bearbrick collection

My husband and I like to collect things, and one of the small collections we have is a series of Bearbrick figurines. Originally from Japan (although easy to buy here in North America), each Bearbrick design has a different theme - some are based after famous characters, while some are designed by different artists. A few of my fave ones are the Monchichi one (bottom panel, far right), the Eames pattern one (bottom panel, back row, yellow) and the Warhol-inspired yellow and pink camouflage one (top panel, middle). We try to pick up a couple each year to add to our collection. Aren't they cute?

collage: girl and approaching rain cloud

Woke up today and there is a mix of heavy rain, hail and sleet.... sigh. Instead of crawling back into bed and hiding under my pillow, I think I will work from the home office today. Perhaps this is mother nature's April Fool's joke on us all in Vancouver today... grrrrrr.

wood, wood and more wood

One of my goals this year is to try and use existing craft materials that I have kept or stockpiled over the years... I seem to hold on to a little bit here and there with each project, and now my craft closet is bursting at the seams. I have a box full of different off-cut sized wood veneer... they are all so pretty... still not sure what to do with them... will have to brainstorm this week!! 

where the wild things are

Every once in a blue moon, I will see a movie trailer that blows me away and gets me suuuuuuper excited. Being a mega-fan of Spike Jonze, I am soooo excited about his upcoming adaptation of my fave children's book Where the Wild Things Are. It doesn't come out until October, which seems so far away... but I'm sure it will be well worth the wait. See the trailer here, and you'll see why I am dancing on the spot like a 5-year old in excitement!

collage: girl and bird

A bird theme collage for the weekend... tweet tweet. Only once in my life has a small wild bird landed on my hand Snow White/Cinderella style (creepy pigeons don't count). I held out a handful of birdseed and with a lot of patience, lo and behold it worked! Maybe the secret is to sing to them like in the movies?.. although I think in my case that would definitely scare them away.

my barbapapa collection: coin bank

In a previous post last month, I had mentioned that one of my fave childhood books is the Barbapapa series. I have been collecting random Barbapapa items over the years both old and new, so I thought I would post up one of them today. This is a wooden coin bank I got from a local store (it's Barbalib - the nerdy book reader... er, for any other fanatics out there!). I was so happy to see that a French wooden toy company called Vilac was rereleasing new Barba-items... not sure how I will resist getting more of these! Will update some more from my collection from time to time, so stay tuned!

three press

A pic of bright yellow flowers today, since I'm in a bright and sunny mood this morning... I am finding, good things do come in threes! This week some more great press from three fellow bloggers... check out these postings and lovely blogs. My bird tote is featured on Etsy Item of the Day (thanks Jackie!), a nice little write up on crea8ive juice (thanks Andrea!) and lastly on Handmade by Angie (thanks Angie!)