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Labels: youtube.com
posted at 12:26 PM
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4/22/2008
See that there? That's a Blueprint clipping from 19diggity7 which shows a swatch of THE PERFECT fabric for my kitchen roller shades. For two months I've had the fabric sample in my purse, but at $42.95 a yard I was having trouble bucking up the courage to up and call. There are children starving who need new shoes and all. But this morning I was sick of the swatch's high end taunting, and I finally, FINALLY, made the call to place the order. After all, that's why I have a credit card, right?
So I called up B & J Fabrics (the only resale source for the fabric that I've been able to track down), and now it looks like they may be out of stock. Well. Of course they are.
I'm calling upon the powers of the blogosphere to aid me in sending good thoughts and unicorns to B & J's so that they will call back with good news tomorrow. Just in case my embroidered linen world crumbles, does anyone out there have any suggestions for another source? Perhaps a suitable replacement? The fate of my kitchen is in your hands!
Labels: fabric, house, shopping
posted at 4:26 PM
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4/15/2008
Neighborhood Conservation Districts. Infill development. Prese-reno-restoration.
Everybody in Tulsa seems to have an opinion. The debates have been fueled, for the most part, by the increase in snout houses and McMansions within historic neighborhoods. But where does this guy fit in to the discussion?
Labels: design, house, remodel, Tulsa
posted at 1:34 PM
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4/13/2008
Posts have been lame and far between as I'm prepping for the Blue Dome Arts Festival. But really, how much do you want to read about how far we AREN'T along on the bathroom? I know I don't want to write it. When you can only afford a freelance electrician once a week for two hours, things don't move very fast.
If anyone needs an electrician in the Tulsa area, let me know, and I'd be more than happy to recommend this dude. He's our new best friend who we pay to hang out with us.
Here's a little somethin' somethin' to get you through my posting lull. Sound Opinions described them as the Scottish White Stripes... in reverse. Listen to these songs and I promise you won't worry about anything ever again. Ever.
Labels: house, life, music, youtube.com
posted at 9:11 AM
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3/26/2008
Labels: music, youtube.com
posted at 8:56 AM
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Labels: comics
posted at 8:29 AM
3/14/2008
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3/12/2008
Labels: indie shops, shoes, shopping
posted at 2:35 PM
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Today, from 9am to 1pm, Design*Sponge will be posting the finalists of the D*S DIY Contest. I'm waiting with baited breath for each new installment.
Next week? Instructions and tutorials. Yes!
Vote for your favorite project here.
Could Kate's foam and wallpaper fireplace be a temporary solution for my own horribly ugly fireplace? hmmmmm....
Labels: design*sponge, diy
posted at 9:43 AM
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Have you been to Mod Cloth? It is the perfect blend of awesome. How is it awesome? Um hello! Vintage and handmade goods with a side of astronaut ice cream? And that there in the corner? That's a Batter Finger. Duh.
Labels: decor, design, gifts, indie shops, shopping
posted at 9:36 AM
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3/03/2008
So here it is, the Blueprint clipping that has been in my wallet for the last year. It is everything my guest room wishes it could be. This is also the picture that began my obsession with Jonathan Adler's $295 Richard Nixon throw. Curses to you, Blueprint! At one point I actually wanted to try and reproduce the bed EXACTLY, pillow for pillow... but that would've set me back $800. For pillows? No thanks.
Plan B was to try and emulate the feel of the room without spending thousands of dollars. The idea was to keep the same light, airy feel. I loved the look of the photo's white linens with splashes of aqua and citrus introduced through the pillows. I also liked the mix of antique/vintage accessories with the modern designs of the pillows.
Thus, the problem was to find the perfect pillows... since, you know, the entire design of the room was hinging on them. After several false starts, I found two West Elm silk pillow covers on ebay. And then a couple weeks ago... when I least expected it... I found the final pillow! Could it be any more perfecter? No way,cause Nicole Mercurio at Couch Design totally spied into my wallet and designed the perfect pillow that I've always dreamt about. Exciting right? Oh, I know.
See. I told you it was perfect. It looks even better now that it has a pillow form. You'll just have to trust me on that though, cause it's too cloudy to retake the pictures.
The yellow lamp is one of my favorite junk store finds. The chair was salvaged from our old kitchen table set. The doll is purported to be a Canadian Pippi Longstocking and comes from ebay. The two prints are from the fabulous ashleyg.
On the other side of the room... almost everything in this photo came from junk shoppin', except the quilt (made by my great grandmother), the pennants (from my dad's childhood room) and the stuffed cat/bear (Chris' baby toy). If you ever find yourself in Shawnee, OK, make sure and go junk shopping. It's totally worth the risk of being sucked into Shawnee's black hole forever and ever.
So there you go... a very long tour of a very small room. If you ever come to visit, this room could be yours for the night! I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out...and maybe someday the Richard Nixon will take its rightful place at the end of the bed. Argh, how it haunts me!
Labels: decor, design, house, life
posted at 11:16 AM
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posted at 11:33 AM
2/20/2008
The neighborhood has been in upheaval lately over the expansion of a homeless mission near our southern border. This could mean the death of us all (or at least our property values)... or it might only mean that a few more men and women receive a bed and a chance to start over. It could go either way.
In this week's UTW, Michael Bates weighs in on this issue – as he does – and neighborhood planning in general.
Read the column online at urbantulsa.com.
(Notice that in the photo cut line, the homeless are referred to as "substance-addled vagrants". I sincerely believe that this is meant to be tongue in cheek ... otherwise my bleeding heart wouldn't be able to take it.)
There is also an opinion piece stating that downtown is being run into the ground. The tone seems a little... cranky. Road maintenance is annoying at best, but it's also temporary and really hardly a reason to be hatin'. Most of the downtown development is still in planning mode – so maybe you guys can wait to start singing the failure song at least until construction starts. Yes, the Brady District has been the butt of planning errors. Yes, the prison location isn't ideal (what were they thinking?!). Unless you have arson up your sleeve, you're just going to have to deal with it... preferably in a constructive manner.
This is the line that bothers me the most:
"People are afraid to come to Downtown Tulsa in the daytime let alone at night. It is axiomatic that anyone who is fearful of venturing into Downtown Tulsa in the daytime is going to be even more fearful of driving or walking around downtown in the dark."
Who are these people who are afraid to go Downtown during the daylight!? Have they been Downtown? Have they been to Tulsa!? Decidedly.Not.Scary. It's "axiomatic" that Tulsans need to toughen up and live a little.
But then I live in North Tulsa... if I want to impress people I only have to tell them that I take out the trash after 9 pm. I'm pretty hardcore after all.
Speaking of being hardcore in Tulsa: I love Indie Tulsa so hard! Red Fork Hippie makes me want to unpack my Holga and take a day trip... after it warms up.
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Labels: barack obama, politics
posted at 11:05 AM
Senator Obama's latest string of wins can be attributed to the efforts of a small town in Japan.
“He put up a good fight on Super Tuesday and then won seven consecutive contests, so I think our support did him no harm and, in fact, carried him in the right direction,” Mr. Fujiwara said. “That happens sometimes. You enter a restaurant and there’s no one inside, but the moment you sit down and order something, customers start coming in one after the other.”
Thanks guys.
Ron Paul supporters are still working to uncover the conspiracy that will explain the link between Obama the candidate, and Obama the rural fishing village. My guess is that it has something to do with the federal reserve and how it sucks.
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2/10/2008
Yesterday I found our neighbor's dog, Tucker, wandering around the ally without his collar. This is not an unusual sight as Tucker is a chronic escapee... poor guy just doesn't like being cooped up. But, what with the pack of wild dogs terrorizing the neighborhood, it's a tough life out there for a collarless dog, and so we're holding Tucker captive in our back yard until our neighbor's return home at the end of the weekend.
Just look at him... isn't he gorgeous? He's a chow/labrador mix and moves like a lion. These pictures really don't do him much justice.
Labels: life
posted at 5:25 PM
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Yes We Can (Obama for America): will.i.am., et al. (2008)
Labels: barack obama, politics
posted at 3:13 PM
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1/30/2008
Labels: art, artists, barack obama, current events, politics
posted at 8:27 AM
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1/27/2008
posted at 4:58 PM
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1/24/2008
John Allison, the creator of Scary Go Round, has released a new tote- Once I Buy it, It's Safe. Which is true... this tote just won't be safe until I buy it... It's my solemn duty. I gotta show those exchange rates who's boss!
Not only is it a pretty rockin' and Earth friendly shopping bag...but by buying it you'll be supporting a fantastic webcomic which every single one of you should start reading immediately. No seriously... right now. This blog isn't even good, what are you still doing here?
Labels: artists, design, gifts, indie shop, shopping
posted at 1:27 PM
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1/22/2008
1. Take This- Noisebot 2. Just Don't Care- Palmer Cash 3. Windy City- Lucky Threads
4. A Diamond is Forever- Palmer Cash 5. Kern- Veer 6. Bad Decision- Questionable Content
7. I smell- No Star 8. Audio Visual- Palmer Cash 9. Yes You Are- Threadless
Can I just say that the day I first laid eyes on the Kern zip up hoodie from Veer was just about the best day of my entire life? Yeah, that's right... surpassing wedding day, house closing day... blah blah blah. All I'm saying is that the birth of my first child has a lot to live up to, is all.
Oh, and Dad? I'm totally buying you the first one for the next occasion that calls for dad gifts. The surgical nurses will love it. Seriously.
This post represents one hour and thirty minutes that could have been spent working on bathroom demo. Instead, my eyes are all glazed over and now you have pretty shirts to look. Now, If you'll excuse me, I have to run up stairs before Chris gets home so I can pretend that I've been working this whole time.
Labels: design, shirts, shopping, threadless
posted at 10:50 PM
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1/04/2008
posted at 8:52 AM
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12/27/2007
Labels: life
posted at 8:14 AM
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12/26/2007
Sadly, this mail slot won't quite work for our house as our front door is made almost entirely from glass. You better believe that I considered every possible position for it, though, including and not limited to putting a hole in our wall. Then I woke up from ebay dementia and decided that a door knocker on the wall might be... unnecessary.
Someone, SOMEONE, needs to bid on it. Go to ebay! Give them your money!
posted at 9:09 AM
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12/11/2007
Things are a little chilly over here in the country's "mid-section". Our power kicked the bucket on Sunday afternoon and, from the look of the treepocalypse on our street, it may not come back for another week. As much as I appreciate AM radio, if we don't get plugged into a power source soon, I'm going to start actually listening to Michael Savage for enjoyment.
For the duration of the power outage, Chris and I have headed south to become wandering gypsies. If you're interested in housing a couple of refugees from North Tulsa, please email me, as our parents are probably getting pretty sick of us. Power is not necessary, proper insulation is required.
Labels: life house tulsa
posted at 11:51 AM
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12/02/2007
posted at 7:46 PM
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12/01/2007
posted at 10:29 AM
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posted at 3:39 PM
11/29/2007
We're back on the interwebs! I would like to take this opportunity to say hello to the outside world, I've missed you all very much. All complaints as to my lack of communication shall be directed to the offices of Cox Communications, whose internet "service" is a joke.
For those who know me and Chris on a personal level, you know that we survive on a steady diet of House, MD and PBS. That's it...that's all we require. We don't love "I love New York", we've never seen a single episode of "The Hills", and even the History Channel in unnecessary. Just give us a set of bunny ears, and please don't call us between 8 and 9pm on Tuesday nights cause, suckas, we're watching Fox and you KNOW we won't answer our phones.
When I say that we watch a lot of PBS, I mean that it's all we watch (except between 8 and 9pm on Tuesdays). It's not because we're elitist or believe that TV will usher in the fall of civilization. We're just cheap. And really? PBS? Pretty awesome.
So, Tulsa, I just want to say that you have BROKEN MY HEART. Even with our state of the art bunny ears (not those $9.99 sets for the amateurs...we splurged for the $15.99 pair) the only channel that comes in is Univision. UNIVISION! Until They start broadcasting with English subtitles, this just will not stand.
I AM NOT going to be strong armed into buying basic cable. Cox Communications shall not win!
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11/26/2007
posted at 3:23 PM
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posted at 8:19 AM
10/31/2007
I've been a little blog quiet lately. That's because we've been working our socks off getting moved and unpacked. Chris has decided that his first project will be the garage...so I'm glad we have our priorities straight over here. 2 paint cans and seventy-five dollars worth of trips to the dump later, and the garage is looking pretty fantastic. So now I would like some help in the house now, okay?
In other lightening quick updates:
1. I've gone from working for the man to the alternative man and am now a graphic artist at the Urban Tulsa Weekly.
2. Every year since the beginning of our friendship, Chris and I have carved pumpkins. Halloween is just about our favorite holiday. EVER. But, sorry kids, Chris starts his new job tonight so there's no pumpkin carving this year. There's no Santa either. The pumpkins on our porch look so sad and unembellished... just begging to be smashed.
3. Do you like Tim Fite? Really? You don't listen to Tim Fite? What's wrong with you!? His music is so good he gives it away for free! Today, and today only, download a halloween ep for free! This is a special, once in a lifetime, opportunity. Visit timfite.com. Don't be a sucker!
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posted at 8:36 PM
10/07/2007
We have a house! Someone seems to have taken the doorknob from the master bedroom as a souvenir but other than that everything is intact. Chris and I spent Friday evening wandering around the property and meeting some of our new neighbors. I wish that I could have stayed and visited longer but the mosquitoes were vicious! I think I have more bumps on my legs than non-bumps (Chris is supposedly immune because of his high pickle intake... but that's neither here nor there).
We toured the community garden and even removed some of the ivy from the front porch with some ancient looking shears that Chris found in the garage.
Along with the community garden, our new neighborhood comes complete with a community dog, a long-haired cat who thinks it lives on our porch and even a neighborhood kid who wanders unexpectedly into people's homes to make our sitcom experience complete! Wacky!
And shootings... there are also shootings. Hopefully this doesn't turn out to be one of those "very special episodes".
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Now playing: Norfolk & Western - Minor Daughter
via FoxyTunes
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posted at 10:58 AM
10/05/2007
Well, who's surprised that our closing date was rescheduled? Not me! After they waited two weeks to accept our offer and the upped the price on us twice...nope this sort of thing isn't unexpected at all. Good news is, we close today at 3 pm!!! Maybe I'll have a fancy closing picture but maybe not... my mom, who would be our photographer, isn't sure she wants to drive in rush hour traffic to the other side of town just to take our picture. But MoOoOom it's important! Anyway... we'll see. I'm off to spend nearly my entire savings in one fell swoop. Wish me luck!
Since when did Blogger acquire a "Now playing" signature? Hm. I think that's new but I have been kind of preoccupied lately, what with not packing and not finding a job.
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Now playing: Jenny Owen Youngs - Hot In Herre
via FoxyTunes
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10/02/2007
Countdown to closing: less than three days! How about a house tour courtesy of crazy fish-eye-lensed Realtor photos? Objects in photos are closer than they appear.
posted at 5:38 PM
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