inspiration

Inspiration+Moving: 7.28.2010

Home is where . . .

Six Items or Less

Did you participate in Six Items or Less or would you ever?

Cincinnati [and beyond!] Design, Fashion, and All Sorts of Win

I went to a couple of craft fairs in the past couple months, and I wanted to share some of the goodness with you. You know you love handmade goodies, right? [All the photos below are courtesy of the vendors.] SomeWeirdCrab makes amazing little plush toys and pillows, including some stuffed animal heads mounted like...

Inspiration: 7.8.2010 Do Something Already

The artistic temperament is particularly unhelpful . . .

Inspiration: 4.12.2010

Keep it up.

Inspiration: 1.27.2010

Inspiration: 10.26.2009

Shut it out. Get shit done. Be awesome.

Things I’m Loving Right This Minute

[taken by me at Sunday brunch] My last two pieces I posted over at Almost Four Stars—a bit on Kid Cudi and a track review of a song that’s saved my life this summer—some of the strongest writing I’ve done lately. Brunching with friends, coffeeing off our hangovers and flinging witticisms a mile a minute....

My New Productivity Hotness

The last few weeks have been utterly crazy; so much was slipping through the cracks like so much kitty litter through the slats in the scoop [because, y'know, I'm responsible for two cats now, part-time, and the only thing stopping me from resenting the extra responsibility is that a) they're lovely creatures, really, and b)...

Inspiration: 08.17.2009

“I’m going to do it. And I’m going to give it as much time and love and work and cold coffee as it takes.” —Jay Hathaway

Inspiration: 6.2.2009

“You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself into one.” -Henry David Thoreau

A Reiteration: Why Fashion Is Important

I’ve touched on this before in one of my Inspiration posts, but then a couple weeks ago this happened on Britain’s Got Talent. And I think given that, it bears repeating. How you look matters, people. And since we’re not always at liberty to change our own height, weight, bone structure, skin condition, or disability,...