blogwatch: where we've been clicking this week
Casa Sugar has a trend alert: apparel as home decor. Mary T. is a little overly proud (Or maybe she shouldn’t be?) that her office is already decorated with a couple prized 1980s concert T-shirts, and we also saw this idea in Budget Living back in the day. Why not? Might as well get additional enjoyment out of your clothes.
Some cute and easy Thanksgiving Day ideas from Daily Danny.
The amazing interiors of creative people of all stripes, at the NY Times.
Win a Ballistic Rose by Tobias Wong — it’s made from bulletproof material — by leaving a clever comment at this Moco Loco post.
Vickie Howell has 35 of the top craft books, and you can win one. Enter now through Tuesday, November 25. Details here.
Good trees gone bad! Here are ten trees to avoid at About.com: Forestry.
Just because: a poster at swissmiss that made us smile.
Cranky (but amusing): the 14 Dumbest Green Gadgets on Earth at WebEcoist.
Make yourself a pumpkin spice latte, compliments of the Seattle PI.
The ten trees to avoid article should be taken with a grain (or twelve) of salt. The top of the list, Hackberry, is a very desirable tree, but not suitable for every yard.
Nowhere does this list mention the invasive species that are causing huge problems all over the country, like box elder and buckthorn.
Reader beware.
[...] Thought Patterns has given me the courage to try apparel as home decor, an idea we’ve noticed in the past. I love the idea of a beautiful sun dress artfully displayed, and the framed vintage bathing suit [...]