Fun DIY Project: How to make a Monster Business card holder

Originally uploaded by alittlestranger.com

Looking for an informal way to introduce yourself to someone, see if you'll click, and make them a smile? Whip out a Monster Business Card and dice out your business card to potential mates, friends, etc.


Holly of alittlestranger.com created a fun side project on Instructables if you're looking for a spiffy, cute way to store your non-work greeting cards.

OMGWTFBBQ! Over 58,000 visitors on dearly devoted?

Snapping the Local Neighborhood

Oi, Oi, Oi.

Grad school has been kicking my ass, folks but I ain't dead.

According to my web stats, since I started dearly devoted (back in May 2007), I've had 58,000+ visitors on my humble blog! Wow. Talk about things to be thankful for in 2009 ~ if you've found me, I hope you enjoy my shopping picks, design/style spotting,  and random goodies of the net.

I hope to pick up the pace soon when winter break hits and I can finally establish a rhythm at my school and in the Big Apple.

xoxo,

ms.dearlydevoted

I Love Pandas

I Spy a Panda Fight.

Snapped at Kinokuniya in Midtown Manhattan. The perfect coffee mug to starting off a kickass day! Must.Have.It.

Photo by Virgin America

Can I just say that Virgin America is the coolest airline in the US? Can I get an amen? Richard Branson, I salute you for making flying sexy again. Mmm. Flat-screen mini-TVs, WiFi, leather seats...I wasn't sure if I was in a South Beach lounge or flying cross-continental to my new home.

Speaking of which -- news to my dearly devoted readers -- I'm back on the East Coast! After much packing and huffing, I've headed out to school in New York City! It's been such a shock moving from West Coast Seattle to the frenetic Big Apple. Mama, here, had to go sharpen her claws before she went out apartment-room hunting. After moving in for the kill, she nabbed a tiny shoebox room in an apartment that she hopes she'll be sharing with a (seems to be) sane roommate. I'll be sure to document my decorating process. Let's just say I'll have to be creative (the room is 7x10 ft.). Yeow. 

Eccentrics Keeping Time

Oh, Marc Jacobs and your quirky chic accessories. I would proudly sport this on my cuff, it's black-white looks can stand on it's own as a cute gothic piece of jewelry. You had me at the gobsmacked skeleton face design. Marc by Marc Jacobs Skull face watch, $200 at Net-a-Porter 

Detour into the Unknown

DEEP SEA HARDHAT DIVER #8 "NO EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH" by ZeroG, Flickr

Argh. It happened again: an inopportune hiatus! Where did July go aside? Well, Seattle is in a major heat wave (try experiencing 100-deg. weather in a non A/C city and apartment). 

Me no likey. Aside from that, I'll be moving soon! So expect to see me more regularly when I get the downtime to share news! 

Tromping the Pacific Northwest

Can we please take her home? While showing my brother around Seattle, we found this at Velocity Lab : Ursa the Wooden Bear designed by David Weeks for Areaware.  What a great gift to give a friend who loves the outdoors, craft toys, and earthy-organic things that can kill you.