Weekend Faves

Whew.  Friday.  What a WEEK.  The good news is N is finally on the mend and getting back to normal.  Nothing like a nice little virus to formally initiate him into daycare. 

In the course of tending to a feverish little one, I spied a little bit of this and that via some of my favorite inspirational blogs.  I wish I had been disciplined to looking at rugs and curtains and the things this house actually needs...well, I sorta kinda did.  Otherwise...get ready for a whole lotta randomness!

The Fremont Bike by Ziba -- I need someone I know to buy this bike.  Someone...anyone?? Preferably a person with a dog because that is clearly the only appropriate item to travel in a bike side car.  Or, wine.  I would probably name mine.  Sammy.  Sammy side car.  Because this bike is so rad, Sammy side car also folds up against the side of the bike frame.  This bike has OPTIONS, yo.


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All my dreams came true when I found Spoonflower -- fancy designing your own fabric?  I do.  Yes please.  And now I can.  You can also purchase fabric that others designed.  I'm a big fan of this, but not so much the uterus print (I'll spare you and also...what would you make with uterus print fabric?  A labor gown?  This perplexes me to no end.)

New favorite blog discovery of the week --  maybe procrastinating on this site will finally get my butt over to the Container Store.  Maybe.  But I NEED to make this for my house, I know the exact spot.  IKEA IS CALLING MY NAME.  As an aside...about a month ago I happened to end up at IKEA.  Which is no big deal in itself, except for the fact I was ALONE.  This has never happened before!  I got nervous!  So much to see...and SO MUCH time!  By myself!  I saw things in IKEA that I never knew existed because I could actually slow down and look at stuff that wasn't on my very strategically planned list.  And I bought a rug (actually very similar to the one in the picture below.)  And three plastic green toddler potty seats because they were only $4.  But next time I'll be back to having a plan and it includes these Expedit shelves-turned-utilitarian benches.



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Love this -- not because I want another baby, but from a true design aspect this room could easily be tweaked  for a boy or a girl.  It's the perfect mix of what I like to call "Sophisticated L'Enfant", and if I rolled up to your house and this was the only room you had for me to stay in, I would be stoked.  Maybe less stoked if I had to pretzel myself into the crib to sleep, but all the same I would get over it due to my love of  the decor. PSA:  While I appreciate hot air balloons in miniature, I will never understand why people think it's a good idea to climb into a WICKER basket and be propelled into the sky by a FLAME that is uncomfortable close to your head.  And even more uncomfortably close to the WICKER.  Just say no to hot air ballooning.

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I'm off to eat my well deserved McFlurry (M&M, natch.)  Happy Weekend to everyone!