Sunday Style 04: Papering the Cracks
13 Jan 2008 | Filed Under: Sunday Style
There are several problems with not being a lesbian. Chief among them is that I have a partner who is incapable of being seduced by the charms of adorable decorating items, and who in particular has no affection for extraordinary paper products beyond a preference for a certain brand of loo roll.
Yeah, like I can really hang a conversation about style and design on that. Thanks, buddy.
So, having nobody else with whom to share my ridiculous love of all things paper, I bring it to you for this week’s Sunday Style. Please note that I do not actually care if you like paper because if I do not get to share this stuff with somebody, I will implode. And possibly do something vicious like wallpaper the couch.
- This week’s paper craze is brought to you by my love for all things Write Robinson, particularly the Cabin cards from the Holiday Collection. Since the holiday season has blissfully passed, I wish she’d makes blanks for these as she does for so many of her other cards. I can’t even get organised to send last year’s cards, let alone next year’s.
- Again with the Etsy, retailer Sidney Ann is cranking out the most creative and fantastic coasters. Tragically she will only ship to the US and Canada. Still, they would make fabulous gifts. Preferably for me.
- Speaking of coasters, Dooce scored some extremely rockin’ recycled coasters in her Christmas stocking. Notice that she lives in fucking UTAH and has a local Anthropologie, while I am forced to survive with no Anthropologie at all, and not even an IKEA. Yes, I live somewhere less cool than Utah.
- And we all know about these right? Okay, just checking. What I didn’t know is that if you cannot be arsed to select 100 of your Flickr photos to be used as Text Mini Cards (and I totally cannot be arsed), you can just select a pre-set pattern and click “Fill Rainbow” and they’ll deliver your cards to you in 100 different shades. Nice!
I’ll just close with a mini-rant about sellers who won’t ship outside the US. Or, if they’re really adventurous, past Canada. (Oh the adventure.) I know that only 21% of Americans have passports, but I honestly do not think shipping coasters to Ireland counts for terrifying international travel. You don’t need to pack a bag, buy a power converter, learn to use odd money or God forbid speak another language. You just need to go to the post office and fill out a green slip of paper you stick to the damn packet.
It’s in English and everything.
Lisa says:
Hi. Just discovered your site via the MOO website. I found this entirely entertaining especially the comment about shipping overseas. I used to work at an internet company that was always trying to convince sellers that it wasn’t so scary… convinced some but not many.
i hear your frustration.
Sunday, 13 January, 2008, 12:30 pmSabrina Dent says:
Ahh, I noticed that. I am moderately embarrassed but mainly amused that I have now said “fucking Utah” on the MOO blog.
Anyway I am delighted you’ve stopped by and found it worth your while. Sunday Style happens every week, mainly on Sundays. Don’t forget to try the fish! :)
Sunday, 13 January, 2008, 12:50 pmSuzy Byrne says:
Waits to hear the other problems with not being lesbian! ;)
Sunday, 13 January, 2008, 9:11 pmDenise says:
Don’t be embarrassed - I write the MOO blog, and swear like a trooper, it’s a miracle it’s you not me swearing on there. At least I can point the finger now and say ‘Look! It was her!’
Thanks for the write up, cheered up my morning.
(ps - you know you can buy ReadyMade packs?
Monday, 14 January, 2008, 12:25 pmhttp://www.moo.com/readymade/
apologies for the salesy bit - don’t usually do it, but seemed relevant in this instance)
Sabrina Dent says:
No worries, you’re far too cool to be salesy.
I did see the ready made bits, which *are* cool and tempting, but deprive me of the opportunity to put my name in lights on them. I am torn, and thus, stuck in a morass of indecision, ordering nothing. I suck :)
Monday, 14 January, 2008, 1:55 pmDenise says:
Don’t tell anyone - I work here and I still haven’t ordered any postcards, because they’re actually really nice and I want to make something really great. What though? Outside of work I have all the creativity of a slug and the decision making powers of a gnat. Hence no postcards. I feel your pain :)
Monday, 14 January, 2008, 4:48 pmWill says:
Would it be possible to make your own?
Or make your own beermats using your own design on paper covered adsorbent cardboard?
Or make something out of a CD which came with a free newspaper attached?
Monday, 14 January, 2008, 7:57 pmWill says:
I need to ask. Given that you set-up a secondlife fashion site. Is there a secondlife paper doll set yet?
Monday, 14 January, 2008, 7:59 pmSabrina Dent says:
Will sure you can make your own. I think if you google “reprposed objects” you can find a ton of stuff on how to reuse and recycle everyday rubbish into a pile of handy dandy, cool and useful new objects. CDs make excellent tree decorations if you cut them into shapes, for example.
And SecondLife *is* paper dolls. For grown ups.
Monday, 14 January, 2008, 8:43 pmWill says:
No
Tuesday, 15 January, 2008, 2:34 pmhttp://bonesmen.blogspot.com/2008/01/dress-up-action-figure.html
That’s paper dolls for adults
Sidney Ann says:
Hello there! Thank you for featuring my coasters. I can and do ship outside North America for smaller items, it’s just that most of the larger items will end up costing the buyer up to 5 x as much as the item itself considering it costs $12.50 USD to send one set of coasters to the east coast from Seattle. I should probably revise my policies, huh?
Thanks again though :)
Thursday, 24 January, 2008, 10:31 pm