These are a few of my favorite things

Things that make a Sunday wonderful, even when my man is away in the mountains:

1) New bed sheets.

2) A grande non-fat extra-hot Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte.

3) Wearing my new Liza Rietz half-circle tunic whilst doing laundry.

4) Clean clothes.

5) Finding a deliciously good album (Dead Man's Bones' debut album; photo via here).

6) Finding new wonderful things on Etsy (ArtLab's Distressed Ruff and Malam's Swallowtail Sleeveless Jacket/Overdress).

7) A warm apartment on a cold blustery day.

Tilly-dee-dee

I so love Tilly Bloom's designs (see a previous post about them here). In particular, these two pieces quite succinctly fit my mood today. The first because it is a winter scene, and it's supposed to snow any minute here. And I love dead trees. The second because...it's awesome? And because I feel like my head isn't really attached securely to my shoulders? Okay, so I can't be very succinct myself in how they fit my mood, but trust me, they do.

Oh! And another thing to succinctly fit my mood: the entire Dead Man's Bones album is now streaming on their MySpace. So excited, as it doesn't actually come out until October 6th. And I think it's really really eerie and good. Eek!

Top 19 Finds of the Summer

With summer now officially gone, I thought I'd compile a list of my favorite 19(ish) finds as posted between July 21st and September 21st for those of you just joining us for some lovely fall blogging. Just click on the links to read the original posts and to see pretty photos.

1) Designer: Alexandra Groover - Okay, so I actually discovered her on June 19th which was technically still spring, but whatever.

2) Fashion grad student: Stacey Grant

3) Label: complexgeometries

4) Basic piece: Alexandra Groover 5-hooded Hoody

5) Future Purchase: ArtLab Oversized Revolutionary Jacket

6) Custom made piece (not for me): Norwegian Wood rib cage dress for Queen Michelle

7) Want: Alexandra Groover Shell Hooded Jacket

8) Convertible piece: Attila Design grey dress

9) Bought Accessory: Quillinan The Forgotten with Zip neckpiece

10) Wanted Accessory: Ditte Lerche knit neckpiece

11) Photos: FROG scarves

12) Band: Dead Man's Bones

13) Book: The Origin of Species by Nino Ricci

14) Movie: Moon

15) Website: Not Just a Label

16) Post: Interview with Patricia Ayres

17) Artwork: black-eyed suzie's Hamlet and Lady MacBeth dolls

18) Most worn piece(s): ArtLab Andromache Noir and Desira Pesta Letters to Paris dress

19) Most beautiful dress in the world: Stacey Grant's tulle and embroidered silk draped dress

You were expecting pictures to accompany each item? Yikes. Sorry, but my Wii Fit is calling.

Dead Man's Bones

Whoa, a most awesome musical find today. Canadian cutie Ryan Gosling and his pal Zach Shields have formed a band called Dead Man's Bones, whose debut album will be out October 6th. Their music has a raw and stripped-down feel to it, and is a delightfully bizarre and eerie mix of gothic and folk. The couple of videos floating around also carry out the spooky feel, as they feature the band's back-up singers, the Silverlake Conservatory Children's Choir, hanging out in Halloween costumes. Who knew that Ryan had such a dark and croonery voice?!! Check out their MySpace for three of their songs available for your immediate aural pleasure.