went MIA for a few days, hope no one noticed. I’ve been avoiding the internet and taking some time to clear my head. it’s my first day getting some work online done and I’ve already organized about half of my 1200 bookmarks.
so, tell me internerds, how did you hold up without your precious twitter while it was down?
zebra zoo by aurora print via flickr
I asked my fellow twitter fiends to point me in the right direction for some fresh design to feature on the bumblesea blog. erin gilkes better known as @atlantictreefox showed me her etsy shop which carries lovely cross stitch embroidered goodies. after poking around her online profiles I found these micron pen drawings, aren’t they amazing?
if she’d offer a poster (or even a print) of the owl on the walkman drawing I would totally be first in line to snap one up. and the brick building in the st. james place drawing reminds me of the royal tenenbaums house for some reason.
anyway, check out atlantictreefox.com for more about her blog, photography, needlework, and etsy account.
owl on walkman cassette player by atlantic treefox via flickr
st. james place hamilton ontario by atlantic treefox via flickr
I love zebra stripes. a fair amount of my work has stripes on it (the bloodsport necklace, droplet necklace, and forever and ever necklace) and I think my next big DIY project for my apartment should have some stripes involved.
zebra grazes on garbage by thomas hawk via flickr
zebra jailbreak by yushimoto 02 / christian via flickr
taxidermy zebras by rocketlass via flickr
crash landing by squacco via flickr
@bumblesea lost quite a few twitter followers recently (more than two hundred, I’m guessing) and I assumed it was because of a glitch. apparently they’re purging the site of spam accounts. I’m happy those few hundred spammers have been suspended instead of cluttering up my timeline. I’m almost considering removing everyone from my list and starting from scratch- adding only the people I want to follow. I think for now I’ll look for a decent program to filter my timeline updates down to the people I actually want to read about. so many tools to choose from… eh.
I’ve taken way too long to make a post about capree kimball’s photography. she is a lovely and very talented lady whom I met via twitter. capree on capree: “I’m a photographer, doodler, and hooligan. My photos are copyright protected.. don’t steal them or I’ll punch you in the face.”
lovely indeed. her diptychs are so soft and dreamy. oh, and she likes bumblesea enough to plug it on her blog. even better.
clouds + moutain top by capree kimball via flickr
toadstools by capree kimball via flickr
blanky by capree kimball via flickr
her introduction for herself on her blog is “Hello, my name is Robyn and I was hatched from a Kinder Surprise egg.” she has a list of all kinds of fun ways to stalk her (flickr, twitter, etsy, facebook, pandora) on her website and blog, robayre.
I’ve wanted a room with fake plastic grass instead of carpet since I was 11 years old. for now these journals might have to do.
grass journal by robayre available via etsy
so fresh polaroid pogo photography print by robayre via etsy
grass journal with striped red ribbon closure by robayre via etsy
white on white framed yo yo set by robayre via etsy
so I’m, what, a bit over two weeks into twitter and I’ve already amassed 2081 followers. most of the referrals to this blog and bumblesea are coming from my twitter account. certainly beats hawking products on myspace.
weather’s great, zucchini’s growing. I’m getting everyone I can to play badminton tonight. can you tell I haven’t gotten any work done lately?
I want to grow a little moss garden but every time I attempt to it dies off. I’ve tried transplanting clumps and this method. what am I doing wrong?
small world by caddis fly
and in the time it took me to write this tiny update, eight people have added me on twitter. add add add.
I told someone at some point earlier this month that I would never sign up for a twitter account. but the sad truth is that bumblesea’s several month hiatus has completely destroyed my google rankings. I need to take every opportunity I can to get exposure.
so here it is, the bumblesea twitter of doom. smite me down with swine flu already.
