oh monday

oh hello! i am in fact still alive. things are a little crazy at the moment and i've been having some computer issues leaving me primary with an ipad to work with most days (which is beyond frustrating). above are some little glimpses of what i've been up to recently: torturing my cat, taking a little weekend trip to nyc, lots of crochet, and decorating our little apt for the holidays ;)

anyways, i hope everyone is getting in the festive mood and checking off items from their shopping lists ;) i'm still taking customer orders in the shop and most listings are ready to ship!

try and have a wonderful monday, or at least sing along with the following with me ;)

love.. at IKEA

so i'm a little obsessed with NPR. i commute everyday 45 miles each way, so i have a lot of time to spend with my favorite informative radio station. it is kind of the best.

anyways, this morning there was this great story about IKEA in Shanghai and how it apparently acts as a large gathering site for a sort of elderly "lonely hearts club". apparently people like to convene there for the free coffee and new friends. IKEA might not be super psyched about it, but i just got such a kick out of a retiree confessing:

"We don't tell them we go to IKEA, because IKEA is the place to find boyfriends and girlfriends".

so cute. i met bryan at a college party, not super romantic.
have you ever met a romantic interest somewhere random?

check out the full story here

in good humor

who doesn't love a funny card? even better when its letterpress!
i just love these cards from Sycamore Street Press, an Utah based company run by a married couple.

just because

gotta love that google is giving a shout out to Gregor Mendel today on the anniversary of his birth in 1822. he was one cool monk and the father of modern genetics ;) much of his work was done with breeding peas and observing the inheritance patterns of different traits.

man i loved those punnett squares in high school biology...