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TOYSREVIL ANDY HENG
What was the last toy you added to your collection? An “Evil Ape of Death” from MCA Evil Design × Toy2R, opened up just over the weekend actually! I had blogged about the piece in 2008, but only managed to snag one recently via an online sale. Good toys transcend dates, methinks! Well, at least when it comes to personal tastes. Describe how your blog came to be. The blog initially started out as a personal online journal where I nonchalantly went on about the mundanity of personal life, showcasing self-absorbed happenstance and incidents in Singapore (where I am based)—including toys which I had collected and procured at the weekly flea markets… I have an innate desire to share and archive toy news, but truthfully, the blog has evolved to become an outlet for me personally to geek out on, and have fellow like-minded folks geek out along with me! What makes you feel most empowered? That what I blog about works. I hustle hype on a daily basis; if someone is able to sate their desire to purchase something via my efforts or reviews, then the blog has been effective. Having my words influence decisions is an added plus and bonus.
toysrevil.blogspot.com
HOW ABOUT ORANGE Jessica Jones
What is How About Orange all about? How About Orange is a collection of craft tutorials and DIY projects—my own, along with my favorites from other designers— plus free downloads, decorating ideas, and design resources. I started it in 2006 and named it after my favorite color. What makes you feel most empowered? My favorite moments are when I overcome challenges. In my design work, it’s the moment when I get to hold a finished object in my hands: a business card with fresh ink, a woven sample of ribbon, or a piece of wallpaper with my print on it. It never gets old and I always want to jump up and down—but I’m from Minnesota, and we don’t do that, so usually I play it cool. What is your favorite thing about the internet? That I can instantly find out the answers to all sorts of things I want to know, like what’s in a gin gimlet, how to disable the typewriter tool in Adobe Acrobat, and how to spell Dr. Seuss—a few of the things I Googled today.
howaboutorange.blogspot.com
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