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Save Their Ears

Kate — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:21:46 +0000

I was happy to see Drew Brees and the Saints win the Super Bowl. I got even more excited when they showed him holding up his 1 year old son sporting noise-cancelling headphones!! We have a pair of these, too; in fact, it was the first present we received after we got pregnant. Chris and many of our friends play a lot of music and we're thrilled that our boy can enjoy music without destroying his ears. We'll let him do that on his own terms when he's a teenager :)

Here's an interesting article from NYTimes about protecting little ears... Want a Better Listener? Protect Those Ears

Monterey Bay Aquarium!

Kate — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:17:21 +0000

We took a quick and fun little trip down to Monterey yesterday and hit up the Aquarium early this morning. Our little young'un loved looking at all the sharks, jelly fish, and seahorses. We all had a great time. For more photos, visit the NEW JetKatDesign flickr page! I've been posting on my husband's account for over a year, but I finally got one of my own!

Flickr Set for Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Bon Iver

Kate — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:48:30 +0000

Whatever, two videos in a row. There are no rules here :)

Lately, I've been listening to a lot of Bon Iver... this cool dude from Wisconsin. Really digging Blood Bank and For Emma, Forever Ago. I just came across this solo performance from Jools Holland and it's super awesome! You may not think it's super awesome if this is your first experience with Bon Iver. But I love the passion and I'm all about sharing. Hope you love...

My Video Entry

Kate — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:12:30 +0000

Well, kiddies, I did it. I entered the photography contest. I'm sure I won't win, it was really more of an exercise in following through with an idea. The rules ask for a 12 second video, so that's why it looks all cracked out on speed. Nonetheless, here it is:

Video entry for Jose Villa photography workshop from Kate Skogen on Vimeo. Music is by my best girl, Amanda, aka, Tin Cup Prophette.

Win a Wedding Workshop with Jose Villa

Kate — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:36:26 +0000

Jose Villa is an off-the-hook photographer (he shoots mostly weddings). Once or twice per year he hosts photography workshops. I would love nothing more than a 4-day work jaunt to Mexico, but can't afford the cost. Lucky for me, he's having a contest to win an all-expense paid trip for the November workshop.

All I have to do is submit a super stellar, kick ass video… has to be all of 12 seconds long. He picks the top 3 and then everyone gets to vote. Deadline? This Wednesday. What the what?! This Wednesday?! Holy smokes, kids! Time to kick it into gear. Do you like how I resisted saying "get 'er done"? I guess I didn't really resist! I'll try harder next time.

With very short notice, I'm weary I'll be able to accomplish this. But I am thinking if I blog about it, I'll feel a little more accountable for following through with this project (like my goals for 2010). I'll obviously keep y'all posted.

Full details here

Loving Handcut Paper Art

Kate — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:51:02 +0000

Ahh, papercuts. I love the intricacy of this fine art and love that it's really picking up some steam! More folks are making & buying papercut art. Here are a few notable pieces worth sharing:

1. Handcut paper trees from Etsy seller papercutdiecut
2. Custom Valentine cut outs from Etsy seller Papercuts by Joe
3. Toilet Paper Roll art from Yuken Teruya amazes me completely! I saw this on Design*Sponge first and looks like lushlee is credited for first blogging this.
4. Folding card from Etsy seller little paper bird.

New Air Plants

Kate — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:16:42 +0000

Finally got my sweet air plants (tillandsias) all situated! I placed them in a serving platter we got as a wedding present along with some white stones I picked up on the beach in New Zealand.

You can either mist them or immerse them in water a few times per week. ORRRR, just put them in the bathroom and they'll enjoy all the mist post-shower.

Blog It Forward!

Kate — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:00:45 +0000

**wow- there was an overwhelming response to this! victoria, the organizer is unable to accept additional participants, so I've eliminated her contact info. She capped it at 300!**

Here are the details from Victoria, aka, sfgirlbybay

• we’re going to share a connected stream of blogger posts on ‘what inspires us the most’ on our individual blogs, but link back & forward to the other blogs participating, a bit like a chain letter (but, hopefully a lot less annoying!).

• ez from creature comforts has graciously created this lovely badge to add to your blog if you are participating.

i’ll then make a list of bloggers who want to participate (perhaps alphabetically) and post it on monday, february 8th, and everyone will see when their post is due, and the order of the mashup. we will post one day at a time, starting with mine and move on to the next blog, and then the next — you get the idea.

- then, we’ll divide the list of 300 blogs into groups, and 5-10 blogs will post the first mashup on wednesday, february 10th. and from there, we’ll link to the next blog and that blogger will post on thursday, feb 11th, and then they’ll link back to the original blog, and then to the next blog on the list who will post on friday, february 12th and link back to the prior blog (we’ll skip weekends since they are slow) and so on and so forth.

Flowers

Kate — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:45:26 +0000

I think winter in SF is starting to bring me down. I'm tired of being all bundled up all the time. And, oh, I know it's probably colder wherever YOU live, but I'm also guessing that you have heat! Right now, we are living a life without heat, and not by choice like these folk. We had a wood-burning stove, but are in the long process of getting gas heat. So our place runs at about 58 degrees. Not awesome, but we'll survive. We have a space heater in our bedroom and one in our son's bedroom. Oh, I digress! This post is not supposed to be about our heat situation. I'm tired of winter so I cleaned off my bedside table and bought some lovely flowers! It's much more pleasant to wake up to fresh flowers & my 2 books than the stack of magazines and my clothes from the night before. I highly recommend this to get you through the final push to spring!

On a side note, anyone else reading (or read) Nuture Shock or Omnivore's Dilema? I'm currently reading both and am really enjoy them!

Blog it forward

Kate — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:55:03 +0000

I'm really excited about participating in the upcoming "blog it forward" mashup. The idea was brainstormed last night on Twitter... back and forth ideas between @sfgirlbybay and @swoonette. As bloggers we want to work together to create things, not compete! Details will be posted on Monday :)