First things first. If you don’t know what letterpress is, it’s a form of relief printing. That’s where you have a template, place ink on top of it, and then stamp and indent the ink onto paper. It’s way cooler than plain old stamping because you have the element of depth and [...]

Hey! Remember when I posted about all my globe lighting ideas and I said I was glad I was done posting about them? Then I realized I had completely forgotten to post about one of them? Yeah. That was awesome. Apparently I totally forgot about the bamboo roll-up shade light [...]

This is the story of my earbuds that made me very angry as they were always getting tangled everywhere I went. So I bought embroidery floss in my favorite shades of green. Then I remembered I really didn’t like green. And then I realized I liked Wal-Mart even less, and [...]

Pyrography is awesome. And according to Pinterest it’s like totally coming back into style. Not to be confused with teenage pyromaniacs… pyrography is the art of decorating wood with burn marks. Yes, the 80′s have officially returned. Pyrography is also known as pokerwork or wood burning. I like calling it wood burning. Sounds [...]

I visited Restoration Hardware a few weeks ago for the first time ever, and I promptly learned two things: 1. Restoration Hardware is the most amazing awesomesauce place in the whole wide world. 2. For every plate of awesomesauce that Restoration Hardware sells, they charge a million billion dollars. Whew! That place [...]

I want to show you how I made the oil painting in my studio, because: 1.It’s super easy. 2.Owning and bragging about having original art work is cool. 3.Yes, you can do it all by yourself. Here’s what you need: -Two boards or pieces of smooth wood. One to paint [...]