recent finds: 040612

No. 1: Oh, hey, adorable little girl shirt. I like you so very much.

No. 2: And I can't possibly leave you out, adorable shirt dress.

No. 3: Such a perfect bag.

No. 4: I think that I would love to smell of lovely sea breeze beach fragrance while getting smooth and shiny skin this summer, don't you agree? (via Cup of Jo)

No. 5: Isn't this tea kettle just the most beautiful shade of blue? I love it so.

No. 6: Ever been caught outside in a storm and had your umbrella flip all inside out, revealing your hair in a wet tangled mess, causing your bags to fly about when all you can do is silently pray that your ill-advised choice of a sundress doesn't flip up, too? No? Just me? Makes me hope this Blunt umbrella technology really works. That would be sort of fabulous.

No. 7: You guys didn't think I could post without posting about a shoe today, did you? Not. Possible.

Other exciting things found on the internets this week:
-This is a super awesome make your own flowers tutorial from Creature Comforts. Super awesome.
-Cute how-to glittered wire name signs on Oh Happy Day

ps: I guess I decided to blog about things that are pink and blue today, huh?

pps: This is where I'll be on Sunday. I think you should be there, too. Happy Easter, friends!

bite the billet

Yeah, okay, I'll take one of, oh, everything sold on Billet...even if I can't understand the writing on the pages.

seltzer goods

I met one of the fine folks behind Seltzer Goods in New York in January and was instantly smitten with the cute glasses image on their "seven year pen". After showing my fellow appreciator-of-all-things-cool friend the card and hearing confirmation on the fact that this little pen really and truly does last seven years, got me both smitten and highly impressed. Now, the important question here is does anyone here think I could actually go seven years without losing a pen?!

hammered poetry

Sorry to just post about something that another blog has done (and, while I'm apologizing, sorry for my lack of weekend photos yesterday, too!), but this is just too good to pass up. Design*Sponge featured this amazing coffee table by Liz from Sticks and Bricks and it made my heart happy. I kind of melted...like, a lot. It's beautiful, isn't it? I've gotten approval from Cute Husband to do this on our dining room table (!!)...now I just have to pick out the right words. Any ideas, friends? I'm so excited.

felted pebbles

I saw some gorgeous felted pebbles at a shop in town recently. They were, oh, you know, about $99 each or something like that. Just couldn't bring myself to make that sort of purchase, friends. So I came home and did what any respectable crafter might do - I searched you tube videos on how to create those for myself. For more like $9. Turns out felting takes a long, long time and a lot of patience and poking. Enter the land of Etsy and google searching where I found these beautiful felted pebbles all laid out for my purchasing. Not sure which ones I like best yet, but I think these would make the most beautiful and simple table display.

one | two | three

something i made

I made this little tank on Sunday while Cute Husband watched the Caps play their last regular season game. They lost, which I'm really hoping isn't some sort of hockey sign that means they are going to do poorly in the playoffs. That would be a very sad, sad day in the Smith household, let me tell you. I'm probably breaking some sort of hockey oath by even saying the word "playoffs" in the same sentence as "caps". Oh man. I hope not. First rule of the playoffs? Don't talk about the playoffs.

ps: go caps!

paper hoarder

I did something huge the other day. I cut into the rolls of pretty paper that you see in that photo up there to wrap a present for one of my friends. I've had these rolls since the summer after I graduated from college. That was quite some time ago, friends. As in six years or something. They've moved into one Arlington apartment, three Hoboken, NJ apartments and one Charlottesville, Va apartment with me. Which is insane because I'm truly the definition of a "thrower-outer". If it doesn't have an organized place to go and I can see it during the day, it usually finds itself a nice and cozy bed in the trashcan. It's a sickness. So why oh why on earth would I choose to save these three rolls of paper when there have been some really important things (receipts, bills, etc) that I'm sure have found their doom in a split second once I get my hands on them?? I mean, aside from the fact that these babies are far cuter than any bill I've ever come across, duh. I just don't know. But now that I have used them and now that I know what happiness a nicely wrapped present can bring to the right recipient, I feel like I might become a pretty paper hoarder or something. It was that good. (Which is so not funny because, oh my gosh, have you seen that Hoarders show?! Ah!) Oh how quickly I jump to the other side when I consider something worthy of saving...which really means when I consider something cute and happy.

1. flora & fauna tiny print paper |2. moss flourish paper | 3. curry dots paper | 4. grey wrapping paper (from angela liguori who stocks some of the most beautiful italian ribbons i've ever seen!) | 5. kraft paper roll (would be fun with some of those angela liguori ribbons)

cornered glass

I think I'm going to create something like this in a corner of our place. Maybe the corner by the dining room table. We're in need of some major artwork (no joke), but buying art makes me not be able to breathe (ah the grown-up-ness of such a big and important purchase!), so I'm thinking of creating some installation areas here instead. Ah la Anthropologie-style. I've been wanting to create this little corner since, well, since I saw it in the CB2 catalog, really. See, I'm not really that creative, I just do what I see. Consider yourself in on the secret. Well, except, I did sort of do something like this in one of my trade show booths for a few markets, so I guess I can give myself a small gold star for thinking in through. Maybe? Anyway, I love the idea of mixing and matching some good glass containers and filling them with different things, depending on the occasion. Candles, rocks, flowers, etc. Switching it up as I see fit maybe. Twig & Thistle posted this in December and it's also a beautiful idea along the same lines of this project.

1. CB2 hanging candleholders; 2. Freund glass container; 3. SKS glass bottle; 4. Anthropologie recycled vase (way too heavy for this project, but I do love the organic shape of these vases)