O’Keeffe Necklace, $48
Amber would love this!

from anthropologie.com

I have a frequent shopper card for Anthropologie, so to celebrate my birthday they sent me a 15% off coupon for any in-store item. I’m wary to go into Anthro, to be honest. Every time I do there’s something in my purse, or some sensor tag on my clothes from Old Navy that I forgot to take off that trips off the alarm and sends an overearnest twenty-two year old shopgirl running over to inspect my person. It’s gotten to the point of them being quite rude to me, although it tends to difuse quickly if I produce and snip out the offending tag, or (in the event I can’t find it or don’t want to go digging around in my pants in public) rolling my eyes and saying, loudly, “This is because I’m black, isn’t it?!” This is the part where Stu! swears on her dog that she’s never going shopping with me ever! again!, and I don’t blame her.

Still, and all, it’s a beautiful company filled with pretty things and brilliant, creative ideas, and they did a really good job of packaging the coupon.

I think this idea would translate well to seating cards at a wedding, or giving a gift certificate for a present.

This cute program takes a digital image and converts it into a faux Polaroid. It’s kind of cheating, but the results are really pretty.  It makes a genuine Polaroid camera noise and then takes a few minutes for the picture to appear.  While it’s “developing”, you can shake it!

I used the program to convert a cell phone photo my friend Carissa snapped and sent to me.  The bracket is from Anthropologie, and the a lamp shade and cord are both from Ikea.  She strung the cord through the bracket and made herself a charming, inexpensive, zero-footprint light, perfect for a her tiny apartment bedroom.  So cute!