It took me a week after the election, but finally I finished my 09 Obama Calendars! I love how they turned out (and hopefully many others do too)!

Tags: 2009, barak, calendar, Etsy, obama, shopping, store
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SoftSpoken’s and Urban Outfitters
Agreed, that’s pretty lame.

keep it real. buy handmade. buy ethically. buy original. buy indie. buy softspoken. buy etsy. (mine are more affordable anyway)

Tags: Etsy, hat, indie, rip-off, shopping, softspoken, urban outfitters
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Yes, after searching through Etsy, websites and numerous shoe stores around the city, I finally found and bought a pair of sturdy, lace-up boots! Perfect!

Tags: aldo, boots, fashion, shoes, shopping
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Oooo! I’m so excited! Now I can show you what I’ve been up to for a month and why I’ve been neglecting the blog so much. Late, last night Jack and I finally opened our Etsy shop! Check it out at Orignauxmoose.etsy.com!

Jack has put up two great vintage prints and I posted my 3-part “Mark Makes Me Merry” mini-series (mentioned here). I’ll be posted more from the whole first, 15-part series, today. So, go on… *nudges*

Tags: art, design, Etsy, fashion, illustrations, marc jacobs, prints, shopping, store, vintage
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This will be my, I think, second year searching for the perfect casual, yet classic, boot. My main barrier in finding it has been price… still is, as the following list will show. So, these are my favorites from the more corporate outlets. (I still need to head over to Etsy, Ebay and the likes.)

Urban Outfitters
We Who See Leather Lace-Up, Frye Owen Lace

Anthropologie
Shoelaced Boots (they get a little star cuz they my faves), Button Brigade Boots

Free People
Johnny Ankle Boot, Barolo Buckle Boot,

Tags: anthropologie, boots, Free People, shoes, shopping, urban outfitters
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Oooo, so cute and little, I wants… in green.. or blue! (Damn you, over-priced things!)

Via Absolutely Beautiful Things

Tags: boxes, cute, furniture, miniature, ottoman, shopping
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What can I say, the girl so very fierce, so I’m totally lovin’ the Okley Run store on M.I.A.’s site. I’m epically taken with the “Mexico Body” suit towards the bottom of the page! It’s a little pricey for me these days, but maybe I’ll splurge in the near future!

Tags: clothes, fashion, m.i.a., okley run, shopping, store
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Man, looks like I have IKEA on the brain these days, huh? Love IKEA’s prices, but loath the crowds and amount of time it takes? Well, this site gives great tips and tricks on how to make your next trip much quicker and more bearable (and get a cinnamon roll on the way out!).
Via Apartment Therapy

Tags: apartment, ikea, shopping, tips, tricks
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Just a post about a bunch of things, at once. Thursday we saw Hellboy 2 (Jack enjoyed it, but I thought it was okay) and I wore my fabulous new thrift shoes (which I got while on our Santa Cruz trip, for $5). The rest of the weekend was spent further painting, cleaning and general spritzing up of our new place (YAY for fresh flowers!). We made book cases out of the drawers and slats from my old IKEA bed (hmmm, they don’t seem to be selling it anymore). It’s so much fun putting this place together! It’s, finally, really starting to come together… housewarming party coming soon!

Tags: apartment, cleaning, hellboy, hulk, kung fu panda, movies, party, shoes, shopping, thrift
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I would have liked to have posted yesterday, but instead I finished cleaning up and cleaning out our old apartment. No AC in that place anymore, blah!

Anyways, as I said, Jack and I took a week-long trip to the West Coast! It was so much fun and was a pretty big deal for me since I hadn’t ever left the East Coast before! First we did a little business related stuff in Portland, flew down to Sacramento (big hug for Liz and Oman) and then finally drove through San Fransisco and on to Jack’s old stomping grounds, Santa Cruz. I got to meet Jack’s family (loved them!), get great thrifting/shopping on (pics of that later), hug a redwood, poked around the UCSC campus (go slugs!), see some serious fog, and put my feet in the Pacific (COLD!). It was busy, busy, busy and go, go, go, but we still didn’t get to do all that we wanted. Next time we will have to stay longer!

Tags: california, coast, east, family, friends, pacific, portland, sacramento, san fransisco, santa cruz, shopping, travel, UCSC, west
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