Five Fav Friday

1. Sweets Away - Nails Inc. Sprinkles Polish 

I own very few glittery nail polishes as I get frustrated with the lack of coverage or application difficulties.  Not with this polish my friend.  It covers great and I love the colour, it's a white base with blue, pink and silver sparkles.

2. Parlo(u)r Pretty Bag - Modcloth

Speaking of blue and pink, I ordered this bag on Wednesday.  I really hope the colours are as pretty in person as they are online.

3. Richard Ayoade

I sneakily took this picture two years ago at the after party for the TIFF premiere of the film Submarine.   In fact it's the first time I've really posted it anywhere.  It's of Richard Ayoade (right), who directed the film adaptation of the novel Submarine which was written by Joe Dunthorne (left).  I love the book (read it) but love the movie (SEE IT!) even more.  Craig Roberts and Yasmin Paige were perfect as Oliver and Jordana...but that's getting off topic.

The movie The Watch (formerly Neighborhood Watch) opens today, and while it looks terrible it has Richard Ayoade in it who is not terrible so I thought I'd give him props!  

You may recognize him from the British TV show the IT Crowd.  If you're not familiar with it, please watch it! Or, if you're hugely into British comedy like I am, you may also recognize him from The Mighty Boosh, Snuff Box, AD/BC, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace or Man to Man with Dean Learner.

Submarine was his debut directorial feature but he's also directed music videos for The Artic Monkeys (including their 'Live at the Apollo' DVD), the Last Shadow Puppets, Vampire Weekend and the video 'Vlad the Impaler' by the band Kasabian.

I recently read that he will be directing a new comedy called The Double.

*Note, I have not seen The Watch -- the previews haven't appealed to me. However, neither did the ones for 21 Jump Street and it was funnier than I expected*

4. suPom on Etsy

Welcome to the wonderful world of The Big Lebowski, Wes Anderson, and Monster Yoga!  This whole etsy store is full of amazing illustrations.

 5. Ideapaint

Ideapaint is one of those products that you really really really want but isn't necessarily something you need.  Well, I want Ideapaint and while it will be useful it's not something I need which in my language translates to "something I'll probably never buy...because when I go to buy it, I'll come up with reasons why I shouldn't"

Well no more! This is my pledge that I will buy Ideapaint sometime within the next year (and a half) to snaz up my home office.

What is Ideapaint you ask? It's paint that turns your wall into a whiteboard.  This best part is that it also comes in clear so you can transform any coloured wall into a dry erase surface.  Just look how much fun this little girl is having doodling ice cream all over the kitchen wall.  Jealous!

 Thanks for stopping by,

Alex & Arthur

Saturday Cleaning Pt.2 - The Box of Sadness

 

So as mentioned before, I got quite a bit of cleaning done this past Saturday and found some really cool things.  But alas, it was not all fun and games.  I found something horrible buried in the back of the closet -- something I had tried to forget about.  Let me tell you about the incident in a blog post titled "Saturday Cleaning Pt. 2-- The Box of Sadness"

Ahem...

Once upon a time there was a beautiful mushroom teapot that lived on the site Modcloth.  It was a very desirable teapot and a lot of visitors came from far and wide to view the beautiful vessel.  Unfortunately, the teapot could only belong to one individual so a race ensued to see who could capture it first.  A visitor by the name of Alex won over the lovely teapot and hoped to soon welcome it to her home.  It was the first victory for Alex and she was understandably quite excited.  

"She's too excited!" thought the evil C. Post and he intercepted the teapot on it's journey to Alex's condo.  With the mushroom teapot in his hand, the evil C. Post raised his arm above his head and flung the ceramic container to the ground smashing it into a thousand pieces.  He then placed the shattered teapot back into it's traveling case and sent the vessel on it's way.  Alex came home one afternoon and found the teapot's traveling case nestled on her doorstep.  Excitedly she opened the case but reeled back when she saw inside.  "WHHHHYYYYY!!!"

I purchased this teapot from Modcloth only to have it arrive in a hundred pieces.  I was so excited to add this to my new home (I bought it around the time we first purchased our condo) plus it was the first time I had ever won a Modcloth vintage item.  So bummed when it arrived destroyed.  It was the fault of the delivery people as Modcloth clearly marked that it was fragile and it seemed to be packed fairly well.  

Modcloth was super cool about the whole incident, very apologetic, and refunded my money right away.  I had kept the smashed teapot with the intent of gluing it back together but there are too many tiny slivers to do that.  I guess I should part with it...I don't need it staring at me as a constant reminder of what could have been.

I'm sure it'll be a long time before I win another Modcloth vintage find.  Hopefully the next time I can actually enjoy it.

Have any of you ever won a vintage item from Modcloth? Have a similar parcel delivery horror story?

Happy Monday

Alex & Arthur