I mentioned earlier that I made some cards for friends out of cut up paper, a la this guy, using an x-acto knife, a cutting board, colored paper, and lots of creativity. And here are the end results:
A birthday card for a lovely birthday girl.
This was just a hello card to my friend living in Colorado right now. There's a little envelope on the string connecting our locations, and it can move along the string. This one probably turned out the coolest, which is ironic because I didn't really think it through at all and it just turned out cool. It's a get well card for a friend who we wanted to send flowers too, but they were all just too expensive. I think that this as an even better alternative. Have a great day!
Todays photography inspiration is all snowed in. A phenomena I have never myself experienced (though I hoped for it all the time the winter I lived in DC). But it's raining again here, once again proving Albert Hammond incorrect. But for those of you experience so called "Snowmaggedon" or "Snowpocalypse 2010" or whatever it is on the East Coast, here are some images to remind you that the snow is beautiful, blanketing the world in a down comforter of crystallized water. (It's easy for me to say this because I'm not the one who has to trudge through it to work, or drive in it.)
It did actually snow once where I grew up in Northern California. Keep in mind where I lived was close to San Francisco, we aren't talking like Yosemite Northern California, where snow isn't as rare. Here's the only proof I have: Dot & I in our Santa hats, and me in my LL Bean (or maybe Lands End) Christmas fleecy on the deck, with snowflakes coming down! (Which of course melted soon after landing...) but it still counts!
Of cabbages and kings. That lovely line from Alice has almost nothing to do with this post, but whenever I think of a random hodgepodge of things, I recall that line from that poem. I really want to read Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland. I've started it countless times but always get distracted. I have my dad's Annotated Alice which not only has the text but in the margins has commentary on the text which helps explains certain things that I don't understand because I'm not an 11 year old British girl in mid 1800's. I highly recommend it.
One of my necklaces was featured in this Treasury, which is super cute and themed around the number 3! Check it out. :) It'll only be up until Sunday, so that link will be dead soon, SORRY!
Yesterday I took a leaf out of supercoolspyclub guys book and made some cards out of cut paper. Mind you I had to go get my self a small X-Acto Knife and a board to cut on. (In hindsight, my plastic cutting boards from the kitchen probably would have worked fine. C'est la via!) They're pretty much amazing. I will post pictures when I'm officiously done with them.
And I've decided that I NEED these shoes from Nordstrom. I've been looking for men's shoes for women for months now, but they always end up looking like my old tap shoes. Not these ones! Unfortunately they're back ordered until Feb. 10th. C'est domage. But someday they will be mine. Here they are:
See that link about shoes and ships and sealing wax wasn't COMPLETELY off the wall. (For the record I always thought it was ceiling wax, that is until I looked it up.)
Sorry I haven't updated, for some reason Blogger wasn't working forever and then I realized that it was just in Firefox, so I'm using Chrome now, sans probleme! I probably just need to clear my cache or cookies or something. For another time.
I realized tonight there is a fine line between being well-read and being pretentious, and I hope never to cross into the pretentious-ness area. It's just not fun to be around.
I hope everyone is having a good weekend and is getting ready to say goodbye to January!
I love peeking into other people's lives. I guess in that respect I'm a terrible snoop, but I can't help LOVING overhearing snippets of conversation, or glancing through windows with the blinds only half drawn. It's in these private moments that you really see people. You see the basic-ness of human existence. That despite the wars, and religious conflict, and ideological battles that make up the news and our daily lives, we're all just the same. We want to love and be loved, to read, watch, relax, and enjoy life.
With this in mind I love the new blog that's popped up recently Check My Shelf, where people send in a picture of a shelf and a little about them. And I love this blog not because I'm featured on today's post (which is rather exciting I think!), but because this really is a look into other people's lives. The books or shoes or fabric samples they have, the way they organize it, it all intrigues me. I love Mila's Shelf, it's so well organized and bright and clean and welcoming! I just want to lay in bed all day with a cup of tea and READ.
Which reminds me, this would make a great edition to any room, in any house, but especially a room with a great bookcase chockablock full of great books. It's the READ recycled wood sign available from the charming Etsy shop of WilliamDohman. He also has great variations on the READ sign that say things like LOVE, ADORE, GROW, THINK, LIQUOR, you know, the usual. :)
Anyways, here is a lovely song that sometimes gives me chills if I listen intently to all the words. It has a great message of peace and all that good stuff, check it out.
So the amazing blog "oh, hello friend" has weekly giveaways, and this one is so sweet I had to pass it on to you!
It's for a $40 gift certificate for the lovely Etsy shop Olive. (That gift certificate is enough to get you 2 pillows from the 20 and under section!) All you have to do is go to Olive's Etsy shop, find your favorite item, and then comment on the oh, hello friend blog entry with what your favorite item from the shop is. Danni will pick a winner in 1 week, and it could be you! Best of luck! -Dash ps: I highly recommend adding "oh, hello friend" to your blog reader, it's fantastic!
So I saw supercoolspyclub's awesome artwork through the blog "Share Some Candy". Supercoolspyclub is the work of talented art school graduate Jared Andrew Schorr. Not only can he draw, but he also makes REALLY neat pieces of art based on cut paper. Like this sweet "Mix Tape" to the right. Going through his work I wanted to post all of them, because they are so cool. Alas I could not so here are just a few for your enjoyment. That last one is actually a picture from his Etsy of a super cute paper cut of Love Bugs! Such a great idea. I love how their feelers come together to make a heart. It comes in a shadow frame and everything. Also on his Etsy you can buy that cute little lady with the bird in her hair, and it's a pocket mirror! Oh so handy. I'm really thinking about getting it... If Etsy isn't your thing be sure to check out his website www.jaredandrewschorr.com to see just how supremely talented he is. That's all for now! I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend.
So I didn't have coffee for an entire week when boyfriend and I started doing this crazy workout. I was doing really well. But now I've fallen off the wagon.
I've had coffee everyday for the past three days. Whoops. I can't resist the bitter flavor of espresso as it slowly gets diluted by the milk, it's just too good.
So coffee, here's to you. You've bested me for now, but I'll be back with stronger forces soon, (so you should feel free to be prepared with even stronger espresso. Trust me, I'm a worth adversary.)
Good luck to all in their own personal battles, they're difficult but we shall overcome. (Or we might get defeated, but then at least we can enjoy the sweet, warm, yummy taste of defeat.)
So decorating our house has been happening slowly but surely, resulting in an amalgamation of furniture from my parents, grandparents, IKEA, and assorted things we've all picked up over the years. (Like the 100 lb. television Dot and I bought off Craigs List. Definitely buyers remorse on that one...) There isn't much of a theme to the house, although people always say our house feels very homey.
But I ran across these photos on the blog Design is Mine. And they make me want to redesign every room of the house, even the bathroom.
I love the way the letters (or numbers) used can sometimes help define a room (like the SOAP one), or just provide a creative montage to accent a wall (like all those letters behind the desk). Either way if I ever run across a bunch of letters, I may have to buy them purely because these pictures totally inspire me. And it kinda reminds me of those fridge magnet letters. I always thought those were really cool. So I hope that those lovely design images got your inner interior decorator neurons firing.
A birthday card for a lovely birthday girl.
This was just a hello card to my friend living in Colorado right now. There's a little envelope on the string connecting our locations, and it can move along the string.
This one probably turned out the coolest, which is ironic because I didn't really think it through at all and it just turned out cool. It's a get well card for a friend who we wanted to send flowers too, but they were all just too expensive. I think that this as an even better alternative.
ones! Unfortunately they're back ordered until Feb. 10th. C'est domage. But someday they will be mine. Here they are:
