Pixelated

I saw this painting a while ago on Pinterest, and I really love it:

Unfortunately, I don’t know who the artist is. The image on Pinterest links to a post on tumblr, which I can only trace back to this other tumblr post. Do you have any idea how to find out who painted this?

I’m considering (someday) doing something similar, with another famous and easily recognizable painting. Maybe Starry Night? What would you do?

No Frills

I don’t know why I thought of this the other day, but when I was little I had a bear called the No Frills Bear.

I loved that it had a barcode on its foot. And, you can still find this bear – plenty on eBay and even one on Amazon for about $13. I’m not much of a sentimental person, but I admit, I really want to have this bear again.

Then I got thinking about other toys I had as a kid.

You remember My Little Ponies, but did you know they had a Big Brother line? I had this pirate pony, which Google has informed me is named Barnacle:

For Christmas in 1991 I got this Happy Holidays Barbie, and although her dress started out as a nice deep green, it faded over the years to an indescribable brownish-red color.

My sleep-deprived brain can’t think of any other specific toys at the moment. What about you? Are there toys you remember loving as a kid? Thanks to the vast reaches of the internet, I bet you can find a lot of them still.

Like I said, I’m not usually one to feel sentimental about “things,” but I do want that No Frills Bear!

Rainbow

I know this is really unoriginal by now, but I like the books in our living room like this:

I’ve been rearranging furniture in here (maybe the first time I’ve done that and not been 6+ months pregnant, thereby causing contractions for the duration of pregnancy) and thought this shelf could use a little sprucing up. I feel like we need more purple books now.