Boom!

Look how big this linoleum block is!  Another Valentine surprise from V.  This is going to be my largest linoleum block yet.  Maybe I'll sell some prints on etsy when I'm finished and become a millionaire.

It's supposed to get stormy today.  Jag is enjoying as much sun as he can before his tiny little square disappears.

Fall 2012 Fashion: the good!

I love everything in this collection but the prices.

Toronto twins have some cute retro preppy chic outfits (did I just type cute retro preppy chic?)

I especially like the greenish pants on the 2nd model and the sweater on the 4th model.  

I have a pair of cropped navy pants from J.Crew that I never thought I'd like.  The sales lady convinced me to "just try them on" last spring and I'm glad I did although there is no way I can wear them with flats without looking like an old marm.  

Fall 2012 fashion: the bad

What is happening on the runways?

A leather dickie with matching gloves, an over sized fur hat, and a one shoulder dress layered over a long sleeved shirt.  Awful.

Enormous saddlebag pockets, an over sized raincoat with fur trim and a big poofy two piece. No.

I wore something like that black dress in highschool, I saw someone wear that orange fur jacket at a rave once, and that frou frou turtleneck dress used to be a curtain. Gross.

In other fashion news, did you watch the Oscars?  Jennifer's Lopez' dress looked like part of an outfit I used to have for my brunette Barbie (her name was Whitney).  There weren't any outfits that were super amazing, were there?  There can't have been because I don't remember them.

Around the House

V was out of town this weekend and I surprised him by finishing the laundry room and hanging curtains, coat racks and blinds in the laundry room and in the kitchen.

Llorca supervised

I was so wishy washy about the curtains worrying that the print would be too busy, or too bold, or too bright so I went with sheer white with a chrysanthemum pattern on it.  

I cheated a little too.  I bought full length curtains and just hemmed them.  It ended up being cheaper than buying fancy fabric.

One of the rods is hung higher than the other because they wouldn't fit at the same level.  That's what I get for getting 3$ rods at Walmart.

Cut branches from the yard.

Whoa

I was looking through some images of New York Fashion week and came across a photo of this guy.  Have you heard of him?  I had to google him.  Rick Genest's whole body is tattooed to make him look like a rotting corpse.   I'm pretty sure I would scream if I woke up to that every morning.

He's a model for Mugler and did an ad for some crazy dermatology makeup.  The video is cheesy but I watched it anyway because I don't want to work on cleaning up the mess in the kitchen.

Indecisive

I am still undecided on which fabric to use for my mini curtains in the laundry room.  I've spent a lot of time looking online for the.perfect.fabric. and I've changed my mind on all the fabrics I mentioned in this post.  Many of you commented that I should include a bit of red in the fabric so I've been trying to find something that works with that in mind.  Thank you!

J had a good idea.  She suggested browsing through vintage tablecloths for sale to cut up to make curtains.  There are a lot of cute ones, almost too cute to cut up.  It's a great idea if you're looking for very unique fabric.

The photo for this tablecloth available on etsy made me laugh out loud.  The seller's write up is pretty funny too.

How about this fabric?  Who would use this?  And what would they make? That guy is winking AND HIS PANTS ARE UNBUTTONED!!!

I spoke too soon.  A quick etsy search shows that apparently you can buy a shopping bag (to buy tools?) made with this fabric.

Pups and privacy

I was in a mood for about 2 seconds until I saw this.

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That photo is from piccsy.  I don't know what piccsy is and I don't like typing the word but I like browsing the site.  It looks like it's all photos and similar to pinterest (my sad pinterest is here) in some ways.  I did a search for "husky" and found these great photos below.  Recently, I was (am?) obsessed with huskies.  I say was because I really, really wanted to get a husky pup up until I found out that in the past month my parents have spent 2 handfuls of money on unexpected vet bills and the only handfuls of money I have left to spend are going towards all my immigration fees.  My parents two pups are fine but the cost of having another pet in our household is just too much right now.  I can wait.  Until then...

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I hadn't heard about piccsy until last night.  It's still in beta and they aren't currently accepting new members.  Do you use it?  What about pinterest?  

Earlier this month a friend and I were having a chat about how we love the idea of making boards and remembering ideas with pinterest but don't necessarily want to share those favourites and ideas with everyone. She is an interior designer so I can totally understand that feeling of wanting to keep special finds to herself.  I feel that way too.  Right now everything you "pin" on pinterest is public whereas on a site like etsy you can make your favourites private, which I like.