Inspired by the lovely CJ.ESQ and his ‘7 Random Things Game’ - because I’m trying to keep my mind off other things this week and I’ve been taking photos of my stuff to help pin down an interior design plan - I’ve decided to add to the fun and post my own ‘7 Random Things’.
Some of these photos are of favourite things that hold a lot of memories for me. And I quite like the number 7 ;-)
1. Musical angel pig. This lovely little fella (and I do have a soft spot for pigs!) was spotted in the gift shop of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) and purchased immediately. He plays a pretty little tune and will likely reside in my art/design bookcase when my home office is decorated.
My cat Stitch doesn’t look too impressed, however. He’s suspicious of singing pigs.
2. Plush transforming WALL•E toy. My lovely boyfriend scoured the internet and bought me this ahead of us seeing the film, which he knows I’ve been obsessed with for months. I love it, such a cute character!!
3. My lonely houseplant. When I left the old house I decided to let my ex keep all the current plants, as they were fine there and I’d be decorating in the new place anyway. But I took my smallest dragon tree (dracaena) anyway just to pop in the kitchen and add a little bit of life. I can’t wait to hit the garden centre and buy a pile of new houseplants to brighten the place up!
4. Chrysler Building print. This is a very narrow, very tall black-and-white print I got years ago (and had a heck of a time getting a frame for, with its unusual size). The Chrysler Building has always been my favourite piece of architecture in the whole world, due to it being featured in a lovely little book called ‘Cat & Canary’ that I vividly remember from my early childhood. I tracked down an original copy of that book recently and it made me smile instantly, seeing it again.
I bought a matching print of the Statue of Liberty from the same photographer, and both will hang side by side…whenever I can decide where to put them!
5. New shoes. I’m not really a shoe-a-holic, but I do like my extra high heels. These are by no means my most expensive pair, but I do have a soft spot for them because of the wicked little ‘wings’ on the back and the fact they look sexy as hell when worn! ;-)
6. Rubber duckies! It started with the smallest yellow duck there - on a Virgin Airlines flight to Los Angeles years ago we got little freebie flight bags, and attached to the travel toothbrushes were miniature rubber ducks!! This tickled me greatly and I’ve kept mine (and my companion’s, haha!) ever since. Then someone bought me the ‘Devil Duckie’ to keep it company, then the ‘Dead Duckie’, and so on. I also have a line of coloured extra-mini duckies atop my Mac at work. Another quirky little pile to peek out from my design books in the home office, I think.
7. Tiffany & Co necklace. I have a weakness for these beauties, and I’m lucky enough to have a few lovingly tucked away in my jewellery boxes. This one I treated myself to when I visited San Francisco back in 2003, and I’ll always treasure it because SF is my favourite city in the whole world.
