Sweet Etsy: head to toe

There is always something to love at Etsy.  If only I had a special savings account for all the items I see and 'have to have'!  Maybe I could pick up a weekend job to fund that account?

{Found Via Etsy: headband, dress, ring, heels }

Found Photo Friday: Lost

I don't condone children smoking, but I wouldn't try to stop her either...she looks like trouble!

{Found via Geist}

I heart Oly

So I'm in love again!  I haven't visited the wonderful Buy Olympia site in many moons.  When I was living in Oly and going to Evergreen I took full advantage of all the wonderful handcrafted treasures like this comfy reading is sexy tee (I love my boy-cut shirts).  I treated myself to the Nikki McClure  calendar each January, and I am still astounded by the amazing and intricate images she is able to create with her x-acto knife and construction paper!  The journals by Uppercase are a perfect place to jot down thoughts or new ideas...but my new favorite has to be the charming paintings by Paper Milk.  I want to frame Mr. Sweet-Pea and put him up in my bathroom! 

Did I mention that I love squirrels?

{Found via Buy Olympia}

Black Ink

I have been thinking about tattoos lately....

{Found via 1 & 2 & 3}

A Mardi Gras Halloween

A few of my favorite shots from the night.

Found Photo Friday: All Hallows Eve

I love finding random photos on the internet.  I use Google to search for answers to questions I have, or to find images of random things I need to use for work when I'm creating newsletters.  It boggles my mind how many weird seemingly unrelated photos will appear depending on the key words I have searched with. 


That being said I have decided to start Found Photo Friday.  My first found photo is in the spirit of tomorrow's eerie holiday...nothing too out of the ordinary when you search for 'old Halloween photos'.  What I find strange is how much this little man looks like my dad as a child...

Thanks to Steve Chasmar and the CC on Flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/opiummuseum/ / CC BY 2.0

A gift of love

I am a huge fan of Pandora and Jango Radio.  I stream them all day long at work and have a variety of stations to sample from depending on my mood.  I recently started a station from the band

the xx which was recommended to me by my cousin Garrett, thus I labeled the station G's Idea.  From this station I have been exposed to an abundance of great new bands...at least new to me. 

One of my new favorites is Passion Pit out of Cambridge, Massachusetts.  The interesting story behind this band is that the lead singer Michael Angelakos had originally formed the group in order to create a few songs for his girlfriend as a Valentine’s Day gift.  Wow...talk about putting a lot of thought into a gift!  I adore their music and have been listening on repeat lately. 

This is my favorite:

Granted that isn't really a video, just a sweet photo montage of the fine gentleman of Passion Pit.




This is another great song and a pretty cool video as well:




I heart finding new music.  What are your beloved new finds?