These posters are fantastic. An amazingly creative way to share advice and wisdom.
Advice to sink in slowly is a series of posters designed by recent and established graduates of University College Falmouth for the purpose of passing on advice and inspiration to first year students. A poster is given as a welcoming gift to every first year student when they enroll.
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Sometimes I Think Sometimes I Don’t light installation by Stefan Bruggemann.
I’ve been tagged by d.Sharp and Fresh Peel. And since I haven’t done one of these in awhile, well, I guess it’s time to fess up.
1. You know when there’s something rank smelling in the air and people tell you to breathe through your mouth? Yeah, I can’t do that. I feel like I’m eating the stench.
2. I’m constantly in the middle of an internal monologue and sometimes make the mistake of speaking it out loud. Make that a very frequent sometimes.
3. My sarcasm runs rampant and if you don’t know me, well, let’s just say there may be either severe confusion or offense taken. And lots of explaining to do on my part.
4. I have no middle name.
5. I am the Queen of Lists. I have them for everything in a notebook I tote around. Right down to one for Possible Future Pet Names. I’m such a loser. (And not at all antipcipating or looking forward to the demise of my current two feline friends…)
6. I love to purge my belongings at least once a year. (In fact, it’s one of the lists!) But I have a rule that 99% of the things I’m ditching either go to charity or someone else who can use them – not into the trash.
7. My favorite word in the English language is quintessential. If you don’t know what it means look it up.
I’m not going to tag anyone because I figure by this point we’ve all filled out this chain letter equivalent at least once. But what I am going to do is open it up to the Design Crush readers. Yes, you. It can be seven strange things about yourself or one. If you feel compelled to share your deepest, darkest secrets there’s no better time or place and than here and now.
Posted In just a note
I love using pretty little dishes and bowls on my dresser and in the bathroom to hold jewelry and hair accessories. I’ve been looking for just the right piece for my perfume bottles and think I’ve found it in these candy colored glass pedestals. The cotton candy pink glass pieces come in two sizes – Small is 6.25″ diameter, 2″h and Medium is 8.5″ diameter, 3″h. And if I get tired of having it in the bathroom I can always just relocate it to the kitchen for goodies!
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Posted In kitchen
Calling cards seem to be making a mad comeback. These vintage rotary phone calling cards are one of my favorites I’ve seen yet. The vibrant colors and bold use of shapes and white space really caught my eye. Hopefully it will also catch the eye of whomever you bestow one of these upon!
It’s seriously time for CB2 to branch out a wee bit more. I popped into their site recently to see what was new – and of course browse the remnants of holiday decorations – and came across these great pieces. I’m pumped about the Beaker Glasses being so cheap when I’ve seen similar ones elsewhere for much more moola. And stainless steel will get me every time. These snack bowls and shaker are so sleek.
I’m a bit of a bag whore. Lately I’ve been glued to my Timbuk2 because I can wrangle my MacBook, my lunch and whatever other “necessities” I need for the day into it. But it was love at first sight when I saw the Persida Lapsac yesterday. Not only is it stylish and design-y, but it has a built-in padded zipper pocket on the front for your laptop. And from the looks of it no one would ever guess that’s what you were packing. Genius.
Wine That Loves doesn’t only come in a great package, it comes with a great idea. These wines have been expertly designed for the foods you love by sommelier Ralph Hersom. The people behind the brand believe that the pleasure that comes from wine and food paired right should not be so hard to find. You don’t have to be at a restaurant and it doesn’t have to be a crap shoot any longer. I love that the bottle design really gets that across with simple, well thought out communication.
Definitely for the furniture geek at heart. I need these notecards from Modern Printed Matter asap.
I have great memories of Boston brown bread as a kid. There was a restaurant in my hometown in Pennsylvania that always served you a slice when you ordered a salad. I’d slather it with butter or cream cheese and slowly devour the molasses and raisin-filled delight. I’ve never actively searched for a recipe to make it before, but just happened to trip across this one last week. It’s a little complicated to make (it involves steaming!) and is actually more of a traditional pudding than bread I found out. Beware that if you do decide to try the recipe that the bread itself doesn’t keep very long, so eat it up fast. Which wouldn’t be a problem in my house…