So Incredible

If you think about it, any song visualization is generally pretty unattached to the song itself. Just look what happens when the song and visualization are merged as one. Perfection.


Solar, with lyrics. from flight404 on Vimeo.

From flight404, using processing

They can bite MY neck any day

Vampire Weekend. New addiction.

Create Your Own Couture

Studio 28 Couture lets you create your own dress using vintage fabrics and have 1 fitting for the cool price of $200. Yikes! Here's the dress I designed:

Strangest Sentence I Ever Typed

"I was going to put the dogs in the mac."

Current Favorite Song: Beep Beep

I can't tell you how embarrassing it is to write the above subject title.

A) Beep Beep sounds like a children's song
B) It's only available for sale in the UK (sob), so...
C) I can only hear it by watching this television commercial.

My only advice: ignore the commercial and just listen. Then pray that Simone White releases her album here in the U.S. So I can stop crying.

Jaw-Droppingly Awesome

How absolutely amazing are these books created by Brian Dettmer:

from Haydee Rovirosa Gallery

from Aron Packer Gallery

Another blogger Centripetal Motion has collected much of Brian's work.

Few more goodies

As a friend recently pointed out, this has really just become a product pick blog - and largely focused on etsy at that. Just as well - i can't afford to have more expensive taste than etsy.

Here are a few more yummys:

from smeenakanit:
from katinkapinka:
from Another Shade of Gray:

Tee Hee - Jewelry

I'm so excited about a number of jewelry pieces I just found today. These from Christinebijoux on etsy:


And these from Hummingbird13 on etsy:

OK, love these fans

Through some blog hopping today (can you tell I didn't have much to do at work), I came across these amazing ceiling fans on G Squared Art:

wish I had a little girl

Ok, i don't really mean what I say in the title, but some of these things are SO cute. But I'm a bit old and my boyfriend a bit too (ahem) manly, to defend hanging such sweet things in our apt. But don't you just love A Life With Flowers?

Wedding Band - No, not for me!

Wouldn't this make the most romantic wedding ring set? He takes one half, she takes the other. I'll ruin this by pointing out that most men & women don't have the same finger size, but whatever. Intriguing idea nonetheless:
Ring design is from Moha.

Sob - I'm out of control

With all my shopping recently (um... bought another print this morning), I've been actually feeling like I'm ready to stop. And then I found these.


I've been looking for a new ring for about a month now and I finally found what I like. Only dilemma now is which one to get (only 1 is an option... I think). I'm taking votes now...

Lively Artwork

I just love this stuff from Elesavet (not buying any I swear):

Tee Hee ... Gift for Me!

.... so there was a slight lull after last week's binge, but now I'm back off the wagon! You'll be excited to know that I've added another lovely purchase to my recent celebration of the beautiful things that surround us. This intriguing bracelet from etsy:

And a quick update: I received the canape plates from Tracy Porter and LOVE them. They are the perfect size to be held in one hand and they're great vivid colors. So excited to use them when guests are over.

Dammit - shopaholism continues

Few other sites to tempt you all too:

Cups nuzzling teapot

Graphic duvet covers

Sigh!

I Heart Home Decor

So I'm smack in the middle of one of my worst shopping phases ever. It started yesterday and I have seriously eyed more than $500 worth of whimsical decorating merchandise that I don't have room for. (I almost wrote "that I don't need" but that would be a lie. Of COURSE I need a 6-stem flower holder and a set of five-pronged forks.)

So, to try to sate my shopping urges, I've decided to record here all the items that are so sorely tempting me. With any luck, I'll be able to nip this swiftly in the bud. But if this keeps blooming, that 6-stem flower hold will sure come in handy. ; )

6-stem flower holder

5-prong fork + spoon
update: I just realized these are servers. That makes so much more sense. The 5 prongs were a tad scary.

Red tree landscape — this one I actually purchased (see post below)

Tracy Porter canape plates (oops! bought these too)
Leaf olive oil dish
The color deepens as you add more olive oil plus doubles as a ring dish!

Teacup Girl

Anything by Belle & Boo
And finally Little Hedgehog Goes Fishing

Moody Trees

I just LOVE moody and contemplative artwork. On top of that, I love trees in artwork - so predictable! Here's the perfect synthesis of both, which I just bought from Etsy from the artist Galeriedeilluminata.

Anyone remember the children's book that was kinda like this, with an above- and below-ground scene with all these crazy-fun things happening in both?

OMG I'm in love...

World's Thinnest Notebook

How to Find the Best Music

So I've got an embarrassing confession: I was a patron of Lite Music for years. I told friends that my parents made me listen to it instead of the Eagle 106, the Philadelphia rock station. But actually I loved Star 104.5, and would swoon to all its schlocky songs.

When I think back on that time, I am filled with shame. How, oh how, could I ever fall for Boyz II Men or Lionel Richie or Eric Clapton the way I did? Now I listen to the radio and wonder how it is that people can listen to songs that ALL SOUND ALIKE! We haven't heard a new hook on FM for years!

I can claim this kind of snobbery because I find new hooks all the time, and I do it through a few select blogs (whose taste I like) and through a great tool called Page Playlist that I use with the web browser Firefox.

I have to give credit to Blurbomat for explaining how Page Playlist works. Thanks to him, I discovered an entire world of music without having to wait for Songbird to load (if you're feeling adventurous, it's a fun program to explore, though).

Now I can go to my favorite music blogs and Page Playlist aggregates all the MP3s on the page into a little player in the upper left-hand corner. I double click, I play, I listen, I enjoy! My music taste has gone from blah to bangin' in just weeks. You too can enjoy this musical makeover! If you don't already have music blogs you like, try some of these favs of mine:

• fluxblog - mixed taste with 80s vibe
  
• 3hive - tags let you easily find the genres you enjoy
  
• getecho - generally mellow and European
  

There are fresh sounds out there! Now you have no excuse for the stuff you listen to.

Eye-Eye Matey!

I just have to direct your eyes to a wonderful photoblog called ENFOCAR that a coworker of mine just launched. He has a wonderful eye for creating tension in a photo. My favorite pic is A Billboard With Eyes.