Tiny Run is treating us to another helping of glow-in-the-dark bacon shirts to remind us what makes it worth getting up in the morning. So if you are the kind of person who wants a slice of bacon glowing on your chest in tribute to the wonder that is bacon (AND YOU SHOULD BE!), you're in luck!
But they're only available for a couple more days, so hurry on over there, you!
There are about ten thousand things you can do with this nail stamping set. Like put a different little Coraline on each nail to ask for advice when you have a problem. Or quiz all the tiny Coralines on, say, biology, and wear the smartest one to school on test day to whisper you the answers to your exam. Or use them like finger puppets to tell yourself a story, complete with pictures, one rainy afternoon while you're lying on your bed.
Or just use them to prettify your nails. They're great for that, too!
Here's a post to let everyone know about the exciting things going on over at Indie Fixx!
Firstly, Jen is generously running a charity promotion for Valentine's Day, called Share the Love, where she is offering to donate $1 to Feeding America for every valentine she receives (up to $100). Or, you can donate directly via First Giving. Either way, you are entered in a drawing for a necklace from the new in the woods line from smallthings. The necklaces are all incredibly pretty (I'm in love with the quail one, myself), plus it's just plain fun to send out valentines, especially for such a worthwhile cause.
Secondly, some bittersweet news. Jen has decided to close the lovely Indie Fixx Shop. Which means we'll be missing an amazing collection of accessories and clothing and art, but also means that for now, there's a sale running on all remaining items. Including that sweet little stuffed owl in the picture above. Just click here.
Poketo is now selling mugs, and what better way to advertise than with this adorable clip of their mugs having fun doing what mugs do: Holding pencils, coffee, and orange sherbet (!!) while dancing to groovy music with cows. Which makes me wonder, why don't I have a special designated mug for all my orange sherbet needs?
From the site:
Poketo is art for your everyday…. and what’s a day without a good cup of coffee and tea. We now have awesome mugs by four great artists. This first series is by Leah Chun (Los Angeles), Luke Ramsey (Canada), Peskimo (U.K.), and Silvia Portella (Spain). Wow, from all over the world. We can all be having a nice drink together.
Of course, if you're chronically checking to make sure you're having a good time every few seconds, you'll probably worry yourself to death, thus canceling out everything you were trying to accomplish. Still, I think a daily reminder that life should be glorious and enjoyable is a Very Fine Idea Indeed. So I'd love to have one of these prints in the house!
It really IS an awesome book, about rocket-powered unicorns, and watermelon boats, and most of all, the importance of DREAMS. And you can see it all here, complete with marvelous drawings and wondrous rhyming sentences, all by one Dallas Clayton. Hooray!
Designer Gisele Ganne is part of a developing trend I find strangely positive: She has begun a collection of jewelry to commemorate all of the unhappy events in our lives. In her words, "We always say that happy moments are celebrated with jewelery, so I wanted to celebrate the sad moments which are also part of our life."
And of course, the pieces are absolutely breathtaking.
While I'm not sure it's always advisable to drop thousands and thousands of dollars on jewelry every time some big bummer happens in our lives (though sometimes, yeah, it totally is!), I do think our culture tends to pretend bad things don't happen rather than bringing them out into the open, sharing them and contemplating them with others, and then letting them go. And I like the idea of creativity in the face of disaster. So I'm digging this trend.
This is pretty much the sweetest (ha!) gesture I can think of when a friend is under the weather: A spoonful of sugar to help all that icky medicine go down.
Just in time for the holidays comes this print from Belle & Boo featuring two children riding a woolly mammoth as it pulls a sled full of gifts through the snow. How useful would it be to have a freaking woolly mammoth at your beck and call? Survey says VERY USEFUL INDEED.
When the apocalypse comes, it's good to know the elephants will be there to protect us. With cannons strapped to their backs.
Here's a set of six (!!) metal elephants, designed by Amanda Vissell and made by Fully Visual, ushering in a new wave of collectible toys: Simple. Elegant. Shiny. METAL.
I love the one carrying the quiver full of arrows. You just know those are poison-tipped.
I would find walking around all day with this ringincredibly distracting, but I can't get over how satisfying it would feel to wear such a tiny realistic cake on my hand. And goodness knows I've always wanted delicious fingers.
Between this and the crocheted pie hats I saw on Neatorama yesterday, I think I'm starting to come up with an entire themed outfit. (I almost said "a pretty sweet outfit"--thank me for not saying that).
According to my exploration, billions of persons on our planet get the loans at various creditors. Therefore, there's good chances to get a college loan in all countries.
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