January 13th, 2010 by jennifer
jellyfish made out of PET bottles + gabriel gastelum's photography
I love jellyfish to the point where I’ve considered getting one as a pet. unfortunately, pet jellyfish are notoriously difficult to care for. another option are these fake LED pet jellyfish tanks. even if I was feeling impulsive enough to drop $170 on LED jellyfish I wouldn’t be able to because they’re sold out. a more realistic option would be to make some of my own like miwa koizumi’s PET bottle jellyfish designs. time to buy a heat gun.
and to the right is a fantastic self portrait by photographer gabriel gastelum. found on flickr.
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August 25th, 2009 by jennifer
etsy wishlist, heyooo. I will probably never get these things, if I bought everything on etsy I loved I would be in massive amounts of debt. I have all my jewelry tucked away in little drawers on my work desk, I could probably buy three of these cactus jewelry displays and still not have enough room to hang necklaces on. and almost everyone knows one of my favorite posessions is a huge gold bust of beethoven, lovingly dubbed “beets.” and why the hell can’t I manage to grow my own terrarium? isn’t it supposed to be easy to do? photos courtesy of sara schalliol and made by mavis, click on the photos to view their etsy shops!
bumblesea wishlist: cactus jewelry tree by sara schalliol via etsy
bumblesea wishlist: george washington bust from made by mavis via etsy
bumblesea wishlist: I need two, do you know how much jewelry I own?
bumblesea wishlist: moss terrarium by made by mavis via etsy
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August 9th, 2009 by jennifer
so I got the idea of making an ecosphere from robayre’s blog. after a few days of making it I let the snails and critters that were living in my ecosphere go, primarily because it wasn’t entirely closed and the water started reeking. the stench rivaled that of my valerian tea, which as you might already know smelled like six asses. I tried, ok.
I think I’ll just stick to keeping my zen garden on my desk for now. but every once in a while I like to peruse flickr for the most interesting photos of ecospheres, to think about what could have been. I’m so happy flickr has finally updated their search function, the previous search didn’t load any images for me half the time. oh, and I have a secret weapon against the spaceball.gif photos I despise so much. I’ll let you in on my little secret in due time.
bumblesea DIY ecosphere - "pet algae" photo by digital existence via flickr
Tags: decor, DIY, flickr, flora, photography
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August 9th, 2009 by jennifer
The other week, Jennifer took me to Crystal Lake Park in Urbana, IL. We had to walk through a slightly sketchy part of Urbana to get there and then upon arrival she tells me that a few years ago, bodies were found in the lake. Hrm. I thought we were just coming to scoop up some lake gunk for ecospheres? Haha. Despite the farty lake odor and some humongous wasps/hornets hanging out closer to the water, it seemed like a very pretty area to relax with family. It was so greeeeeen. CU locals who haven’t been should check it out. I think this is where a lot of charity 5Ks happen too. I guess once I get my lazy ass running again, I’d like to run out here and check out the trails.
The lake gunk Jennifer scooped out with some plastic pretzel buckets didn’t seem very promising at first for ecosphere material, but after allowing them to settle, there were indeed some little fishies and snails! Ecosphere success.
Coincidentally, I came across these cool little Domsai encased cactus pots by Matteo Cibic on the web after our ecosphere excursion. Not quite ecospheres, but definitely somewhat related. I want to put these in my bathroom or kitchen!!
domsai matteo cibic cactus planters via cubeme
domsai matteo cibic cactus pots via cubeme
domsai matteo cibic lightbulb planter via cubeme
Tags: decor, DIY, flora
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July 23rd, 2009 by jennifer
picture frame collection by bumblesea
a photo of my picture frame collection in my livingroom. I hope to stay in this apartment until I buy a home. it was nice to see my family for a few days but it’s good to be back here.
bumblesea was featured on a few blogs in the past few days, I should round up the posts and share them soon.
Tags: bumblesea, decor, flickr, inspiration, photography, press
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June 21st, 2009 by jennifer
I don’t even know how I became extremely attracted to modern, avant-garde, minimalist furniture and architecture, but I definitely am addicted at this point. I’d better find a way to make that cash money fast because I refuse to live in anything else. Check out how Hudson Furniture fulfills all of my modern dreams:
hudson trunk base table
This is the Hudson Trunk Base table with a plexi glass top. It reminds me of this awesome low coffee table my grandmother used to have in her rather stately house. What a way to incorporate the awesome beauty of nature within the walls of your house. Every night would be a dinner party at my place if I owned this table.
I’m not an outdoorsy person by any means, but how could you not be in awe of nature’s regal qualities shown in these Hudson pieces?
hudson atlantis 100 light fixture
Atlantis 100 light fixture. Subtley romantic, but oh so bold at the same time. It reminds me of a jelly fish in armor.
hudson ironwood sculptures
Ironwood sculptures. I’m thinking of mermaids right now.
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May 23rd, 2009 by jennifer
planning to redo my entire studio room, it’s looking pretty trashed right now. some studio spaces found via flickr:
studio by ATLITW
planet red by redredday
domi at my desk by castanet
getting lots of work done today, BAM!!! TACOS!
fun things that should be done soon: new business cards (now I can finally use my new slick business card holder), new photos of the line (the current photos are making me physically ill every time I look at them), the new acrylic line, press releases, photos of the studio, bam bam bam. I’m ready to start promoting and schmoozing journalists and bloggers, it’s what I do best. grace bonney, I swear one day you’re gonna love me.
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