Radical Sponsors

As you guys know, I'm a big fan of small businesses (a few highlights here and here), and I love having a few small businesses choose to sponsor r/p. After opening sponsors up last month, the ones that chose to come aboard have really blown me away with their work, so I wanted to take a minute to highlight 

Our Featured Sponsor this month is Little Pancakes Jewelry. I have a few pieces from Little Pancakes, and I love how delicate and adorable they are. Little Pancakes is known for their geometric designs, particularly the bunting necklaces, and lately has released some very popular knuckle rings. My current favorite in her shop is the Double Hexagon necklace. Little Pancakes is offering a discount for r/p readers, just enter RADICAL at checkout for 20% off, valid through the next week!

Aardvark Furniture is known for taking old pieces and breathing new life into them. Through bright color schemes and fresh fabrics, everything in the shop is just...happy. My favorite is definitely this poppy magazine rack, but this hairpin-legged ottoman and bright pink birdcage are two other pieces I'd happily work into my apartment (I'm thinking in the office...)

Smitten Kitten Jewelry has one of the most extensive selections I've seen from an independent seller. Combing through the 15 pages of inventory, you will find something for everyone, from funky and offbeat to adorable and girly, like my favorite bow hair pins above. I'm a sucker for anything mint, what can I say. I also love the cameo earrings and the dainty and simple color block necklaces, which would be perfect to wear to work. 

Jennifer Lesley Design first came onto my radar with her adorable ice cream calendars, and has continued to build her inventory with gorgeous textile designs and practical items. The crisp, graphic look of her mix and match pillows are screamin' to go in my guest room, but I'm also eyeing her brush stroke tea towels. 

Thank you for supporting the sponsors that make r/p possible. If you are interested in sponsoring Radical Possibility, visit our sponsor page to see current rates and all the perks of sponsorship! Space is limited, and new ads will begin running July 1.

xo,

z

DIY Vintage Botanical School Charts

I developed an obsession recently with vintage classroom charts. Old maps, lettering charts, you name it. However, it appears that I am not the only one enamored with these gorgeous relics that once bored the crap out of school children everywhere, because it turns out they are quite pricey. 

A sucker for the botanical prints, especially, I've had my eye on this particular one for a while now, and though I adore it, at $270, it is out of my price range. I do have this mass-produced one from Ikea, but unfortunately  its the only budget friendly option I've found.

UNTIL NOW.

Dramatic lead-in aside, you will need:

Vintage botanical images

Dowel rods

Glue

String

Right now if you're thinking "Gee thanks, where the fuck am I going to find some vintage botanical images just lying around?", ye of little faith, I got you. Botanicus is a never ending resource of gorgeous, open-source downloadable images, though requires a little hunting for the perfect images. If you're not feeling like hunting, Poppy Talk just featured a few downloadable botanical prints as well, which is what I will be using today.

First, glue the dowel rods to the top and bottom of your image. It helps if you print your image on a heavier paper, and leave margins so that you don't cover the illustrations. I used a hot glue gun, because its what I had on hand, but super glue works too.

Once that is dry, flip it over and attach your string. About a foot of string was perfect, but laying out first to mock it up will give you the perfect length. You can attach this with glue, or a stapler, or both if you're controlling like that. 

Price Breakdown:

Botanical prints - free

Dowels- $.99 for four (look in the birdhouse/wooden letter section of Joanns!)

String - Already had

Glue - Already had

Total: $.99

I love that they make the little corner of my office a bit prettier for when I'm working. They may be tiny versions of the old-school charts, but for $1, these miniatures will hold me over until I can afford the real deal.

xo,

z

Pillow Talk

How many home bloggers do you think make a post about pillows and call it pillow talk? I thought about calling it Kilim All, but found that maybe a little too morbid, and Metallica would probably find some way to come after me for royalties.

Anyways, back to the topic at hand. So a few months back, Andy and I got a new sofa (I don't think I ever really blogged about it, but one day the ugly one was gone and a sexy one was in it's place, due to the ugly one just collapsing onto itself). The sexy one has these great clean lines, which look amazing but are not conducive to couch napping, which kind of blows.

So we were checking out this new place down the street called Humboldt House and spotted these kilim-patterned babies. They were $25 a piece, and the most comfortable things ever. It was totally worth it to now have a cushy couch to lay on. 

The store itself its beautiful, and I wanted literally every last thing in there. The selection of affordable, gorgeous textiles slaaaayed me, I cannot wait until a new rug is in my budget. 

From humboldthouseco.com

Located at 1045 N. California, it's definitely worth stopping by if you are in Chicago. It was kind of nice to have a vintage shop that was spot on with my taste but I could also afford, since most of the curated vintage shops are waaay out of my practically nonexistent budget. 

Now all I need is a sexy rug to match.

Someone is appreciating their nap-ableness levels. 

xo,

z

Note: this post was not sponsored in any way, no swag or money exchanged. Again, I just love small businesses and think that sometimes, you'll love them too.