farm fresh

I joined a treasury team on Etsy. Now I have a a good excuse for making more treasuries!

Someday I just want to have at least a couple of vegetable plants. I don't know why, but things always taste better when you grew them yourself (even if they look a little uglier than the grocery store behemoth hybrid vegetables :).

eye candy

Photograph by Jennifer Parry Dodge

I've been frequenting the Ermie blog for the past couple of months. She takes such beautiful, simple, and peaceful pictures. Check out the Blue posts from November of 2011 for some traditional crafting beauty.

Speaking of blogging (and crafting) I will be back shortly with an update on my busy holiday season!

growth

I've been watching Nervous System's videos this morning. They make beautiful jewelry based around organic forms, math and computer processes, including 3D printing. I've always been fascinated by how scientific their approach seems to make these really beautiful poetic pieces. I have one of their necklaces, and it's so delicate. Enjoy!

treasures

I made a treasury on etsy to showcase some of my favorite picks for home. It's nice to dream sometimes...

mechanifantastic

I am starting to realize just how much I enjoy the videos posted on The Storque. This one on karakuri is especially beautiful, and simultaneously reaffirms my love for Japanese culture and automatons. How amazing is this craft?? I feel like if the world slowed down and just paid attention to what we were doing (like is necessary for a painstaking process such as this), we could fix some of the crappenings of the 21st century.

Karakuri from Matthew Allard on Vimeo.

P.S. -- Do you like how I coined the term "crappenings" just now?

per yesterday

So, Boat Lake is also known as Fountain Lake. Or, Boat (Fountain) Lake. Can anything be straightforward??

P.S. -- These pictures probably don't do it justice.

lofty visions

via The Storque

Wowowow. I first saw Something's Hiding In Here at Renegade Craft Fair a couple years ago. Much later I saw their lovely living space on designsponge and fell in love (even more) with their aesthetic. It's really cool to be able to get a virtual tour and hear about their inspirations. And it's a rental! It goes to show what kind of modifications you can do to a space without really altering it permanently, such as the giant headboard with built-in alcove. So great.

swoon

I was browsing the Black Apple blog today and saw the most amazing thing EVER:




Holy moly. This must be the best dressed eight-year-old boy in the world. I have a new style icon, Arlo Weiner. If you want to see more, you have to check out the original link, where he also describes how he put his outfits together and his inspirations for each.

sun in, sun out

I just spotted this great installation on Design*Sponge that Amy Soczka did for Urban Outfitters.


I think something like this would be a really cool thing to do in Tyvek for window treatments. Kind of Tord Boontje-esque. I've been really interested in alternative window treatments lately, like frosted panes and colored gels (the ones they use for stage lighting). I've always liked accordian-style shutters too, because of memories of my grandma's house. All of this is probably part of that nesting instinct, which is hard to satisfy in a rental property.

I also wish I could get ahold of this.


I don't remember how I even discovered this, but I really like Miranda July. It was part of a subscription from The Thing, which sends art done by different artists on a quarterly basis to its subscribers.

Today though I will take bare windows, as there is hardly any sunlight and has been overcast and raining since this morning. I appreciate what rain does for the ecosystem and all, but let's have at least a few hours of sun, alright? (I love negotiating with the powers-that-be...)

be mine

I just got some red jeans. I know they're trendy, but I put this outfit together about two months ago online, and I couldn't stop thinking about them after that.

I've been having fun on polyvore today. It's like being an editor for your very own mini fashion magazine. I can look at my file of images and pretend I'm looking into my dream closet. Sigh.

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Interview with Julia Pott. Love!

from the ground up

I remember reading about Built By Wendy in a random teen magazine in high school. I liked her style, and I thought it was so cool how she built her clothing business. I cut the article out, and ended up buying one of her guitar straps as soon as I had the chance (I played bass for maybe a year?). And even though I still can't really afford anything else of hers, I got some of her patterns for Simplicity when those came out. So I thought it was cool when I saw this video interview with her in The Storque. Check it out!

why must you be so beautiful?

Pink Diamond necklace - ByJeannie Jewelry


Illuminated Sea Cookie Pin - Stephanie Simek

I was going to go work on the new apartment, but I ended up reading through the old posts of Assorted Notions instead. And now I must get away from the computer before I develop carpal tunnel.

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