Prior to the invention of the barometer in the 17th century, weather vanes were indispensable instruments for observing and predicting the weather. These 45¢ denominated stamps feature photographs of...
At last! I’m so in love with our wedding invitations, designed by the talented Yas of Quill and Fox. I worked with her to integrate our Odd Fellows-inspired ideas into our invites, and she did ...
In ancient Greece, wreaths made from plants like laurel, ivy, and myrtle were awarded to athletes, soldiers, and royalty. Similar wreaths were designed in gold and silver for the same purposes or for...
Last week, in the course of my daily folk art search on Etsy, I stumbled upon something exciting: something better than old needlework, more interesting than your typical duck sculpture. This was a c...
What is it about mold? Decay. Rot. Growth. Seeing something comes from — well, nothing — never fails to amuse me. The last time I checked the fridge, I’ve got some green beans. Two weeks later,...
Because this is what runs through my mind, most days.
It’s no secret that I love New York. However, this city is just so damn big that it’ll take me years to see all of it (if ever!). I really enjoy poking around the city’s storied pas...
So I’m kind of in love with the Twenty Four Hour Woman. She’s an everywoman: installing an air conditioner, fixing a toilet, blow drying her hair…all in the nude. And I gotta say, h...
Oh my. Do you know what these are? (Dismembered Sasquatch arms? Bear claws, minus the claws?) Hold your guesses! They’re actually vintage stagecoach driver gloves. Totally brings to mind the lo...
I recently did a little post on lover’s eyes over on Miss Moss. These hand-painted portraits on ivory were popular in England between the 1780s and 1830s. Loyalty, royalty and secrecy: read all...
Oh, Jim Henson: your magic touched everything. And who knew La Choy had a Muppet dragon as their spokesperson? Love!
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: pottery rules me. Claywork provokes my most covetous urges. Just…want…all of it.
Wedding alert! The latest stage of my planning is the flowers, cake and general state of the reception tables. I’m totally inspired by Dutch still life paintings of the seventeenth century: the...
Oh, the dreaded cone of shame! These salt and pepper shakers by Rogue Taxidermy are both tragic and adorable. Love!
Naming a product is hard. Like, mind-boggling difficult. Every time I’m challenged to write copy or even come up with a provocative title for a post — well, there’s a lot of trial and err...
Living in New York is a funny thing; in my six years here, I’ve become quite accustomed to living in ways that I never really imagined while growing up in Iowa. While I might have once casually...
So! I may have mentioned that JB and I are planning a Masonic / Odd Fellows / secret society wedding. Well, one of the first pieces of the puzzle is finally complete, and we’re so excited about...
One of the many things I love about JB is his familiarity with power ballads. Dude knows ALL of them — and he definitely doesn’t hold back when they play on the radio. We have some good singalo...
Conjoined snakes — more specifically, conjoined snake jewelry — is my latest obsession. I did a little guest post on Honey Kennedy about Victorian symbolism, snakes and my upcoming wedding. Check it ...
Annie Lennox, you are a goddess among women. And this video is so much better than I remembered!
Isabel Bishop, American painter and printmaker, 1902-1988. Doris Caesar, American sculptor, 1892-1971, in her studio. Betti Richard, American sculptor, born 1916, in her studio. Helene Sardeau, Ameri...
We’d rather have the iceberg than the ship, although it meant the end of travel. Although it stood stock-still like cloudy rock and all the sea were moving marble. We’d rather have the ic...
Henry David Thoreau once said, “Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.” That’s an aspiration I think we all can agree on: wouldn’t you agree? Looking back on the year that’...
I debated about doing a gift guide this year; I’ve been so busy planning my wedding (two words to sum up my scheming: Odd Fellows) and transitioning into a new role at work that I’ve bare...
I’ve recently become addicted to ’60s garage rock, pop and funk from Thailand (and surrounding Asian countries, because there’s just so much to dig into). There are some amazing com...
Can you believe these portraits are from the ’20s? Man Ray was definitely ahead of his time — and it doesn’t hurt that his subjects were the most avant garde artists, poets, writers and t...
Yevgeniya Kilupe, a Latvian Holocaust survivor and self-taught artist, started making masks to supplement her pension after a life of working in a factory. The Etsy Blog was lucky enough to interview...
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t I’m not sure why, but when I think of Iowa — my Iowa, at least! — I cannot imagine a thriving pop culture scene, especially for teenagers. I guess I’m influenced by what my parents have...
C’mon, don’t deny it: you know you love “Unchained Melody.” Cheesy as it may be, I’m kind of in love with the Righteous Brothers right now. Wedding song, perhaps? Or may...
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