To the Cinema! : Whip It
Ok, here’s the deal: it would be super easy for me to automatically take the low road and make fun of this movie like a lot of people because of the obvious ‘trite movie flaws’ it may have: Ellen Page, Drew Barrymore, Austin Texas, Weezer in the trailer, etc. But I won’t, because this movie...
Family Meeting : I’m selfish, but I’m trying not to be
(or, why I really don’t shop at Wal-Mart)
As you know, I usually don’t write a lot about my personal life, really for no reason other than this is a place for cool links of pretty things and not my Diaryland page from 2001. BUT, I came across an article at GOOD about Wal-Mart and it made me think of something I thought...
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Threadcakes
This is such a fun idea : Threadcakes is an online contest for bakers and decorators challenged to recreate a Threadless tee in the medium of cake. Some are awesome and some could use some work, but overall, the gallery of cake submissions features just a ton of great work. Sweet!
Wow : IdeaPaint
This is one of the most amazing ideas ever : IdeaPaint creates a white, dry erase board anywhere it’s painted. I thought it all stopped with chalkboard paint, but boy was I wrong. IdeaPaint comes in up to 10 different colors and just rolls right now and can be painted over with no hassle. It’s...
To the Cinema! : Brain Candy
So, yesterday, I headed down to my local library to return some stuff and get some new movies. And I just recently rediscovered/discovered my like for the legendary Kids in the Hall, a great Canadian export of the early 90s, so I was stoked when I came across Brain Candy. The movie features the Kids...
(Pizza) The Hut
I’m not really one, at least on a professional or even sort of knowledgeable kind of way, to discuss branding or branding changes. We have great people like Brand New to do that–duh! But I’m just going to have to comment about this: Coke is to Coca-Cola as The Hut is to Pizza Hut. Uhhhhhhh….no. ...
Alexander Girard @ Urban Outfitters
Look what in my mailbox today: Alexander Girard home furnishing can now be found over at Urban Outfitters. How classy!
Web Wednesday : The reason I haven’t called…
So when I’m not working, making stuff for Etsy or writing in this here blogorama, I’m doing design work for my lovely church, Dialogue Church, here in town. It was started about a year ago by some good friends of mine while I was still in college, and I started helping out on the design...
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The Beatles : Rock Band
So, like most every other American, European, Canadian, or some one with access to a radio or another human being, I become a fan of the Beatles in middle school. I was 12 and had just watched “A Hard Day’s Night” at my grandparents with an older cousin. And at that point, I knew that...
Etsy Tuesday : Petit Collage
An awesome shopped filled with super cute decorations and kids-type stuff, I would even mind hanging some of these things from Petit Collage in my own house. Featuring silkscreen posters, mobiles, and laser-cut wood pieces, this shop is precious and available over on Etsy. Here’s some more that are just precious: Bamboo Mobile Deer Friends...