♥ YOU BETTER BOW DOWN, Y’ALL!
Queen’s Day is Wednesday, so you better get your drinking face on and be prepared to sell all of your worldly possessions at bargain basement prices.
I took a little break from blog posting. After temporarily killing the website by upgrading to Wordpress 2.5, and going through other various nightmares, it’s time to start writing Petits-Pierres and Hamsterdam Adventures once again.
♥ JETS AS ART IN BRUSSELS!
Jeffrey Milstein offers up some aircrafts for your entertainment at the Young Gallery.
♥ GETROBBED.COM WAS TAKEN
“Airbed and Breakfast” allows social networkers who have enough clout to get a pass to [insert insanely awesome convention here] but not enough money to pay for a hotel, to share a room in your very home.
♥ URBAN TYPOGRAPHY WORKSHOP AT OOSTERDOK APRIL 3-4
€200 will get you a ticket into working with grafitti artist ZedZ, artist Wayne Horse, and graphic designer Mirthe Blussé for two whole days on guerilla style type. Walls not included in lab fee.
♥ AT THE BOY WASH, YEAH!
Proving that there really is a Nintendo DS games out there for everyone, Duel Love teaches the importance of cleaning your man from top to toe.
♥ CRAFT YOUR ASS OFF
Q&A session about where and how you should see your wares at craft fairs.
♥ PINCUSHION IDEA FOR THE MODERN SEAMSTRESS
Shop> Pincushions. Unfortunately, these were auctioned off on eBay and are no longer available, but a great craft idea for the weekend.
♥ MORE POST-IT ART AT BERGDORF’S
The trend continues, this time as background for upscale mall-rats (otherwise known as ’boutique hamsters’).
♥ TOIL THE LAND IN STYLE!
John Deere has plans to launch a denim line so you have something to match your farm accessories.
♥ POLAROID DITCHES POLAROIDS
Unless another manufacturer decides to buy the licensing and the technology, Polaroid film (and instant cameras) will be gone by the end of the year.
♥ LITTLE PLANET DELAYED BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
One of the developer’s moms made a crocheted version of game’s main character, Sack Boy, complete with matching outfit from the trailer.
Ikea has redeemed itself for its careless customer ways and organized a furniture swap right here in Amsterdam. On February 9th, up to 250 people will be allowed to bring in all their furniture (in all its CSI-inspired stained glory – both in Ikea and non-Ikea flavors) and swap it with the lucky few who were able to get in.
The dumpster diving affair is an attempt to encourage customers to “think like designers, which includes experimenting by rearranging furniture they already have” according to Springwise. After having just been to Ikea no less than two days ago, I also think the husselmarkt is also a viral part of Ikea’s most recent ad campaign, which is all about about moving furniture. On their Netherlands website the song featured in the flash animation for “Husselen die Meubels” (translated roughly as: “You have more in your house than you think, begin here with the moving …Move the Furniture!”) is also played over and over and over again in the store itself (which I didn’t understand at the time, I just thought they were trying to brainwash me to buy more light bulbs).
The following commercial has also been playing here in Amsterdam:
Which is supposed to inspire you to rearrange your furniture. Honestly, it’s an ingenious idea on the part of Ikea. After exhausting almost all of the human emotional reasons for visiting your local Ikea in their ads (including guilt), the last emotion they have left to exploit is “irritation”. Go ahead and rearrange the furniture in one room, and you’ll see just how many missing lamps, rugs, and extension cords you will notice you have to most undoubtedly pick up from (where else) Ikea.
The follow up to the indispensable Sew U book from Wendy Mullin is on pre-order over at Amazon and costs a mere $17.15. This time, it’s time to take on the t-shirts and the overlock machine as our seamstress from Third street dives into the crazy world of stretch fabrics.
Book Description Looking to give your wardrobe some pizzazz? Start sewing! Like knitting before it, sewing is being reclaimed by a new generation, one that celebrates individual creativity. Fresh on the heels of her first book, Sew U, which focused on sewing with woven fabrics, Wendy will now teach the creatively inclined how to make perfect t-shirts, dresses, and hoodies, all with soft knit fabric. She’ll take your sewing to the next level, providing step-by-step instructions (both for sewing with a serger and without) and patterns directly from her own studio. And with tips on how to alter T-shirts and clothes you already have, you’ll soon be revamping all your clothes to make fabulous custom creations.
The follow up to the indispensable Sew U book from Wendy Mullin is on pre-order over at