Today I picked up two records -- Boat's "Dress Like Your Idols" and The Lonely Forest's "Arrows". You should check them out. Boat had a live performance on KEXP this morning, and they are having a cd release show this Friday night at The Tractor in Ballard. I'm going to try and hit that up if tickets aren't already sold out. Here is a review of their new album from Pitchfork. Personally, I'm loving the album. I can already tell it will be on repeat for awhile. Also hoping John Roderick will be at the show to do backing vocals on "Landlocked". Because guess what? I dig on some John Roderick.
Check out Boat's cover of T.Rex's Children of the Revolution, a personal favorite....
BOAT "Children of the Revolution" (T-Rex) Hiss Like Your Idols from Magic Marker on Vimeo.
In less indie pop and more pop culture news, I downloaded a couple songs on iTunes. Young Blood by The Naked and Famous. Here you go:
And My Body by Young the Giant
Here you go:
What are you listening to this week?
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
scrappy love
It is no secret that I blog stalk multiple celebrities within the scrapbooking and papercrafting world. I'm assuming that many of these bloggers make some money with the advertisements that they display on said blogs. I kept seeing one advertisement for "Elle's Studio", so I decided to take the tootsie roll, click on the advertisement, and see what happened. And man, I am happy I did. I found my new favorite online scrap store -- Elle's Studio.
One of the coolest things I found out about Elle's Studio, is they are local, as in Washington local. At least they ship out of Washington, Burlington specifically. When I got to their shopping home page I immediately fell in love with their Handmade Layers collection of embellishments. I'm always on the lookout for unique embellishments, so I was immediately drawn to the collection.
Here are some of the super cool items that ended up in my shopping cart (all photos courtesy of Elle's Studio website):
Handmade Layer Circles. These journaling circles are 2" in diameter. They are super cute and whimsical. Love them and can't wait to use them on a page. I already have an idea for how I'm going to use them.
Handmade Layer 3" Circle Tags. These are a bit larger, and will probably work well if I have a little more of a story to tell in my journaling. Loving the music sheet theme on some of them.
Handmade Layers Journaling Tags. These are my dream journaling tags..... I'm seriously in love with this line.
Handmade Layers Note Tags. These are so colorful and fun. Love. Love. Love.
Handmade Layers Date & Place Strips. Exactly what they sound like. Fun little tiny strips of paper for documenting date & place.
Check out Elle's Studio blog!!
One of the coolest things I found out about Elle's Studio, is they are local, as in Washington local. At least they ship out of Washington, Burlington specifically. When I got to their shopping home page I immediately fell in love with their Handmade Layers collection of embellishments. I'm always on the lookout for unique embellishments, so I was immediately drawn to the collection.
Here are some of the super cool items that ended up in my shopping cart (all photos courtesy of Elle's Studio website):
Handmade Layer Circles. These journaling circles are 2" in diameter. They are super cute and whimsical. Love them and can't wait to use them on a page. I already have an idea for how I'm going to use them.
Handmade Layer 3" Circle Tags. These are a bit larger, and will probably work well if I have a little more of a story to tell in my journaling. Loving the music sheet theme on some of them.
Handmade Layers Journaling Tags. These are my dream journaling tags..... I'm seriously in love with this line.
Handmade Layers Note Tags. These are so colorful and fun. Love. Love. Love.
Handmade Layers Date & Place Strips. Exactly what they sound like. Fun little tiny strips of paper for documenting date & place.
Check out Elle's Studio blog!!
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
disbelief
This picture just destroys me. This was someone's home. And now it is just floating away. I can't even begin to imagine how the people of Japan are coping right now. It is hard for me to even wrap my mind around the devastation that has occurred. How will they pick up the pieces and move on?
Sending positive thoughts to the people of Japan.......
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| Photo courtesy of Dylan McCord US Navy via Reuters |
This picture just destroys me. This was someone's home. And now it is just floating away. I can't even begin to imagine how the people of Japan are coping right now. It is hard for me to even wrap my mind around the devastation that has occurred. How will they pick up the pieces and move on?
Sending positive thoughts to the people of Japan.......
Sunday, March 13, 2011
I've got the fever!!
Last night some girl friends and I got together to hang out and do some scrapbooking. I had a great time catching up, telling stories, and getting two pages done. Here are my creations:
Layout: Surprise! This photo of my parents was taken in August 2008. My mom was turning 60 and my dad had planned a big surprise for her by inviting some of her siblings out to Moses Lake to visit. The photo was taken just a couple hours before my mom's relatives showed up. Such a surprise!!
Here's a little bit of a close-up. The journaling is similar to what I wrote above: Mom's 60th birthday was a huge surprise! Dad had planned for Mom's siblings to come out to visit in Moses Lake. Such a fun and memorable weekend! This photo was taken just an hour or two before everyone showed up - she had no idea!!
Layout: You Are My Sunshine. Recent photograph of Frank, checking out the front yard on a sunny Seattle day.
Here's a little bit of a close up. Journaling: Frank discovered the benefits of our screen door. The sun was shining and he found a ray of sunlight to bask in for a few hours. I'm sure he wished I'd leave the screen door open - then he could really explore his new digs!!
After getting my scrap on last night, and getting the Camp Huston Scrapbooking Retreat flyer in the mail this week, I have some serious scrap fever! Today I went to the Scrapbook Pad in Shoreline to try and find a glue pen. Our friend Katie was using a glue pen last night that was a must have for putting adhesive on the back of really small embellishments or letters. I didn't end up finding exactly what she was using, but I did find something similar in a different brand, so excited to use it! Scrapbook Pad has a large area in the back of their store for classes and crops. I'd really like to check out one of their midnight crops in the next month or two.
I also decided to check out a scrapbooking store that I never knew existed until today -- Urban Scrapbooker in Edmonds. I really loved this store! It is super easy to find, and they have a lot of supplies by my favorite scrapbooking companies like Graphic 45 and Tim Holtz. I'd love to check out one of the Tim Holtz classes that they offer, I have some of his products that I haven't used yet because I don't really know what I'm doing (i.e. Distress Inks). It looks like he has some demo's on his website though, I'll have to check those out and see what I can find. It didn't seem like Urban Scrapbooker had a large area for classes or crops, at least not as large as the Scrapbook Pad. So I'm sure the classes fill up quickly.
Let's get our scrap on again soon ladies!
Layout: Surprise! This photo of my parents was taken in August 2008. My mom was turning 60 and my dad had planned a big surprise for her by inviting some of her siblings out to Moses Lake to visit. The photo was taken just a couple hours before my mom's relatives showed up. Such a surprise!!
Here's a little bit of a close-up. The journaling is similar to what I wrote above: Mom's 60th birthday was a huge surprise! Dad had planned for Mom's siblings to come out to visit in Moses Lake. Such a fun and memorable weekend! This photo was taken just an hour or two before everyone showed up - she had no idea!!
Layout: You Are My Sunshine. Recent photograph of Frank, checking out the front yard on a sunny Seattle day.
Here's a little bit of a close up. Journaling: Frank discovered the benefits of our screen door. The sun was shining and he found a ray of sunlight to bask in for a few hours. I'm sure he wished I'd leave the screen door open - then he could really explore his new digs!!
After getting my scrap on last night, and getting the Camp Huston Scrapbooking Retreat flyer in the mail this week, I have some serious scrap fever! Today I went to the Scrapbook Pad in Shoreline to try and find a glue pen. Our friend Katie was using a glue pen last night that was a must have for putting adhesive on the back of really small embellishments or letters. I didn't end up finding exactly what she was using, but I did find something similar in a different brand, so excited to use it! Scrapbook Pad has a large area in the back of their store for classes and crops. I'd really like to check out one of their midnight crops in the next month or two.
I also decided to check out a scrapbooking store that I never knew existed until today -- Urban Scrapbooker in Edmonds. I really loved this store! It is super easy to find, and they have a lot of supplies by my favorite scrapbooking companies like Graphic 45 and Tim Holtz. I'd love to check out one of the Tim Holtz classes that they offer, I have some of his products that I haven't used yet because I don't really know what I'm doing (i.e. Distress Inks). It looks like he has some demo's on his website though, I'll have to check those out and see what I can find. It didn't seem like Urban Scrapbooker had a large area for classes or crops, at least not as large as the Scrapbook Pad. So I'm sure the classes fill up quickly.
Let's get our scrap on again soon ladies!
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
I am the cutest baby alive
My mom scanned all the pictures from my childhood and gave me a disc. It has been fun going through them. Not to toot my own horn or anything (read: horn tooting on deck), but I was a seriously cute baby. Check this one out:
Is it creepy that I want to tickle myself in this photo? I'm adorable! Oh oh, and here is one of me sitting up on my own. And I'm rockin' the best looking comb over EVER!! Probably eating a booger too.
Being trapped under a baby back pack is fun!! I appear to be having the best time of my short life. This event probably did some damage unconsciously because I've successfully avoided hiking for pretty much my entire life.
Run, Forest! Run!! We had the quintessential 70's house growing up. Orange carpet, yellow fridge, grass green patterned linoleum. People would pay top dollar for that kind of vintage kitsch these days.
Tinny and I were hard working farm girls. Between milking the cows and bailing hay, we had little leisure time.
Well, that isn't entirely true. There was always time for swingin' by the camper and trying to do my best Shaquille O'Neal impression.
Oh my god! Is that a picture of a baby with oversized sunglasses?!? That is so adorable! AND quirky! Never to be duplicated.....
What time is it? It's cake time bitches!! Grab a plate and fork! Ah, screw it, just use your hands! Oh, this is a cake eating contest? Well, let me just tie my hands behind my back here, I'll just eat with my face.
Alrighty girls, time to hose yourselves off. Don't drown in that two inches of water. Or drop a deuce in there.
I'm out. I gots a play date with some friends. If you f*ck with me, you f*ck with my entourage!
Pooh Bear will cut a bitch.
Is it creepy that I want to tickle myself in this photo? I'm adorable! Oh oh, and here is one of me sitting up on my own. And I'm rockin' the best looking comb over EVER!! Probably eating a booger too.
Being trapped under a baby back pack is fun!! I appear to be having the best time of my short life. This event probably did some damage unconsciously because I've successfully avoided hiking for pretty much my entire life.
Run, Forest! Run!! We had the quintessential 70's house growing up. Orange carpet, yellow fridge, grass green patterned linoleum. People would pay top dollar for that kind of vintage kitsch these days.
Tinny and I were hard working farm girls. Between milking the cows and bailing hay, we had little leisure time.
Well, that isn't entirely true. There was always time for swingin' by the camper and trying to do my best Shaquille O'Neal impression.
Oh my god! Is that a picture of a baby with oversized sunglasses?!? That is so adorable! AND quirky! Never to be duplicated.....
What time is it? It's cake time bitches!! Grab a plate and fork! Ah, screw it, just use your hands! Oh, this is a cake eating contest? Well, let me just tie my hands behind my back here, I'll just eat with my face.
Alrighty girls, time to hose yourselves off. Don't drown in that two inches of water. Or drop a deuce in there.
I'm out. I gots a play date with some friends. If you f*ck with me, you f*ck with my entourage!
Pooh Bear will cut a bitch.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Wrapping up One Little Word for February....
As you know from previous posts, I decided to take an online workshop through Big Picture Classes -- specifically One Little Word by Ali Edwards. My word for 2011 is HEAL. For February, Ali asked us to see our world through the lens of our camera -- to look for our word in the world and capture it. Either by literal representations of our word, or figurative representations. We were to choose at least nine images to use in our album. Here are my nine images:
Top row:
1. Frank's medication: as some of you may know, I have to give Frank prednisone, twice a day, every day. As you can imagine, giving a cat a pill twice a day is a challenge. A month or so ago, I had reached my wits end. I found myself on the phone with my vet, crying.... Frank had figured out all my usual tricks of hiding pills in food. If Frank and I were going to emotionally and physically survive his illness, we needed to try a new method. Luckily there are pharmacists out there in the world that compound medications specifically for animals. I breathed an enormous sigh of relief when I picked up Frank's prescription for transdermal prednisone. It is fricking glorious. I rub a pea sized amount into his ear twice a day. He gets his medications AND some lovin' from yours truly. It is healing for both he, and I.
2. Frank soaking up some sunshine by the front door. The sight of this small little pleasure for him brought me great joy, and some of my favorite photos of him so far this year. It's the little things in life that make me happy.
3. Stack o' music. I have music on in the house almost constantly -- it is definitely soothing. Plus, there are so many songs that I have listened to during rough patches in my life, that I remember fondly for getting my through those sad or frustrating times. For example, I'll always remember Florence & the Machine's album Lungs for being on repeat after Milo died. Song that I find to be healing? Between Two Lungs. Look it up, it might just make you feel better.
Middle row:
1. Milo and I. Moments before he passed away. No, this photo wasn't taken in February. And you may be wondering why I included a photo of a really sad experience in my life. Actually, looking at this photo brings me a lot of peace. Peace knowing that I was with him til the end. Peace knowing that he wasn't struggling in the end. He just quietly passed away with me by his side. And it is these thoughts and emotions that help me heal.
2. Stack o' books. Books for learning and growth. The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown. Inner Excavation: Explore Your Self Through Photography, Poetry and Mixed Media by Liz Lamoreux. Expressive Photography: The Shutter Sisters' Guide to Shooting from the Heart.
3. My savior -- Armour thyroid. Yeah, you've already heard me sing it's praises. But let me just say it a few more times for the record!!! :) I have felt like a different person since I started taking it in late November. This drug has seriously helped me in the healing department.
Bottom row:
1. Healing Our World magazine. Quite the literal photograph of the word Heal. Arrived in the mail one day.
2. Letter to my dear sweet Milo. I wrote a letter to Milo after he died. I thought it was good to get all my emotions on paper. A healing exercise I guess. As the years go by I think I'll forget the little things I loved about Milo. It will be cool to read the letter down the road and be able to recall all those cute things he used to do, those things that made me fall in love with him over and over and over again.
3. Milo's collar and leash. As time goes by, I'll look at his collar and leash less and less. Maybe someday I'll put them in the wooden box with his ashes. But I never want to forget them. So I'll keep them in my memory through this photograph.
Ali added an additional prompt for the month of February -- enlarging a photo that stands out to you. In the January prompt, I had to write down words that I wanted to invite in to my life for 2011, one of the words that I invited in to my life is PEACE. I chose this photo for my photo enlargement because it seems peaceful:
It was taken one cold sunny day when Kim, Casey, and I were down at Golden Gardens. Kim was showing me different techniques to use to take better photos, and this is one of the photos I took that day.
So far I'm having a blast with my One Little Word project for 2011. Ali's prompt for March is all about taking action. I'm already starting to work on it -- I'll fill you in on the details later in the month!
Top row:
1. Frank's medication: as some of you may know, I have to give Frank prednisone, twice a day, every day. As you can imagine, giving a cat a pill twice a day is a challenge. A month or so ago, I had reached my wits end. I found myself on the phone with my vet, crying.... Frank had figured out all my usual tricks of hiding pills in food. If Frank and I were going to emotionally and physically survive his illness, we needed to try a new method. Luckily there are pharmacists out there in the world that compound medications specifically for animals. I breathed an enormous sigh of relief when I picked up Frank's prescription for transdermal prednisone. It is fricking glorious. I rub a pea sized amount into his ear twice a day. He gets his medications AND some lovin' from yours truly. It is healing for both he, and I.
2. Frank soaking up some sunshine by the front door. The sight of this small little pleasure for him brought me great joy, and some of my favorite photos of him so far this year. It's the little things in life that make me happy.
3. Stack o' music. I have music on in the house almost constantly -- it is definitely soothing. Plus, there are so many songs that I have listened to during rough patches in my life, that I remember fondly for getting my through those sad or frustrating times. For example, I'll always remember Florence & the Machine's album Lungs for being on repeat after Milo died. Song that I find to be healing? Between Two Lungs. Look it up, it might just make you feel better.
Middle row:
1. Milo and I. Moments before he passed away. No, this photo wasn't taken in February. And you may be wondering why I included a photo of a really sad experience in my life. Actually, looking at this photo brings me a lot of peace. Peace knowing that I was with him til the end. Peace knowing that he wasn't struggling in the end. He just quietly passed away with me by his side. And it is these thoughts and emotions that help me heal.
2. Stack o' books. Books for learning and growth. The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown. Inner Excavation: Explore Your Self Through Photography, Poetry and Mixed Media by Liz Lamoreux. Expressive Photography: The Shutter Sisters' Guide to Shooting from the Heart.
3. My savior -- Armour thyroid. Yeah, you've already heard me sing it's praises. But let me just say it a few more times for the record!!! :) I have felt like a different person since I started taking it in late November. This drug has seriously helped me in the healing department.
Bottom row:
1. Healing Our World magazine. Quite the literal photograph of the word Heal. Arrived in the mail one day.
2. Letter to my dear sweet Milo. I wrote a letter to Milo after he died. I thought it was good to get all my emotions on paper. A healing exercise I guess. As the years go by I think I'll forget the little things I loved about Milo. It will be cool to read the letter down the road and be able to recall all those cute things he used to do, those things that made me fall in love with him over and over and over again.
3. Milo's collar and leash. As time goes by, I'll look at his collar and leash less and less. Maybe someday I'll put them in the wooden box with his ashes. But I never want to forget them. So I'll keep them in my memory through this photograph.
Ali added an additional prompt for the month of February -- enlarging a photo that stands out to you. In the January prompt, I had to write down words that I wanted to invite in to my life for 2011, one of the words that I invited in to my life is PEACE. I chose this photo for my photo enlargement because it seems peaceful:
It was taken one cold sunny day when Kim, Casey, and I were down at Golden Gardens. Kim was showing me different techniques to use to take better photos, and this is one of the photos I took that day.
So far I'm having a blast with my One Little Word project for 2011. Ali's prompt for March is all about taking action. I'm already starting to work on it -- I'll fill you in on the details later in the month!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
frames hanged!!
Ah yeah! I marked a few things off my "To Do" list today, one of which was to hang my recently framed posters. Check them out!!
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