August 31, 2009

Our Awesome Customers


We'd say that a good majority of our customers have tattoos. And sometimes they have tattoos that are remarkably similar to items we have in the shoppe, like the Polaroid camera and old school bike tattoos pictured above. How cool is that?

August 30, 2009

Lucky Bidder


When we were in NY, we found out that we were the lucky silent auction bidders on this beautiful sewn piece by Thomas Campbell. We picked it up on Friday, wrapped it up in our trusty Pendleton blanket and brought it home. It has been our dream to have one of Thomas' paintings forever, and I can't wait to find the perfect place to hang it in our apartment. Hurray!

August 27, 2009

Thursday Photo Assignment: Little

These "little" photos are sooo cute! Thanks everyone! (Lise- your kitty picture cracks me up every time I look at it.) Next week's theme is: "twist". As always, email your photos to info@curiosityshoppeonline.com before next Thursday if you'd like to participate. Sorry I haven't been able to post these at the same time each week- between our weekly Thursday book project meetings and our trip to NY, it's been a little crazy! But starting the week after next, I should be back on track with the 1pm post time. Hope everyone is having a great Thursday!

Derek's photo


Lauren's photo


Audrey's photo


Janet's photo


Beth's photo


Deb's photo


Conn's photo


Jacqueline's photo


Lise's photo


Linda's photo


Jonathan's photo


Leigh's photo


Tom's photo


Joelle's photo


8/28: One more "little" photo arrived in my inbox last night- here it is!!

Chris' photo

Inspiration

I used to have this Kate Spade ad pinned to my inspiration board, and I found it again yesterday morning while flipping through some old image files. Then....

Derek spotted a 1950's hospitality cookbook at a vintage furniture store yesterday afternoon and snapped this picture. I love seeing where peoples' inspiration comes from! And how crazy is it that we happened upon both of these images in the same day?

August 26, 2009

Lunescent Streetlights


Our good friends from Civil Twilight (the talented team who designed and built out our store) are up for a big award for their amazing Lunar Resonant Streetlights, and they need your vote! The INDEX:Awards are an international design competition based in Denmark, with a mission to "generate more Design to Improve Life of higher quality all over the world. " We are super psyched that they have made it to the final round of judging- fingers crossed that they win!

Click here to learn more about the Lunescent Streetlights and click here to vote. The winners will be announced in 2 days, so please vote now!!

Mobius Strip Music Magic!



An ingenious use of one of our Mechanical Music Box Kits...the song that never, ever, ever ends....Nice one Ranjit!! (via Make)

August 25, 2009

Letterpressed


A box of letterpressed postcards for our next gallery show just arrived in the mail, featuring a piece entitled Ourorobos Arrives At The NY Zoological Park, by our good friend Shawn Creeden, who is curating next month's group show. We can't wait!!

The Old Curiosity Shoppe

To the person who anonymously left us this copy of Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shoppe- THANK YOU!!

August 20, 2009

Thursday Photo Assignment: The Big Apple

Greetings from NY! We are having a fun and busy week- working hard but managing to sneak in lots of great meals and visits with friends, while escaping from the heat as much as possible. It is soooo hot and humid here- I had almost forgotten what it feels like. I'm going to post today's photos a little early, as we're heading to an all-day shoot in a bit, but if any more roll in today I'll add them tonight. Thanks for all the great pics! I love the mix of city and fruit shots!

Next week's theme is: "little". Email your photos to: info@curiosityshoppeonline.com before next Thursday if you'd like to contribute!

Derek's photo


Lauren's photo


Joelle's photo


Becca's photo


Lisa's photo


Elizabeth's photo


Laura's photo


Jonathan's photo


Eran's photo


Deb's photo

and here are a few more Big Apple's that just came in...

Andrew's photo

Jacqueline's photo

Tom's photo

August 14, 2009

Handmade Nation screening in SF tonight!


Heads up, Bay Area friends! The American Craft Council is hosting a screening of Faythe Levine's awesome film, Handmade Nation, tonight at 8:30 pm. We're sad that we won't be able to make it, but we were able to see the movie a few months ago at a sneak peek screening and it's not to be missed!

Here are the details:
At a special ‘5 after 5’ event on Friday 8/14, revelers can check out handmade work from 250 local and visiting artists, sip wine and meet Faythe Levine at a 6:30 p.m. book signing for just $5 between 5 and 8 p.m. Faythe will screen ‘HandMade Nation’ and offer her first-ever filmmaker Q&A in SF that evening at 8:30 p.m.

American Craft Council Show: Aug. 14-16. Fort Mason Center's Herbst and Festival pavilions, San Francisco. Admission $12, $18 for two-day pass. Special Friday admission $5 after 5 p.m. ACC members and children younger than 12, free. (800) 836-3470. craftcouncil.org/sf.

"Handmade Nation": 8:30 p.m. Aug. 14. Golden Gate Room. $12; $5 with paid admission to the craft show. More info here.

August 13, 2009

Thursday Photo Assignment: Yellow

Another great collection this week! I'd forgotten how much I love the color yellow, and had fun walking down our block shooting as many yellow things as I could yesterday. We will be working from NY next week, so let's make next week's theme "The Big Apple". Sound good? As always, send your images to: info@curiosityshoppeonline.com before next Thursday if you'd like to participate. Thanks everyone!!

Derek's photo


Lauren's photo


Aurora's photo


Ann's photo


Lise's photo


Paige's photo


Elizabeth's photo


Tom's photo


Joelle's photo


Gregory's photo


Jacqueline's photo


Conn's photo


Carina's photo


Jonathan's photo


Leigh's photo


Meredith's photo


Andrew's photo


Bev's photo


Lisa's photo