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Celebrate National Donut Day All Summer With Cool Donut Swag!

Homer Simpson Donuts
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National Donut Day falls on the first Friday in June, but you love Donuts all year long, so one day is just not enough! Since it’s almost summer, so how about having some fun in the sun…with donuts!? All products courtesy of Bigmouth Inc!

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Whale Shaped Full Length Mirror

Whale Mirror
Walden By Malorie Pangilinan (All Photos By Gail)

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) design student Malorie Pangilinan created this Whale-shaped mirror, taking her inspiration from Kawaii; the quality of cuteness in the context of Japanese culture.

Blue Whale Mirror
Mirror, Rear View

It sure is cute!

Photographed in May 2016 at the ICFF Trade Show at Javits Center in NYC.

Mike Kelley, Shaped Paintings at Skarstedt Gallery

The Thirteen Seasons (Heavy on the Winter)#6
The Thirteen Seasons (Heavy on the Winter) #6: Fall, 1994 By Mike Kelley (All Photos By Gail)

Skarstedt’s Chelsea gallery is currently hosting an exhibition of Mike Kelley’s shaped paintings, never before seen as a group. Dating from the early to mid-1990s, this body of work demonstrates Kelley’s return to the medium following a 15-year span of performance, multimedia and installation art. Deconstructing the canon of modernist color and composition, the paintings manifest Kelley’s psychological road map through images recovered from his memory. Continue reading Mike Kelley, Shaped Paintings at Skarstedt Gallery

For The Person Who Has Everything: Hot Dog Shaped Condiment Bowl!

Hot Dog Condiment Bowl

Here is my contribution to the category: Ideal Holiday Gift for the Person How Has Everything — the Hot Dog Shaped Condiment Bowl!

Hot Dog Shaped Condiment Bowl Features:

  • Condiment bowl shaped like a hot dog
  • Text on one side: “The Works!”
  • Two separate compartments
  • Perfect for relish and onions
  • Material: Glazed ceramic
  • Size: 8-1/2″ x 4-3/4″ x 3-1/2″

Here is a more detailed photo, where you can clearly see the two separate sides of the bowl. Adorable, and super useful.

Hot Dog Condiment Bowl View 2

This thing looks perfect for a summer picnic, amiright?

Buy it on sale for the low price of just $9.95 (that’s 50% off the regular price!)  (Sadly, this item is no longer available!)

Nautilus Cup

Nautilus Cup
All Photos By Gail

If you enjoy seeing how very obscenely rich people lived 400 years ago or longer, go hang out at The Met for a few hours and have your mind blown. This fancy cup, made from a gilt-plated-silver shell of a Nautilus is a thing that you can see at this gargantuan museum, and it emphasizes the point that some rich people like to have really fancy things to look at and, maybe, use.
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