"Buy the ticket, take the ride." -- Hunter S. Thompson

(The randomness of my refrigerator door)

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Notice to whichgoose customers: The shop will closed starting Wednesday night until I can get my new Internet connection started! (Hoping by Friday).... I will be as sad as you will be, I'm sure!! hehe

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I feel a bit on the frazzled side of life.

I'm about half-way moved out of here, and half-way moved in to my new place.

Rich and I spent all of yesterday hauling stuff. 

Anyway, as I was strapping my worldly possessions into the back of his truck, I was struck by just how much of them I have. Like really, why do I need all six seasons of King of the Hill on DVD? 

>sigh<

(my jewelry rat's nest)

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On the up-side, my old one-room apartment (of which I am inhabiting until Thursday) is looking BIG. I've got some serious floor space now that it's getting emptied out! 

We tried to do a little romantic dance last night on the floor, but alas, Rich has no rhythm :) He tries though.  

Have yourself a good cry.

(MOVING...AH! My life in boxes.)

I'm a crier. I cry at sad movies, I cry at happy movies. I cry at romantic movies, even (sometimes) the end of intense action movies! But I especially cry from music. I'm sure driving down the road is dangerous for me most of the time because I frequently tear up!

But, with so much routine put into crying, I tend to depend on it for a stress relief when I'm stressed out. And what other time does one get stressed out more except when they are in the process of MOVING!

So, I have compiled a few videos of songs that will give me (and maybe you!) some happy tears.

It's healthy, I think :)

Here's "Baby Mine" from "Dumbo." 

Here's "Bring Him Home" from "Les Miserables." (Sorry about the captions...lame.)

Here's "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" from "Meet Me in St. Louis." (p.s. I am SO excited for Christmas this year!! Don't know why. I was totally not into it last year....)

What did I miss? What makes YOU cry???

Branching out

SO---I made my first hat. I've done some crochet work in the past, but this is some hard-core sewing!

I made it all by hand, all by me-self :)

I'm sure the next one will go quicker and more neatly, but this first one has more charm to it, I think.

BIG NEWS! I move into my new apartment this month!! How exciting. AND--It will have my very own Etsy studio room!! WHOO!

You can't imagine how much of a step up this is for me! Right now I have:

--one room

--no washer or dryer

-- no dish washer

-- no cable TV

--- one bathroom

It's like I'm living in the woods! (Oh, and props to Thoreau for the quote ... he knew all about living in the woods.)

I will put up pictures as soon as I finish DECORATING! Ah..the best part of any move. :)

Also, I think a trip to IKEA is in order.  

Sweedish meatballs...mmmmm....

 

Facebook fan page

Just a quick note:

Does anyone want my facebook fan page? Not sure if people are into it. 

Here it is!  WHICHGOOSE

;P

AND THE WINNER IS.............

And the winner ..... of the first-ever ..... whichgoose blog .... comb giveaway is!

WHITE POPPY!!!

(YAYAYAYAYYAAYAYAYYAYAYAYA) The crowd goes wild!!!

I will send you and e-mail right after I finish typing this and get your shipping address! 

And a very special THANK YOU goes out to everyone who took the time to enter!! It was so exciting.... (I kept checking the posts every few hours)  It really means a lot to me to you all support what I do. It means everything really.

So, we will definitely have to do this again VERY soon.  :)

--Emily

The blog post you've been waiting for!!!

After much thought and confusion, I've finally figured out how I can do a BLOG GIVEAWAY!!

GIVEAWAY! GIVEAWAY! WOOT! WOOT!

Ok, so. Here's how it's going to go down:

---Leave a comment on this post before July 1.

---I will write down all the names on sheet of paper.

---I will cut up that sheet of paper.

---I will put the pieces of cut up paper in a hat.

---I will get someone else to pick a name out of that hat.

If you win, you will get THIS COMB:

ONLY ENTER ONCE, please please please :)

Good luck all :)

inspiration post

REMINDER!!! Comb sale continues through the end of the month!! Plus, if you follow my blog, you get free shipping (Check out  THIS POST for details, or MY SHOP) ---:)

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Here's some things that have caught my eye recently and have gotten the wheels a'churnin'!  .... enjoy :)

Some famous designer...forget which. Could see this being done with wire hangers...

Princess Bride... sigh... this would require serious beadwork, of which I have zero patience.

Royal Ascot Ladies' Day .... kind of like the Kentucky Derby...but BETTER.

Vintage flapper-era wedding headpiece. I may actually attempt a repro of this with old lace and wire. I love how it looks like it was upcycled from a tablecloth or something. Very shabby chic :)