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happily making handmade pretty things

May 31 2005 Published by under crafty

Tomorrow…..is June 1st.

Which means…..it’s time to sign up for the Happily Handmade Giveaway! This is something that the nice people at Happily Handmade do roughly four times a year, with independent artists and designers from all over the place. This time around, I’m happy to say that a few lucky people will be walking away with things that *I* made. That could be you!

So, go and enter over at the lilybug site, because I know we *all* like free things….and I’ll keep my fingers crossed that you win something cool. And if you’re looking for something new to check out, take a look at the rest of the awesome people participating, below.


7 Twenty Four
Adesso Creative
Allymoon
Bidwell Botanicals
Bunni Goods
Camp Apparel
Fork ‘N Spoon
Funky Junkie
Funky Utopia
Gift EyeDias
Glamscience
Holland Cox
Jewels By Jessica
Junk in our Trunk
LaPora Designs
L’espiritu
lilybug
Lindsay Designs
Lindsay’s Candles & Stuff

Love’s Endless Possibilities
Luka Designs
Marina’s Hat Emporium
Midnight Firefly
Moodswing Studio
Of Joanna
Primrose Design
Red Delicious Seattle
Roots of Art, Inc.
Seven Six Designs
Skirty
Smell Goods 1998 Bath & Body
Sommer Designs
Spunky Kitty Style
Stinkbug Designs
Tilting Swiftly
TuffCooki
The Walrus and the Carpenter
Weekend Jewelry

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eenie-meenie-miney-moe

May 30 2005 Published by under linky lists

  • Film-Can has shut it’s internet-doors and won’t be coming around any more. I feel like I’ve just broken up with the movie-guide! Anyone have any suggestions on where to transfer my film-affection?
  • World Beats & Eats is coming up on Friday – a *live* version, which will be sure to entertain. Social is apparently going to be cooking up delicacies throughout the night (so there’ll be no more of the insane lineups for food from last month), there’ll be a live band, and live performance art. $15 at the door. COME OUT.
  • I am *still* addicted to Making Fiends, and have been singing the vegetable song over and over in my head since Saturday. Argh….crazies.
  • Now that I sort-of know how to knit, I want to make this Devil Horn Cap. Because who wouldn’t want one?
  • This Fresh Apple Salsa looks so yummy I could eat it all day. Except I’m allergic to apples. Boo. But I highly recommend the blog itself. 101 Cookbooks always has something yummy going on.
  • This is dorky, but I almost want to say “screw iPod cases – get me an iGuy!” because he’s so damn cute.

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new music monday, volume 2

May 30 2005 Published by under music

until two weeks ago, I had never heard of efterklang. I certainly wouldn’t have been able to spell it, had you asked. And I wouldn’t have said, instinctively, that I would like them. But I do. Oh, do I ever.

Prompted by a CD swap that included other artists I’ll talk more of later on, the efterklang cd, if interest was driven by album art alone, is fascinating. Two leaves of the paper casing are devoted to tripper-stick drawings – standard arms and legs with the ‘bodies’ filled in by various artists. They’re gorgeous.

The album itself could also be described as gorgeous. Efterklang is a 10-piece, Copenhagen-based band that could best be described as symphonic and shimmering – whispery vocals, smooth strings, ancient piano creaks, lush noise. The name essentially means reverb – literally translated as ‘afternoise’. It’s like music reduced – there is no compulsion to have everyone playing all at once, or for noise just for the sake of noise. The sound they produce is full-bodied, often reduced to just beats with no vocals, or whispery lyrics with slow lush beats to match. At one point, they bring in an entire choir to do some orchestral vocals and they’re so good it sounds as if there is only one person singing, echoing.

If you had to draw comparisons to other bands for a frame of reference, I’d suggest lamb meets symphony orchestera, meets radiohead, bjork, and stars. But even that will probably not give you a good indication of what they’re really like.

I’m sick today, so this is short and sweet. But give them a listen if you have the chance. It’s well worth it.

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