Curiosities Closet Vol 5

I'm dying from the stomach flu.

On TUesday, we went to bed at 10:30 because we were exhausted (Doug worked a 12 hour day, and I wasn't feeling so great). It was impossible to fall asleep because there was a wild mockingbird in the tree outside out bedroom window mimicking car alarm noises. It was horrible. I love birds, I have a parrot of my own. His name is LeRoy and he lives with my Mom in Phoenix, but I don't love squawking car alarm noises outside my bedroom window when I am trying to fall asleep.

I finally fell asleep (albeit woke up 100 times to the whistling) but around 2:30 in the morning, I woke up puking my guts out. SO gross. I hate being sick. I crawled back in bed and curled up in a little ball. Got up a few more times, and finally fell asleep for about an hour. Of course, when we got out of bed, it was pouring rain. Of course! Doug works downtown, and I work uptown, and we both had to be at work at the same time, so there was no way he could take me to work, so I pulled my raincoat tight, stuffed my hair under a beanie and off I went on my trusty bike.

After stopping twice to dry heave, I finally made it to work, got the hiccups that lasted for an hour, worked a 7 hour shift and whined as much as humanly possible. Rode my bike home, curled up on the couch (lots of curling going on) and fell asleep. My trusty American Bulldog home alarm system woke me up when our friend Jason from Tucson was at the door. Ollie is so good, Jason didn't even knock, and Ollie protected our house. Once he saw who it was, he went back into puppy mode, but it is so good to know my boy protects our home.

Jason brought us a bunch of food (like baklava, butter, strawberries and roast beef!) from a catering job he was working on and I helped him transfer some skate footage to his flash drive. I guess my film school experience helps out sometimes (speaking of, get ready for a short video from us this weekend! I am so excited about it!!!)

Anyways, I made halibut with a white sauce and green beans and potatoes for dinner, and could only eat a little tiny bit, but it was so good! We hung out on the couch, watched TV, and I re-learned how to do granny squares! Exciting, I haven't crocheted granny squares since high school. **EDIT** Here is a great link by the Purl Bee for a Granny Square Tutorial!

Okay, so on to vol. 5 of the Curiosity Closet, all about color! Is it spring yet?

This pretty crocheted afghan made from granny squares from losabia's flickr.

This video by Modcloth (for some reason it won't let me embed it, but click on the link, it's really cute!) and these tights.

I'm pretty sure I have blogged this before, but I am SO in love with this room originally featured in the Swedish magazine, Skona Hem.

Paint chip origami by laylaloustudio

Aqua and Silver Pow Wow Princess Mocs from Darlingtonia. I also really like Katie's blog and everything in her shop. If you remember, I used to work for a small moccasin workshop in Tucson and I really liked it but unfortunately it was too far from our house and cost too much for me to drive there and back every day. I'll share some photos of the hopi's I made at the bottom of this post, but here's some pretty shoes by Katie!

And finally, this dress. Yikes. I may just have to buy this.

Okay, well. I guess I have a lot to do today. I should get started! Have a great Thursday. I can't wait until this weekend and the little video we're making for the blog/shop.

xo,

Bec

ps. Here's a photo of some moccasins I made a while ago (this was a in progress photo.) I like making shoes, it was a really fun experience.

Curiosities Closet Vol 4

Wow, am I actually doing this on a Tuesday? (I figured I better since I wont be blogging for the next few days) I'm in shock though, I actually followed through with something that I said I would do. Actually these past two days, I have done a lot of what I said I would do. I cleaned the house, top to bottom (I think my fear of it looking like a house on Animal Hoarders helped motivate me,) I updated the shop, a lot (and sold a lot of great curios!) and I have made dinner two nights in a row (healthy and proportionally correct,) and I haven't spent ANY money on my day's off. Yikes! Look at me go!! However, my three day "weekend" is getting cut short because the dude who was supposed to work the day shift tomorrow decided that he didn't want to (must be nice) and they couldn't get anyone else to work. So, I shall be making milkshakes and mimosas from 8-3 tomorrow, if you feel so inclined.

So, here is my weekly feature of stuff I like, this weeks focus is on muted colors, like gray and brown.

How freaking cute are these pillows by vintagejane. I love them.

I bought Greg's birthday card from Orange Twist and it was super cute and I was really happy with it. And, now she has this cute Pumpkin Pie card.

A lovely hat for spring via Anthropologie. Drool.

My dream bed. I may be buying a very similar platform bed with our tax return, minus the headboard. We'll see how I feel in a month.

SO in love with this rug.

And that is all for today. I need to run to the store, and then going to curl up with my man and whine about having to work tomorrow (like I should be complaining, he works way more than I do.) Have a good rest of the week and I'll see ya this weekend!

xo,

Beca

I Like Stuff

A short one today, because I have SO much to do, until later, I'll post photos of my new shoes and more. Here's some stuff I like.

A book from one of my favorite artists, Michael Sieben. My birthday is in August if anyone wants to buy it for me.

I am in DIRE need of new tights. I am pretty much in love with these.

Yu Yu Shiratori's new lookbook. Oh So Rad.

This pretty heart from Cartbeforethehorse.

With all the "new" horoscope talk, a friend of mine posted this on facebook. It's pretty hilarious. I am a cat but upsidedown. Dougie is a shrimp cocktail. Ha! Love it.

xo,

Beca