Just like the old days, only way more expensive

Mix Tape style USB Drive by Suck Uk, via Delight

I've been wanting something like this for years. A USB drive, disguised to look like those old mixed tapes you used to make for certain people, for certain occasions... except that part of the beauty of the old mixed tapes was the cheap factor... and for $20 a pop, these are ever so slightly missing the mystique of the origionals.

Sad.

Message in a bottle...

via found

Batsy McCall Paper Dolls

Betsy McCall Paperdolls, via Teri Pettit

When I was little, my mom handed me an envelope of her Betsy McCall paper dolls. I don't know how long she'd been collecting them, but then she started collecting some of them for me. Carefully, she would adhere each doll to a thin piece of card stock, using rubber cement, and then, when dried, cut them out.

I loved them.

Over the years, with the constant onslaught of natural disasters like brothers, dogs, and little baby sisters, the dolls sadly did not survive.

And then, today, I found this. A complete collection of all the Betsy McCall dolls ever published. I wanted to call my mom to share.... and then had one of those moments where it hit me again, that I can't do that. She would have been so excited to see these. I can picture her face so clearly, with an expression not unlike the dolls.

Esther Aarts: Tea Time

Came across this image today, by artist Esther Aarts. I love it.

Esther Aarts, via Grain Edit

The path to happiness

(Found via MirrorMirror, via Bedlam of Beefy. Tag, you're it.)

Watch Me - Explored

Watch Me - Explored, originally uploaded by ivan amezcua.