PRODUCT FiNDS : MODERN DAY SKULL

I thought I would start sharing more of my product finds here on my blog. I'm constantly pinning to Pinterest but don't often share much of it here. I tend to pin in themes, usually unplanned. I'll see a pattern of similar colors, imagery, etc start to form in my Pinterest feed. For years I use to create mood and style boards of trends when I worked for Hallmark. It's something I absolutely love doing but don't usually have the time for. I plan to change that because they are huge sources of inspiration for me and I haven't been feeling the most creative lately. 

First up are some skull related products I've found over the last few days while hunting for Halloween inspiration. Hope you enjoy! All products have a link.

SKULL SCULPTURE

PLANTERS BY REDWOOD STONE WORKS

KiRK NiLSEN

SOY CANDLE BY BLOOKFOOT

SKULL PIN BY GOLDZAHN SUPPLY

CERAMiC PLANTER

SKULL TAPESTRY

SKULL AND CROSSBONES RiNG

DiY SKULL MASK BY AWESOME PATTERNS

GOLD GEOMETRiC SKULL PLANTER

SKULL TOTE BAG

MiNiATURE HAND BLOWN GLASS SKULL iN JAR

TiNY SKULL BRACELET

SKULL AND FLOWERS PRINT BY RACHEL CALDWELL

HAND STAMPED SKULL TEASPOON 

SKULL ENAMEL PiN

WATERCOLOR SKULL DUVET COVER

SKULL CANDLES BY EMBER CANDLE CO

SKULL NECKLACE

DAY OF THE DEAD BELGAiN CHOCOLATE SKULLS

THROW BLANKET

Leave me a comment of any products or subjects you might want to see and I'll add it to my list! Have a wonderful day!

XO

Sara

EYE PROTECTiON OBSESSiON

I can't see. Okay, that's not true, I can see but you take my glasses away and I can only focus on something 2 inches from my face. I'm use to having a really high prescription of glasses and up until recently I was only wearing glasses. (I got lazy in college with contacts and just stopped wearing them.) Sunglasses just were not something I wore and I tried those "awesome" transition lenses but always got stuck with dark lenses for awhile after I came back inside from the sun. It's super cool to be in a dark office building with sunglasses on while you wait for them to turn back to clear lenses. I'm pretty sure I've tripped walking up some stairs.

For many years I did't go outside during the day much so I think my eyes got really sensitive to light. My skin is already super sensitive. I really do feel like a vampire with my eyes and skin sizzling the second I'm in sunlight. So now I live in California! The sun is always out! And I actually really love it but my eyes and skin don't, so I've been searching for lots of sun protecting products lately. I think I may have a small obsession with sunglasses now. I'm on the hunt so if you have any companies you like please leave me a comment. I would love to find new products to share.

I just ordered these shades from Nasy Gal. These are made by Quay and I love the shape and color. Because it wouldn't be me if I didn't do this, I've added a list of sunglasses of all prices, shapes, and colors that I found while hunting around.

Quay Mia Shades available here

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Hope you're having a great day!

XOXO

Sara

TAKiNG DOWN THE RAiNBOW

A few months ago when I was taking down my collections and packing up my home I took a time lapse of the rainbow wall coming down. It took me awhile to put it together because I didn't have the right program to create it but lucky for me Doug was able to make it for me so I could finally share it. So here it is :) Something that took me years to put up (I added a lot of toys over the years) took no time to take down. I'm not even going to go into how long it was to pack everything up in boxes. Eek! Thankfully I had saved most of them which helped a lot with packing.

Happy Saturday!

XOXO

Sara

SAY GOODBY TO THE RAINBOW // MOVING FORWARD

Some people know my past and I've shared a bit here on my blog. I moved to Kansas City, MO to attend college back in 1998! Man I feel old right now. I had decided to stay here because it was very difficult for my partner at the time to move and I had a really great job as an artist and designer so there was no reason not to stay. We had purchased this house back in 2008 I believe, and I have spent years making it my home. I've shared photos on Flickr and Facebook and anywhere I could. I love to decorate and style a space and hopefully inspire others. I've been able to share the designer toy world with people that may not have normally ever seen a collection like this and how you can have it in your home in a nicely designed way. 

What some people may not realize is that my home and toys were therapy for me. I haven't left my home much in many years other than when I would go to work but then I came back home to be a caregiver. My home is a reflection of who I am and what gives me joy and I will always love it and have a special place in my heart for it. Unfortunately it does not hold the best of memories for me and as hard as I've tried I can no longer continue to stay here anymore. It had become my personal paradise and my personal prison. Every other aspect of my life has changed within the past year and this is the last step for me to make. 

In the next couple of weeks, after I have some photos and a video taken of my house, I will be boxing up all of my toys and art and getting my home prepared to sale. It will be an emotional experience I'm sure but also a very exciting one. I will get to start over and create something new in a new space. I'm going to miss you rainbow wall but maybe you will be new and improved someday. I'm not sure what it will be like to live here for awhile with no toys displayed. I'm sure it will be incredibly weird for me. I'm going to be sharing photos and the process of everything coming down and what the end result will look like. I will probably not be selling any toys, I know, I know, I'm sorry ;) I will be selling other things though because I need to downsize what I have and let go of some of my past. I will be having another Instagram account up with things I'm parting with soon if anyone is interesting because I would love for my things to go to people who will appreciate them. 

Thank you for listening...reading. This is an adventure I'm more than ready for and I'm excited to share my new life with you. 

XOXO

-Sara

THANK YOU

Just a little thank you to everyone that follows me on whatever you follow me on :) Means a lot to me. I will be a little slow over the next few months with posting things because BIG THINGS will be happening in the future with me and this toy house of mine. Stay tuned! I'll share more as time goes on.

XOXO

-Sara

TOY A DAY // ACCIDENTAL MISHAP BY TRAVIS LAMPE

I've posted toy a day photos of my collection for years now and still want to continue it but will be now adding more shots of the toy so you can see different side, accessories, etc. A signal photo post will also still be added to my toy blog and Instagram feed. This wont happen everyday but I'll try to make up for it with more photos. 

Be sure to check out more of Travis's work if you're not familiar with it. 

TRAVIS LAMPE

Have a great day everyone!

-Sara

WHAT I WORE // RAiNBOW

DETAiLS

DRESS : Older Anthropologie

CARDIGAN : Modcloth

SHOES : Modcloth 
SLIP : vintage
HAIR BOW : Art School Dropout

TOY A DAY'S

Years ago I started a Tumblr that was entirely for my toy collection. I've collected toys pretty much my entire life. I was the kid that could never get rid of anything so I guess technically I was a child hoarder. My collection didn't really turn into a collection until I left for college and had more of my own space to display them. Most of what I collected back then were Todd McFarlane toys and action figures but as the years went by and more designer toys were being created, my collection started expanding. I collect all types of objects but toy are my favorite. Currently I have over...honestly I have no idea how many I have. If I were to guess, it's in the thousands. 

When I started posting a toy a day post on my Tumblr, it was for the purpose of documenting my collection and I had started numbering them so I could count them all. That became a bit overwhelming to keep up with so I stopped counting but still continued to post toys. Then that migrated to Instagram where the photos are currently just the toy in front of a white background and me holding it so you can see size relation. 

I organize everything into a rainbow whenever possible so it was just a matter of time before this happened. Enjoy!

Have a wonderful rainbow toy Tuesday!

-Sara

DOLL HOUSE : PART 1

I've shared photos of my home for many years since I purchased it back in 2008. I didn't have a blog or website to really document the things I did so I used my Flickr to share photos as my home progressed. I spend a lot of time in my house and wanted to make it someplace I wanted to be, someplace that made me happy. I've always loved interior design and love to decorate with things I've collected over the years. Here are some photos of the front rooms of my home the living room and dining room. I've always wanted one huge wall that I could display my toy collection on and my dining room just became the place to do that and have it visible but not too intrusive. I collect a lot of things but I also get claustrophobic easily so I have to organize everything! 

There are more photos on my Flickr if you want to check them out. The photos here and on Flickr are unfortunately a few years old and things have moved and changed, so I will be taking some new photos soon to share. I will also be adding more detailed photos that share who all the artists are in each photo. 

In 2011 I did a little interview for Apartment Therapy that you can see here if interested as well as one for Etsy. 

Thanks for looking!

Have a great day!

-Sara