Time for a few Thursday Things. A few eye-catching and noteworthy items this week include:
1. Casetagram. Make an iphone case from your Instagram photos. Holy coolness and I think I have to start designing mine. As soon as I get our holiday card designed.
2. Lens Skins I didn’t even know these existed. It’s both fashionable and functional because it adds a layer of scratch protection to your lens.
3. When I was out in my neighborhood in the evening before garbage pickup day, I noticed a man with a headlamp on. He was apparently taking his trash-can rummaging very seriously and needed to illuminate the situation. I see lots of people dumpster diving but he was the first with a headlamp that I’ve seen.
4. Joy’s 10 Real-Talk Blog Tips. The best and most honest set of blogging tips I’ve read in ages. Or ever.
I have a Blogging 101 series but Joy is my hero.
5. Cultures for Health. If you want to ferment anything, this place rocks.
Cheese, yogurt, homemade kefir
Homemade Komboucha (also here, here, here)
I love playing with bacteria. And drinking homemade komboucha
6. Also see the Happy Herbalist for komboucha making info. If you think Alton Brown can geek out, wait til you read Eddie’s site.
7. SpaBettie turned me onto these Bakers Edge pans. If you like extra edges, these are for you.
She loves hers. I don’t own one. Yet.
8. The winner of the Coffee Giveaway is:
Lindsay @ Lindsay’s List November 7, 2011 at 5:23 pm
“Following and just tweeted!”
Congrats, Lindsay!
9. Cork Knife Set “Worthy of the most epic tree house habitat, this craggy bark case holds a set of stainless steel cork-handled cooking knives.”
How cool! How expensive. But I bet they are really lightweight and they’d feel wonderful in my hands. The cork case they come in would make a stellar photography prop.
10. Dark Rum Oatmeal Raisin Cookie time
I hope you get your rum on soon.
Questions:
1. Have you seen any things lately that have you excited? Food, products, people, places, trips? What are your things?
2. Have you ever fermented anything? Seen anyone rummaging through your trash cans or your neighbor’s cans? Do you like edge pieces?
Talk to me.
Have a great day!
Get out with that freaking head lamp!! Hilarious. Out of all of these I need that. I am not sure why but I need it for novelty sake! Great finds here. Who in the world invented the lens skin??
The iPhone cover. Essential!
I hadn’t seen the lens skins til recently; or the iphone case. With all your IG pics, I could see you creating a super cool case!
When I first began to be more conscious (because eating the the Standard American Diet is like being unconscious) of processed foods, I made yogurt from organic milk in my crock pot.
I also used to make a mean sourdough and I kept my own starter for a few years.
I’ve wanted to try kombucha for a while now. Maybe soon? I did finally find a raw coconut for the first time yesterday! : )
love brewing my kombucha! i really should look into making kefir. just made a batch of raw Sauerkraut last week. love the good bacteria :)
you brew komboucha? then kefir is even easier!
Loveeeee my homemade kombucha. I just made my first sprouts too! I want to try sprouted bread but I need a dehydrator! Perhaps for Christmas.
I am going to post about dehyd’s later on today!
I love your finds. The bakers edge pan is a must have for me. I already have lots of recipes swirling in my head with just that pan in mind.
I have been out of the blog world for a bit. I love the new design! Hope all is well.
I HATE the edge pieces. I’ve never understood the edge pan because that’s always the worst part. The middle is always amazingly chewy and gooey and the outside is always way too crunchy to eat.
I haven’t ever been or seen anyone dumpster diving, but I’ve heard about it. I like being clean way too much, I don’t know if I could ever fully disinfect myself.
I see it tons, daily. Urban living I guess!
I love those brownies pans, I’ve seen them in Bed Bath and Beyond so many times! I just don’t have space in my cupboard for any more pans that aren’t really multifunctional :(. So there goes my doughnut pan dreams and my cake pop pan dreams and my brownie pan dreams…!
Love those lens skins, so chic!
the donut pan takes up hardly any room. It’s super flat. Half the size of a muffin pan.
Aw but (shock horror I know) I actually don’t like donuts very much so out of all of them I would probably want that one the least. I really want a cake pop pan but that really only has one use so I just can’t justify it! Gosh darn it!
HA! Those edge pans are pretty cool! I prefer the centre pieces, but Jason and the kids fight over the edges….
I actually love the center pieces too (overall) but sometimes edge is good :)
That starter website– HOW cool!!! I’ll have to tell Ryan about that– we had a sourdough starter, but had to give it up when we moved.
Oh my gosh, so many cool things! I love the idea of making an iPhone case. I keep breaking mine… over and over and over.
you’re breaking your iphone case repeatedly? whoa lady….glad you haven’t broken the iphone itself!
I KNOW. I loved loved loved Joy’s tips. She’s badical.
And I’m dying over that lasagna pan.
Can I PLEASE have that camera skin!? I love that…I need any protection since my camera has…food all over it! haha
I kind of love that hot pink lens skin. Only, technically my lens belongs to my husband, and he would not be happy showing up to a photo shoot with that. haha
I really want to learn how to make homemade kombucha. It’s just way too expensive to buy from Whole Foods on a regular basis. I’m definitely going to check out your posts!
Yes I started making my own about 18 mos ago…so easy and so cheap!
Oh so cool on the lens skin. Love that. Jason has a headlamp for working around the house – very attractive ;-)
Woahhh! A lens skin! What a cool idea! :)
Excited about: Soup! A few days ago it was creamy vegan potato-leek soup topped with daiya cheese and chives. Today I’m making veggie tortilla soup topped with avocado (love love love avocado) and later this weekend trying cabbage soup for the first time. Also excited about making my own cleaning products. Bought all the supplies: spray bottle, baking powder, vinegar. And finally, chocolate covered almonds. Just because they are soooo good.