home grown holiday

Let's jog our memories back to April,

when I made clear my obsession for the

miniature Fungi farms from

Far West Fungi.

My fascination with the mini fungi garden is a long running

one that started about 8 years ago with trips to

the Ferry building in S.F.

How pretty are these mushrooms?

See their mushroom forest in the forefront?

Gorgeous! Effortless! Like a terrarium, but better.

So much better.

Thanks to Melvin, I received my very own Fungi farm over the summer.

In hindsight, perhaps I should have named him. Would that have

made him feel more nurtured?

At any rate, I ran out and purchased a large glass cloche,

the only one I could find was from Pottery Barn,

and gave him a nice, comfy and trés chic home.

And of course, I haven't mentioned him since.

Shattered dreams.

Halloween came and still nothing.

He did appear to be some groovy science experiment,

which helped the spooky decor some.

Our main problem here, so we think, was that it was still

80 degrees in October in Southern California.

Like the lagomorphs, shroomy likes a nice crisp 60

degrees. Lucky for him, the month of November has created

a buns-chilling atmosphere in our guest bathroom.

And that is where we moved him. The rabbits are so jealous.

And, wouldn't you know it, he responded.

Growth and more growth.

Shroomy checking himself out in the mirror..

(he's so vain)

New larger growth..

Original mini growth from the great hot spell of 2009.

New large growth next to old whimpy growth.. see the difference?

Even a few shroomy heads.

Well, I have been butt dragging on this post and this was a shot

of the shroomy heads on Friday..

This was shroomy head MADNESS on Sunday..

Finger high!

Shroomy reaching for the sky on Monday..

And mondo Alice in Wonderland shroomy status this morning.

I am totally a mushroom farmer. So my three shroom heads don't

really resemble the beauty of the Far West Fungi sample.

That's ok.

I have a strong desire to incorporate them into my

Thanksgiving cooking. Yet, somehow, I am not sure I have the

confidence to serve guest a fungus that I have grown in my

guest bathroom, that has been witness to lord knows what.

But, maybe I do.

obsessed!

Sorry to subject everyone to my love of small creatures

and my twisted sense of humor. But, I have been craft

book shopping for the last week (in preparation for

the upcoming classes) and I am dying over how many

amazing felting books there are?! I have NO idea what you

do with a small felted creature. I may have to fight my

inner nonsense collector on this one.

Look at these amazingly funny felted friends from the luckyd

shop on etsy. In a sea of people felting their

dogs, this shop is perfectly silly.

Manny the miserable monster.

Butterscotch the baby guinea pig.. the best hot mess.

Hampa and Hamma the hamster felted grandparents.

Hampa has a totally awesome baldy bowl cut.

And, apparently, they can felt your likeness, so you can keep a

small felted you in your pocket.

I just love how they are all sitting on the same creepy green

chair. It is almost like they are waiting in the doctors

office. Perhaps a felting class is in my future.

For the moment, I am seriously obsessed..

Happy weekend.. get busy!

Not to stress anyone out, but if you are going

to fashion your own fancy Halloween costume,

the time to get started is now.

Let me offer you a few costume ideas..

Dangerous love: sheik plus

geisha = witchy love child.

Hammer pants clown family

80s moon people.. who love their sneakers.

An easy sell: we love america!

Big love.

And, for your sweetie...

Disco cowboy

A onesie that is likely to creep up? Obvious good times.

Civil war/Halloween party?

Now this is an unlikely bunch.

What are they up to? No good.

[buy these patterns here - from top..

lindapaloma,vintageurbangirl,

rosesvintagesewing, siobhansfancies,

jodelicious,thevintagedresser,

dianadwain,prettypatternshop,

allpatterns]

Happy weekend!

fun friday

I was lucky enough to be on the receiving end of

this beautiful originally crafted watercolor last night

that was picked up by Sweetie over the weekend

in Brooklyn. I am a little jealous that Sweetie

was able to experience its creator, Billy Hahn,

first hand. Totally my cup of tea.

Billy Hahn, in all of his eclectic hotness, is fancy..

he has a website. We can all experience him.

Enjoy!

This is our new family pet : 5 eyed 3 eared lady pig cow.

Yes, that's her name. She is hot.

'Bird Slug'

'Unicorn Dino Turtle'

'Flying Narwhal Bunny Horse.'

I told you he was my cup of tea.

Happy Weekend!

Mr Bill 2.0

So much better than the Sunday funnies! Daily doses of 

My Milk Toof. Seriously amusing. 

Discovered via Notcot, which is also an excellent

daily read. 

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Just in time!

I am thoroughly hurting from a night of no sleep/cowering under

the covers due to this super scary lightning storm. I'm a baby, I know. 

Look at the pictures! Scary stuff. 

Anyway, just as all hope for the day amounting to anything was 

nearly lost, these totally tacky and amazing lights arrived in the 

mail. Reminiscent of a dirty capital I-talian restaurant, 

these guys are going on our sassy new porch, amidst our new

and very abundant grape vines. cough. Contain your jealousy..

you can have them too. From Victorian Trading Company. 

seriously.

Did anyone ever dress up their cat in little 

snap button front plaid western shirts?

Well, I did and it was hilarious. 

These prints totally bring me back. Classic.. 

from Berkley Illustration. The whole cast of 

characters is amazing including the artist, Kenny, 

who renders himself as some sort of Wookiee friend

of Chewbacca with sharp pointy teeth. 

I need at least one of these on the wall for times

of excessive seriousness.