I heart Gifted! I bumped into the shop in cute old Ballard on 5427 Ballard Avenue NW and felt like I was stepping into a fun, colorful playground full of new friends, must-haves, and play dates. Gifted is the place you want to check out for novelty cards, toys and kick-knacks you could ever dream. I’m talking jewelry, Star Wars cookbooks, miniature picnics, miniature sushi, explorer kits, and fairy stars… you name it Gifted got it. Stop by next time you’re in Ballard.

unnecessary 3, originally uploaded by iheartseattle09.

“Unnecessary creating” a.k.a. playtime.. playing around with textures and such. Listening to Todd Henry’s Accidental Creative podcasts & community has been keeping me inline with my output lately.

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well, real cookies… um, nooo… but this place on northwest market street in ballard can help you make some. real cooker makers shop here! as you know, i work very closely with food, chefs, and bakers & i was waiting for the bus outside this small little shop and had to go in and check it out!

with everything from sexy 50’s aprons to 6″ lobster cookie cutters… this place carries alot of cookie makin’ stuff. check it out in ballard @ 2211 nortwest market street.

http://www.cookiesinseattle.com/

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a piece i started months ago about an old feeling, an old friend.

SoDo :: Starbucks Headquarters, originally uploaded by slightlynorth.

I work right by this Starbucks! In the SoDo hood past downtown Seattle. SlightlyNorth used a Fuji Instax 200 instant camera… it was so shiny I thought it was a magnifier frame of some sort. But those cameras take “Polaroid” instance camera shots, remember those. SlightlyNorth did an awesome job… check out his work on Flickr.

Goodbye, PI, originally uploaded by JamesMalone.

I’d have loved to have taken this picture! The Seattle PI closed it’s offices and only now runs the online newspaper. There were hundreds of paper vending machines, empty for weeks. They’re mostly all removed now.

I heart Cairo! It’s one building up from the corner of summit and mercer on the Hill. Like their site describes it’s ‘an ever-evolving arts space open to all kinds of circumstance’. I’ve seen everything from art exhibitions, book release parties, to performances. I also hear they have their our own collection of unique Cairo apparel.

About a week ago… it looked like this…