OBSESSED WITH: Finding an iphone case

So as you know from my geriatric ranting the other day, I got an iphone 4, which actually came much earlier than expected. And I must say, I'm starting to enjoy it. But the next logical need is a protective case for me to carry. So I searched on Etsy and found one I'm happy with. I also found a lot more that I might have also been happy with, had I wanted to blow all the money I just made on Etsy, on Etsy. (Which is very easy to do.)

I LOVE these simple pouches by Denardi.

Yummy Pocket has really fun ones, like a gameboy, monsters, mustachioed faces, and my favorite- the mix tape.

And Tinder and Bloom has tons of BEAUTiful leather ones.

 

I ended up snagging this Japanese fabric cutie from Genie Crafts. It was just $8- no shipping!

Sometimes it's really nice to just buy something lovely and handmade rather than make it yourself, you know?

OBSESSED WITH: the "New" Houseplants

1. Arrangements by Succulent Love

2. Wreath tutorial here

3. Make an air plant chandelier here

4. Air plant pod

5. Apothecary jar terrarium

So pretty and so low-maintenance. Maybe I will start a whole hanging-terrariums-garden thing in our bedroom... 

OBSESSED WITH: Old Clocks

1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

I think I just need something like that unimposing little aqua one by my bed. Then I won't have those red digital numbers emblazened behind my eyelids when I wake up about 30 minutes before Hendrix is going to wake up, and I'm so annoyed I can't fall back asleep. 

Yes, I did just make up the word emblazened. I give you all permission to add it to your vocabulary.

good nightzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

OBSESSED WITH: Yellow Chairs

You heard me. Yellow chairs. I would like one in every room of my home.

1, 2, 3, 4, and 5

Actually, the reason I am obsessed with these as of late is because I need a couple of dining room chairs, pub-height. We do have all four that came with our black dinette set. But I have commandeered one as my sewing chair upstairs. The other has a booster seat strapped onto it, and a nice layer of dried-on food that I will probably need an industrial sander for. Of course, I can't afford any of the above, but I have been thinking about buying a couple of mismatching ones on Craigslist, then painting those along with the 2 remaining dining chairs a nice shade of mustard. 

I haven't consulted Nick about this, he may hate yellow... Just one more thing we really should have talked about before we got married. I gotta go rethink some stuff...

OBSESSED WITH: Kimono Style Robes

Call me old-ladyish for this one, but I don't care. I've wanted one ever since I saw Anjelica Huston in The Life Aquatic. It's just the classy way to do lazy...

1. Indian fabric from Plum Pretty Sugar

2. Short length from Natori

3. Simple black from Calvin Klein

4. Asian print from Ms. Wood

5. And just for fun, fake-British accent, Japanese-influenced, zombie-complexioned Madonna from the 1999 Grammys. Ah, thank you Madonna. We can only aspire to such constant self-reinvention.

OBSESSED WITH: Faux Bois

French for fake wood, (that's just a guess, I'm just pretending to know French to impress you,) the trend has been around for a while, but I love it more and more...

1. Wristlet from JLStephens Couture

2. Pillow on Apartment Therapy

3. Bookshelf makeover on Imacookoo

4. Memo board from Ekoh Design

5. Gift Box on CraftStylish

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