November 2010
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By Emily on November 30, 2010
Goodbye to this year’s National Blog Posting Month. I actually managed to post something on every day in November! I can’t say that all of the posts were beautiful, or super thoughtful – but it was a good exercise. It got me writing and thinking, feeling inspired and getting a lot quicker at getting the [...]
Posted in blog, getting crafty, Montana, seasons, The Purge 2010, things that make me smile | Tagged December, holidays, NaBloPoMo, snow
By Emily on November 29, 2010
As I mentioned yesterday, I’ve been drooling over a bit more paper art lately, from all over the internet. Thought I’d do a little roundup today, with more to come down the road. But since it’s not really fall anymore (as my mom emailed me today, it’s a winterfrigginwonderland), I thought I’d choose a few [...]
Posted in blogs I read and like, colors, design, things that make me smile | Tagged detail, inspiration, paper art
By Emily on November 28, 2010
As I’ve said before, I love paper. Even when I was a kid, I could play with paper for hours – cutting, coloring, writing, whatever. I love the way it smells. The way it feels. What people can do with it (more paper artists coming tomorrow!). And so I am also a huge sucker for [...]
Posted in a few of my favorite things, getting crafty, travel | Tagged another post, Dick Blick, etsy, Michael's coupons, oops I forgot Daiso, paper, Seattle
By Emily on November 27, 2010
So I’ll admit it. I’m intrigued by Kate Middleton, and how she manages to look really pulled together and even *ahem* royal without looking dowdy or boring. Her absurd figure helps. But she also has a certain panache. And, inspired by conversations this weekend about the overwhelming (and growing) number of ugly boots in this [...]
Posted in things that make me smile | Tagged boots, fashion, Kate Middleton
By Emily on November 26, 2010
I know Black Friday is something that everyone loves to malign….but my mom, sister, and I have the most relaxed, wonderful morning. No, really – we do. After scanning through the ads in the newspaper on Thanksgiving night for any specific deals, we wake early (a true feat for my sister) and plan our route [...]
Posted in a few of my favorite things, Montana, seasons | Tagged Black Friday, holiday, Montana, tradition, tree cutting, winter
By Emily on November 25, 2010
For the past 24 days, I’ve managed to post something every day – something I read, something I saw and liked, something that got me thinking. Something. It hasn’t always been easy; I abandoned my calendar with ideas somewhere along the way. But today, when the theme seems so obvious, is probably one of the [...]
Posted in seasons, The Purge 2010 | Tagged consumerism, gratitude journal, holidays, thanksgiving
By Emily on November 24, 2010
hot plans for tomorrow: photo credits: 1. Land’s End 2. Crate and Barrel 3. Real Simple 4. Montana National Weather Service 5. me (via Flickr) 6. NY Daily News 7. Wikipedia 8. Omaha Steaks 9. Redbox.com 10. IMDB.com 11. iGourmet
Posted in Montana, seasons | Tagged going home, holiday travel, Thansgiving, vacation
By Emily on November 23, 2010
I knew a girl in high school who would put up her Christmas tree on the day after Halloween. November, she declared, was the official start of the holiday season. Every year, what I’ve started referring to as “the holiday creep” seems to extend just a little further. Once the back to school section is [...]
Posted in a few of my favorite things, seasons | Tagged food, holidays, pomegranate 7up, satsumas
By Emily on November 22, 2010
At long last, the first of a few posts from my Seattle adventures. After wandering Pike Place Market and a few other downtown spots on Saturday morning, my friends and I decided to check out the library – Montana friends had recently visited and piqued my curiosity, and my friend had a somewhat overdue book [...]
Posted in books, design, travel | Tagged architecture, libraries, lo-fi all star, Rem Koolhaas, Seattle, Seattle Public Library
By Emily on November 21, 2010
Squeezing in under the wire tonight. It’s been a long day of baby showering and pre-Thanksgiving Thanksgiving dinner, and I’m tired. And still rather sniffly. But all of this focus on relationships this morning got me thinking about this article, posted by Megan some time last week. The title, “Women in the Netherlands work less, [...]
Posted in blogs I read and like, jobs schmobs, rants, Spain | Tagged feminism, rants, thoughts
I like writing, photography, reading, music, design, typography, paper products, days in the seventies and sparkly snow, Spanish wine and cans of PBR. I spent a year in Córdoba, Spain, working as a language and culture assistant through the Spanish government, traveling, and writing about it here. After a few years back in my home state of Montana, I moved to Austin, Texas, where I like to go exploring, take pictures of my food, write letters, dream of far-off places, and think about concepts of home.
