Boing Boing

If you have never visited the blog Boing Boing you should. There are loads of interesting articles/photographs/videos submitted by people and of course there are a tonne that will get you giggling.

Two of the posts that had me laughing on my most recent visit included this photograph
that definitely needs to be made into a t-shirt:

HOW TRUE!

And this one titled Women: ask for a Raise, you douche! The title alone kills me, it's perfect for the article pictured below.

Seriously, who gave the thumbs up for this ad to print?! Ridiculous but funny.

Blog Love

I dare you to visit Mila's Daydreams and not crack a smile. I'm betting you'll also giggle while you're there. Brilliant!

Tutorial Heaven

photo credit: pillowhead designs

If you love crafting/sewing you need to check out The Long Thread. Heaps and heaps of fabulous tutorials!

This Blog Rules! I mean THAT This Blog Rules.

My bro-in-law sent me the link to a new-for-me blog which definitely lives up to its name This Blog Rules. Paul's link led me to this crazy cool art (click on the pictures to learn more)


Of course I couldn't help but kill some time looking around the site after seeing this!

Definitely lots of cool things to see but the photos of animals in the womb took the cake. This one is my fav but there are a bunch of beautiful shots (the penguin is super cute and the dolphin too) to be seen if you click on the elephant.

Awesome blog! Thanks for sharing, Paul.

Ultra Sweet!

How About Orange never disappoints. Another fabulous download and another beautiful blog have been added to my collection thanks to a trip to the ultimate Orange blog. Check out doe-c-doe and prepare to fall hard.

These vintage trim tags are available as a free download, thanks Gina!

Killer Cute

I'm seriously considering learning to embroider thanks to Sublime Stitching's adorable designs.

I love wings, stars and hearts so this design caught my eye immediately! The little flyaway feather on the bird is super sweet. If there was a flying donkey in the mix I think this would be over the top cute.
The Chinese take-out box kills me! Love it.

I don't know what I would stitch these puppies on but the trailer is hilarious and the hot dog? Seriously fabulous!A-d-o-r-a-b-l-e.

Sigh worthy

Thanks to How About Orange I have a lovely new site to share with you. Kindred has beautiful wallpaper designs for your desktop, I can't wait to see what the future holds for this lovely site. With wallpaper this beautiful I imagine that down the road there will be many sigh evoking surprises available thanks to Kindred.The teacups remind me of my mom.



I'm loving the birds... I think this would look gorgeous framed.

Buttons!! Need I say more?

Keep an Eye Out for Little People

"They're Not Pets, Susan" by Slinkachu

Mike sent me a link to the coolest blog; some people are just too clever. Slinkachu is an artist who places tiny people alongside other tiny bits in the city of London and then photographs them: little people in a big world. The shots above are found on his blog - pop over to see more of Slinkachu's work or take a chance and buy this book.

One Year Wiser!

This is a very belated Happy Birthday post for my fabulous husband. No I didn't forget his birthday, I just haven't wished him a happy day publicly. So here I am wishing my Michael a VERY happy 32nd birthday! I love you Miguel! I love you so much in fact that I'm willing to have you plastered all over some bombshell's bod. NOTE: That might sound like an open invitation but it's a once in a lifetime thang and since you're plastered all over the girl below the offer is now null and void.

A birthday post wouldn't be complete without a PhotoFunia pic.

I'm a Winner!

Yippee for me! I can't believe it, I actually won something. This is the beautiful book that I will be receiving in the mail sometime soon:

Talk about a flashback.

Mega thanks from me to Scribbler at Vintage Kids' Books for the fabulous giveaway. Be sure to stop by her blog if you are a children;s book lover - she blogs about the most wonderful books on a daily basis and the giveaways are an extra added bonus!

Freshen Up Your Blog!

A loooooong while back I posted some tips on how to turn your blog from blah to... well, less blah.

I listed a couple sites that provide free patterns that you can use for your background and now I have found some more for you. Actually, to give credit where credit is due please pop on over to Specky boy to find the list of sites!

Ear to Ear

Grab a cup of tea, this was meant to be a short post but it's not... Friends, babies, a new blog I love and some very cool sites are in store for you today. Enjoy!

March break is here and that alone is enough to make me smile. The main attraction this week is a much needed visit with one of my best girlfriends in the whole wide world: Jen! Only 3 more sleeps until I pick her up from the airport - YIPPEE! For the past eight years Jen has been working on cruise ships so unfortunately I don't get to see much of her. It has been a few years since I've had her all to myself for longer than an hour or two so I am super excited knowing that once I pick her up on Thursday afternoon I can hog her for 3 whole days! Wooo hoooo!

I met a fabulous new man today... he is the tiniest little guy I have ever had the pleasure of holding in my arms and his name is Carter. Unfortunately I did not have my camera with me when I went to meet my friend Tamara's new baby boy but trust me when I say he is perfectly adorable. Carter was born on February 28th, he was a month early and weighed in at just over 5 lbs. He was 4 lbs something when he went home and his mommy figures he is appx 5.5 lbs today. Carter is the smallest baby I've had the pleasure of cuddling: his lips were perfect little rosebuds, his eyelashes were so teeny tiny they were barely there, his little nose was like a button (literally) and his fingers... ahhhh I better stop or soon I'll be hearing the chiming of a grandfather clock rather than the gentle tic toc I am able to ignore most days.

Here's a closeup shot of the the very simple card I made for Carter, of course I had to use a rub-on transfer:

The blue paper doesn't actually have a burnt look - not sure what's up with the color in this shot.

Other bits from my world...

I found a fabulous new blog named How About Orange which I think is strange, not the blog but the fact that I found it, because just this past weekend I mentioned to Tanya that I am really loving the colour orange lately. Why did I share that thrilling piece of info with her? Because she's the sort of girlfriend with whom I can share such useless bits of info and rather than looking at me with boredom and disgust, or simply ignoring me, as others might she acknowledged just how fabulous orange really is. Anyways, I found this new blog and think it's bloglicious.

While poking about my new fav orange blog I linked to this other amazingly wonderful site: tastespotting and let me tell you, this is one site where I see myself spending many free moments. Links to people's blogs where others have found amazing looking/tasting recipes that they stumbled upon and felt the need to share! Like this one. If you click on the tiny pic it will lead you to the blog... you could land at a blog such as this one - this recipe is not in English, you're all so lucky to have me here to state the obvious aren't you? What is says in a nutshell is: Zuccini "sushi". Grill zuccini sheets, fill with mozzarella cheese or mushroom risotto; roll it up and add color with paprika. I'm such a linguist! not really, it was written under the pic here.

Since I'm on a roll I should tell you that tastespotting led me to thisvery cool site where I see myself wasting more of my study time. On NOTCOT you'll find pics with descriptions that will lead you to cool, quirky and often just plain weird sites incyberland. The following pics were snagged from sites I found while trolling :

A close-up of the pin on this girls shirt - read description below for details.
I need one of these... seriously, I'm a slob.

Lola, a messy eater, has somehow managed again to get a
nasty stain on her shirt just before going out. But the fantastic kotztierchen'
gives the stain a purpose by simply making it part of her outfit. Lucky her!

Check out this crazy hotel in Athens, so cool!

One of the rooms you can rent:

And the hotel pool! Love it!

That's enough smiling for today. Good night!