October 30, 2008

Photo assignment: Sweet

Thanks for all your "sweet" photos everyone! Next week 's theme is: "stacks". Please email your photos to: info@curiosityshoppeonline.com before next Thursday.

Derek's photo


Lauren's photo


Linda's photo


Licia's photo


Tom's photo


Joelle's photo


Leigh's photo


Conn's photo


Billy's photo

Laura's photo

October 24, 2008

For your listening pleasure...

Just wanted to post a quick thank you to Kelly Wilkinson, of the Make:Grow:Gather blog. Kelly came over for a visit a while back and we had a nice chat about DIY, crafts, and why we do the things we do. She has just posted parts of our conversation in a lovely podcast that you can listen to right here. Nice work Kelly, that was fun!

October 23, 2008

Photo assignment: Fall

Thanks everyone for these beautiful "fall" photos. Next week's theme is "sweet". Email me your photos (info@curiosityshoppeonline.com) before next Thursday if you want to participate!

Lauren's photo


Joan's photo


Licia's photo


Laura's photo


Tom's photo


Joelle's photo

October 21, 2008

Time for Twin Peaks




Fall is in the air, which means it's almost time for our annual Twin Peaks marathon! For some reason the chilly air and changing leaves makes us want to drink coffee, eat cherry pie and scare the bejeezus out of ourselves while watching hours and hours of TV. Derek just sent me a link to a blog called "In Twin Peaks" which is so genius I can't even stand it. I pasted a couple examples here, but you must check out the site, where tons of locations from the original series have been rephotographed from the exact positions where they were originally shot almost 20 years ago.

via things magazine

October 18, 2008

Blog-o-rama!

We were super excited this week to be make appearances at all our favorite spots on the internet. In addition to our weekly DIY Wednesday post at design*sponge, we posted a little how-to video at readymade.com and did our first guest blog post over at sfgirlbybay. So fun!

Doily side table for design*sponge


Painted recipe card holders for sfgirlbybay


"Cut a Rug" video for readymade.com

October 16, 2008

Photo assignment: Step

Watch your step! Thanks to all who submitted a "step" photo for this week's theme! Next week's theme is: "fall". Just email your photo to info@curiosityshoppeonline.com before next Thursday if you'd like to participate.

Derek's photo


Lauren's photo


Caroline's photo


Linda's photo


Joan's photo

October 15, 2008

Maze Shelf


How cool is this "mazellaneous" display shelf?

Candy Blocks


Our friend Kate gave us a little bag of candy blocks recently, and we've been having too much fun playing with them to actually eat them.... (available here)

October 13, 2008

Fun Times

Here are a few pics from the shoppe festivities over the weekend. Annie's opening reception and the store's 1-year anniversary party was on Friday night, and LitCrawl was on Saturday. So much fun! So many people! So many cupcakes! Good times were had by all- and big thanks to everyone who stopped by on Friday and Saturday.

Preparing the store for weekend festivities


We wore party hats to celebrate the shoppe's birthday


Party blowers and cupcakes


Annie and friends at her opening reception for 49 Reasons Why


Writer Sasha Cagen reading at the LitCrawl event on Saturday night


We packed in as many people as we could... (That's Ben Greenman & April Kilcrease in the foreground- two more great writers who also read during the event.)

(More photos here)

October 09, 2008

Photo assignment: Fold

Here are this week's "fold" photos. I swear, each week I'm totally amazed by the wonderful photos that land in our inbox. This week's interpretations of theme are among my favorites. Next week's photo theme is: "step". Please email your photos to: info@curiosityshoppeonline.com before next Thursday if you'd like to participate. Thanks everyone!

Lauren's photo


Conn's photo


Erin's photo


Adam's photo


Tom's photo


Joelle's photo


Caroline's photo

Oh and in honor of today's theme, everyone should check out this post over at the Craftzine blog on a crazy shirt folding technique involving a cardboard template. Pretty genius!

October 07, 2008

More Festivities!!!

In a ridiculous attempt to force you to spend the entire weekend with us, in addition to our opening Friday night (see post below), on Saturday we're co-hosting a super fun evening of readings as part of this year's LitQuake literary festival. ReadyMade magazine has curated an awesome lineup of some of our favorite writers. So please come enjoy some fun readings and the company of a bunch of wonderful people who truly love the written word (and free snacks and drinks).

ReadyMade LitCrawl
@ The Curiosity Shoppe
DATE: Saturday, October 11th
TIME: 7:15-8:15pm
LOCATION: 855 Valencia St. (btwn. 19th & 20th)
Snacks & Drinks from the fine folks at Blurb

October 02, 2008

49 Reasons Why




We are so happy to announce our next art show, 49 Reasons Why, by the sweet and lovely Annie Galvin. Please join us next Friday evening (October 10th) from 6-8 pm to celebrate Annie's work as well as the 1-Year anniversary of the shoppe!

Photo assignment: Fruity

Hi folks- thanks for all your "fruity" photos! Next week's theme is: "fold". Please email your photos to: info@curiosityshoppeonline.com and we'll post them next Thursday. Have a great week!

Lauren's photo


Christina's photo


Joelle's photo


Tom's photo


Linda's photo