Add this to my list of future projects

Isn't this cool? This is a lampshade by Barbara Vos--I saw it on decor8. Wouldn't this be cute hanging over a kitchen table, or in the corner of the study? I think I even have most of the buttons for it (eek).
Actually, it's a sweet way to store your buttons--you know the extras that you get when you buy a sweater or coat. And then, if something bad happens and you lose a button, you can just sneak up on your lamp with a pair of scissors, and *snip!* swap out your new coat button with a replacement one.
It's like the circle of life. But inside your lamp.

Here's the too-big shirt photo

...in all its glory. Should I still even bother to send out the email re: customization? Would anyone look at this (uh, with me in it) and say 'sign me up fer that'?

In related news--turns out the computer f.u. was just because I needed to reconfig the IP address. No biggie.

My Fantasy House

So either my home computer or my ISP has given me the big F.U.--for some reason I haven't been able to get online the last few days. And if I can't get online, then I can't post photos of my latest creations! So I'll post someone else's pictures instead. These are all via decor8.

I love this living room with all my heart! And it's in the same color scheme as my current one, even...which means someone should just give this to me.


This is usually not the style that I would like, but something about this kitchen appeals to me. Although--does it look like a display from Anthropologie? Am I just being a closet shopper again?









Not as much color as I'd usually do, but it makes the other colors stand out more. Plus white floors always look clean in photos. (I think if I had one in real life, it would look, well, let's say not so much). So--I'd like to have white floors in one room of my house + a housecleaner (for all rooms, natch).









This photo to me is just the bomb-diddley. I love the lamp, I even really love that grey color, it looks very chic. Somebody needs to come over and redecorate my house! I want it to look like this...

Short Attention Span Theatre

I just saw these interesting collages by Amy Ross--tiny little mushroom people!
















I really like this laptop bag by Angela Adams, but don't know that I want to pay $150 for it. Maybe I could find it on eBay for less...








What do you think about this one, made by Lexie Barnes? I like the blue, but I'm worried it will look too much like a diaper bag.

Etsy can't be that tough...can it?

Recently on the How About Orange blog (which I love because 1, it mentions orange, and 2, that will piss J and others off...)--the gal (sorry should have at least researched her name) mentioned making some bookmarks using vintage fabrics and putting them up on Etsy (hey, how many parenthetical remarks can I cram into this sentence? looks like...three!). Which got me thinking...this can't be that hard to do, right? Wouldn't that be a nice way to make a little extra cash? Hmmm....


I am kind of thinking about selling my feather boots on Etsy. I like them, but I don't wear them that often, and I think someone else might wear them more. Plus, they are kinda cool (I think), so maybe someone would actually pay $$ for them. What do you think? Here's a not-so-great photo of them. (the camera is still a problem) FYI they are on my new bedspread on the right. I'm totally digging the bedspread, although it goes with nothing in my bedroom. But apparently it does go with the box that holds my printer (in photo on left). Because lord knows it would be great if my bedroom looked more like my office...

The Hideous Before-math

Just so's you know how far I've come, here's that same armoire in its original fugly state and completely surrounded by crap. (this, btw, is the first thing you see in my house if you come in and immediately go to the left, so it's nice that it's incrementally more presentable)...

Next up--selling a bunch of crap on cl.

The armoire! Eet ees done!

The little stripes took a while to paint. But I like it--and I can paint it over with different color stripes as I change my decor.

Sharpies Ahoy

My latest projects have been in the kitchen--I had this unfinished IKEA table forever, and finally couldn't stand to look at its unpainted nastiness for a moment longer. So I painted it white and added black outlines, kind of cartoon-ish. I also drew 2 place settings on there. You can't really see it in the picture, but it's actually very cute. I used this enormous sharpie pen to make the black lines. Kind of like a big yellow highlighter, only a sharpie. (Mmmmm, sharpies. I heart sharpies.) And the black pen came along with red and blue buddies; you best believe I'll be making up an excuse for using those guys on something.

(Oh, hey-- speaking of me not having my shit together for the holidays--I just noticed the Christmas teatowel is still in the kitchen. oopsies.)

I "autographed" the table on the bottom--actually so I could test the polyurethane finish on the sharpie ink. Didn't want it to smear everything. The finish is taking longer to do, basically because it's not fun and I keep procrastinating. Plus, it's hard to see if you're putting it on evenly, since it's clear...

I also finally hung up my uncle's drawings--yay! See photo #1...don't they go nice with the table? The whole room is black-and-white graphic, which is what I wanted. And to go with the cartoon-y theme: Today I used my new knives. Aren't they cute, in a creepy way?
















Actually I'm not enjoying the knives so much today, because I saw Pan's Labyrinth last night. It was well done, but very depressing--one of those movies that make you wish an asteroid would just wipe out all humanity, since we are clearly gross and horrible and ruin everything we touch. Plus, there were some really squicky scenes that...well, let's just say the voodoo knife guy reminds me of this one nasty, nasty part.

Ewww.

Okay, I need to go think about something else right now.

An Inauspicious Beginning

Wellllllll here we are. Just you, me, and a brand new blog. Isn’t this cozy? Aren’t we close? I’ve been keeping dibs on what I wanted to write about since, oh, about 2 months ago, so I think the water’s finally warm enough for a dip.

Speaking of tardiness (I don’t feel tardy…), I thought this would be a fine time to share with you a few images of my Christmas décor. One of the many ways I’ll scar my future children is by being perpetually late with seasonal activities. (In addition to showing their naked baby photos to their friends, feeding them popcorn for dinner, and forcing them to tapdance for my buddies. I already know they’ll be going to therapy when they’re older, and I want to give them something interesting to talk about. I’m a giver.)

Yeah. Seasonality. Okay. I always start Christmas crafts on time, honest! But then there are things to do, and people to see, and I can never seem to finish everything until after the season is over. Like my new treetopper (which I forgot to photograph before I packed it up, but it’s adorable, thanks for asking. Hand twisted pipecleaner snowflake with a big vintage button on the front). I wrapped that baby up on the 2nd of January. Oops. But on the other hand, when I unpack everything for next Christmas, I will have forgotten that I worked on it for like four hours (!), and I’ll be so surprised and delighted! I am practicing for when I really do have Alzheimer’s; I want to be graciously surprised and delighted in my dementia.

To use D’s favorite analogy, I am now so belated with my seasonal celebrations that I’ve wrapped around to the other side.

This year I put my cute fabric ornaments in my new(-ish) felt bowl that I had bought last year at Dickens House, totally forgot about, then discovered again, complete with quavery-but-gracious old-lady exclamations of surprise. (oh my stars and garters! goodness gracious!) (I also bought a holiday tea towel there, and forgot about it until mid January. But I put it out anyways, cuz that’s how I roll.) Anyway, I really like the old handmade ornaments—wouldn’t it be great to make a tiny version of that embroidered dove for holiday earrings? J, you’re the fabric one—make me some! That was my mom or my grandma, not sure who, kicking ass with the embroidery back in the day. Bet they had it done before christmas, too.












I also used my icicle and snowflake ornaments, which turned out very pretty on the mantel. The big star is actually a tree topper and just out of range it has a enormous ugly spiral thing for attaching to the branch. But it's not in the photo, so that doesn't count. Gosh cropping is awesome.












The SBC doesn't really understand the holidays, but is rock solid on the idea of treats. She knows that every moment spent on holiday decoration is a moment that should be spent giving her treats or kitty crack (aka cat toothpaste), so she’s taking to knocking over things as a subtle, loving hint for *treats, bitch*. Here she is, surrounded by askew decorations, trying to look simultaneously cute and hungry.











And Mr. Roboto needed a photo because he is my favorite Christmas ornament. A very worthy gift from the XO. Mr. Robot gets his own special storage box. Oh and speaking of which...the best christmas project? Getting rid of one huge box of Christmas things! That's one less thing to drag down from the top closet shelf while Small Brown is doing her "I want treats" interpretive dance around my ankles.













Domo! Domo!