A truly unexpected performance. Watch the whole thing.
Just goes to show that you never know what you might get.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Spicy
Ever since I finished my afghan last month, I've been itching to start another DIY project.
During my ongoing design blog readings, I came across a project that sounded relatively easy and very practical.
I have quite a few spices, and I've been on the look out for a decent spice rack for a while now. I haven't been able to find any that I like for less than $50 (I have expensive taste, what can I say??) and my drawer full of little ziplock bags and various containers of spices just isn't cutting it.
Check out this homemade spice rack by Craftynest. I love how it fits 25 different spices, in neat matching containers. The tins fit perfectly and are available to buy online for less than a dollar a tin, and the labels are just the spice name printed on adhesive address labels.
One of my coworkers is a middle-age, father figure type man named Patrick and he's got a big workshop in his garage. He's constantly building things - new desks for work and other various projects. Pat had some scrap wood in his garage and was kind enough to cut all the pieces to the right size for me. I don't have quite all the tools to do that myself just yet.
So this morning when I got to work, there was a lovely stack of wood and a sheet of sandpaper, and off I am! I'm borrowing Pat's air nail gun later to assemble it once it's painted. I'm very excited.
I've also been reading online about stores in downtown Seattle to visit when we go there next month, and came across this really cool store called World Spice Merchants. It's essentially a store where you can buy any kind of spice in the world, including ones you've never heard of before, and at a much cheaper rate than you can find here in Winnipeg.
I'm excited to buy new exotic spices and put them in my new spice rack! Whole vanilla beans for $3.50 (they go for $7 or $8 here), Moroccan saffron (pictured below, isn't it beautiful? I love the color), lavendar flowers (I want to make lavendar crême brulêe; pictured above), Hungarian paprika (I need to find a good vegetarian goulash recipe; also pictured below, isn't the color wonderful?), gorgeous yellow tumeric. I can hardly wait. My sister has a list of things to pick up for her as well!
During my ongoing design blog readings, I came across a project that sounded relatively easy and very practical.
I have quite a few spices, and I've been on the look out for a decent spice rack for a while now. I haven't been able to find any that I like for less than $50 (I have expensive taste, what can I say??) and my drawer full of little ziplock bags and various containers of spices just isn't cutting it.
Check out this homemade spice rack by Craftynest. I love how it fits 25 different spices, in neat matching containers. The tins fit perfectly and are available to buy online for less than a dollar a tin, and the labels are just the spice name printed on adhesive address labels.
One of my coworkers is a middle-age, father figure type man named Patrick and he's got a big workshop in his garage. He's constantly building things - new desks for work and other various projects. Pat had some scrap wood in his garage and was kind enough to cut all the pieces to the right size for me. I don't have quite all the tools to do that myself just yet.
So this morning when I got to work, there was a lovely stack of wood and a sheet of sandpaper, and off I am! I'm borrowing Pat's air nail gun later to assemble it once it's painted. I'm very excited.
I've also been reading online about stores in downtown Seattle to visit when we go there next month, and came across this really cool store called World Spice Merchants. It's essentially a store where you can buy any kind of spice in the world, including ones you've never heard of before, and at a much cheaper rate than you can find here in Winnipeg.
I'm excited to buy new exotic spices and put them in my new spice rack! Whole vanilla beans for $3.50 (they go for $7 or $8 here), Moroccan saffron (pictured below, isn't it beautiful? I love the color), lavendar flowers (I want to make lavendar crême brulêe; pictured above), Hungarian paprika (I need to find a good vegetarian goulash recipe; also pictured below, isn't the color wonderful?), gorgeous yellow tumeric. I can hardly wait. My sister has a list of things to pick up for her as well!
Monday, March 30, 2009
The sweetest thing
A friend of mine posted this on facebook the other day and while I'm not usually one to post videos, I can't resist this one.
Watch this little girl give a funeral for her goldfish Lucky.
Watch the whole thing.
Watch this little girl give a funeral for her goldfish Lucky.
Watch the whole thing.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
The most amazing news
I just have to share some wonderful news that I got on Friday.
My lovely Mike and I have been planning a trip to Seattle in May for a few months now. Plane tickets (Winnipeg to Vancouver) and train tickets (Vancouver to Seattle) have been purchased, as well as hotel rooms and Mariners vs. Red Sox tickets.
However, we only just had an amazing discovery on Friday.
While we're in Seattle, the most amazing thing is also occurring a mere 2.5 hours away.
Yes, Sasquatch! Music Festival is happening while we're there! I've wanted to go to the annual festival ever since I first heard of it three or four years ago. What amazing luck! What a beautiful coincidence! What great timing!
The line-up is amazing. Mike's less enthusiastic, there's none of his beloved classic rock on schedule (he doesn't quite share my love of indie music), so I'm trying to convince him that renting a car and driving down to the Gorge for a day would be worth it.
(The mainstage at Sasquatch. Such an amazing view! There's many other stages, as well as camping.)
The shows run Saturday to Monday, and our flight to Winnipeg leaves first thing Sunday morning, so we'd only get to see Saturday's shows (which is the best line up anyways, in my opinion).
Here's the line up (I bolded the bands that I really really like):
Saturday, May 23rd
Sunday, May 24th
Isn't this amazing? We can't NOT go.
My lovely Mike and I have been planning a trip to Seattle in May for a few months now. Plane tickets (Winnipeg to Vancouver) and train tickets (Vancouver to Seattle) have been purchased, as well as hotel rooms and Mariners vs. Red Sox tickets.
However, we only just had an amazing discovery on Friday.
While we're in Seattle, the most amazing thing is also occurring a mere 2.5 hours away.
Yes, Sasquatch! Music Festival is happening while we're there! I've wanted to go to the annual festival ever since I first heard of it three or four years ago. What amazing luck! What a beautiful coincidence! What great timing!
The line-up is amazing. Mike's less enthusiastic, there's none of his beloved classic rock on schedule (he doesn't quite share my love of indie music), so I'm trying to convince him that renting a car and driving down to the Gorge for a day would be worth it.
(The mainstage at Sasquatch. Such an amazing view! There's many other stages, as well as camping.)The shows run Saturday to Monday, and our flight to Winnipeg leaves first thing Sunday morning, so we'd only get to see Saturday's shows (which is the best line up anyways, in my opinion).
Here's the line up (I bolded the bands that I really really like):
Saturday, May 23rd
Kings of Leon / Yeah Yeah Yeahs / The Decemberists / Animal Collective / Bon Iver / Devotchka / M. Ward / Doves / Sun Kil Moon / The Gaslight Anthem / King Khan & The Shrines / Ra Ra Riot / Shearwater / Passion Pit / Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band / Vince Mira / Blind Pilot / AA Bondy / Owl City / Arthur & Yu / Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele / Death Vessel / People's Republic of Komedy / James Pants / Todd Barry / Tim and Eric / Crystal Castles / Nick Thune / Mos Def / Maria Bamford / Champagne Champagne
Sunday, May 24th
Jane's Addiction / Nine Inch Nails / TV On The Radio / The Murder City Devils / of Montreal / The Avett Brothers / Calexico / M83 / The Airborne Toxic Event / The Walkmen / The Wrens / St. Vincent / The Dodos / John Vanderslice / The Submarines / Viva Voce / The Builders And The Butchers / Fences / Point Juncture, WA / The Red Wine Boys / Hockey / Zach Galifianakis / Deadmau5 / Natalie Portman's Shaved Head / People's Republic of Komedy / Aziz Ansari / Japandroids / Mike Watt and The Missingmen / Mad Rad / Street Sweeper
Monday, May 25thBen Harper and Relentless7 / Erykah Badu / Silversun Pickups / Fleet Foxes / Gogol Bordello / Santigold / Grizzly Bear / Explosions In The Sky / Girl Talk / Blitzen Trapper / The Knux / Monotonix / Bishop Allen / Black Moth Super Rainbow / Beach House / Mugison / The Dutchess And The Duke / School Of Seven Bells / Horse Feathers / The Pica Beats / Loch Lomond / Heartless Bastards / The Whitest Kids U' Know / People's Republic of Komedy / Tobacco / Chromeo / God's Pottery / Demetri Martin / BLK JKS / Other Lives
Isn't this amazing? We can't NOT go.
The best ideas are the simplest.
Since I work in advertising as a graphic designer, I'm always on the look out for trends in advertising.
I've seen a few examples lately of ads that are such simple ideas but that work so incredibly well at engaging the public. These two are projects without a huge budget, without TV spots or websites (I have to admit, I found them both on thecoolhunter). The concept is that imagery is placed large-scale on the floor, leaving interesting optical illusions.
This January 2009 ad is for a Skydiving company in Switzerland. The floor of an elevator is pasted with a sticker of an aerial view of their city. Their ad agency is a company called Wirz/BBDO Switzerland. So such a simple yet amazing concept! I love it (though I'd probably get dizzy in that elevator....).
I love this piece! Ad agency superstars Saatchi & Saatchi created this amazing ad in Jakarta, Indonesia, for pet emporium Jakpetz. As people walk through the shopping centre, the people become the fleas on the dog. I love how it isn't immediately noticed until you see it from the balconies above. Brilliant!
I've seen a few examples lately of ads that are such simple ideas but that work so incredibly well at engaging the public. These two are projects without a huge budget, without TV spots or websites (I have to admit, I found them both on thecoolhunter). The concept is that imagery is placed large-scale on the floor, leaving interesting optical illusions.
This January 2009 ad is for a Skydiving company in Switzerland. The floor of an elevator is pasted with a sticker of an aerial view of their city. Their ad agency is a company called Wirz/BBDO Switzerland. So such a simple yet amazing concept! I love it (though I'd probably get dizzy in that elevator....).
I love this piece! Ad agency superstars Saatchi & Saatchi created this amazing ad in Jakarta, Indonesia, for pet emporium Jakpetz. As people walk through the shopping centre, the people become the fleas on the dog. I love how it isn't immediately noticed until you see it from the balconies above. Brilliant!
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