Happy Thanksgiving everyone. What's getting without giving, am I right?
Thursday, November 27, 2008
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
First I would like to apologize for my lack of posts, I've been busy work work working.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone. What's getting without giving, am I right?
Happy Thanksgiving everyone. What's getting without giving, am I right?
Thursday, November 13, 2008
SWEETS!
What's happy? CANDY CANDY CANDY!
I did a little research and found that after eating a sugary treat, our brains release opioids natural chemicals that give our bodies a feeling of "intense pleasure".
I've been a Candy Kid for quite some time now and am ALWAYS in a better mood after a bag of Sour Patch Kids or a Butterfinger. Whether it be candy or something else, maybe something salty, pretzels maybe, I think it's important that everyone find something simple and accessible they can enjoy. Just remember, everything in moderation. The last thing you want to do is over indulge and then never want to enjoy your special treat again.
Post Script: While searching for images to add to this post it was nearly impossible to find a photo of someone eating candy or cake without a big grin across their face!
I did a little research and found that after eating a sugary treat, our brains release opioids natural chemicals that give our bodies a feeling of "intense pleasure".
I've been a Candy Kid for quite some time now and am ALWAYS in a better mood after a bag of Sour Patch Kids or a Butterfinger. Whether it be candy or something else, maybe something salty, pretzels maybe, I think it's important that everyone find something simple and accessible they can enjoy. Just remember, everything in moderation. The last thing you want to do is over indulge and then never want to enjoy your special treat again.
Post Script: While searching for images to add to this post it was nearly impossible to find a photo of someone eating candy or cake without a big grin across their face!
ALL THINGS HAPPY?
I think it's time to take a step back and really think about what this blog is for and what I intend it to do. Right now it feels more like a "Look At What I Found And Think Is Cool" blog, which is fine but I want something more.
I feel like I had the right idea when I named the blog so from here on out I plan on really making this a place for someone to come and read or see a bit of something I've decided help make things happy.
Why, you might ask, because I think being happy is the single most important thing in the world.
I feel like I had the right idea when I named the blog so from here on out I plan on really making this a place for someone to come and read or see a bit of something I've decided help make things happy.
Why, you might ask, because I think being happy is the single most important thing in the world.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
graphic design
i found this website through another blog, http://www.whatisblik.com/janhabraken.html. the Studio Jan Habraken Wall Decals are what drew me in. they've been making stencils of real life objects that go into rooms and painting them on the walls of homes in really great bright colors.
i had an idea a long time ago to paint the silhouette of two lamps on either side of my bed, but never did it, now i wish i had.
i had an idea a long time ago to paint the silhouette of two lamps on either side of my bed, but never did it, now i wish i had.
Saturday, November 1, 2008
ketchup
now that i have the internet again, it's time to "ketchup".
i graduated college, my brother got married, i moved to seattle for the summer, went camping, went to israel, went to salt lake city, went back to chicago and stayed with my mom for a little while, stayed with my dad in michigan (but didn't take any pictures), visited brett in santa fe and then went back to chicago, packed up all of my things and moved into an apartment with rachel in brooklyn, new york. oh, and i got a job, but i don't start until november 17th.
graduation:
wedding:
seattle: (i didn't take enough pictures in seattle guyz)
camping:
israel: (i climbed a mountain)
salt lake city: (my buddy liz got married)
chicago: (check out dat bean yo)
santa fe: (there are two because i wanted to dedicate one to the biggest rainbow i've ever seen)
job: http://www.lichtencraig.com/
pictures of brooklyn and the new, and FABULOUS, apartment to come.
love
i graduated college, my brother got married, i moved to seattle for the summer, went camping, went to israel, went to salt lake city, went back to chicago and stayed with my mom for a little while, stayed with my dad in michigan (but didn't take any pictures), visited brett in santa fe and then went back to chicago, packed up all of my things and moved into an apartment with rachel in brooklyn, new york. oh, and i got a job, but i don't start until november 17th.
graduation:
wedding:
seattle: (i didn't take enough pictures in seattle guyz)
camping:
israel: (i climbed a mountain)
salt lake city: (my buddy liz got married)
chicago: (check out dat bean yo)
santa fe: (there are two because i wanted to dedicate one to the biggest rainbow i've ever seen)
job: http://www.lichtencraig.com/
pictures of brooklyn and the new, and FABULOUS, apartment to come.
love
an ode to the eames
i've written a little here and there about the design team and married couple, charles and ray eames but i really want to tell you more about them so you fall in love with them like i have.
most of this information is coming from our good friend wikipedia, so if you want to know more, you know where to go.
charles studied architecture and may or may not have been kicked out for having ideas that were "too modern" for their time. he looked up to a man you may or may not have heard of, eliel saarinen whose son, eero, he later befriended and worked with. charles' work was often called organic and ergonomic in form which we can see in his (and ray's) design of the molded plywood chairs.
ray was teaching at cranbrook (an arty farty school in detroit that my mom incidentally went to) when she met charles, who at the time was married. she taught textile classes and later designed textiles for upholstery and accessories. oh, also she only wore clothes by the designer that created the wardrobe for "the sound of music"
at some point they fell madly in love and charles ditched his boring wife and kids to run away to california with miss ray.
there, in california, they designed and built THE EAMES HOUSE. the house was part of a project/competition of architects and designers. their house was made of all prefabricated parts and was constructed in just one day. there are so many great pictures of them the day the house was being built. they were really fun, wonderful people that loved to play and travel.
the couple was very much about the process of design and solving problems with beautiful and creative solutions. i believe this is why i love them the way i do. they never designed something and said it was finished right away, they asked themselves questions and really perfected the things they put their names on. trial and error was huge in the eames office. they also didn't only design when they were asked/commissioned to, they were always working on projects and searching for problems to solve. they really wanted to bring "the good life" to everyone, they thought design should be beautiful, affordable, flexible and it was always plus if it could be prefabricated.
"what works is better than what looks good. the looks good can change, but what works, works." charles eames
ray kicked the bucket exactly 10 years, to the day, after charles.
they worked with molded plywood, like i said earlier, fiberglass, plastic resin and wire mesh when making furniture. they didn't stop at furniture though, charles and ray made short films such as "the powers of 10" and "mathematica: a world of numbers and beyond", textiles and children's toys.
oh, i want to make it clear that both charles and ray worked equally on almost all of the work we've seen from them but charles usually got all of the credit because it made their work more reputable and he was a man and that's simply how things were.
i would have put up more photos of their work but i really just want you to love THEM. google image search "eames" and you'll find all the beautiful design you'll ever need.
most of this information is coming from our good friend wikipedia, so if you want to know more, you know where to go.
charles studied architecture and may or may not have been kicked out for having ideas that were "too modern" for their time. he looked up to a man you may or may not have heard of, eliel saarinen whose son, eero, he later befriended and worked with. charles' work was often called organic and ergonomic in form which we can see in his (and ray's) design of the molded plywood chairs.
ray was teaching at cranbrook (an arty farty school in detroit that my mom incidentally went to) when she met charles, who at the time was married. she taught textile classes and later designed textiles for upholstery and accessories. oh, also she only wore clothes by the designer that created the wardrobe for "the sound of music"
at some point they fell madly in love and charles ditched his boring wife and kids to run away to california with miss ray.
there, in california, they designed and built THE EAMES HOUSE. the house was part of a project/competition of architects and designers. their house was made of all prefabricated parts and was constructed in just one day. there are so many great pictures of them the day the house was being built. they were really fun, wonderful people that loved to play and travel.
the couple was very much about the process of design and solving problems with beautiful and creative solutions. i believe this is why i love them the way i do. they never designed something and said it was finished right away, they asked themselves questions and really perfected the things they put their names on. trial and error was huge in the eames office. they also didn't only design when they were asked/commissioned to, they were always working on projects and searching for problems to solve. they really wanted to bring "the good life" to everyone, they thought design should be beautiful, affordable, flexible and it was always plus if it could be prefabricated.
"what works is better than what looks good. the looks good can change, but what works, works." charles eames
ray kicked the bucket exactly 10 years, to the day, after charles.
they worked with molded plywood, like i said earlier, fiberglass, plastic resin and wire mesh when making furniture. they didn't stop at furniture though, charles and ray made short films such as "the powers of 10" and "mathematica: a world of numbers and beyond", textiles and children's toys.
oh, i want to make it clear that both charles and ray worked equally on almost all of the work we've seen from them but charles usually got all of the credit because it made their work more reputable and he was a man and that's simply how things were.
i would have put up more photos of their work but i really just want you to love THEM. google image search "eames" and you'll find all the beautiful design you'll ever need.
Friday, October 24, 2008
brooklyn, ny
hey kids
i don't have da internet yet, i'm on andy's computer, this will be quick.
ny is great! brooklyn is great!
today i was walking to a job interview, one of a few, and walked past ETHAN HAWK with his son on their way to school.
catch ya on the flip side
i don't have da internet yet, i'm on andy's computer, this will be quick.
ny is great! brooklyn is great!
today i was walking to a job interview, one of a few, and walked past ETHAN HAWK with his son on their way to school.
catch ya on the flip side
Sunday, October 5, 2008
new stamps!
I'm so so excited because there are new Charles and Ray Eames stamps out! Just in time for me to send out my resumes to architecture and design offices.
i'm gonna but SO MANY of them.
i'm gonna but SO MANY of them.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
got it
i just got this hat on sale at target.
i saw it and i wasn't sure if i liked it enough to buy it so i wore it around the store for a while and guess what, I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! i want to wear it all the time everyday, all day long. i just think it's so great.
(strange lighting)
i saw it and i wasn't sure if i liked it enough to buy it so i wore it around the store for a while and guess what, I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! i want to wear it all the time everyday, all day long. i just think it's so great.
(strange lighting)
Sunday, September 28, 2008
new marimekko!
these are just the ones i like the best, there are a lot more at:http://www.marimekko.fi/eng/interior/fabric/etusivu
CHECK EM OUT!
i can't help but like it
listen, i know she's crazy and sometimes she wears really ugly shoes, but most of the time, i wanna look like kitty kat.
i like this blazer
this baggy sweater over the fitted white tank is pretty classy without looking like she cares, even though we all know she does
even i'm willing to admit these pants a cutting it close to those balloon pants, HOWEVER, i like me a wide leg jean
this black 3/4 sleeve shirt is just great, very audrey hepburn. also, that hat is a bit much but i think a famous person can get away with it.
these two are just too cute!
again, that little one is just adorable! i like the baggy jean with the messy rolled cuff, i think it's cool, like she's gonna go put her feet in the water or something, so free spirited.
i like this blazer
this baggy sweater over the fitted white tank is pretty classy without looking like she cares, even though we all know she does
even i'm willing to admit these pants a cutting it close to those balloon pants, HOWEVER, i like me a wide leg jean
this black 3/4 sleeve shirt is just great, very audrey hepburn. also, that hat is a bit much but i think a famous person can get away with it.
these two are just too cute!
again, that little one is just adorable! i like the baggy jean with the messy rolled cuff, i think it's cool, like she's gonna go put her feet in the water or something, so free spirited.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
duffy
i love her!
i think i may have posted this already, but i think she's really great and i love her voice!
she's kinda old fashioned like wino but way cleaner and less shity.
that picture is so classy!
i like her bangs in this one, if i let my hair get longer i might have to cut bangs like those
i think i may have posted this already, but i think she's really great and i love her voice!
she's kinda old fashioned like wino but way cleaner and less shity.
that picture is so classy!
i like her bangs in this one, if i let my hair get longer i might have to cut bangs like those
Friday, September 5, 2008
honey stix!
i'm trying to cut down on sour patch kids, they're not very good for your teeth. i found these straws filled with honey called HONEY STIX! they're great! sometimes they're honey flavored and sometimes they're other flavors in the honey, like strawberry. i've only seen them in coffee shops near the cream and sugar but once i find them in a grocery you better bet i'll buy a whole bundle of em!
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