Poladroid Android

Ok, as if I'm not already online wasting time too much. I just read about Poladroid on Little Acorn's blog. Le sigh. Here are some pics I had always been wanting to do the Polaroid emulsion with. Cut Le Tour Eiffel's head off, but still a super nifty pic! The second photo is in San Fran.

Prayers for Bobby

I just got done watching Prayers for Bobby, and as far as Lifetime movies go, it was really good! I am embarrassed to say that I bawled for the better part of the last half. :)

You may remember that V and I watched the parade scene being filmed back in June. That was fun to watch on-screen. I also recognized the corner of Sherman & Fourth Street during the scene where the family was sending him off to Portland on the bus. Also, they used Royal Oak City Hall for the City Council meeting. All locations within a mile of my house! Pretttty nifty.

In other movie news, the barber shop scene in Gran Torino was filmed 1/2 mile from my house at Widgrens Barber Shop. :) Sorry, I'm such a celebrity junkie that I'm totally enthralled by all of this movie stuff lately in Michigan!!!

Silhouette

I was putzing with Photoshop this morning and came up with this silhouette of Q:


Based on this pic:

My mom doesn't think it looks too much like her. Ryan thinks her hair looks mullet-esque. I need to take a look at some hand-cut versions somehow and add details. I don't know as if I like the pic either. It's a few months old. I think I may wait until V has some hair and take some new pics on a white background. I primarily used these directions and messed with it freehand.

I'm so excited-- I get a girl's night out tonight. My friend is having a wine & cheese party with no boys allowed! Whoo hoo! Of course, she'll get a personalized set of these. Ryan picked out a good Italian red we had at Thanksgiving. We had to email the info off so it could be compiled. Here's the description I found online:

"The Briccotondo is a ruby-red wine with purple highlights. The nose is packed with black fruit, especially blackberries and plums, with slight spicy overtones hinting at black pepper and cinnamon. Sweet, soft tannins come together in a closely-woven texture that merges with the fruit, while a crisp freshness provides a long, tasty finish."

Hmmm...tasted like red wine to me!

One more fun little thing on a sunny Saturday. You can generate your own saying on a candy heart! It's the Acme Heartmaker! I'd love to make some of these to include in my Etsy orders, but so far, all the sources I've found have been a wee bit cost prohibitive.

Happy weekending, all! xo

Squirelly Cozy GIVEAWAY

Yayyyyyyy!!! Girl Land loves giveaways!!!!!!!!!!

One of the awesome Etsyers that I featured in my post yesterday is having a giveaway. You can win the adorable coffee cozy!!!

Check out her giveaway here!

National Squirrel Appreciation Day

Yes, that's right, today is National Squirrel Appreciation Day! In honor of NSAD, I have compiled a list of lovely squirrel-tastic Etsy finds sure to please every nutty buddy out there:

Row 1 (left to right):

Amber Alexander's A New Apron Print

Yellow Cake Crafts' I Love You This Many Acorns Customizable Notecard

Isabell's Umbrella's Squirrel Bookplates

Row 2:

Under the Stair Studios' Paper Circus with Dancing Squirrels

Sugar Street Cafe's Nuts Ceramic Keepsake Dish

Neskat's Hey Squirrel Wool Felt Hair Clip

Row 3:

Mis Nopales Art's Formal Squirrel Canvas Shopping Tote (because the only thing better than a squirrel is a squirrel in a top hat, fo' sho')

Little Elf's Toy Shop's Squirrel Nutkin Needlefelted Squirrel

Flapper Girl's Embroidered Brown Squirrel Coffee Cup Cozy

So if you were feeling squirrelly today, now you know why! Throw some of that stale bread and older apples out to our fine furried friends today, won't you?? xo

Vino Tags Freebie

Here ya go! If you'd prefer, you can save the individual .jpgs through my Flickr Page. If you'd like a set all printed, personalized, and packaged up pretty, here's my listing. Enjoy!

**Edit: I couldn't get the .pdf to work out, so here's a .jpg of all three. Let me know if it doesn't work out. Thanks!**

Download the large .jpg here!

Valentine with Flare

Well, not really. I messed around with this for too long last night and finally gave up. Don't even have any energy to make a cute envelope. Eh, oh well. It's going to be sent off to Fred Flare's Snail Mail Valentines for Charity event. Yee haw.

You can see some of the other participant's valentines in their Flickr pool. And if you would like to send your own homemade valentine, see below for details!