some polka dots i spotted...

Swiss photographer and comedian Ursus Wehrli is releasing a new book called The Art of Clean Up. The book features photographs of everyday scenes of disarray straightened up into neatly organized rows - sorted by object type, size and color.

Now, "where are the polka dots?", you might ask. Well, here they are...

I find it totally hilarious that Wehrli also organized the polka dots on the bowl into a row!

Photos from here via A Cup of Jo.

Click here for previous posts from the Some Polka Dots I Spotted series.

my pretend shopping

It's been a busy, busy week. Even my weekend is filled with errands and a work event. So I snuck in some pretend-shopping online at Zara.com. Here are the things in my pretend shopping bag...

I am smitten with the subtle color-blocking in this two-tone skirt from the August 2011 Lookbook.

I just love the shape & structure of this dress with zipper details...

I am also eyeing this Patchwork Court Shoe and these Celine-isque Mini Shopper Bags (though I need to check out if these minis can hold all my things)...

I love that pretend-shopping can tide me over until I get the chance to actually step foot in a Zara store. :)

Photos from Zara.

Click here for previous My Pretend Closet posts.

  

love you because...

I saw this scrapbook idea on Ali Edwards' blog and went ahead and scrap-lifted it! Here are excerpts of my attempt.

Makes me wish I knew how to take better photos and use Photoshop. But it does record the things I love about my Isabella at 12 so I am happy. Luckily, eyecandy printed my photobooks in time for Isabella's birthday last month so it was a precious addition to her many gifts this year.

Next project is to scraplift this idea I got from Playtime Break which I absolutely adore!

Photos from aliedwards, playtimebreak, my own and a friend's.

Whimsical Wednesday!

It's the middle of the workweek once again. Break the monotony in your place of business with these playfully creative & funny business cards.

A yoga studio's card...

A scotch-taped card of a marriage counselor & a perforated one for a divorce lawyer...

Some hairdressers' cards...

Hope these inspired you to inject some creativity at work today! Have a whimsical Wednesday!

Photos via acupofjo from here and here.

Click here for previous posts from the Whimsical Wednesday series.

Noah says...

Noah is such a sweet boy. He probably says one sweet thing to me everyday. Here are five sweet things he said to me when he was 5 years old...

1. October 18, 2010 - Five minutes after I left the house for work, Noah called me on my cellphone to say, "Mommy, can you come back? Because I need to kiss you again."


2. July 28, 2010 - When Noah saw that I was sick, he asked if he could stay home from school. When I said 'no', he asked, "Eh who will take care of you tomorrow?"


3. September 21, 2010 - After kissing me, which he did right after kissing his sister Isabella, Noah said, "I wish I had three mouths. One for Daddy, one for Ate Isabella and one for you."


4. July 6, 2010 - I dropped Noah off at his school's driveway. He was walking towards the doors then he suddenly turned around and ran back to the car and opened the passenger door. Before I could even ask what was going on, he dropped his backpack on the ground, climbed up the car, and declared, "I forgot to kiss and hug you!" And he wouldn't allow it to be a quick hug. It had to be a long squeeze with both arms around each other. So we ended up causing traffic in his school's driveway.


5. May 22, 2010 - And though I've posted about this before, how can I not include Noah's "Mommy, I wish I could Mighty Bond myself to you so I can hug you forever." during our bedtime hug?



Awwww... Aren't children the sweetest?

Here is a book I found from A Cup of Jo that can make it easy to preserve the sweet things your child says to you.

Photo from heritage.

Click here for previous posts from the Noah Says series.

book art beyond words

Su Blackwell trawls secondhand bookstores for books, pages of which she will spend months, meticulously slicing and cutting to create these incredible works of art. I cannot fathom how, but The Telegraph claims these pieces only consist of pages that have been cut or removed from the book itself.

The sculpture's form is usually inspired by the book's title or a paragraph or picture within it.

For a material filled with words, it's ironic how these intricate works of art render me speechless. Truly stunning beyond words!

Photos from lushlee, here, here and here.

Click here for previous posts on art from the most unusual materials - including this on a different kind of book art, this on cut paper art, and this on pop-up card art.

Today, I am loving...

... the symmetry,

the repetition,

the consistency,

and the organization,

in these photos.

They remind me that it's okay to be O.C.!

For all time O.C.-ness, follow ocmominmanila.com.

And to the most O.C. person I know (ocmominmanila), congratulations on another baby girl (repetition)! May N be as adorable as M (consistency), may you recover quickly & easily so you can get back to a balanced life of motherhood and womanhood (symmetry), and may the little cub's hours be far from odd so you can keep the organization (and 9pm bedtime) in your O.C. life...

Notice how a lot of it was incredibly contrived but my own O.C.-ness kept me going so I could fit in all 4 O.C. ideas into this special shout-out to ocmom? Like I said, it's okay to be O.C.!

Photos from everythingfabtumblr and i'm just saying.