I am in love with these spoof merit badges.  I’ve been looking around for merit badges lately, and I’m not really sure how I got onto this trend.  Well, “trend” in my life– obviously, not a trend in other people’s lives.  They’re cheap too.  Most of the badges from Boy Scout Store are $1.50-3.00/each! Oh [...]

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This was a semi-impulsive Ebay purchase… there was a “pop off” and I should’ve held back.  But did I?  No.
HOW COULD I LET THIS BEAUTY OUT OF MY GRASP?!
Ahem. I don’t know much about the Postal Service Station made by the American Adjustomatic Corp– clearly a precursor to today’s APC.  It seems to have been [...]

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Jon and I went to see Sherlock Holmes this weekend.  It’s a great film if, and only if, you are okay with it being not really anything like the books or the Jeremy Brett version.  Robert Downy Jr. and Jude Law are just too handsome to be Holmes and Watson really– and since when did [...]

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“Stand Up Straight” 2010 calendar from Athertonlin’s Etsy shop.
Perhaps you remember last year when I kind of panicked about my calendar rut.  It’s come again– to Moleskine or not to Moleskine for my day planner, to head back to the Nikki McClure calendar I’ve sort of missed even though I loved the art I had [...]

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Do you remember a few months ago when I was talking about how I really needed a perfect set of candle holders? No?  Well, I did.  Except I never found the perfect candle sticks.  I’m actually not sure these are perfect, but they’re pretty good.  I suppose a lot would depend on how stable they [...]

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I can’t tell how I feel about this new Sundance Channel program Man Shops Globe.  I’m not sure what I’m more uncomfortable with- that the show isn’t a hard-hitting expose of high-end “bobo“/”boho” lifestyles or that it reveals just enough about what made Anthropologie such a perfect place to go when the library stressed me [...]

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How cool is this candle?!  Maybe it’s me.  I haven’t actually purchased it because, really, I don’t know that we need a giant candle.  BUT, isn’t that an awesome stand?  To me it looks kind of steam punk-ish but not too over-the-top steam punk.  We’ll see.  This might be the kind of thing that seems [...]

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This is the kind of weekend I’ve needed: family in town, a very laid back BBQ at a friend’s, and finding the perfect bedside table for less than $40.  Yes, summer you’ve come through just in time.  I can easily (blog) categorize the weekend as: “just life,” “shopping,” and “the calm.”

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Image via Martha Stewart Living
I think the walls in our new apartment (well, and in the old one too– in our building) are plaster and are really, really hard to get nails and/or screws into.  So of course, all I want to do is find hip things to make our walls interesting that require nails [...]

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Just a few things catching my eye around the Internets these days…

Wook Wood Working’s “Modsu Chest” via Etsy
The Saturday Shoppe’s Vintage Blue Seltzer Bottle via Etsy
“Cookie Monster Cupcake” via Nick^D’s Flickr Stream (pictured below)
“The Washing Machine“, a Poladroided photo by Anacaldas via Flickr
Barbie will finally retire, maybe, via Jezebel
Icon Glassware from Simrin Design
Everything in the [...]

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