Mr Dukes surprised me today by cleaning up my bicycle and returning it to the shop. We’ve had to take it in for repairs too many times, but thank goodness for 100% guarantee policies!

So now I’m contemplating what to do with my store credit. Living less than two miles from work makes a cruiser/comfort bike a possibility for me. I’m not as serious a biker as Mr Dukes, and I’m more concerned with form than function at this point. Schwinn’s Coffee & Cream line is looking awfully appealing. I mean, how cute is this!?

*swoon*

We’ve been having fun around the office with Wordle. I love stuff like this.

See it bigger.

I’ve been keeping an eye out for big letters to adorn the walls at home. These colorful metal letters might be an option. There’s unfortunately only a few letters, but they have mine and the mister’s first initials. Hmm…it’s a maybe, especially since they can be painted.

Oooh! Linzie Hunter got her printing advances for her new postcard book from Chronicle and gave the world a sneak peek. No surprise that it’s going to be AWESOME.

Linzie is one of those girls who know how to make lemonade from lemons. She creates gorgeous type treatments from spam emails, and they’re so hilarious! A couple of her prints are available on 20×200 (which is also great…letter-size art prints for $20. That’s what I’M talking about). Visit her website here.

Guess where WE’RE going this afternoon? I’ve been looking forward to this for months.

It has been almost a month since graduation, and it is OH SO great being done. Done done done. Now that the lingering anxiety of homework and two hour commutes (bleh) is gone, I have some free time in my evenings and weekends for the projects I’ve been wanting to tackle. Here’s my crafty to do list, pared down:

1. Little zippered fabric purses from The Purl Bee

2. Initial Appliqué Pillows from Design*Sponge

3. Tiny pincushions from How About Orange

4. Doorstop from Lotta Jansdotter’s book, Simple Sewing, a Christmas present from Mr. Dukes

I’ve been listening to Roisin Murphy a lot lately. She puts me in a good mood and makes me feel like a cool person. This video “You Know Me Better” is a year old or so, but it’s fun, cute and awesomely pretentious.

Happy Mother’s Day! It’s a family day—grilling teriyaki chicken with pineapple and then off to a concert in the park with some Frank Sinatra-like crooner. Should be fun.

Mom, circa 1980.

Here’s a cutie from nutandbee. Humphrey Radish, Esq. is quite the distinguished veggie.

We don’t have a cat, but if we did, he might just need a Catstache. It’s a toy, made of recycled leather and stuffed with organic catnip.