Bookstore pick-up lines

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What a coincidence! No sooner do I ponder bookstore babes than I come across this handy-dandy cheat sheet for picking up said babes in said bookstore. Way to go, David Letterman! xoxo

Honest Disney posters

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Ever wonder what the posters to your favorite Disney movies would look like if they were interpreted a bit more realistically? Well, The FW's Christina Gritmon has done just that with these nine Disney posters, and I love how honest they are. The Lion King as Hamlet? Perfect. You can see them all here. xoxo

P.S. The untold story of Disney princesses, Disneyland proposal, Disney wedding dresses and more Disney posters.

[Via Jezebel]

Psychology of color

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What's your favorite color, friends? Although this chart was created with a designer's eye in mind, it perfectly captures the relationship between color communication. Translation: Certain colors evoke specific emotions and have the power to set a particular mood. For example, did you know that lavender conjures up romantic, nostalgic and fanciful feelings? Who knew?

What feelings do your favorite colors bring out? xoxo

Vintage reading posters

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I've mentioned my family's love of libraries before, so I suppose it's only natural that these "yay, reading!" posters are making me all sorts of nostalgic this morning. These mid-century gems are so sweet and child-like, aren't they? I wonder what a typical plugged-in teen would think of these, especially the ones about how the books are arranged...HA!

If I ever have a home library one day, I'm definitely hanging a few of these on the wall. They'd even be perfect for a kid's room or an elementary school library...ahhh, the possibilities are endless! xoxo

P.S. More library-themed posts, including a little library, theatre turned library and library engagement.

[Via Brain Pickings]

Disability PSA...

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I saw this on Facebook a couple days ago, and I just couldn't resist posting it...there are several people I'd like to give this to. Or even better, how cool would a huge poster be? Ahh, the possibilities... xoxo

 

P.S. Remember when I debunked disability myths for Glamour?

Daily Dishonesty

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Lauren Hom, a New York-based graphic designer and illustrator, really hit the nail on the head with her series Daily Dishonesty, a collection of prints on those little lies we tell ourselves. Oh, how true these are...what lies have you told yourself lately, friends? xoxo

P.S. You can buy Daily Dishonesty prints here.

A first-grader's take on this year's Oscar-nominated movies

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It looks like kids really do say the darnedest things, at least when it comes to judging this year's top movies. Babble blogger Sunny Chanel showed her 7-year-old daughter the posters from all nine movies up for the coveted Best Picture Oscar and asked her what she thought they were about. Naturally, the pint-sized critic wasn't at a loss for words. Here's what she had to say about Lincoln, above: "This one is easy. It's about Lincoln and how he became the President. But the movie looks creepy and weird and he has a humongous chin. I wonder if it would still look that way if he shaved his beard off. I don't really want to see if because it looks more like a grown-up movie and would probably be too scary for me." And, a few more of my favorites...

"This is a movie about building things and it's a happy, good movie. The two people are inventors that invent things that have to do with fish because of all those little scribbles that look like fish. They work together. He's also really, really tall and she likes to wear her hair really, really high. It's kind of a funny movie, too, you can tell by the look in their eyes." --Silver Linings Playbook

"I have no idea! Is it about ghosts? Oh, I know, it's about civil rights or something (note: she recently learned about Martin Luther King in school), because of the big American flag and the other photos. But really I have no idea — the poster doesn't tell me anything. But it looks like something bad is happening." --Zero Dark Thirty

"It's a French movie, and it's about a little girl who finds fairies, and it's a musical because it says right there on the poster that it's a musical. Les Misérables is the name of the land. It's kind of like Peter Pan because it says 'fight, dream, hope, love,' kind of like Peter Pan. But I wouldn't want to see it because it's all in French." --Les Misérables

"I have no idea what this one is about, but I think something happened like an earthquake or something, because those people are running and look scared. And the big picture of the guy, he looks scared too, scared of the earthquake. Argo is the name of the guy in the picture. Or it has something to do with a ship, like there is an earthquake and they all have to go on a ship named Argo. It looks like a bad movie and I can't see it because it's PG-13." --Argo

 

Will you be watching the big ceremony on Sunday? Any favorites you can't wait to see? xoxo

 

P.S. Best Picture winners of years past.

How common is your birthday?

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It looks like my birthday -- August 4th -- is pretty common. What about you? How common is your birthday, friends? xoxo

P.S. Family photos coming up! :)

[Via The Atlantic's Tumblr]

All the single ladies...

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Let's never forget this in 2013, OK?

Vintage holiday posters

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We're officially one week away from Christmas, and we might even get our first big snowfall later this week! Paulo Viveiros's vintage holiday posters are putting me in the holiday spirit this morning. What about you, friends? xoxo

P.S. A new Love Lounge is coming your way shortly! :)

[Thanks, Heather]