More Amy Sedaris

Amy Sedaris is WRITING A NEW BOOK! The new book will be on crafting, and is scheduled to come out in 2010. I am currently reading When You Are Engulfed in Flames, by her brother David, and plan on only reading books by the Sedaris children from now on.



If you don't already own I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence, you should.

Williamsburg's Daily Footprint

One of my favorite parts of Free Williamsburg is the daily footprint. Snap shots of things seen around the ever-changing canvas of a neighborhood we live in.

Adorable Recycling

Pilot, photo taken by his dad, Garen Scribner.




Thank you, Garen, dad of Pilot for providing an up-dated photo. I had no idea it was even possible to get cuter than the last, but he did!

Please Help Us Fight MS

MS is a disease that hits me close to home. My lovely and amazing sister, Lauren, has been living with it for over two years. Each year we take a stand together as a team, against MS on our annual walk. This is our 3rd walk, and we are doing our best to raise awareness and funds for research this Saturday. If you can't be there with us this Saturday in Washington, D.C., ANY donation is greatly appreciated. You can click here to make a donation to our team, The Laurenettes, or Paypal me (meg@EnderbyDesigns.com) the money to include in my donation check. You can trust me to give every penny to fight something that means so much to my family.



Thank you for any $5, $10, even a $2 donation counts and shows your support of people living with MS, and the families who adore them.


Do you know anyone with MS? If you do, you understand how important this is. Here's to finding a cure!

***Up-Date: So far, a huge THANK YOU goes out to Thea Lornie, Polly Conway, Heather Burgher, Barbara Cole, Daisy Edwards, Anthony Carboni, Cammy McFadden, Dave Shuff, Amy Merrick, Kelly Demaree, Geofrrey Ollwerther, and to an anonymous donor! Thank you thank you. The walk was a huge success, and our team was there in full effect. We raised over $2,000 with the checks we added on the last day. I will let you know when we get the final tally.

xoxox, Meg

Happy Earth Day!

Earth Day should be every day. Let's have today be a reminder of what we should be doing all year long. Do your part to take responsibility for your neighborhood, and just think of the changes we could make!


If you haven't see my Earth Day episode yet, check it out and leave a comment on the Threadbanger site and on our YouTube page.



While you're at it, read this sustainable home decor article that I contributed to from Orlando Magazine.


And a BIG THANK YOU to Planet Green for featuring the episode in This Week's Best DIY Projects.

Treehouses on AT

For those treehouse-obsessed nesters out there, feast your eyes on this!


I want to live in a tree with lots of woodland creatures and tivo.

My Earth Day Special

I am really excited about the latest episode of my DIY home decor show on Threadbanger. I have had this pendant lamp idea in my head for months, and was dying to make them. This episode is our Earth Day Special and is all about being green. Enjoy!



Earth Day is in one week, so for this episode of Decor It Yourself, we make a pendant lamp out of recycled materials, show you how to do a neighborhood clean-up, and share a green tip with you about sustainable energy.



Please support the show by subscribing to Threadbanger and leaving comments on the episode or on the Threadbanger forums. You can become a fan of Decor It Yourself HERE!

Orla Kiely Cross-Stitch

I will now start cross-stitching since Orla Kiely is gracing us with her pattern. Orla Kiely + Craft:Zine =

Six Tiny Sets Winner

UP-DATE on the Tiny Sets Contest. Industrious Fern, A., Hilary Potts, Tera, Plastic Crocodile, Dana, Annis, and Michelle Greenman ALL got the six sets correct. You are all amazing in your miniature pop-culture set knowledge. Mad drops. The winner of the free Enderby Designs gift is..... Lauren! Your guesses in your comment were correct-a-mondo, Lauren. Please e-mail me your mailing address and I will send your gift out to you soon.

Tiny Furniture

Killer tiny furniture scouted on Ebay by Alison.

Name All Six Sets and WIN a Free Gift

On The Set is an incredible and remarkably tiny endeavor. Micro-miniature, to-the-tee replications of your old favorite classic television sets. This is even better than the doll house my dad made that has real electricity running through it. Read below to participate in this fun mini-contest.







Who can name all SIX television show sets? Whoever gets them all correct will receive a FREE gift from Enderby Designs. Leave your responses in a comment below.

Lace Jewelry

Fox and Clover makes these lovely modern lace necklaces.


Soooo pretty.

UP-DATE on Advertising on Nest

Do you have a store, Etsy shop, website, book, zine, band, film, or show that you want to promote? Nest is now offering the chance to advertise to our 500-1000 daily readers.


With the economy and your wallets in mind, we are offering a super-friendly and WAY fair price of $20 per month, and a nice bulk package for 3 months for $50. In return, your shop's 200px x 200px banner will appear along the side of this blog. Nest has over 300 "followers" and gets about 500 hits per average day, with 900-1000 when we have a giveaway or new episode. These nesters come here to find shops and projects just like yours! Now is the chance to introduce yourself.


We have some exciting future press opportunities which will increase our readership, so this is the perfect time to advertise with us.

Spread the word to your DIY, handmade or artist friends and we can build a larger community to help each other out.

xox, Meg

Vote for a Chance to Win

Rust Designs makes these lovely custom birch mug sets that we got from my sister for a wedding gift. They are so sweet, the perfect weight and size, and we love drinking our coffee or tea out of them.


For the cityscape mug sets, they needs your help choosing which city to venture to next. Click here to vote on the city skyline should be the next. By voting you totally get a chance to win a free set!

First Bloom of Spring

I just discovered a lovely little shop, Traceface.




This First Bloom of Spring necklace is WAY pretty and is getting me in the mood for Spring.



The shop has a variety of aesthetic splendors, including this Judy and the Dream of Horses diorama. The equestrian terrarium has a taste of Amy Merrick, doesn't it?

U.S. of Tara

Amazing show. Killer song.

xoxThurmanxox

This was our Thurman. He was our first rescue, and we always keep him in our hearts and daily conversation. With the odds stacked against him Thurman was the kind of dog most people pass on. He was a senior, he was obese, he had chronic health problems and had been neglected and abused.


Let him be a reminder to never pass up on a friend because of such things. Adopt the under-dog and you will be deeply rewarded. Thurman was, by far, the best friend you could ever hope for. He was loyal and kind and had the sweetest heart. He was absolutely hilarious in everything he did. He worked so hard with us to get the weight off, and together, we gave him two years of an amazing life. He would have never given up, and loved everyone he met, despite his experiences with abusive humans.


Rescuing Thurman is one of the best things I have ever done in my life. He taught me more than I thought possible, and showed me how deeply I can love. Even when I am an old, wrinkly lady, I will think of our sweet beagle and smile.



I love you, Bubba! Always.

Enjoy Your Weekend

Warhol's Jackie


xox

Lolita's Treehouse

This looks so lovely and fun. A high-design Swiss Family Robinson. Thank you, Lolita.

The Pixies Are Still My Favorite Band

While watching Pump Up The Volume, circa 1991, I heard a song that changed my life. The Pixies song, 'Wave of Mutilation' played during a pretty emo scene of the Christian Slater flick, and it made me go out and buy the soundtrack the very next day. This soundtrack introduced my 11-year-old self to The Pixies, The Descendents, Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, and Bad Brains, thus changing my life.


It's been almost two decades (egads!) and The Pixies are still my all-time favorite band. If you, for some crazy reason, don't listen to them, I HIGHLY recommend all of their albums. Please push play on your boom box and report back.

The Royal Tenenbaums

The Royal Tenenbaums makes my top movies of all-time list.


Exquisitely written and visually perfect, this is truly Wes Anderson's masterpiece.




Centered around a family, this is still one of the most romantic films of all time. Heart-pounding, goose-bump-giving romantic.








Shot in the brownstone of all brownstones in Harlem, I have watched this film over and over and each experience is richer than the last. Worth owning the Criterion Collection for the set alone.