Entries from May 2008

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

Blik Love

I love, love, love Blik decals. The Dooz’s nursery is adorned with the adorable sheep from the Wee Gallery. The best thing about these decals are that they are completely removable, so as your tastes change so can your walls. It’s especially nice since many are pretty high impact and something you may not love [...]

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

The D

detroit skyline, originally uploaded by ryan.s o u t h e n.photography.

The husband and I have been having an ongoing conversation (for many years) about Detroit, from its rich history to the continuing saga of its present. It’s a conversation that ultimately leads to the topic of resurgence and more importantly if that can ever [...]

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

In Which Our Heroine Is Scattered (again)

Look, I even categorized things in case you want to skip over things you might find boring. Can you guess what I do for a living? That’s right, craft emails. Okay, no, not really, but sometimes it seems like it. It seems like I’m striving to communicate to people who don’t speak the same language [...]

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Happy Birthday Little Boy

Friday marked the boy’s very first birthday and a whole year we’ve moved from starting out hoping to just keep him alive to wanting to help him satisfy that curiousity for just about everything. Especially, if it barks or is on wheels. If someone could invent a wheely, barking dog who serves bagels and cream [...]

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Flipping Out

There is no good excuse for that title, other than sometimes I just can’t help myself. And really, I owe myself a little indulgence into crap every now and then don’t I? I like to think so. And anyway, today was SO bad that I really thought I might have to hide in my closet [...]

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Closer

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The Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa - Italy, originally uploaded by cienne45.

A beautiful photo from the Staglieno Cemetery in Genoa, Italy. I have a weakness for both cemeteries and funereal sculpture. Amongst the treasures here are the [...]

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Bento Box Photography

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spa bento, originally uploaded by Sakurako Kitsa.

What can be better than this, I ask you?

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Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Lists of Random Goodness

Thank goodness for Design*Sponge to continue to inspire in so many ways.
If I had a nickel for every time I felt craftily inferior.
One prefab home for us please.
Enjoying the Smithsonian’s Enter the Frame project.
Um, I REALLY like this little bird ring, I do heart Me & Ro.
How fun is this urchin-like bowl?
Thinking about the ruins [...]