Virginia Sin Ain't Whistling Dixie

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Tired of greasy plates that buckle every time you try to load your BBQ onto 'em?

Try a sturdier kind, and I'm not talking about Dixie or Hefty either.

Virginia Sin of Passionately Curious was too, so she took matters into her own hands and created dishwasher - safe plates from recycled paper pulp and porcelain.

Cons: You can throw these out and avoid doing the dishes but that would be stupid and costly. They are way too awesome to toss away.

Pros: They are too awesome to throw away! Plus they are totally Eco-friendly as they are "upcycled" or created from discards and scraps that normally would have been junked; can be used over and over.

Clearly, the pros outweigh the cons. Plus it will be fun confusing your guests who will be doing double takes at your "china."

Go green in quirky, minimalist style!

From $35; passionatelycurious.net

Year of The Rat

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Marc Jacob's "mouse flats" inspired this set which I created in honor of 2008 which is the Year of the Rat (Can I just say Year of the cute and totally harmless and disease-free little baby mouse?).

Here's what Wikipedia had to say about the Year of the Rat:

The Rat (鼠) was welcomed in ancient times as a protector and bringer of material prosperity. It is an animal associated with aggression, wealth, charm, and order, yet also associated with death, war, the occult, pestilence, and atrocities.

In the Chinese Zodiac, the Year of the Rat is associated with the earthly branch symbol 子. In some parts of the world, a year associated with this animal 鼠 is referred to as Year of the Mouse because the word may be translated to "rat", "mouse", or more broadly, "rodent".

(From: Wikipedia )

Now make like Mickey,Mighty, Fievel and Danger / Danger and get that cheese.

Give me More Polyvore!

Sphere: Related Content For the last three hours, I have been glued to my computer chair, and although I had a whole to-do list of thins I wanted to get accomplished, I have been screwing around on the same website for all that time.


What's the website you implore? Polyvore.com

How I landed there I have no idea honestly. I can only tell you that it was through the process of clicking on one page only to click on another link on said page and so on and so on like Alice down the world wide wabbit hole.


What is Polyvore? I like to call it fashion porn. OK, so that's not very informative is it?

Here's what Polyvore's about us page says:

"Polyvore is a unique, easy-to-use web-based application for mixing and matching products from any online store. Items are pulled together into a visual set of products that can be shared with anyone. Each product within the set is then linked back to the online store where it is available for purchase."

Like I said. Fashion porn.



Right off the bat I can think of like a bazillion things this can be good for. Searches can be performed for specific items,color schemes,and brands not to mention that you can upload images from your own computer. Snooty artist types and 13 year old American idol fans alike will love creating their own masterpieces in collage form.


Into fashion? Polyvore. Label whore? Polyvore. Artistic? Polyvore. Rich and need help spending all that cash? Polyvore. Broke but have a dream? Polyvore. Broke but wanna buy a Fendi lookalike at Target? Polyvore!


Wow I so sound like that annoying guy that screams all of his infomercials for crap at three in the morning.


So I did do something productive! Check out my Bombshell goes to...series. Road-tested outfits for different occasions inspired by Laren Stover and the bombshells we love!


I give you...

Bombshell Goes to a Baby Shower

and

Bombshell Goes on a South Seas Cruise



Let me know what you think!