Urban Plant Tags!

Urban Plant tags!
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Gnomes + Zombies = GNOMBIES!

Most excellent.
Especially when you have neighbors that like to steal things from your lawn... like freshly planted Ornamental Pepper Plants. WHO DOES THAT?!??

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Medical Illustrations as Wallpaper? Yes Please!

You heard me right!
I kinda like it in that Lucky McKee's "the Woods" sort of way:

... the designer Gabriel Valdivieso also has pretty birds, but who wants that? via

Etsy Headquarters, Oh my!

Etsy's NY Headquarters is showcased on Bloomberg Businessweek.
where they liken it to a "Nursery School for Adults". Yes please!

P.S. Read the comments on their page. Interesting stuff voicing opposing views on Etsy. Maybe Etsy will start listening?

via Regretsy! (Email the office greetings to friends!)

Now I know what to do with that "Extra Room"....

Make it into a walk in closet!!! OKAY!

Genius idea from Live Creating Yourself!
Now if only I can convince the man to give up his space.....  ;)

Boob Lights!

The perfect interior decor for a teenage boy's room!

Questions:
1) Why they gotta be ...uh... "weighed down"?
2) What about the Nubian persuasion?

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Venini Tits Lights by Studio Job

Hearts in Cupcakes!

Aww! Adorable!

"How to" is over here!
Valentines anyone?

Clone Your Herbs!

Considering I have a habit of killing them...(or feeding them to my kitties)...Re-Nest had a great posting on cloning your herbs! It's actually easier than it sounds.

They say:

Plants such as basil, mint, and oregano are incredibly easy to reproduce from cuttings — and a heck of a lot faster than growing from seed. So easy in fact, that it is practically criminal how quickly you can stock your entire garden from one small plant. I save time and money every season multiplying my basil crop in this way.

Herbs to Start in Water:

• Basil
• Broadleaf Thyme/Cuban Oregano
• Mint
• Oregano

Herbs to Start in Soil/Coir:

• Broadleaf Thyme/Cuban Oregano
• Lemon Verbena
• Rosemary
• Sage
• Savory (Summer and Winter)
• Scented Geraniums
• Stevia
• Thyme

I'm SO on this! If you don't hear from me in a month, it's because I cloned Audrey II ... and it got HUNGRY!!!
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So Happy Fabrics! Nature Drawings at it's Best.

Love these fabics by Golly Bard!

How pretty would these be with my Jam Jar Labels? 

Makes me want to design my own fabric patterns...tho we all know it'd be the Techno viking...

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"Inspiring Contemp Furniture!" Or "Why did I give up on Industrial Design?"

Sit on this comfy Cactus!

Careful of the Geese Traffic Cones! (with following babies?)

Antler Handel Bars for your fancy bike!

Nature is so inspiring! 'Specially at the ICFF (International Contemporary Furniture Fair). via

Tooting my own horn: It's a little known fact that I actually went to school for Industrial Design! As in "Whee! Let's make cool things that people can buy!" Yeah, dunno...after making some cool Spider Lamps and Children's Cave Exhibits, I thought... eh...this isnt' that interesting. But looking at these? So inspiring!!! If I knew then, what I know now... sigh.

In other news... HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY AMERICANS! (and a Happy Monday to everyone else!)

Some Legos, a Library Ladder and Greenery! How can I fit it all in my House?

Hmm... and now that we know my hubby reads this blog... I guess I have to be more creative in "suggesting" more additions to our space!

Starting with the George Nelson Coffee table out of Legos!

O o o! Or how about Anna Sui's Wardrobe Walk-in Closet!?

And who WOULDN'T want a rolling ladder for a bookshelf! Considering I'm a midget compared to my man, he's the only one that can easily reach the action figures he keeps along the top of our bookshelf! Soon I'LL be able to reach them. And then the REAL fun can begin! MUAHAHAHAH.... dammit... he's reading this again isn't he...aw shoot.

First Day of Spring was on Saturday!

Can't wait to be rid of all this snow and more snow! (yep... there's still some stragglers!!!!).
I'd like to live in this painting by Tiffany Bozic.
Can someone make that happen please? via

Birdhouses in a kid's Space!

I'm not saying I need one of these ANY time soon, but I do love the bird houses montage in this kids room!
Tho, I'm thinking I'd like my birdhouses a little more white trash:

Some Trivia: Did you know DiG was ON that TV Show Kid's Space? Can't make that up!

Unhappy Hipsters: It's lonely in the modern world.

But hilarious for the rest of us! Who knew feeling inner peace could be so difficult near a decorative concrete wall!?

The "unhappy hipster" cleverly voices the intimate thoughts of hipsters in their lonely hip interiors:

He couldn’t stand another night with that smug hookah.

Trapped by the tawny palette, he struggled through yet another brown knit scarf.

Coincidence all the photos are from Dwell? I think not!

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P.S. Giveaway! 

Prostrating Letter for My New Treehouse (Sigh...Only In My Dreams!!)

Dear Mr. Oshatz,

Please let me live in your tree house! I don't take up much room as I can sleep in any sustainable closet and my things can easily fit under your environmentally friendly couch. I'm also a great lover of music, as I "get" your musical flowing floorplan.

Willing to clean the toilets every week and babysit for free. Heck! I'll even do a free website!

Begging you fondly,
Loopy

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There's a Giveaway brewin here!

Snowy Snowy Baltimore, so...Let's Recap Foliage!

It's been crazy snowy snowy here. I've forgotten what leaves look like!

Ahh Fall, I miss you already.
Check out the whole leafy gallery is here. via a very Earth conscious MOM!

BTW, you enter our giveaway yet?

Donkey Kong Shelf HACK

Let's monkey around!
Finally win again Kong and pesky barrels once and for ALL!
Full Donkey Kong Shelf Glory here!
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World's Oldest Living Things...like +2,000 yrs old!

It's my bday today! And since I'm turning 29 for the 3rd time, I thought I'd share some things that make me feel like a spring chicken.

jomon sugi japanese cedar (7,000 years old, yaku shima, japan)

la llareta #0308-23b26 (up to 3,000 years old, atacama desert, chile)

Want more? Check out all the amazingly fantastic photographs from Rachel Sussman!
She's even got a map of where to find such amazing-ness! I smell another road trip! via

Clingstone: The House That Clings to a Rock

I thought the NY Times took some GORGEOUS pics of this Rhode Island House, aptly entitled Clingstone!
And if anyone knows how to sneak me in, I would be forever grateful. (tho, preferably not in the winter)