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do the can-can.

I find it both amusing and incredibly useful that Umbra has a section of their site dedicated to trash cans. I’ll admit, I’ve decoupaged a few trash cans in my life to sidestep the annoyingly ‘brushed silver’-ness of the cans I purchase at Target. And honestly, I sort of love each and every one of

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antenna mag.

When husband and I were stuck at the airport for a good seven hours flying home for the holidays, I perused Hudson News for a quick read. I had already read Print, Wallpaper and How (my usual hits), when I stumbled upon Antenna, a mag I’d never heard of. Maybe this is b/c I live

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raydel photography.

A friend tipped me off to Raydel last week after spotting him on the UO Blog, which, by the way, is pretty fabulous [minus the LaLohan references]. Anyway, Raydel is a Florida-based, self-taught photographer, which is just amazing to me. How does one teach himself to be awesome? Anyway [again], these are a few of

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mathilde aubier.

Oh yes, another Panimal artist. You know I’m in love. Mathilde Aubier is a stunning French artist with a love for illustration, papier mache and prints. Which would make me a U.S. blogger with a love for anything Mathilde Aubier. See? Best friend material right there, baby. Call me, Mathilde.

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bakelite dreams.

Happy Monday, DFM! I thought I’d kick off the new week with a bit of vintage costume jewelry love, a fetish I had reserved in my mind for old cat ladies and child beauty queens, but BOY, did it bite me back. About a year ago I purchased my first bakelite cameo at the Santa

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trend alert: panimals.

[print from eveline tarunadjaja] At least that’s what I call them. You know what I’m talking about: people with animal traits, or animals with people traits. Either/or. Regardless, my husband thinks they’re totally creepy, and I think they’re ridiculously adorable. And it looks like 2008 agrees with my side of the story, b/c the trend

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