Sneak Peek...

...at a project we finished last night.

Our place may be a little bit disco, but who DOESN'T need a little bit of disco in their life?

Representin'...or Not.

The Chicago poster from Ork has been around for awhile now:

 

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I'm personally digging the city neighborhood maps series from These Are Things.

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I've had one in my shopping cart for weeks now, but have yet to click "Purchase." Do I really need a map of what's outside my door?

I love, love, love the world maps from These Are Things:

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We need more walls. (Although, Andy would probably beg to differ.)

Mermaid Farts Necklace

Bestill my beating heart. And look at the name.

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Anyone who knows me in person probably wonders how I could possibly so drawn to pearls given my propensity for naughty language and general chaos. I often wonder myself. But I love 'em. The bigger, the better.

I have to give a 15-minute presentation in front of my entire peer organization in April. (Why did I type that out loud? Now my stomach hurts.) I wish that I could hide behind these farts.

As a total aside, Andy recently referred to farts as "Street Justice." I love him.

Mobile Art

One corner of our living room is so vanilla and BLAH! I'm hoping to find some wonderful, street (re: cheap) art while we're roaming the streets of Paris this fall. (I know, right?) Said corner currently holds a tree, but no furniture or ledges on which to rest something; therefore, I'm tossing around the idea of a mobile.

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{west elm -- Andy actually nixed the ones from this line. The one I kind of liked is no longer online.)

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etsy artist marco mahler has some really light, affordable options:

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Even if I was rich, I can't imagine loving any mobile enough to commit $895 to it...

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Thoughts? Too much? Am I even a mobile person?

Modern Whimsy at West Elm

I am becoming more and more of a west elm fan. I've always been a west elm fan, but they've been wooing me extra hard this spring with their modern art and kitchen ceramics.

I don't need these, but really, really want them. I mean, I don't have ANY measuring bowls, right?

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I couldn't resist these guys. I love seeing them on the counter.

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Orange biscuit tins? Yes, please!

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I can't re-clutter my cabinets after just cleaning them out, so I need to just keep on walking right by these modernist mugs and bowls. I held the coral/orange mug the other day and it's just the most perfect color.

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When we were leaving Pottery Barn and west elm this past Saturday, Andy commented that I am "just a whore for orange." He said that I sniff it out and flock it to like a moth to a flame.

P.S. I also want all of our initials in these.

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Not Winning. Duh.

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I've become a blog failure. BUT, I am proud to report that this time, it wasn't because of work. On February 13, I kind of lost my sh*t (for lack of a better term), tore out my closet, and...

• 3.5 vacation days,
• 1 painted closet,
• 2 elfa closet systems,
• 1 tax filing,
• 1 carload to Goodwill,
• 1 carload to my sister,
• 11 new picture frames,
• 1 dust ruffle, 
• 4 mirrors,
• and easily 12+ blue bags of shredded paper...

...later, it's the end of March. And I'm *almost* feeling great. I'msoclosetogreat that I'm borderline giddy, but also very exhausted. But that could be that I was up all night trying to figure out why my laptop was out of space after I did a clean install of the OS. (Turns out the culprit was a Windows.OLD file generated during the install.) 

So, my house is almost in order and my computer is almost in tip-top shape, so I guess my next project is me. Yikes. Trying not to dread that one. Go FISH!

I'll share pix of the fruits of my labor very soon. I promise.

{December Projects} Wry Baby-Inspired Shower

In December, my coworkers and I had a joint Holiday Party and Baby Shower for our friend. Our office parties usually involve me making a lame attempt at decorating our nasty store room with balloons and plastic table clothes and coordinating a potluck. I was so happy when they heeded my suggestion to go to the restaurant in the Holiday Inn upstairs from our office. (The same place where they had my bridal shower.)

I’ve always wanted to host a shower around my favorite go-to baby gift, the Wheel of Responsibility and Safe Baby Handling Tips book by Wry Baby. Since the guest-of-honor was a guy, I thought this was the perfect opportunity.

Wheel of Responsibility Napkin Rings

I pulled the baby head image from the Wheel of Responsibility and recreated a miniature version to sit atop napkin rings.

Menus

Each guest was greeted with a menu that I fashioned after the Wheel of the Responsibility.

Table Decorations

I scanned a few tips from the book and mounted them on tent cards cut from black card stock for centerpieces.

I also made a table runner out of red and black paper from the 'Source, of course.

I brought all of the vases and candle holders from home.

We topped everything off with cupcakes from our office favorite (You're Welcome, co-workers!), Sugar Bliss. I added some not-really-matching red and black flags to the cupcakes. I should have made some wheels of responsibilities or danger symbols for those, but I was DONE with cutting after finishing those napkins.