Not just stamps

...
I'd like to start collecting these five things:

1. Birds in trees

2. Recipe cards

3. Textured Pillows

4. Aprons

5. Measuring cups

Black Friday

sweet gift, too
These five things make great little gifts for $10 and under:

1. By its cover

2. Hello, my name is

3. Pretty portrait

4. Got a handle on it

5. Bird cage

Pink Moon

*heidi swanson photography, tooI've spent a lot of time looking at these five things lately:
1. Look what I ffffound
2. Wedding styling
3. Rita Konig's blog
4. abc123
5. www.101cookbooks.com*

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"This is not a love story"These five things are more or less related to (500) Days of Summer:
1. "If music be the food of love, play on," - Shakespeare
2. Favorite karaoke scene in a movie
3. What the heck was he reading?
4. A postmodern Hallmark
5. She & Him

Kiss the cook

want seconds?

I'll be in the kitchen perfecting these five things:

1. For a tailgate
2. For a dinner date

3. For a lawn party

4. For a sweet treat

5. For brunch

Coffee+Table

Go ahead and judge itI'd like these five things to be on my table:
1. The Sartorialist
2. Family
3. Simply in Season
4. Remember this?
5. Oh dear

Rustic

Works on paperThese five things have a certain feel to them. They sound pretty, too:
1. Furr / Blitzen Trapper
2. Woods / Bon Iver
3. Bur Oak / Bowerbirds
4. Elk River / Six Organs of Admittance
5. I Go To The Barn Because I like The / Band of horses

there she is

1234In the words of Leslie Feist, "so sorry."
Updates coming soon.
I'm back.

I do x 5

ken & danaMy good friend just got engaged. I'd say I do to these five things:
1. I do
2. I do
3. I do*
4. I do*
5. I do*

*hometown jeweler

I have a seal named Ross

Splish, splashSuch lovely things, these five things:
1. Foundling (I bought 2 rings at the Dogwood Arts Festival)
2. Treeandkimball necklace
3. Hands
4. *Seals are my favorite
5. Behind the design

-2

jim jarmuschThese three things posted by East Side Bride on my birthday are sweet enough to make up for the fact that i'm missing two things...

1. I'm digging Little Doe

2. Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere...

3. He made her ring

Fly like paper

etsy: eclecticconcepts I love paper products, especially these five things:

1. Birds of a Feather

2. Maps

3. Handwritten pt. 1

4. Handwritten pt. 2

5. Envelopes

New reads

the sunsphere is not a wigshopI'll be adding these five things to my Google Reader:

1. Metropulse Best Of... Blog

2. Eating the Earth

3. Tripping Over My Shadow

4. Flight of the Walkers

5. Gu.e (this was already on there, but it should be on yours)

Plans

No. 5 Tim and Jeremy having fun in Harrisonburg, thanks to JohnI'm trying to go to these five things:

1. Horse Feathers @ The Basement May 17.

2. Bonnie Prince Billy @ The Bijou May 26.

3. Downtowns of small towns (like Asheville, NC)

4. Portland, OR for Christopher's work retreat

5. Harrisonburg, Virginia*

Sounds of Summer

I wonder what songs will define this summer. These five things made my soundtrack for Summer 2008:

1. Lykki Li - Dance Dance Dance

2. Coldplay - Strawberry Swing

3. MGMT - Electric Feel

4. Sigur Ros - Gobbledigook

5. My Morning Jacket - One Big Holiday

In with the Os

courtesy of The Official White House Photostream These five things were uploaded to the White House flickr account:

1. Mr. and Mrs. O in 3D.

2. Mr. and Mrs. O in Prague.

3. Mr. and Mrs. O in celebration.

4. Mr. and Mrs. O in reality.

5. Mr. and Mrs. O in embrace.

Giver

George WhitmanI received these five things from friends:
1. Somewhere to keep my lists (from Laura)
2. Encouragement (from Millie)
3. A Book of Everything (from Leah)
4. Fluids for a sick girl (from Lindsay)
5. Something new (from Jason)

Finders keepers

*These five things are my favorite finds this week:

1. My boy is singing a new song.
2. *Show posters compiled by A. Lindstrom
3. J. Crew spring 2009 preview.
4. Making a house a home.
5. LSTN # 3.

House hunting

theselby.comEverything about these five things I found on The Selby makes me crave a space to call my own:
1. living room
2. bathroom
3. kitchen*
*i'll also take that man
4. inspiration wall
5. bedroom

let me just add, i'd love some stairs
oh, and a magazine shelf, too

First Lady

I adore these five things about Michelle Obama:

1. She rarely stops holding Barack's hand.
2. She wears flats* on the first day in office.
*i also love that dress!!
3. She accessorizes with brooches.
4. She's a mama*.
*who dresses her children well.
5. She went to Princeton and Harvard.

Common sense

These five things fulfilled my senses today:

1. Taste/ Pabst Blue Ribbon.

2. Smell/ fav. hand cream.
3. Sight/ sweet bridesmaid dresses*

*not a dress, and found via rocknrollbride.

4. Touch(ed my heart)/ Do What You Do lyrics.

5. Hearing/ Winter by The Dodos.

Florence is really on my heart right now... hence the picture.

Convo

I had conversations about these five things today:
1. Microfinancing.
2. Orchestra Baobab and Buena Vista Social Club being on the same label.
3. Why I want to live in an old house.
4. Brownsville, Texas*
* Unbeknownst to me, there is such a place. Two friends brought it up today. Weird.
5. Miracle Fortress.

Listen and learn

These five things are worth sharing (including that playlist):
1. I gawked at these photos long and hard.
2. This is my friend Tim's deal.
3. What's your favorite color?
4. Thom Yorke likes these songs.
5. Urban development.

Paperback

These five things ended up on my desk:
1. Defining Visual Rhetorics/Charles Hill.
*I got this off the shelf after a discussion with City Councilman Chris Woodhull about the spaces in which we live.
2. To Do List/Sasha Cagen.*
*My 2007 Christmas present from my friend Tripp.
3. On the Road/Jack Kerouac.
4. The Sirens of Titan/Kurt Vonnegut*
*I borrowed this from my friend Brittany. I really need to return it.
5. Life and Holiness/Thomas Merton.

j'adore npr

These five things convinced me to sign-up for the npr music newsletter:

1. Bon Iver on 'Blood Bank.'

2. Exclusive First Listen: M. Ward's 'Hold Time.'

3. Stooges Guitarist Ron Asheton Dead At 60.

4. The best African music* of 2008.
*and check this out.

5. La Rocca: Americana, by way of Ireland.

01.09

image courtesy of False 45th. I'm looking forward to these five things before the end of January:

1. The release of Andrew Bird's* Noble Beast.

*please click that link, especially before 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8

2. The return of Kyle Sherman.

*he's no longer at sea. just in the middle of mexico.

3. The continuation of LOST.

4. The celebration of MLK Jr.

5. Perhaps this hair color(s).

Artful Dodger

art courtesy of groundwork. shop now!

These five things brought art to my day:

1. Camping On Another Planet.

2. Danna Ray.

3. littlepaperplanes.com

4. Fleet Foxes.

5. A little pen to paper.

Birds of a Feather

photo courtesy of Pinous Parrot

I found feathers on these five things:

1. On Dhani Harrison.

2. On Kat Heye's photostream.

3. On lapels.

4. On a chain.

5. On Christmas trees.*

My friend Amelia surprised me with the most beautiful feathery ornament from Abode. Check their post-holiday inventory.

Yes, please

p.s. The future?
images: glamour paris, august 2008 issue

Apples and Oranges

Looking into these five things:
1. Freelance writing.
2 Cody Kemmer's favorite songs/albums of 2008.
3. If using shampoo for blondes will reduce my dark reddish hue...
4. News from home.
5. Amazing Baby EP.

Button for Button

Love these five things:
1. Benjamin button.
2. Engagement photos (here and here).
3. Mp3va.com
4. Tomato Head Sunday brunch.
5. (learning to love) The new hair color.