Romantic Ramblings ...

Things I like about the opposite sex:

1. Guys smell great. Not all guys, but the ones who do smell nice, oh how it weakens my knees. (Fun fact: Kenneth Cole Black and Acqua di Gio are probably my favorite man fragrances. I like to steal Kenneth Cole Reaction and use it myself because it has a really lovely light scent, despite being marketed for men)

2. I like when I go out to eat with a guy and he orders for me. Not without prior conference. I mean, I like to know what I want (unless it's a new place and I have no idea what I want) but I am old fashioned and I like it when the man orders.

3. I like being the damsel in distress, you might say. That sounds terrible, but it's how it is. Once I drank too much, ended up at a friends house and passed out after vomiting in the bathroom. The next day I was told that the guy I was seeing at the time was offering to hold my hair back and was really concerned about me and then when I was told to "go to bed" aka lay on the couch downstairs, I couldn't move. And some nice man picked me up and carried me there. Men being strong=turn on.

4. I like men who can fix things themselves. Remodeling houses, fixing cars, fixing even little things like leaky faucets and squeaky doors and sticky locks. All of those things I find quite respectable. I know my way around drills, fixing leaky shower heads, unclogging drains, but I know nothing of cars, and prefer to keep it that way.

5. Computer savviness. As if it were possible to make this post seem any more sexist than it already is, I love that men usually know more about computers than I do. I am a PC gal, and I'd say I have an average to slightly above average knowledge about my computer, but fluency in programming languages? Drool.

[disclaimer: I'm drinking Peroni (best beer ever) and so this may be complete rubbish]. I'm about to watch Overboard. So take this post with a grain of salt (:

i'm alive!

i've taken a long hiatus from blogging ... my excuses include: mental breakdowns, holidays and general lack of motivation, but there are a few things i'd like to share, which bring me back from my blogging vacay:



1. oliveandolivia is a fantastic new blog that must add to add to your feed reader. Olive & Olivia find amazing design finds including stuff for your home, accessories and anything super hip. One of my favorites is the polaroid flower vase they featured.

They even did a feature on my etsy store!

2. I'm starting a new etsy store. Hopefully it will get off the ground and running soon because I plan to capitalize on Valentine's Day cards. It's going to be http://kindofgay.etsy.com/ and will be cards and other paper products with a "kind of gay" theme. The following pictures are cards with hand traced designs on them. I found the designs in a vintage architecture book changing them slightly to reappropriate them for my cards.











3. i had a bone marrow biopsy, which sucked. but oxycodone does not suck. This video looks brutal, ignore the chit-chat going on during the procedure:


More on bone marrow stuff soon.

What do you think about the cards?

Giveaway #4 Winners!

I apologize for not posting this sooner, but with Christmas and all of that I got kind of distracted.

Instead of doing a video documenting the drawings for the winners of the giveaway, I took the lazy, hi-tech route of using random.org.

Please see the results below:



If you are one of the winners, please email me at sass[dot]trent[at]gmail[dot]com with an address of where to send you your prize! Congrats to the winners and stay tuned for more giveaways.

Giveaway!

Come on people! Enter my giveaway (:

I am opening entries to include facebook posts about my blog giveaway. I'll edit the previous post to include this.

Good luck to all! Just a couple days left before the contest closes and the drawing takes place.

Giveaway #4! 200th Post Edition. *EDITED

Congratulations me! This is my 200th blog post since I started it in February.

To celebrate, I'm doing a huge giveaway. Watch the video for the deets and then read the rules below.

200th Blog post Vlog from Polygnome on Vimeo.

1st prize: I DIDN'T KNOW WHEN TO STOP CLUTCH


2nd prize: TWEED MAGIC WALLET


3rd prize: VINTAGE ART DECO EARRINGS


This is how you can enter:

I. Simply comment on this post (if you are entering multiple times, please note that in your comment[s]).

II. Follow me @polygnome and tweet about this giveaway with a link to this post.

III. Post on your own blog about the giveaway! Make sure to link to this post and feel free to use pictures/vlog I've posted to embed in your blog.

*[EDITED TO INCLUDE THE 4TH WAY TO ENTER] IV. Post on facebook about it! Add me as a friend on facebook too (:

Each contestant may enter a maximum of [edit: 4] times. Friday the 18th at midnight PST the contest will close for entries. I will draw the winners and announce them probably around the 19th or 20th. The first name I draw wins the clutch, the second name I draw wins the magic wallet and the third name I draw will win the earrings!

Good luck!

Let me know if you have any questions or if I left out any pertinent details (:

photo shoot vanity (NSFW probably)

With Christmas nearing so quickly, one of my ideas (Michael's idea really) was to make calendars as gifts for my friends and family. Naturally, the pictures for the calendar would be pictures of me.

Last night Michael and I did a quick photoshoot and here are some of the looks we got:

Undetermined month. Cristal Connors look.


Summer fun. June.


January?




Also, I've been trying to become a lookbook.nu celebrity and so I've been posting some of my outfits there. Here's the latest one. The lighting in the stairwell where I live is beautiful. Click here to hype it or other looks I've posted.





PS Here are the stockings I made:


From L to R: Archie's (he's a cat, so he gets a mouse on his), mine which is just plain ridiculous looking, Peter's (with a paintbrush), Garrett's (with a camera).

PPS This is my 199th post. I don't know what I'm going to do for my 200th, but get ready.

Rodarte for Target?

no no no!



image via joonbug