wandering to New Hampshire

anatomical art

I finally got around to framing this little print that I picked up in Halifax a few weeks ago. Perfect bathroom decoration in a house where we have anatomy charts of the heart, muscles, and skeleton as wall art in our dining room. I love the idea of anatomy as art in general, and these are some cool, if slightly creepy, examples that I've collected:

brainy (ridiculously expensive) bicycle helmet from anthropologie

anatomical heart tattoo, found on pinterest that I couldn't source

anatomy collages found via honestlywtf

anatomy prints available on society 6 (check out the lungs too!)

thump thump print, discovered via this vscocam page, and available here.

style game: MEC

I recently went to Mountain Equipment Co-Op (MEC) to purchase some panniers for my bicycle, and I noticed that they have since up their style game since I last paid them a visit. Their latest line of vintage-inspired backpacks are so lovely. I think they really nailed it style-wise.

cold brew coffee

I've been drinking a lot of iced coffee lately, and it's starting to add up so... I decided to make my own. Apparently it's really simple. You just need a french press and some ground coffee. The proportions is one spoon per cup of coffee, or more depending how strong you like your coffee. You just stick it in a French press overnight and it's ready the next day! The nice thing about cold brew is that the flavour is less bitter because heat is what causes the bitterness of hot coffee.

My favourite coffee beans are from:

• Laughing Whale
• North Mountain Fine Coffees
• Java Blend 

d.i.y. terrariums

My latest hobby is building succulent terrariums. I love succulents because they are really hard to kill. You only need to water them every 2 weeks or so, and since they are in terrariums, they need less water. I got these cool glass terrariums at Chapters. They were 50% off and then I ran into my friend who had an employee discount for an additional 30%, so I got a great deal!

Materials:

• Glass container 
• Succulents
• Cactus soil
• Rocks
• Activated charcoal
• Moss

You can find a glass container anywhere, but I always see neat ones at thrift stores. Succulents and cactus soil can be purchased at any home/hardware store with a garden section. The activated charcoal, rocks, and moss were purchased at the pet store. The charcoal & rocks can be found in the fish section and the moss in the reptiles section.

Instructions:

1. Put down a layer of rocks. Put a thinner layers in more shallow tanks. This will help with drainage.

2. Next, put down a thin layer of activated charcoal.

3. Add cactus soil, leaving dug out sections for planting the succulents.

4. Add moss, for decoration. This step is optional. Alternately, you can add rocks. If you really wanna get fancy, you can add figurines. I'm still looking for the perfect sized dinosaur to stick in one of the containers.

5. Water! Apparently you're supposed to fertilize your succulents during the summer months (May-September). And only water sparingly. I use a spray bottle. Succulents don't need much water and the terrariums are somewhat enclosed environments that trap moisture. Plants need air to grow, so every once in a while, I'll take the lid off the enclosed container. 

society6

I started selling of my stuff on society6! So head on over if you're looking for prints or a new phone case. I haven't really done much with it yet, so keep a lookout for new things in the future.