Arrow Ring in Brass, carved by hand $75
Sand Piper top $74
Eco Tube Lip Balm, Completely Biodegradable Tube, you choose the flavor $3.79
Orion Constellation Embroidery Kit $20
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Etsy Finds Tuesday
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Etsy Finds Tuesday
I don’t know where spring went but I wish it would come back.
Vintage 30s Pumps / Speckled Gray Leather / 1930s Oxford Heels / Shoes 5.5 – 6 $115
BLACK DOG Canoe Ride original illustration Giclee Print 12×12 Signed $39
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The truth about giraffes…
Look, I get it. I know they seem kinda cute in an awkward sort of way. All tall and lanky and spotted. But don’t be fooled. Giraffes are evil.
It's like playing peek-a-boo with the devil.
Sure they look all innocent and cute. Regal even. But let me tell you about my giraffe experience.
Evil photobombing giraffe!
Spending the day at the National Zoo. Hanging out with the lions, tigers, and bears. Oh my, look – it’s a whole little giraffe family – mommy, daddy and baby giraffe. Adorable!
Oh wait, what is mommy giraffe doing? Oh, she’s just taking a piss. Can’t fault her for that. Totally normal bodily function. Oh, but where’s the little baby giraffe going? Why is she going back there? What is she doing with her evil thick black tongue? She can’t be! But she is! She’s drinking the mother’s piss as she’s pissing. Yup, that just happened. Mentally scarred for life.
I'd be worried where that tongue has been if I were you, little squirrel.
So what I’m basically saying is that this Giraffe Manor in Nairobi which “offers you an unparalleled experience of the giraffes, with them vying for your attention at the breakfast table, the front door and even your bedroom window” is my worst nightmare…and it should be yours, too.
Images: Peek-a-boo via Harley James flickr. Photobomb via Max Wanger. Giraffe licking squirrel via Daily Chocolate Milk.
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Etsy Finds Tuesday
It’s spring! Etsy knows…
vintage blush cotton lace dress $50
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As I was saying…
For my 30th birthday party…I scored an awesome vintage dress from Shareen Vintage. This was my first visit to the store even though it’s literally right around the block from my office. Although, I can’t really be faulted for not checking it out before since the only sign that the store is even there is a red dress hanging from the fire escape when they’re open.
When you go in it feels like you’re hanging out in the closet of the most awesome person you know. It’s so much fun just looking at all the pretty dresses. Trying them all on is even more fun! Oh and there’s no boys allowed, so it’s like a secret club. The girl who helped me was the absolute sweetest and picked out some of the best dresses. It was pretty hard to choose but when I tried on the dress I ended up with, I just knew.
Perfect 30th birthday party dress for sure! Thanks Shareen!
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I’m old. Let’s celebrate.
I turned 30 a few weeks ago so we celebrated. It took some convincing but I got my parents to let me utilize their house.
The house is a bit far from our apartment and it wasn’t easy getting all my friends down there. It didn’t help that I gave bad bus directions (I still blame the bus, not my directions!) to my friends coming down from the city, or that Ben realized after we were almost to my parent’s house that he forgot the large container of his famous hummus he spent most of the night before making. But my city friends made it and the hummus was saved and having it at my parent’s house made it easier for one of my very best friends to make it since she was able to leave her two month old with her parent’s next door. It was pretty appropriate having her there since she helped me celebrate almost all of my birthdays since we were three (and her husband has been around for the last 15 or so).
I scored an awesome vintage dress from Shareen Vintage. That experience deserves it’s own post so stay tuned.
Back to the party…we had birthday hats!
And pin the eye on the Ugly Doll!
And home-made pinatas that sorta worked!
And home-made gluten-free chocolate birthday cake with caramel frosting!
And a defective spin art machine!
(no image. sad face.)
And sparklers!
And a photo booth!
Ben’s job for the party (in addition to the hummus) was the photo booth. I provided the props and my brother and sister-in-law helped me blow up the balloons for the awesome backdrop.
It was pretty much the hit of the party…
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Mighty Life List
I’m 30 now. Yikes. I’ve done some stuff in my 30 years so far here, but I want to do lots more. I best get started. Oh, and I’ll update this list as I go along so check back (often, hopefully).
My Might Life List
(**inspired by Mighty Girl**)
- Visit six continents (I’m ok with skipping Antarctica)
- Visit Chile
- Visit Greece
- Road trip across the US
- Go back to the Puzzle Pub with Jennie, Melissa and Laura
- Sleep in a tree house
- Shop at Liberty of London
- Speak another language fluently (or at least conversationally)
- Learn to use my SLR camera
- Learn to draw
- Pet a sloth
- Live in another country
- Participate in a holi color fight
- Build/Design my own home
- Run a successful Etsy shop
- Have a garden
- Write a book
- Adopt a (part) Newfoundland or Burnese Mountain Dog (or other large furry mutt) and/or a beagle
- Keep a consistent blog
- Have enough money saved to feel comfortable
- Attempt veganism
- Only buy second-hand or cradle to cradle eco-friendly/sustainable clothing, or make it myself
- Remove toxins from my food and environment
- Live within my means
- Read and/or donate every book in my home
- Own a home large enough to have parties
- Have parties
- Publish an article
- Reupholster my grandfather’s chair
- Get my apartment featured on Apartment Therapy
- Go a week without TV
- Go four months without purchasing any magazines
- Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge
- Visit Morocco
- Meet Billy Joel
- Get another tattoo
- Go to Hawaii with Ben
- Go to South America with Kendall
- Work with a South American artisan
- Be passionate about my job/Have a job I’m passionate about
- Visit Portland (as much as possible)
- Start a gratitude journal
- Update and maintain the memory list I made for Ben
- Visit all the spots on the Billy Joel map
- Volunteer in another country
- Eat at the restaurant at the bottom of the hill on Newark Ave
- Have a picnic at Liberty State Park
- Cook one meal a week for a year
- Go a month without eating at restaurants
- Make a video of our Costa Rica trip
- Make Don a pair of purple pants
- Take tourist photos of my own romance
- Bake one new thing a week for a year
- Write (and mail) a letter a week
- Send out a package to a friend once a month
- Make, cook, wear, etc. one thing from each of my Pinterest boards a week
- Ride my bike whenever it is a viable option
- Take a long train ride with Ben
- Visit Savannah
- Take a roll of film in each working camera I own
- Attend the Penland School of Crafts
- Do a bike race with Anthony
- Dance at the Cotton Club
- Tour the Mast Brothers Chocolate Factory
- visit the Museum of Comic & Cartoon Art
- Write a comic
- visit The Cloisters with Ben
- visit the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company
- be able to play five songs on the piano by heart (at least one be a Billy Joel song)
- learn Billy Joel’s Scenes from an Italian Restaurant on the piano
- Collaborate on a song with Ben
- Start a tradition
- Volunteer at an animal shelter
- Run a marathon
- Go a month without wearing my hair in a ponytail or bun
- Build a tree house
- Learn to knit or crochet
- Simplify my home, closet, ipod, bookshelf, craft table
- Run my own business
- Attend the What the Heck Fest.
- Visit Paris in the spring
- Dance in the streets of a European city
- Post my own graffitti
- Participate in a protest
- Yarn bomb something
- Write a business plan
- Teach a class
- Work on a farm
- When annoyed, frustrated, angry, et al, learn to smile, relax and laugh rather than argue, fight or bottle it up
- Visit Japan while Morgan and Brant are there
- Run the Hood to Coast relay race
- Restore a vintage piece of furniture
- Make the Craftsy Sew Retro Bombshell Dress
- Attend the Jazz Age Lawn Party
- Make a photo booth
- Participate in the Color Run
- Visit the Farm Sanctuary
- Learn to knit
- Learn to weave
- Visit the Museum of Moving Images
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work in progress…
Did I mention that this place was a work in progress? Well it is. More to come soon. Promise?
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Etsy Finds Tuesday