4 year old Finnish rappers

OMG this is the cutest and yet the most ridiculous thing i have ever seen! Ella ja Aleksi is pair of 4  year old rappers from Finland. The dance moves, the voices, the wardrobe, the craziness! What's not to love?

The best thing since sliced bread

Impulse purchase alert! I have a bit of a coaster fetish—not because I care about my furniture, but because I adore functional items that somebody bothered to design well. So of course I couldn't resist these funny cork coasters shaped like toast. They even came in a plastic bag secured with a twist tie, just like a real loaf of bread. Available here at the MoMA store.

Christian Dior fires John Galliano

French fashion house Christian Dior says it is firing famed designer John Galliano after an online video showed him praising Adolf Hitler. 

Christian Dior said Tuesday Galliano has been immediately laid off, just days after he was suspended as its creative director pending an investigation into an alleged anti-Semitic incident in a Paris cafe last week.  

A video posted online Monday showed Galliano, in a different incident, drunkenly telling a cafe patron "I love Hitler." 

The house said in a statement: "Today, because of the particularly odious nature of the behavior and words of John Galliano in a video made public this Monday, the Christian Dior house has decided to lay him off immediately and has begun firing procedures against him." 

Dior had came under pressure after Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman, one of the company's spokesmodels, said in a statement she "will not be associated with Mr. Galliano in any way."

Source - Yahoo News

 

 

Nice things to make by hand

Here's a round up of DIY tutorials for handmade things, because looking at them is almost as satisfying as making them. If you can sew, that is. Non-crafty types might find "just looking" plenty satisfying, as attempting to reproduce them might cause hair loss and cursing. Been there. Done that.

Crocheted flowers by The Adventures of Bluegirlxo
Appliqued pillow at Fiskars
Retro apron at Sew4Home
Tea wallet by Handmade Therapy
Gathered potholder by Prudent Baby
Zipper brooches at Craft Stylish

Flip clock screensaver

The retro Fliqlo clock screensaver has been around for years. Time to install it on my computer, I thought, in hopes that maybe Don Draper would materialize along with it. No luck yet. To download it, click the Fliqlo floppy.

Peacock Shoes

I found a real gem today! Check out these gorgeous shoes from La Plume Ethere

Royal Blue Peacock Pumps

Ivory Satin Peep Toe Peacock Pumps

Tan pumps with Almond feathers

Purple Peacock peep toe Pumps

A gallery of stationery

The folks behind Lovely Package have launched a spin-off called Lovely Stationery, a blog curating the best in business card, letterhead, and envelope design. Many projects feature delicious die cutting, embossing, foil stamping, and all sorts of expensive finishing no one can afford. Head over there and dream a little.