There weren't many people at Ocean City State Park, but that only made the stark landscape more breathtaking.

The slowly approaching surf left the most interesting patterns in the sand.

Self portrait.

Paper cranes would take flight...

...there'd be much more dancing...

 

... and rainbows for everyone  (even double ones, omg)...

 

 

...maybe even a creepy music playing unicorn or two...

 

...and 'darkness' would be confined to the color wheel.

{ what would your world look like? }

How sweet is that?

It's like a baby muppet!  I'd totally rock this bad boy as a clutch. 

The color and texture are so fun and unexpected.

How cute is this?  I'm blown away by the seriously creative stuff you can find on Etsy. 

(Plus, I have a friend I think would LOVE this...)

This is my 'kooky ring of the week.' 

Colorful, playful, weird -- definitely a statement piece.

I know these have gotten a lot of Etsy exposure, but seriously,

how CUTE and WEIRD are these little guys?

 

My hubbers will disagree with this, but I think these are the best kinds of chocolates to get for a Valentine: plush, smiley, and will never melt in your hand.

{ what are you craving this week? }

 

Click the photo for even more hipstery goodness.

 

There were crazy amounts of airplanes. 

Ever shape, size, make, and model you can imagine.

 

Flight simulator humor.

So if you wanna play along, be one of the first 5 people to comment on this post.  

I'll ship anywhere, just be sure to leave me some contact info (blog, email, etc). 

And don't forget to post this, too. 

Think of all that sweet, sweet karma we're generating...

Wish this was me now.

I've lost roughly 5 hours of my time here.

"Hey guys, the 'high five' is back!"

um, what?

thanks, Monica. it's hypnotic...

Ok. Enough goofing off. *

{ what's up in your world? }

 I gush over this pretty little necklace.  The color, the effervescence of it all - it just works for me.  Plus, this shop is based in my hometown!  And that makes me happy. It's a small, small world.

I am always overwhelmed and impressed by the wide variety of timepieces this shop has to offer.  But today, this is by far my favorite one.

This is a ring.  And those tiny macaroons are sculpted from clay.  Each is about the size of a fingertip.  What. The. Heck.  You know I love a good kooky ring, and this one is crazy impressive!

Even though my job requires me to know the date, that still doesn't mean I don't walk around a fair amount of the time utterly clueless (except, ahem, when I'm actually doing my job. I swear.) 

I feel like I need a calendar for my:

work desk

home desk

kitchen

bathroom (seriously. i'm considering this.)

Think of all the amazing calendars I can buy! Weeee!

I love the look of these small drawery type things.  Plus, I'm pretty sure I could mount them on the wall...

Did chips ever come in glass jars?  And why don't they still??  I've saved lots of pickle jars and make good use of them on my shelves.  I love this large one.  It's unusual, silly and begging to be filled with something really odd. 

I am unforgivably bad at remembering birthdays.  I mark them on my calendar (when I remember to use it) but somehow they seem to slip through my mental cracks.  But how fun would it be to crack open this box, flip through, and check out what lies in the month ahead?  I dunno,  Maybe I need to use novetly fun as motivation to suck less.  (Plus you need to read the listing.  The first line is pure gold.)

"Industrial Metal Card Catalog" by Hindsvik

(drool drool drool)  Dear card catalog: I want you.

Anyone know of any libraries shutting down/clearing out old stuffs?

Please and thanks.

{ what are your organization solutions? i'd love to hear them!}

It's true 2010 provided some seriously tough times, but one of the best parts of writing this blog is that it urges me to highlight the happier ones.

So, on that note, here's my best of everything under the sun for 2010.

{ what made your list for 2010? }