Weekly Finds 7.24.11 – Chill

In this day of social networking overload, I feel like I have a million outlets to share whatever, whenever. So I’m resuming my Weekly Finds posts, but this time refining them to make them more thematic and, in this case, timely. So this week I bring you some creative ways to cool off in this heatwave we’re having…

• Tasty Treats: Toasted Coconut Gelato, Strawberry and Blueberry Lemonade Popsicles, Watermelon and Cucumber Tonic, Iced Tea 101, Prosecco and Popsicles, Fruit Cubes
• Beat the Heat: Water Balloon Pinata, Neck Cooler, Sponge Bomb Bucket Toss, Cooling Necklace, Homemade Hammock
• Just for Fun: Koi Ice Cube Tray, Chill Pill

Weekly Finds 8.8.10

So many fun finds this week, like the fairytale bed brought to life by photographer Ditte Isager. Who wouldn’t want to sleep in that? Other treasures I discovered:

• Ideas/Inspirations: Bookmark templates, Capiz shell chandelier, Cupcake wrappers
• Recipes: Blueberry crisp marshmallows, Glow sno cones, Doughnut muffins
• Stuff I covet: Chicago maptote, Corezone, Palace stacking porcelain tableware, Happiness origami tea bag clock

Or for those of you who shudder at sleeping outdoors, perhaps this bed is more your style…

Weekly Finds 8.1.10

Happy to also return to sharing my weekly finds with everyone, this time on a true weekly basis. Hooray! James Hopkins’ Vanitas fall under the “how did he/she/they think of that?” category. Other finds this week include:

• New, happy blog: Creative Kismet
• After returning on Wednesday from a beautiful destination wedding in Hawaii, I was instantly smitten with these photos of an Icelandic destination wedding
• And the clear winning trend this week in my RSS starred feeds? Ice Cream. Choose your poison: PB&J ice cream cone, Homemade Magic Shell, Simple Banana Ice Cream
• Embroidery Love: Praying Mantis, Cupcake Cozy

Weekly Finds 4.18.10

After several months of not blogging, I am more than a bit excited to resume it once again. And without further ado, here are my weekly finds for this week. If only I had a Smitten Stick Kit – blogging would be even more fun a la moustache…

New Blogs: I’ve been spending some time sifting through all of the blogs that have highlighted my embroidery at some point and found some gems in the bunch so far. The Violet Hours, Sakura NYC, Little Ocean.

Music Downloaded: Sarah Borges and Broken Singles/The Stars are Out, Ha Ha Tonka/Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South, Nellie McKay/Normal as Blueberry Pie.

Ideas/Inspirations: Postcarden, Victory Garden of Tomorrow, Floating Shelves

Weekly Finds 8.16.09

While I organize my blog posts for the upcoming week, I’ll leave with my finds from this past week. Like these make-at-home paper owls from Mibo (available for  download for only about $1.65).

• New Blogs: Both of the blogs I found this week have amazingly awesome names, in my opinion. Pancakes & French Fries, Big Gay Ice Cream Truck
• Music Downloaded: Dan Auerbach/Keep it Hid, Peter Bjorn and John/Living Thing, Ratatat/LP3, Does It Offend You, Yeah?/You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into
• Ideas/Inspirations: Umbrella skirt, Recycled Wine Bottle Torch, Momiji Couture Contest

Weekly Finds 8.9.09

Every week I hope to share the various new and interesting things I’ve discovered over the past 7 days. I’m sure the content will vary from week to week, but I hope you might enjoy some of my finds too. Like the Animal Index book organizers by Hiroshi Sasagawa featured above. If only the library’s budget could support something like this…

• New blogs: Reading & Reviewing, the style files
• Music downloaded: The Ting Tings/We Started Nothing, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix/Phoenix, Bon Iver/For Emma, Forever Ago, Bishop Allen/The Broken Strings
• Ideas/Inspirations: Colorful freehand embroidery, Crafternoons at New York Public Library