more reasons to love japan

xmas wish list *part 3*

mmmm accessories . . .

(but w/ my name of course!)

xmas wish list *part 2*

(can't get a picture of "Looking Back" by Lou Andreas Salome)

books, books, and more books, please.

xmas wish list *part 1*

any boots by fiorentini. preferably, the bowie - brain motorcycle boots. size 8, ta.

making christmas

i really really am feeling the need to be crafty. i want to glue, sew, knit, bake, and then put glitter on everything. maybe it's withdraw now that i'm finished with my christmas panto (oh and i'm sort of broke). here are some seasonal craft sites that i'm into at the mo.



this snowflake curtain from Bugs and Fishes is amazing, but i doubt i will be able to produce that many paper snow flakes.


My mom has a bunch of these little paper houses from the 50s. They are very christmas kitsch. There is even a printable pattern here.


of course there about a million different christmas cookie recipes and decorating options, but these are an old classic my mom used to make. they are called chocolate crinkles and are a bit like mini brownies. I really like the look of the white powdery outside with the chocolate cracks showing through. how rustic.
(p.s. i also saw these on marthastewart.com and she added espresso to them and called them snow caps. fuck that, don't mess with a classic)



okay this is also another fantasy family classic and it's way fun to do (i think).
you need:
one or more potatoes depending on how many stamps you would like
paint in some festive colors
paper (new paper would work but i like plain brown paper - it should be cheap though, whatever you choose)
a sharp small knife, like an exact-o
a plate or something to put the paint on

1. cut the potato in half
2. draw a picture on the cut half of the potato to be your stamp
3. cut away the bits of the potato you do not want to be stamped so that your design is now '3-D'
4. squeeze out some paint in a puddle on your plate
5. dip the potato stamp in it and then decorate your paper!

i'm not dead.

hello, my computer was broken for 6 weeks. yes, 6. i sent it to the factory and that is how long it took those geniuses to charge me 150 pounds and pull their thumbs out of their asses and replace the screen i smashed with a Worcestershire sauce bottle. fuck acer.

here is something to celebrate the reunion:

now this is modeling

fuck all these young ana models that think sulking into a camera is modeling. eva herzigova shows all the young 'ens how to do it.

the shot with the sheer maroon shirt kills me. in a good way.