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Monday, August 30, 2010

Crayon Box Mondays - Mulberry

Yes, I missed a week again. Shocker. Apparently self-imposed deadlines are essentially worthless. =)

I'm not sure why, but Mulberry caught my attention while scrolling through crayon colors to focus on. Sort of a lovely muted, pinky-purple. Sadly though it was retired in 2003.

Silk spinning fiber, wildhare
Drop earrings, glistenbyerin
Organic jam, jamgals
Mulberry wine succulent, Horticopia
June blooms print, SarahKDesigns
Mod sugar bowl, 5dollaremporium
Elephant paperweight, CarawayCache
Cocktail necklace, vividcolors
Ceramic birds, PrinceDesignUK
Mulberry Street, Amazon
Pleated bag, ModDiva

Friday, August 20, 2010

Okay, I was going to do a whole post mourning the loss of the Triceratops to scientific history because apparently, the Triceratops was actually the juvenile form of the Torosaurus. However with further research into the matter, paleontologists have decided to keep the name Triceratops because it has chronological precedence (and I think upsetting kids everywhere helped a little too).

But I'm still mad about Pluto not being a planet anymore.

So I'm still going to do a post on these two things. Because who doesn't love dinosaurs and space stuff?

Robot and Triceratops, happyfamily
Sarah and Sara earrings, autumnomatopoeia
Orange Striped, kaiterpillar
Plant Eater Pin, teenytinytantrums
Ceramic magnet, ynotmore
In Love Card, OrangeTwist
Tertia felt doll, nonesuchgarden
No Hand Catch, Daniel Heywood
Skull pendant, mrd74
Triceratops Amigurumi, planetjune
Tiny Bottle, tinyworldinabottle
Dinosoap, dugshop
B&W illustration, LaniesLoft
BBQ neon, Jay Jay Burridge

Never Forget shirt, Yque
Dwarf shirt, FiftyFiveRed
Pluto pin, onehappygran
RIP shirt, Mental Floss
Not a Planet shirt, TheShirtDudes
License Plate holder, Cafe Press
Pluto Shiver, Fisher Price
Not One of Us graphic, ERV
Planet Express pin, shortsleevealliance <-- remember that episode where Pluto was a penguin sanctuary?
Pluto pendant, Edelstein Metalsmiths
Pluto plasma, Think Geek

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Travel Wednesdays - Sweden

Sorry everything is behind this week... just one of those weeks. Anyways...

So I have a super massive obsession with everything Swedish these days... and unlike a lot of other Travel Wednesdays, I have not been there yet. But I'm definitely planning a trip for (hopefully) next summer (because I hate the cold).

Fishing Village, debdrewphotos
Winter, Our Surprising World
Stockholm photo, whollyafool
Sunset Faro Island, Our Surprising World
Laitaure Lake Sarek National Park, Thunda Funda

How gorgeous is that?

I can't exactly pinpoint my new-found passion... I'd imagine it started with my general love of Scandinavian design in furniture/household objects... otherwise known as IKEA (and their meatballs). But then there's always my love of Pippi Longstocking, the Swedish Chef, gnomes/tomte, and Swedish fish (<-- go play with that website, it's fun).

They also have the Ice Hotel that I desperately want to stay in. Check out the Flickr stream from this past year. Amazing!

I mean, really, could there be a better country?

Arriving In Stockholm, MatteArt
Blue Dala Horse, Clare Packages
Lapland Bracelet, GronstedtDesign
Wooden Gnome, coppermouse
Barn Art, Watercolor by Muren
Swedish Fish necklace, pennydogaccessories
Swedish Chef pendant, ccpendants
Swedish Star, ParkStreetStudios
Mushroom House, tildafilur
Pippi Collection, Amazon

In addition to all of that coolness, check out some awesome work by Swedish artists on Etsy (using the Shop Local tool... which is pretty amazing).

Beach Pottery Owl, LillaJizo
Wish You Were Here, PaperBazaar
Sunday Morning Slippers, aCatsNest
Tulip earrings, BlackDaisyDesigns
Red and white necklace, Creairtive
Tea Cup, SuzzieHoller
Zippered Pouch, Themidnightsundesign
Lilly dress, CristinaPires
As the Waves Roll In, afiori

So who wants to come with? =)

Monday, August 16, 2010

Crayon Box Mondays - Chartreuse

I just need to get my other favorite color out of the way before I move onto the truly varied depths of the crayon box.

(can't find a picture of a Chartreuse crayon at the moment... and didn't feel like digging into the depths of my crayon/colored pencil/marker/sharpie/pen box to photograph one. But I will. Someday.)

Chartreuse, a lovely bright color somewhere between green and yellow (sometimes called grellow, but please don't do this. It's just wrong.) Also, not to be confused with the French alcohol Chartreuse.

Get out your shades for this one...

Proenza Schouler bag, BagCraze
Earrings, WildWomanJewelry
Clock, Crate and Barrel <-- I have this lovely clock in my bathroom... but so sad, it's no longer available.
Keds, Zazzle
Coffee mug cozy, knotworkshop
Matilda Marrie figurine, therunnybunny
Glass Pearls, ddfromscratch
Unripe Strawberry, bubbletime
Pablito painting, michaelvanstudio
Ruffled Silk Ring, bstudio
Chartreuse liquor, France for Visitors
Baby Ribbs, Ponituisuuksia

Whoops...

Sorry posts died off last week. I got all kinds of busy. But look how grown up I'm being by continuing anyways... rather than writing it all off, ignoring the blog for 6-8 months and then coming up with some other idea to blog about.

That's how much I like this version!

So onwards... at least I have 2 posts almost already done for this week. And could start working on ones for next week so that I'm maybe a step ahead.

=)