Ideas for mom’s wedding

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Purple/Lavendar & Turquoise/Teal color theme – candied or plain violets on the cake, custom m&m color mix in tulle bags for favors, tulle/organza/satin ribbons for veil & bouquets, doves & ribbons & cross on stationary, lavendar bridesmaids, colored sugar instead of rice? layer watercolor style fabric with contrasting tulle over it for alter and/or tables. Afternoon wedding? Buffet style reception with cookies from me, dips from mom’s fiance, nuts, breads, fruits, etc.

Random stuff

Here’s the original photo every day guy I mentioned remembering (from when I was taking design classes) in a previous post (that linked to a knock off).

Also, a way cool solid metal pen I’m going to have to show my mom.

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“A stainless steel pen, 8cm long. However when you unscrew the top, the ‘nib’ is a solid piece of metal. There is no ink, yet this pen will write on virtually any type of paper. This is what it looked like when we tried it on a piece of normal paper…

How does it work?

In the Medieval period, artists and scribes often used a metal stylus in order to draw on a specially prepared paper surface. Generally known as Metalpoint, or Silverpoint when the stylus was made of silver, artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Dรผrer and Rembrandt all used this technique. http://www.silverpointweb.com/index.html gives a lot of information about how it works.

The pens we sell are a modern version (and do not use silver). The solid metal ‘nib’ consists of a metal alloy, that leaves a mark on most types of paper. If you use the sort of paper typically used in printers and photocopiers, the pen leaves a mark that looks as if it was made by a pencil. However the line will not smudge, and cannot be rubbed out.

Since there is no ink, there is nothing to dry out, so the pen will work just as well in 25 years time as it does today. And of course it never needs sharpening!

I would guess that in time the nib would begin to wear down, as you are leaving a small amount of metal on the page. However this has got to be a much slower process than with a pencil, which wears down pretty quickly.”

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Dollar Cone Night

Went to dinner with TM, Meow, JP & my pirate at Mirai. Pretty good food, I liked the dragon roll, the Umekyu Shiso wasn’t sweet like I was expecting. All the guys seemed to like their cherry blossom roll. But Meow didn’t like their Ikura. TM took so long deciding he didn’t get his dinner till we’d finished all three plates of sushi we ended up ordering. A bit of a pricey dinner eating that many sushi rolls, but it was yummy and fun. TM brought me a cute little hummingbird ornament back from his trip to China. I tried to resist getting a dollar cone at Baskin Robbins, but it was right there across the parking lot. We picked up kitty food for the guys too… and then forgot it in my pirate’s car, so he came for lunch today and we went and dropped it off.

One of the design blogs I read linked this site: http://www.doodlebug.ws/

So much cute stuff and totally an inspiration to do some crafting and scrapbooking. I’m thinking about trying to digitally scrapbook so I don’t take up a ton of space…

A sampling:

buttonsibarsbadgesposiesstickers 1

Finally Friday

And I’m still not ready for the family meal tomorrow! Lots of work to do tonight.

I tried taking the bike path home last night, but there are some nasty hills and way too many badly lit areas, so maybe I’ll try it again in the summer and see if there is a reasonable way home. I did see a poor little snakey trying to cross the bike path so I stopped and helped him slither off it so he wouldn’t get run over. Between the cold and the lack of anything on the path to really push against he was moving pretty slowly. So I just put my hands down and let him push off me to get off the path.

I managed unpack my (FIVE!) kitchen boxes last night, and it made me realize when I have the time/money I really want to remodel my kitchen. I prefer a raised bar to a dropped bar, and the bottom and top cabinets between the kitchen and dining room could really come out farther and give me way more storage. And I want drawers with a folding/expanding countertop between the fridge & stove. Plus the cabinets above the fridge need to be moved up anyway. And the corner cabinets need those rotating shelves to make better use of them. And I want that black shiny Silestone countertop (Stellar Night or Ebony Pearl). I like IKEA’s angled metal pillars for the raised bar. I’ll stick with the color scheme though since I really like it. Oh, and I want a shelf across the top of the kitchen window too, that’s level with the top of the other cabinets.

Counters
My arms have been itching in the evening the last couple days. In fact I bruised up my left arm pretty good scratching. I tried putting on lotion this morning to see if that helps and I’m going to look it up on WebMD too.

And I remembered my camera so I got some photos of those leaves I was admiring yesterday on the way in.

Linky stuffs: Post-it notes as wallpaper. And a post-it collage how to.

PixelNotes

Emily the Strange stuff I wanty.

Kitty HoodyKitty hoody,

Neechee HoodyNeechee Solo,

Cat ClogCat Clog,

Trading CardsTrading Cards,

StickersStickers, Evangeline’s had these great shoes I don’t see on the site,

Wristbandswristbands,

Booksthe book set &

Comicscomic book set!

And free wristbands with orders over $30!

Happy Feet!

Oh my gosh! Must see this movie!!!!! DANCING PENGUINS!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAlso, I really want this Seasame Street movie I remember watching on tv once when I was a kid.

And as usual, linkies to drool over.
sugar flower These sugar decorations are gorgeous & yummy!
shaped ice cube trays I have a heart one, but I want star ice cubes too! (Found one at IKEA!)

rolling pin And a baby blue non-stick rolling pin! I do have a non-stick rolling pin… but it’s not baby blue silicon!
star cookie cutter I really want this star cookie cutter too. It would be great for my stained glass cookies.
segmented bowl I’m not hot for white dishes, but the idea is a good one.
penguin mugsPenguin mugs perfect for hot chocolate!

Cool site: Instructables: step-by-step collaboration

Dancing queen!

So an update:

Went to therapist last Wed. after which I talked to my boss and worked things out. So now I’m biking to work again and getting here on time and working 8 hour days. Monday I go to the two beginner classes and practice leading (or as I say, “I’m going to dance class to be a guy”) and Wed. I have continuing class and stay late to watch the intermediate class. The foxtrot and bolero stuff looked fun. Tonight is salsa, Friday T is going to stop by for stuff maybe, and MM is gonna come for dinner and/or anime maybe. Saturday I might go to Spotlight to dance, and Sunday I’m going to see my mom and my aunt and one of my cousins, and possibly my other cousin and her new baby if she’s not too tired.

Whew! So yeah, I’m keeping busy. I’m back down to 164, so 6 lbs down and 30 lbs to go till I’m back to my normal weight. Though I’m not sure if I’ll really get there with all this exercise since I’m building muscle. I just want my pants to fit again! Biking, stairs at work, dancing and 8 hour work days are tiring me out right now, I’m hoping with better diet and as I get in shape I’ll have more energy. But at least I do have the energy to work and dance, which I didn’t before.

Oh, and these look cool: http://www.digi-portraits.com/
I could probably do the same thing with enough practice… now finding the time to do so… ha!

Moving along!

Bathrooms painted, ac installed, flooring going in 15-16th, moving the 19th-20th! /glee

In case the park won’t let me have an outdoor fire pit, I’ve been looking at indoor “fireplaces.”

fireplace 1These are way cool: http://www.ecosmartfire.com/
But… they’re $6-7k

fireplace 2 And this is less than $500:
http://www.csnfireplaces.com/Southern-Enterprises-FA5055-5583-9342UT1214.html

The eco ones Princess pointed out to me from this blog:
http://www.tranism.com/weblog/
which I’m now hooked on!

From there I found all these:
http://www.aarikka.fi/
Finnish stuff! IKEA fans should like it.

http://overdrawn.net/mario/#
Mario wallpaper – interactive! Even works on the mac with a small program. Who doesn’t love Mario?

iconhttp://www.au-my.com/english/Drivemocion.htm
I’ve been wanting something like this for ages! That or a gun with suction cup arrows with messages on flags you could shoot at passing cars… stuff like “DON’T PASS ON THE RIGHT!!!” and “Hello? Turn signal?” ๐Ÿ˜› I don’t like driving… but what I really hate are other drivers. /sets her drivemocion to ๐Ÿ™
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http://web.media.mit.edu/~kimiko/iobrush/
I. Want.

http://mocoloco.com/
Interesting site, but just too much to look at and can’t just browse the stuff.

http://wii.nintendo.com/
Ok, so dumb name aside this looks cool… thought I don’t know if I could get used to that controller. But really all I want is a version of Super Mario All Stars, Tetris (the original with those end animations!), Doctor Mario, and Yoshi’s Cookie. They never seem to come out with “classic” discs that play on the new players… and the old ones die and aren’t made anymore. I need to find some emulators and those games for it. And a controller for my computer.

carpethttp://www.emilianadesign.com/
The flying carpet is awesome… I should just get that and give in to my pillow fetish and get rid of chairs/sofas!

napshellhttp://www.napshell.com/aktuell/en/
I want one for the office during lunch….

paperhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/richardsweeney/sets/72057594105588057/
amazing an beautiful.. and just paper!

egg plantshttp://www.branchhome.com/
I was looking for the bansai in a can (flavor of the month seems to be cactus in a can) but I like the “egg plants” better.

bunny thinghttp://www.conranshop.co.uk/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=297103&cid=TechnoBoy
I blogged about this when a friend first found it and showed me. I still want one. Maybe after I sell the house!

bike povhttp://www.ladyada.net/make/spokepov/
I’m soon going to be a bike commuter… these look fun! Bunny on back wheel chasing a carrot on the front? ๐Ÿ˜€

http://sprouthome.stores.yahoo.net/egglings.html
Actually… I think this is the same as the “egg plants” only cheaper…

eggling 2http://www.wrapables.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=C53013
frog, chick and panda! cuuuute! I bet Khalua would love to munch on their “hair”

aerogarden http://www.aerogrow.com/home.htm
fresh salad minus dirt, worms, and various bugs, yum!

http://milano.interaction-ivrea.it/mattel/projects/bubo/
This looks fun. I want a bunny one!

folding bowlhttp://www.orikaso.com/bowl.html
Other than not being microwaveable really (other than the plate) these are spiffy! They come in blue too. Great for the office or picnics or camping, etc.

blowfly http://www.tranism.com/weblog/archives/2005/12/blowfly_blow.html
An alarm that might actually work… to bad they’re not in production/for sale.

jacket http://www.no-contact.com/
I could so see Meow wearing that to avoid hugs….

paper art http://www.photocabi.net/yukonishimura/
More amazing stuff with paper.

small homehttp://www.microcompacthome.com/index.php
I bet Meow could live in one of these too. No you can’t put one in my yard. Or living room.

soap holder http://www.noveletti.com/petal.html
These are neato, but considering the price tag I’m glad I prefer liquid soap.

giant bunny http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1541732.html
Giant. Pink. Bunny.
I soo want to go cuddle with it!

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Article:

Artists erect giant pink bunny on mountain

An enormous pink bunny has been erected on an Italian mountainside where it will stay for the next 20 years.

A 200ft pink bunny has been erected on an Italian mountainside where it will stay for the next 20 years /Europics

The 200-foot-long toy rabbit lies on the side of the 5,000 foot high Colletto Fava mountain in northern Italy’s Piedmont region.

Viennese art group Gelatin designed the giant soft toy and say it was “knitted by dozens of grannies out of pink wool”.

Group member Wolfgang Gantner said: “It’s supposed to make you feel small, like Gulliver. You walk around it and you can’t help but smile.”

And Gelatin members say the bunny is not just for walking around – they are expecting hikers to climb its 20 foot sides and relax on its belly.

The giant rabbit is expected to remain on the mountain side until 2025.

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