Your Horsey Post, Part 1

Well, guys, you did it.  I must say, I am mighty proud of you, I'm starting to wonder why I even bother coughing up this nonsense every other day when clearly you all find more and better things than one girl could ever hope for.  In short:  you all are awesome and you totally made my birthday.  You dudes sent so many awesome horse links that I had to break this post right down the middle:  you get half today and the rest on Thursday.  So, what do you say, let's get part 1 of the horsey show-and-tell-birthday-party-started, yes? yes.

Oh, one more thing, because I love you all like my very own children and what sort of mother picks favorites, I am posting these in no particular order.  Kisses!

This black beauty was a flickr find by our buddy across the pond, Nath.  Usually recognized in these parts for her clever comments, Nath stands tall today for her outstanding achievement in horsey finding.  Here are more of her flickr finds:

Nath found these blurry beauties trapped in the corner over at Danske's Flickr

She found these precious angels on Cryptia's Horse Set, as in, an entire set devoted to horses

Nath drove it home with this abstract gem from Esther Aart's flickr

.... which, kinda sorta reminded me of this 'spensive birthday treat:

Mama must have been really nice to Sherry, either that, or she wants me to put her damn bracelet in the mail, because this abstract little birthday horse requires an appointment for a private viewing just to see the dang thing.  I can't believe they let the camera flash near it.  Sherry must have written them a nice note on my behalf. 

Sherry also sent me these psychedelic horsies to compliment the acid trip I was sure to partake in to celebrate the big 3-1.  I have to say, I really wouldn't kick horse #2 out of my house, maybe just out of that frame.  Believe it or not, these weren't the most bizarre horses to join the party

DC crush, and former blog post featured designer, Rachel Denny invited me on a fantastical trip to the circus.  I was confused and therefore beyond delighted to find this little gem of a photo when clicking on her invitation.

Back in the land of abstract ponies, we have Woman on a Horse, a proud creature found by the queen of finding things, drollgirl.  And with this, let's go ahead and start a horse sculpture party:

Camilla featured this drool-worthy crystal horse on her blog recently.  I had finally calmed my head with nearly illegal amounts of smelling salts when both Erin (our erin) and Camilla resent the link, sending me back into a downward spiral of longing and desire.

If crystal ponies are just a hair out of your budget, might I suggest you go with something a little more understated.  This driftwood horsey found by new blog friend, Guto, proves that waves and wood have a purpose after all.

Incase you can't dedicate your entire lawn to a horse sculpture (a confusing thought, but, whatever) you downsize to just the head as found by new blog buddy, Katie

Blog BFF Raina wins a badge of honor for wading her way deep within fields of Mooi lamps to bring me back this never-before-seen horse sculpture.  I have lots of horse junk around my house, but I can attest to the fact that finding a singular piece with 3 horses is nearly impossible.  It's like the white whale of horse tchotchkes. 

To round out the sculpture section of the post, Cassie has hooked me up with a link to a horsey that I might actually be able to afford in my lifetime.  These DIY horses come with step by step instructions here

And finally, to finish off part 1 of horsey time, a picture I've been crying my eyes out about since I was sent the link on Friday

I really and truly thought that Andrea was not only a blog friend, but a friend in real life as well.  That was until she ripped my beating heart straight out of my chest by sending me a link to this sold out artwork.  Ok, sold out in the size I can afford, which is almost worse.  Dying, I tell you, dying!

Guess what guys!  I've posted a gazillion pictures and we're only halfway there.  Why?  Because you dudes are awesome and sent me a ton of links.  Come back by on Thursday and we'll view part 2, which, I must admit is beyond rad as it includes manymanymany badass horse-art-in-phenomenal-rooms-pics.  See your sweet asses then.

Choose Your Own Adventure Post

This morning we're going to mix it up a bit here at the DC headquarters.  Why?  Because 31 years ago today, my mama did what Erin is about to do and popped out a karly-shaped ball of awesomeness.  (Quick show of hands:  was that last sentence totally gross?)  Moving on.  Today, YOU homies are going to write the post.  How?  By way of sending me birthday gifts.  Duh. As you all know and can probably say backwards in your sleep:  K-dawg loves the horses.  Any and all horse-art, horse-furniture, or horse-dish was created just for me.  I cruise most of your blogs (sorry, I'm a bad commenter) and have seen precious horse works featured all around this world wide web.  YOU leave me a comment with a link to the horsey(s) of my dreams, I'll put them all together and publish the proper post next Tuesday.  You will of course get lots of love and credit for your find.

I'll start with a preview of a few good horses that my blogging BFFs have sent me over the last few months:

Oy!  Jamaican me crazy, horsey!  Both Andrea and Raina proved their undying love when they sent me a link to this beauty by artist Julian Wolkenstein.  I have since - and I'm not kidding - stalked her by email to purchase a print large enough to hang over my fireplace.  She has small ones for sale at surprisingly reasonable prices, I'm still waiting on a quote for my gigantor version.

The Brew Mistress herself could easily double as my personal horse shopper, as she has gone above and beyond in the horse-link sending.  Her eye for horsies and love for Michael Phelps prove that she's the coolest girl on all of Manhattan Island.  The Mistress also found these gems:

AND!!!!!

So, what good ponies have you seen lately?

Technical Difficulties

Today technology has failed me in every way possible.  Faxes didn't go through (really, why are we even still faxing); cell phone "circuits were busy" (whatever that means); emails refused to send (I'm not kidding, it just said "no"); my BILLING AND INVOICING SOFTWARE DATABASE CRASHED (causing a minor freakout more terrifying than an earthquake with the swine flu - thank god I fixed it and I can pay my mortgage now); the automated postal system at the post office was out of order (leaving a line 20 deep for counter service, which I refused to stand in, so I went home to print shipping labels and the USPS site was down) and, most recently, the internet refused to allow me access to the images I planned to share with you today. My former boss would attribute this to Mercury being in retrograde.  I never believed her, but today was, as the kids say, redonkulus (how do the kids spell it?).  So, I'm done.  I'm checking out.  My husband, who normally holes up in the garage to tinker with some new project, has invited me to snuggle and watch a movie and I am ALL IN.  So, today, you get random pictures from a house I found that looked pretty cool.

I mostly like the bedroom, I think I will do this treatment to my bedroom walls.

(gosh, for a gal who was skipping the blog today, that was a rather long intro)

all photos by Diane Hendrikx via Office for Word and Image

(I scored a hanging light fixture just like that off ebay for $150 for Birds, it is now hanging in their new location on South Congress.  Erin will be photographing it to share with you dudes soon)

Oh, and the little roller ball on my mouse stopped working.  Wish me better luck for tomorrow