By britt on August 10, 2009
A few weeks ago I came across a post on the Sculptress Studio blog (discovered through her inspiring Flickr feed) about attending a sheep shearing at a 1840’s festival. Making clothing at that time (which isn’t long ago, really) was a three-year process. Three years. What she wrote here really struck me:
“Clothes had value far [...]
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By britt on May 6, 2009
Sorry for the lack of posts here. I’ve been feeling kind of awful - washing down gravol with ginger ale, that sort of thing. (And no, I’m not pregant.) But I have learned something very important that I will share with you. Are you ready for this?
There are different kinds of ginger ale.
Maybe this isn’t [...]
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By britt on February 27, 2009
Product + Cute Animals = I’M SOLD!
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By britt on February 27, 2009
Something I regretted in our last place was not hanging more art and pictures. Nailing something non-essential into the wall is like committing to the place.
I saw this photo on apartment therapy:
The print above the sofa made me so happy, in a way that only Caribou’s “The Milk of Human Kindness” album cover had previously.
So [...]
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By britt on March 14, 2008
1. Some variation of this embroidered “messy tablecloth” by AZEdesign
Why I love it: it’s so perfectly embroidered to look like a complete mess
Why I won’t be making it: no patience for embroidery, at all
Why you should make it: so you can have me over for a dinner party
2. A smaller sized version of this cascade [...]
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