Being okay with being an ecclectic collector.

So I do a lot of blog stalking. With all the time I put into blog stalking you'd think I could post more than once a millennium, eh?

WELL ANYWAY

I see a lot of really cool things, primarily houses and vintage collections. Cause that's what I'm into. People with salt n pepper shaker collections, tiki collections, record collections, and milk glass collections (sigh.. i love milk glass) Pyrex, dolls, shells, whatever... I love checkin it out.

But then I'll see a house tour like this:

 images via Apartment Therapy, another site i'm mildly obsessed with.

Don't forget to tune into Surfabilly Freakout tonight if you're into that sorta thing :)

Also, I don't know where you live, but I'm in Central Illinois. In Central Illinois. there really isn't a lot of cool stuff unless Surfabilly Freakout brings it. Especially not a lot of tiki culture, because there are no real large bodies of water. WELL now there is a cure! Visit Chicago for the first ever Chicago Area Tiki Tour!!

Taking place in September, this is guaranteed to be amazing. Fan the site to keep updated on where the tour will be and who will be there! 

--Bandita!

Using the Eames Hang-It-All tutorial in real life!

I decided to give the Thompson Family-Life:Eames Hang-It-All tutorial a try!

I pretty much followed the tutorial but felt a lot less prepared or sophisticated than the tutorial writer!

They used wooden balls with a flat side and holes in them, we chose to use some without pre-made holes. 

The room we're using the rack on has an orange theme going on, so we chose orange, sky blue, and black.

 

 My supplies!