etsy find: coasters and bags

check out sidney ann

really beautiful items.

pink and cowhide. perfect.

i really like the coasters made of vintage scarves.

thriftylicous: thistle cup

i really like small delicate cups and glasses. using a unique cup make everything taste better. i recently found this little beauty. it's for my Scottish friend. it's a Scottish thistle.

isn't it graceful?

moment: elbow

open for buisness

i just finished posting my first items for sale on etsy! take a look at the badge on the right. i'm going to be selling fabric, vintage objects and items i make. i'm hoping to support my thrift shopping addiction with my profits:) will you help and addict?

blue rooster

i purchased this lovely painting from Handmaid etsy shop. i got it in the mail all they way from Israel last week and we are so enjoying it. i hung it in the kitchen and placed my new blue stool (thriftylicous)underneath it. The photos don't really do the perspective justice but take my word the combination is fabulous.

the painting is on a really beautiful piece of wood and the painting it's self is full of detail. i'm not sure what my attraction to chickens and roosters is but i like them. can you spot the other rooster in these photos?


thanks julie!

fingerprint wedding bands

awesome.

thanks {frolic!}

don't buy 10 baby chickens because they are so cute!

went to a UX event last night hosted by Zaaz. pretty fun. among the speakers was the guy who is responsible for the above site (check it out, it's really fun) as was the man behind Common Craft (there is fun to be had here too) and Emma Rose a research at Design for Digital Inclusion (just the name gets my mind going) and Jason Carmel who works a Zaaz in site optimization (his talk was titled "Effective Use of Kittens: Site Optimization and User Experience" i'll just let you think about that. his side project is Wish Radar)

ryan has a great wrap up of the night here so i'll just let you read that if you're interested (couldn't say it better than him) but i will shamelessly take credit for this:

"Some great conversation followed in the panel q & a. In particular folks wondered whether social networks would adapt over time as their constituents aged or whether age segments would migrate from one demographic-focused social network to another. Obviously, today's 80 year old is different from the 80 year old of 20 years from now--how will social networks evolve as today's heavy users age and new generations emerge?" - ryan turner

this was my question! yeah for me. ha. just kidding but i did think the discussion was pretty good. i left wondering if the lines between all demographics are just becoming to muddy to really put money on particularly where age is concerned. jason also made the point that the future lies in portable profiles so your investment in one site becomes so much less that you can leave online communities as you move through demographics.

lots to think about. thanks Zaaz!

more cake

this is the first cake to grace my new cake pedestal. it is a zucchini cake with lemon curd in the middle and cream cheese/lime juice frosting and it was delicious. the recipe is from How to be a Domestic Goddess by Nigella Lawson. isn't that the most wonderful title for a book. check out the first photo on her home page, seems as though i might be on my way to domestic goddessness!

moment: tropical seattle?

we've been having a pretty mild summer here in Seattle. but you'd never know it from this photo. i took this yesterday at the beach near my house.
oh, and this is Rudi by super cute, love dog.

kites

my friend recently posted a this lovely piece of graffiti on her site and I was inspired.

kites are a lovely piece of imagery and i had forgotten all about them. I'm going to work on something with a kite on this this week. who knows maybe kites are the new birds or deer heads.

a quick search of Etsy brought me to this lovely pendant that I had to buy.
from: Paraphernalia

Look at some of the other designs they have. I haven't really seen this type of thing before and I really like it.