I have a thing for handmade stuff. I’m an artsy fartsy, crafty mofo. I’m just naturally drawn to it. (Get it? DRAWN? Art joke!)
I think creative people are fascinating. I love reading interviews with artists that tell the story behind their thought process. I love walking around art museums and indie craft shows and art walks. I enjoy being visually stimulated. My favorite blogs have big photos, lots of color and stories about people painting with their nipples.
I also think it’s interesting to watch trends in design emerge. For a while, it was birds. Everyone was putting a bird on every fucking thing. And then owls. And then the “Keep Calm and Carry On” posters. And then the gawd dang mustaches. I gotta say, I’m a little over the mustache craze.
Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE birds. And owls are cute! And that overused phrase is still one that I believe in. These images are just SO overdone. It’s like when I first heard The Spice Girls sing their hit “Wannabe.” I was stupidly in love with it. (WHAT? Shut up). That is, until the freaking radio station played it into the damn ground and now I’d rather have someone fart in my mouth than hear that shit.
Fads are fleeting and random. It seems like someone, somewhere pulls an idea out of their asshole and creates a frenzy.
And I’M an asshole with ideas. So, once the feathers in your hair and the planking and the neon nail polish are old news, this is the shit that will be cool for approximately 7 weeks. That’s the lifespan of a “thing” these days, isn’t it? Here are MY predictions for the NEXT BIG THINGS!
Burn your bras & wear a flowery tent.
The Olsen twins will dump the Ventis and go for meat and dough on sticks instead.
I'm picturing olive loaf printed fabric & little felted slices of it on the front page of Etsy.
Ok, this one is more of an action than a design object but whatevs. Forget flash mobs and "icing a bro." Fierce farting is here! Basically it's a game of who can fart the loudest in public and get it on video. How fun does that sound?! Who wants to fierce fart with me at BlogHer?! It's ALL THE RAGE!
About Robin Plemmons
Here’s what I want to know: why are the Olsen Twins even remotely a *thing* anymore? They never look happy. They are never caught in a pic smiling, or doing anything slightly fun. They never act in anything anymore. The clothes they design are not something the average woman would wear, ever. They have *sullen stare with bored look* down pat. I don’t get it.
It’s their lack of real style that makes them stylish. Funny how that works.
Twitter Name: robinplemmons
I was just thinking the other day that I never got my Keep Calm & Carry On poster when I should have and now it’s too late. I’d love a free printable (hint, hint) of Keep Calm and Put A Bird On It hanging over the mantle. The irony would be awesome. But of all the people I know, I would be the only one who would get it. Oh well. I still love it.
Or maybe Keep Calm and Give Someone the Bird. I bet they would get that!
Twitter Name: HeatherSchiavo
That is def. mantle material. I’ll have to get on that!
Twitter Name: robinplemmons
If what you prophesize is true, I am gonna ROCK THE SHIT outta 2012.
Twitter Name: highlyirritable
SHOW ME YO MUUMUU!
Twitter Name: robinplemmons
I’m only into the muumuu if it’s also cool for my tits to actually dangle. like, tennis ball in a tube sock style…what?!?!? that’s not cool?
No, that is precisely WHY the muumuu is cool. Cause you can let your breasticles flail about. It’s like pure FREEDOM.
Twitter Name: robinplemmons
Dude.
DUDE.
I love you. And I need that first pic (10 copies pls). Add to the list of new fads, bandwagon on one fad and get it for every room in the house!
Twitter Name: AndreaUpdyke
You got it. 10 copies coming your way., Updyke.
Twitter Name: robinplemmons
you are too much. in a good way.