Friday Five is Back!
Sorry for the absence last week, I gave myself a bit of a Mother's Day vacation! :)
Twitter
This site is a stalker's dream.. completely addictive and utterly pointless, but darnit if it isn't fun! :) Twitter is almost like an instant messenger to the world, you create an account and then log on either by the website or your phone and give random updates throughout your day. Updates to whom? Well, anyone! Friends with twitter accounts can "follow" you, and get a play by play of your day when they log on, or you can download the widget into your blog, as I have done (see right). I've seen this on a few blogs i visit and tried really hard to resist... but it's so fun! Plus, I read this and thought for my own safety it was a good idea. :)
Google Trends
Another version of stalking, but instead of your friends you can stalk the masses on the internet. Another totally pointless addiction of mine.. google trends is just a constantly updated list of the most "googled" words and phrases at that very moment in time. They even break it down by regions of the country or world, and show graphs of that phrase's popularity in recent time. I love it both as a quick glimpse of the state of pop culture and just another awesome example of the genius that is google, how just a few keystrokes can analyze all this data and spit it right out. These computers are amazing stuff! :)
Kristen Andrews Jewelry
Okay, I promise after this I will stop posting cool jewelry.. but I have a good reason! My darling husband conspired with my darling BFF to get me a GORGEOUS custom necklace from this designer for Mother's Day, and I just can't say enough great things about it! Mine is similar to the "follow your dreams" style with the circle and dangling star, but instead the words stamped are "Peace, Love, Joy," which many of you know is a very special and symbolic phrase to me. (More on that soon!) And of course the star replaces the star necklace I have been wearing for um.. almost 11 years?? and while I was sad to see it go, I am so completely head over heels in love with its replacement! (and the giver, I might add!) Pictures of my original creation to come soon.. for now, check out her site and buy yourself something pretty.. you deserve it!
Cuteable
Yeah, the title pretty much says it all. Cute stuff! Mostly homemade, pretty random between clothes, kids stuff, house stuff, and beyond.. but all... well... cute!!
Found Magazine
This one was passed on to me by a fellow reader (thanks, Eryn!) after I recommended PostSecret.. same basic "peek into another's life" idea but on a more surface level. People send in scans or pictures of completely random items they find out & about. A discarded to-do list, an old faded photograph, pretty much anything and everything. Interesting and thought provoking, you'll find yourself intrigued by the scribbles of a stranger and curious about the mysterious smiling faces. A neat way to both spark your imagination and look at everything in the world a little differently. Just look around your desk and imagine any of the papers or items on it lost.. what would they say about you?
Okay, that's my list for the week... hope everyone has a wonderful (sunny!!) weekend... lots to share come Monday, so get ready!
This site is a stalker's dream.. completely addictive and utterly pointless, but darnit if it isn't fun! :) Twitter is almost like an instant messenger to the world, you create an account and then log on either by the website or your phone and give random updates throughout your day. Updates to whom? Well, anyone! Friends with twitter accounts can "follow" you, and get a play by play of your day when they log on, or you can download the widget into your blog, as I have done (see right). I've seen this on a few blogs i visit and tried really hard to resist... but it's so fun! Plus, I read this and thought for my own safety it was a good idea. :)
Google Trends
Another version of stalking, but instead of your friends you can stalk the masses on the internet. Another totally pointless addiction of mine.. google trends is just a constantly updated list of the most "googled" words and phrases at that very moment in time. They even break it down by regions of the country or world, and show graphs of that phrase's popularity in recent time. I love it both as a quick glimpse of the state of pop culture and just another awesome example of the genius that is google, how just a few keystrokes can analyze all this data and spit it right out. These computers are amazing stuff! :)
Kristen Andrews Jewelry
Okay, I promise after this I will stop posting cool jewelry.. but I have a good reason! My darling husband conspired with my darling BFF to get me a GORGEOUS custom necklace from this designer for Mother's Day, and I just can't say enough great things about it! Mine is similar to the "follow your dreams" style with the circle and dangling star, but instead the words stamped are "Peace, Love, Joy," which many of you know is a very special and symbolic phrase to me. (More on that soon!) And of course the star replaces the star necklace I have been wearing for um.. almost 11 years?? and while I was sad to see it go, I am so completely head over heels in love with its replacement! (and the giver, I might add!) Pictures of my original creation to come soon.. for now, check out her site and buy yourself something pretty.. you deserve it!
Cuteable
Yeah, the title pretty much says it all. Cute stuff! Mostly homemade, pretty random between clothes, kids stuff, house stuff, and beyond.. but all... well... cute!!
Found Magazine
This one was passed on to me by a fellow reader (thanks, Eryn!) after I recommended PostSecret.. same basic "peek into another's life" idea but on a more surface level. People send in scans or pictures of completely random items they find out & about. A discarded to-do list, an old faded photograph, pretty much anything and everything. Interesting and thought provoking, you'll find yourself intrigued by the scribbles of a stranger and curious about the mysterious smiling faces. A neat way to both spark your imagination and look at everything in the world a little differently. Just look around your desk and imagine any of the papers or items on it lost.. what would they say about you?
Okay, that's my list for the week... hope everyone has a wonderful (sunny!!) weekend... lots to share come Monday, so get ready!
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