting to watch, and that french song is awesome, I wonder what it is!

I'm a big fan of this concept for eco-friendly packaging for Coke.  You can read all about the project here on the Packaging World Blog.  It's a design project by a gentleman, and not actually being implemented by Coke (unfortunately).  I'm actually doing a project on Coke right now and one of my suggestions for opportunities they could pursue was being more eco-friendly.




And one more amazing pic to share with you:

That picture is simply beautiful! I love the teal/pale aquamarine vases, and the wood table... I just want it in my house!  As well as a well lit window with white curtains like the one in the picture, I could go for that for sure.  But this image was found on the adorable Tumblr called "Elizabethtown" which has some great little findings, and has a special place in my heart now because of Elizabeths penchant for all things Harry Potter.  (You should check out her Hogwarts houses polyvore post, super cute.)

Eco-Friendly Home

I realized recently that I love eco-friendly houses. This dawned on me as I watched The Ballad of Jack and Rose and realized I really really really wanted their house. Unfortunately I couldn't find any pictures online of the house from the movie. (Seriously odd, coolest house ever, and the movie sort of highlighted it, I don't know why I can't find more online.) The movie is rather interesting. Camilla Bella gets her hair cut like mine in it, which was kinda sweet.

But the point was, in my search I found another SUPER COOL eco-friendly house that this couple with 2 kids (a toddler and an infant) built in the woodlands of Wales. For even more information here's a link to their website. And check out the "similar buildings" link, for even more eco-friendly house goodness! With 2,000 pounds a very little other collateral they built the house in four months! So amazing.
Here are the beautiful pictures:





Someday I will have to resolve my inner conflict between living in the woods in an eco-friendly house and my fear of living in the woods, and my love of cities.