Pinky: “Gee, Brain, what do you want to do tonight?” The Brain: “The same thing we do every night, Pinky—try to take over the world.” Plans for Global Domination: $9.50 Men. Women. Children. Children that are so young they can’t read yet and their parents have to open their gifts. (They’ll laugh at their own [...]

I don’t think I’ll ever be too old for mobiles… These origami, paper crane mobiles are the perfect natural, organic element for almost any room. (Especially children’s rooms!) (And maybe my office…)

“Secrets are not my concern. Keeping them is.” Antlers Enemies & Friends Copper Underwing Moth Morning Mist Fifties French Cat Eyes Found III Have you kept any good secrets lately?

Made of wood, made from recycled pulp, made from… poo? Eco-friendly notecards at their finest.

I have such a busy weekend planned (full of dog baths and laundry, mostly) but even so, I’m ready for it. You see, we’re going to have one of those rare periods in Seattle where the weather is nice for three days in a row. I’m writing this at 7am on a Friday, and the [...]

When I was little, I begged my mother for a loft bed. Image via MC Woodworks, LLC My tastes were not this refined and our ceilings not this high, but if someone had showed my ten-year-old self this photo, that ten-year-old would immediately place it in front of her mother triumphantly, exclaiming that this is [...]

The Book of Ephemera. Its hand-antiqued pages are filled with “snippets of vintage paper ephemera, vintage ink stamps; a few pieces of this and that” – and bound with archival linen thread. Available at Bibliographica, $90.

I love it when charity-related events entertain me. Crowdrise, a crowdsourcing fundraising community launched by, among others, Ed Norton (who is my dream man and you can’t have him), is the most fun way ever to donate to, and run donations for, charity projects.  Case in point: “Crowdrise is way more fun than anything else [...]

Love is such a fragile thing. Paper Garland of Hearts by bookity *made using recycled paper *packaged in recycled cardstock *inspiration from recycled words so you have something to say during those awkward silences *or give each heart away (there are eight) to all those boys and girls you have spring crushes on *keep one [...]

When I am faced with something upsetting, I don’t depress or crawl into a hole.  I ramp up; I stress out; I panic. My brain is very, very good to me, however, because every time the winds change and I start to get anxious, I gravitate to calming influences.  I’m drawn to colors that flatter my mood [...]