One thing I love about the world wide web is the "6 degrees of separation" path it leads me down. I google something, come across something else, follow that, find another interest, all the while commenting to myself, "I like that!...Oh I love that!...Oh that is a great song!...I wonder what happened to that!" Yes, every thought in my brain ends with an exclamation mark!
TODAY'S 6 DEGREES OF SEPARATION JOURNEY:
A blog dedicated to crafty ideas. There are some ridiculously ugly items you can find free patterns for, but there is also some beautiful handmade ideas. I discovered arigumi (knitted japanese stuffed animals) here and have since got a best friend making me wonderfully cute creatures (she has the talent - I, just the appreciation for)
PANTALINE- Provisioners of America's Finest Plural Clothing
From Craftzine, I linked to a ridiculously funny site about "Plural Clothing". I want to order the "couch dress".
MCSWEENEY'S
The Pantalaine website that gave me such a laugh, was created by the one and only McSweeney's. The literary journal was started in 1998, edited by Dave Eggers, publishes some of the world's most talented writers. And not only is the writing drool-worthy, so is the design of the the McSweeney's magazine. **sigh true love** . Also some great stuff in the McSweeney's Store.
DAVE EGGERS
Editor of the brilliant McSweeney's, as well as author of one of my favourite books "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius". AHWOSG: focuses on the author's struggle to raise his younger brother in San Francisco following the sudden deaths of their parents. The book is a bestseller and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction.
"THE BALLAD OF TIMOTHY MCSWEENEY"
A song done by They Might be Giants". I love this band since they created one of my all time favourite happy songs: "Birdhouse in your Soul"
BIRDHOUSES
I have numerous bird houses in our little city backyard (ok, 13 right now). I love birds and I love this modern bird house at Make Blog (which is a sub-set of the Craftzine blog)
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