conquest of cute, part 4

Cute Storage: Ceramics Edition!  Here are a couple of Christmas gifts, plus a couple of cheap scores! Maybe you've been a long-time reader and you know I have a thing for teeth! If not, well. I like cute teeth. I don't want real teeth; it's more of an artistic representation of teeth that I like. Maybe I'll post more about that sometime. I have some collections that are nearly...

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conquest of cute, part 3

I found these at Target at the beginning of the year! They're all the same size (8.5 inches x 6.5 inches, 4 deep), and I find the size ideal for some of the stuff that won't fit in smaller boxes. The translucent pink chevron ones were with the kids' stuff, meant for little girls' rooms, and the floral with the "RE-style" stuff that I assume is meant for teens and/or dorm rooms. They had a whole...

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conquest of cute, part 2

What is with all the cute plastic storage bins lately?? I was looking all over for an acceptable small (but not too small) plastic storage bin last summer while Target and JoAnn's had their dorm-ready storage options out. It took me forever to find just one. But this winter, I've found all kinds of cute boxes. While yarn shopping at Michael's the other day, I cut purely coincidentally through...

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conquest of cute

Straight up, it's nearly impossible to find 17" laptop cases/sleeves/bags! Especially cute ones. Yeah, I know my laptop is huge and won't fit in any backpack or purse (unless I get a really huge one), but why should that prevent me from having a nice way to keep it from being damaged when I'm hauling its big butt around? Googling, Vera Bradley was one of the only makers of 17" laptop sleeves that...

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new year, same ol' me

After Christmas I pretty much went into hibernation! I haven't even been writing much; it feels like that was all I did last year, so I miss it. I think I blew a fuse with doing holiday stuff plus a huge amount of writing in a two-week THROWDOWN SHOWDOWN. But I'm ready to tackle 2014 now. I've been cleaning and purging. And I'm ready to brainstorm on the ripple throw I want to make this year!...

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