Tag: Honor Roll

• New Year’s resolutions from the design community.

• Two years to write a joke? I love that Jerry Seinfeld puts so much thought into his work.

• NPR’s 50 wonderful things from the year in pop culture.

• Citizens of Tempe, Arizona: Prepare yourselves for deliciousness from Chicago.

• Why are all of cleaning tools so garish? They ought to be stylish and affordable.

• Gold flatware is the prettiest flatware, yes? It’s also among the most expensive, unfortunately, but I did find a few affordable options (among the much pricier sets). I’m crushing hard on that rose gold…

• These have me ready to put a bird on it. Again.

• I’m so happy for John and Sherry, and their new lighting collection! I wish them all the best.

• On the lookout for a pretty 2013 calendar? Here are some of the best ones out there right now.

• I found knockoff Kate Spade glitter ‘Charm’ shoes at less than 1/3 the price.

• These leather tassel clutches come in such cute colors! The pink one is on its way to me.

• I wrote all about my laundry room redo. I’m still thankful every time I go down there to have a cute, NOT-SCARY place to do laundry.

This week, enter to win a $50 credit for the photograph of your choice from Redlinedesign. Good luck!

This was a short work week — one that I spent mostly with family and friends. I don’t have many links for you from around the web, but as always, there were a few fun things I’d noticed, and they are below. I also have a giveaway and lots of Babble links to share, and then I’m off. Enjoy the weekend, everyone!

• Dressers for dudes. “Simple and wide. Like your mom.”

• Do you sign your emails xoxo? (I have done it, occasionally, but it’s far from a regular occurrence and is reserved for people I know and have corresponded with previously.)

• These photographs of nude dancers are made by combining 10,000 individual photographs to show fluid motion. Amazing (and SFW).

• The best of Craigslist, 2012.

• Switch up the decorations you’ve already put up to make them New Year’s Eve party-ready.

• White ceramic pottery always wins.

• This is the most interesting bookshelf I’ve seen in a long time. So cool.

• Need something pretty to fill up that awesome bookshelf? Try this colorful series of books.

• For good measure, how about one of these literary prints? (I’m especially partial to the Anne of Green Gables quote.)

• For the bandaging of boo-boos.

This week, enter to win a $75 credit to Wallpaper for Windows. Good luck!

• Earth at night, and the largest witnessed ice break-up, caught on film. Beautiful, and scary.

• I deal with breakouts as an adult too, so I really appreciated Anna’s post about skincare and what has worked for her.

• The downsides of new e-commerce models.

• I like the Ruby Slipper Vulture Shuffle. (New signature dance move?)

• Hey local peeps, Val’s Halla could use some support.

• I teared up when I heard the cello. (Goodness, it’s easy to pull my strings!) [via Jules]

• This weekend is all about getting the house photo-shoot ready. I wish I had time to make some of these garlands.

• And if you’re looking to make something too, here are 20 of my favorite holiday printables!

• Floral animal bookends. Cute.

• This modern menorah is gorgeous (and clever).

• Here’s what Eleanor and August are getting for Christmas. Except I already gave August his fox sweater. And they’re getting DreamLites from Santa, per Eleanor’s request (joy).

• Here’s what made my house’s wish list — a.k.a. my wish list.

• Lena Dunham’s book proposal was leaked. Looks like I’ve got a little reading to do this weekend.

• Have you seen this article that’s been floating around about women and likability? I agreed with some of it and the general premise, but are we really still stuck at this point where you can only be seen as a nice girl or a bitch?

• A home so pretty and pink, it’s practically gilded.

• The 50 best couples in fashion’s history.

• I knew Annie Mohaupt from way back when we were both startup indie business (I had my stationery line, and she had her shoes). She’s still going strong with Mohop, and I loved reading this story about how she brought manufacturing back to Chicago after trying to move production overseas to China.

• Holiday crafts for the pre-school set! (I’m so glad Eleanor is finally of an age where we can do some fun crafty projects together.)

• Getting to know my smart camera (when Brandon hasn’t stolen it away, that is).

• Heath Ceramics has gnomes on sticks? Whaaaat? (Too cute.)

• They Might Be Giants partnered up with The Global Fund for Children. It’s a good kids’ song for a good cause.

Enter to win a $50 credit to spend on photography by Chelsea Victoria. Good luck!

• Daily routines of famous writers.

  Susan Sontag wrote “I will try to confine my reading to the evening. (I read too much — as an escape from writing.)”

• 12 new books brought to you by the Penguin/Random House merger.

• Mmm mmm good: Hipster soup.

• To and From has all the bloggy gift guide goodness you could possibly want this holiday season.

• There are two very big (and very different) shopping events happening this weekend.

  1. The launch of the Target and Neiman Marcus designer holiday collection

  2. The Chicago Renegade Craft Fair Holiday Market

• Advice: Just be Beyoncé.

• Brandon helped me put together a list of the 12 best PC video games. (Portal 2 FTW!)

  p.s. Remember this post? I still love that song.

• I’m trying out a new smart camera. I like it so far, and I’ll write more about my experience with it in a few upcoming posts on Babble.

• Get the look of this wallpapered entryway.

• My home was featured as a house tour on Huffington Post!

• Let’s be real here; there was a 100% chance I’d like this nerdy fangirl letter to Nate Silver.

• Andrea’s nursery for her baby is white plus neon. Super cute.

• Anthony Bourdain is fighting mad.

• There’s a new trend toward internet shaming. I’ve seen dog-shaming (innocent, sometimes funny) and husband-shaming (innocent, not funny), but then there are also sites outing racists and homophobes. I think the mentality is that it’s OK to bully the bullies, but I can’t say that I agree. What do you think?

 
Double the goodness this week with two giveaways!

You can win a $25 credit to Wishy Washi Tape by entering here. You can also win a $25 credit to DeluxeLife+Style by entering right here. Good luck!