[ paul pierrot ] over the black pond

quick blog entry before i head off to work. you know me and rabbits (being a 1987 rabbit baby, myself). i just love paul pierrot's illustrative style. and the lil boys baby tats above are adorable.

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over the black pond: click
paul pierrot: click

[ eileen renger kundin ] where the wild things are slippers

someone remind me to do a "request off" form for the first weekend of may. i MUST go to ny and see  my ruvs - autumnus and olicakes <3 <3 <3 also. can i just say. i need to either 1) send babbycakes some presents from me and my moomy or 2) take said presents with me to new york and give them to him there. either way, autumnus will prob smack me cus i cant stop shopping for the lil man. but isn't that what 이모s (imo=auntie) do?? i think so!

someone please stop me before i (or MAKE ME) buy these wolfish slippers for olicakes. handmade by eileen renger kundin, you can choose from a buncha diff faux fur fabrics. inspired by where the wild things are, these are too darn cute. and they come in adult sizes. so basically i should buy one for olicakes, one for autumnus, one for erise my ruv, and one for myself. the whole motley ragtag raggamuffin crew <3

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where the wild things are slippers: click
eileen renger kundin: click

[ dain suh ] sushi babies

for my bday, bossdawg took me out for sushi for lunch and it was DERICIOUS. i've been craving 회 (hwae) and sushi for weeks and that seriously hit the spot. although, now, thinking about it.... i'm still craving it! i told nevz that when he gets back from china, we are going STRAIGHT to hinata. uni & sweet shrimp are calling me name. i ALSO really wanna go to the 회집 (hwae restaurant) in ellicott city - that ish is GOOD.

was 'researching' a blog entry (researching sounds too formal, but i mean, i guess thats what it is?) and happened upon these delightful cartoon sushis by dain suh! yummy yummy yummy its so good for my tummy, yummy yummy yummy yumMY!~

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sushi babies: click
dain suh: click

[ pablo matteoda ] sharky tea infuser

i've been really into teavana tea lately. i'm all about homeopathic hollistic awesomeness so - say - when i had a bad cold this winter, i drank some teavana tea to help with the congestion, coughing, etc. ALSO, they have really great anti-nausea tea for hangovers (i'm serious, ginger ginseng something or other aka awesome in a cup).

anyway, my teavana teaball, as functional as it is, is nowhere as cool as this sharky infuser by pablo matteoda. you can buy it here but its out of stock at the mo'. PRETTY cool though right?! duh-nuh.... duh-nuh.... DUN-NUH DUN-NUH DUN-NUH! 

ok anyway i'm actually delirious cus i've been up since way too early for me (aka 7am) and i literally need to take a nap before i do anymore of this (click the link, cus i literally can't even describe it) today.

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sharky tea infuser: click
pablo matteoda: click
at donkey products: click

[ chris yoon ] kleenex desktop companion

temperatures have dipped down into the 30s and you know what that means. yup - snow flurries. so far, none here in columbia but me and jen unnz are going to be heading down to CP today for some various errands and it's apparently snowing there now!

a few months behind on this but hey - now that the weathers cold again - it seems quite relevant to share. design student chris yoon re-packaged kleenex with designers as the target audience.

Beyond simply decorating a Kleenex box, I wanted to think through how the product (the tissues) could interact with the packaging once it was open, which eventually led to a typewriter loaded with paper, a whale spraying from his blowhole, a cottage emitting smoke, and any number of executions that fit that idea.

as a designer myself, I WANT KLEENEX TO ALWAYS LOOK LIKE THIS. hahaha so basically, he totally succeeded. great idea, great execution.

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kleenex desktop companion: click
chris yoon: click

[ 6 picks ] quarter century bday

as some of you know (and some of you don't) it was my bday this past weekend. andddd twas a crazy-fun time. i'm glad i got to celebrate with everyone who came to dinner and/or 2020. andddd i'm glad taynifer oppz isn't mad we kidnapped him and that he had to spend the entire day sunday at my house hahaha.

what better bday present than getting to spend time w/ fam/friends, right? unless, of course, you wanna say BIG BANG'S NEW ALBUM DROPPED YESTERDAY. ahem. one day after my bday. ahem. obviously as a birthday present to moi. pwahahaha!

anyway lemme calm myself down and give you a bday-related 6picks!~

grafika: 100% PCR paper
by 1973
[ a green - and still beautiful - way to wrap presents! ]

fische sternzeichen # 2: illustration
by julia humpfer
[ from her zodiac series, the pisces! aka meee! ]

nesting: steel shot glasses
by wintercheck factory
[ reminds me of watercups in korea haha i want 'em in all 3 colors! ]

chrysanthemum: candleholder flips over to become a bowl
by michaella janse van vuuren
[ this looks like a huge cake. or a weird brain hahaha ]

cake walk: collage, illustration
by sarah ogren
[ ALMOST didnt have cake this yr but then we went to shilla 냠 ]

aleister primrose: hand-printed wallpaper
by grow house grow!
[ apparently violets and primroses are my birth month flower? ]

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grafika: click
fische sternzeichen # 2: click
nesting: click
chrysanthemum: click
cake walk: click
aleister primrose: click

[ kris tate ] ▲ntoniette▲

again, it's been awhile since i've blogged. my birthday festivities ran all weekend and i was too tired even yesterday to do anything but lay around watching how i met your mother. which, btw, is one of my fave shows of all time but i digress.

monday night, when me and richie rich were driving down to annandale for bonchon, we saw something SUPER weird. on 95S, right at the 175 exit, we saw..... a UFO. im not kidding! it was this aircraft that was as close as an airplane would be (since we're near BWI, we get a lotta those). but there was a ring of orangey, fireball light around it that kept spinning. and after it stopped spinning, it looked like letters, except they were upside-down and backwards.... soooooo strange.

i was getting together a 6picks and happened upon these awesome collages by kris tate. love love love the black&white vs. hyper-color used in the pieces. my fave is ▲ntoniette▲ because it looks supernova galactic, which is such a fun juxtaposition with her 18th century french aristocrat hair.

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▲ntoniette▲: click
kris tate: click

[ microworks ] farfalle!

been trucking to get through this work week because it's my weekend off this weekend AND it's my birthday this coming monday. therefore - PARTAYYYYY.  obviously, i should wear my birthday suit (harharhar) for the occasion.

and what better way to complete any outfit than a bowtie made to look like pasta? the acrylic clip-on by japanese design label microworks is adorable and comes in a bunch of fun colors. there are conveniently five colors to choose from which means big bang should probably wear them in their next MV. just sayin'...

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farfalle!: click
microworks: click

[ my milk toof ] things for carrot #3

inhae renee lee is the mastermind behind these adorable little teefs. the story behind these little guys - ickle and lardee - is that they are her old baby teeth all grown up. it was hard to pick just one of the entries to share because they are ALL adorable but they've recently acquired a new house guest (or, i'm hoping, permanent roommate): a goldfish they've decided to call carrot. the last few entries have been things that the milk toofs are making for carrot! ^^ so sweet!

thanks to miss elly for posting this on her facebook and thus introducing me to the wonderful world of ickle and lardee.

just like marcel the shell with shoes on, these guys have their very own book out. i still want the marcel book and now i want this one as well. and i mean.... my bday is coming up.... hehehehe.

"We made you a telephone in case of emergencies."

"Testing, one, two, three...Testing!"

"Well, in case it doesn't work- we made you cell phones too."

a look inside inhae renee lee's process of making 'my milk toof'

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things for carrot #3: click
my milk toof: click

[ runway to win ] tracy reese

ok so it's valentine's day and this entry is completely unrelated but whatever. found this via twitter last night and uhm - WHAT. i find it awesome, interesting, and completely different that they're having well-known designers design obama gear for his campaign! [though this may have been done before and i was just unaware?] i sooo want the above cropped sweatshirt by tracy reese, the below white sleeveless tee by rachel roy, and MOST DEFINITELY the "let us be clear" hoodie by alexander wang. gimme!!! the derek lam bag below made me think of jen unnz~

and i guess there IS a way for me to tie this into valentine's day. just looked at the site again and saw this: receive 10% off all orders of $10 or more with the code LOVEOBAMA. do itttt!

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tracy reese - runway to win: click
runway to win: click