list: one hundred things (90 to 81)

It's a new year and as always a time to consider life and the things I love about it.
In a good life it should be easy to find one hundred things you love:

100. grey wool blankets

99. fireplaces

98. black underwear

97. lucite tables

96. a good cocktail

95. summer herb gardens

94. ridiculous shoes

93. french cooked duck

92. men who smell like laundry

91. dark chocolate

90. charcoal grey

89. 100 percent cotton

88. white porcelain

87. green ferns

86. skinny jeans

85.the perfect sunglasses

84. white iPhones

83. the return of Polaroid film

82. a great haircut

81. fountain pens

things from my week

when it snows :: sometimes you need a latte

:: it's hard to say no in the winter

monday cupcakes :: a nice surprise from the boss

list: one hundred things (100 to 91)

It's a new year and as always a time to consider life and the things I love about it.
In a good life it should be easy to find one hundred things you love:

100. grey wool blankets

99. fireplaces

98. black underwear

97. lucite tables

96. a good cocktail

95. summer herb gardens

94. ridiculous shoes

93. french cooked duck

92. men who smell like laundry

91. dark chocolate

make: Edison lamp

Ever wanted to build a lamp?

No? Not on your usual weekend to do list eh.

Me neither.

Anthropologie :: Menlo

     But sometimes it happens. A while back I bought some Edison bulbs at the new (to me as I'd never been) West Elm store in Toronto. Beautiful glass bulbs, for which I had no intended purpose.

     Enter my love of industrial design. Specifically I like minimalist scientific style. Ever since middle school I've loved beakers, test tubes and utilitarian steel. Unfortunately my purchase of said style is limited by its trendy pricing, my low funds and the always sad 'do not ship to Canadas' of the internet. But I'm the type of girl who figures if you can't find it maybe you can build it.

Schoolhouse Electric :: lab lamp

     Picture me at IKEA, lost in the fabulous Swedish-ness of it. I found HEMMA, which at $5.99 seemed like a decent way to experiment. Excellent in that its a nice matte black and reminds me of a distillation stand. Bad in that its wired for a tiny bulb and would not fit my Edisons. I bought two.

things from my week

:: about all the snow we've had

NYE sparklers :: we had 40

dalmatian orchids :: winter flowers