stylebakery is having an “on the rise” contest, where you can vote for your favourite independent designers. Neat! Finally, something for the underdogs.

Cut + Paste is a really cool indie consignment shop. Hmmm.

I want a stitch lounge in Ottawa. WANT. Even if I have to make it myself.

and I haven’t been blogging a whole lot, but that’s mostly because of this:

enjoy, and shop your little hearts out. More up there soon.

highly entertaining, a new “bedtime story” for the kitties. via lana

Also, a great piece on pharmaceutical pill bottle redesign. It’s even headed for moma, and, even better, they look cool. No more ugly orange! Now if only we had a target around here. via coudal.

And another thing: the sad song. The video is made out of 15 second movie clips from a digital camera and then wrapped up in a pretty package using after effects. Nice.