June 24, 2010

Say Hello to Homemade Pop

homemade pop

so i’m always slightly late with my posts. just ask tara. i don’t mean to be so last minute, it’s kind of my nature and also my time management skills (or lack thereof).

anyways, this time, i have a legitimate reason, having spent most of the night at the hospital with my daughter for asthma related issues (she’s okay!).

so i wake up (with 3 hours of sleep) in a tizzy because i’m not sure what to talk about this week. true blood is finally here as of Sunday but i covered that last week.

i’ve covered lost to death, like here, here and here so i know there’s plenty of other good pop culture stuff happening to talk about, although my mind is a little fuzzy today.

so i decide to login to my scoutie girl email to check out if any recent emails are pop culture related (1 out of 20 are) and i laugh. out loud. to the subject line: ‘say hello to homemade pop’.

pretty confident if you ask me, so i open it up and find not only a great pitch but also an amazing set of products (well deserved confidence)!

Danielle from Homemade Pop (she also has an Etsy shop) wrote more about her line:

I concentrate on original illustrations and prints of everyday & nostalgic random randomness. All drawings are done in fine black ink Pilot pens and Prismacolor markers.

Visit Danielle’s website or Etsy shop to check out over 100 great listings!

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June 3, 2010

I wanna do Bad Things To You

Bewere

when my husband, daughter and i first moved into a new place, late last summer, i was a little bored. i happened onto a section of my digital cable where i could watch a few series from the beginning for free. i chose some show called true blood.

true blood cup

the reason i watched it was because i vaguely recalled hearing good things about the show but didn’t know much else. two episodes the first night (thought they were okay). three episodes the next night (was starting to get titillated). five episodes the third night (completely captivated).

coffin couch

i caught up to the live shows (late in the second season) within a week. i called my cousin (who, surprisingly watches way more tv than me) and she told me all about her love of true blood and how, little did i know, it was based on a book series (i’m on book 10 of 10, reading it very slowly because the thought of waiting a year for book 11 literally makes me whimper).

true blood glass

it’s been 9 months since my favorite show (dare i say of all time) ended it’s second season and i’ve been busy. i launched a website. i have a few freelance jobs. i’m busy with my tribe.

trueblood shirt

but in 11 days, when my beloved returns to hbo, i’ll make the time for it.

will you?

*image credits:
bewere poster: hbo
true blood mug: maid of clay
coffin couch: von erickson
fang glass: whitewash sundries
vampire boys tee: royalkane

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May 27, 2010

Goodbye to You

goodbye to you. goodbye to everything i thought i knew. you were the one i loved. the one thing that i tried to hold on to.

cosmic firefly case

tara’s been talking about music this week so it’s only fitting i mention a sappy song i love. incidentally enough, michelle branch’s “goodbye to you” pretty much sums up my feelings on Lost exactly (just minus the lover and insert the show).

lost magnets

the day has come and gone as my beloved lost ended it’s series this past sunday. it was touching, beautiful, frustrating, surprising, lovely and sad. i spent somewhere around 6 hours parked in front of my tv to watch the pre-show, finale and jimmy kimmel special.

lost cookies

the camps are divided on the ending and although i’m still annoyed with a few loose ends, the finale (watched a 3rd time since already) was exactly what fans wanted and needed.

lost sign

what did you think of the finale?

photo credits:

steampunk cigarette case. cosmicfirefly
lost character magnets. saturatedcanaryart
lost cookies. somethingsweetshoppe
lost sign. soadypopdesigns

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May 20, 2010

locke IS the new black

Lost Locke T-shirtnot sure how i missed this. perhaps i’ve been spending too much time living in fear and not enough time browsing etsy and blog hopping.

happened to catch this item featured on a handmade spark post about lost and had to share. because locke IS the new black. and i like it.

check out allan’s shop slothart for this shirt and other great finds like vintage cameras, photographs and more.

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May 6, 2010

Goodbye Old Friends… (spoiler alert)

LOST. that was epic. no. that was epic heartbreak.

after i watched the latest lost episode entitled ‘the candidate,” i called my fellow LOST loving friend up to chat and it turned out she just got laid off from her job. she said if she had watched it the night it aired (she watched it the day after, because i begged her to) she might have jumped off her balcony. it was that sad.

and yes, i did cry. i heaved. i whimpered. it was like a little baby who just couldn’t stop, except that baby was me. i had to though, i owed it to them, I spent 5+ years becoming invested in these people. (and yes, i’m well aware they are still alive in the sideways world!)

anyways, today i was looking for something to cheer me up and low and behold, look what i saw:

Bolts & Bots has the CUTEST LOST bots ever. EVER. like the sayid bot (sniff):

Sayid Bot

or the sun & jin bots (double sniff):

Jin and Sun Bots

and there’s MORE, lots more. Jennifer from Bolts and Bots loves LOST as much as I do (hmm, I wonder if she cried too)

Lost Bots

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