shopping day!

Today I took one of my very best pals in tow all over the county in the few hours we had until my ceramics class (yes, art fans, I'll show pictures of a project as soon as I can remember to take my camera to class! I'm afraid that some of mine might be in danger of blowing up in the kiln).

First, the Container Store. I love this store so much. My dad used to take us there as a special treat after a trip to the dentist. Maybe we went there on useful trips, but all I remember is looking at all the stickers and gift wrapping accessories and kitchen gadgets.
I came back with the "hide 'n' sink" under the sink caddy by Umbra. I used the picture from the Umbra website because the one from Container Store is a bit bland.

I must say that I got a bit overexcited at the thought of having a place to put my hair dryer so it doesn't get all mixed up with everything. Currently my dryer lives on the floor of my bathroom or wherever I can find a place. It was on sale for about five dollars off and I figured it would work well enough to keep my hair dryer from gettng wet and stop me from dropping it on my toe when it falls out of my cabinet. My hair dryer is heavy (and not exactly top of the line either...a nicer one would be good someday).

I also came away with the Conceal Book Shelf by Umbra again. I like the clean line of just the books without the shelf. I'm hoping to put my text books on there but it only holds up 20 pounds. I'm still trying to figure out how I can keep the books off my floor. I don't want to bring in any other furniture and wall space is becoming a premium. If this works out, I'll get its smaller cousin for the few personal books I bring. Either that or I'll use my camp trunk to hold all my extra books and slide it under the bed. I guess I could mount a shelf along the ceiling but again, that's a lot of bolt holes to plug when I move out. Also my height difference would make a high shelf kind of a joke. I am hoping to bring my old psych textbooks just in case they prove useful in my papers.

"But Kate," you ask, "What about the other items you posted? What did you decide about them?"

Well, I'll tell you! The wall pocket only held one of the file folders I'm considering so it was an easy out. The file folders I decided to wait on and see if I could get them on sale. What luck that when I checked out my friend and I got 15% off coupons if we order online and pick up the item in store! I know fifteen per cent isn't much, but I'm hoping to be able to get things on sale or discounted so I don't end up spending hundreds of extraneous dollars on my move to grad school.

I'm also in search right now of a shadow box/keepsake box large enough for my shelf gargoyles. You can find all three of them on my flickr site. I'm hoping to mount a piece of wood on the back of the box to look like the ledge of a building and have them all sitting on it like proper gargoyles.

I don't know, though, I may mount them individually. The first one really is my favorite; I just don't think I got the wings right on the other two.

Gargoyles are fun to make. Why not try creating some of your own? (Go! Now! I want to see your stonerrific creations!)