A new bin!!!

So I finally got my butt in gear and finished the second bin for Michelle... and I wanted you to see it.

Someone at Park + Vine gave me all these cool organic bread bags. They're really colorful, and I think the combination of clear plastic with the color is pretty sweet.

So...

check it out!

Diary of a DAAP kid: co-op (part 3)

Wouldn't it be great if the people you bought supplies from at work came to your work and fed you delicious food and gave you things in exchange for you listening to them talk about their supplies for a half hour?

Maybe you should think about working at an architecture firm.

These strange and wonderful lunchtime occurances are called "Lunch and Learns." Representatives from companies that sell building supplies and interior finishes (fabric, carpet, furniture, flooring, windows, brick, etc) do circuits of firms around town to show off their new products and make friends with the designers that will (hopefully) specify their product in whatever building they happen to be designing at the moment.

So the sign up sheet goes around, and sometimes you get to pick which Panera boxed lunch you'll receive that day. Or maybe they'll bring in a gigundous Servatii's pretzel sandwich (which is awesome!!)


panera = lunch and learn

For me, it means free lunch, and sometimes little goodies. The firms will hand out pens, sticky notes.. heck, I've gotten everything from cloth lunch bags to little tins of organic wheat grass to grow at my desk. They're cheap, plastered with logos, and a little slice of awesome for an intern like me.

At the last place I worked they had two Lunch and Learns a week (one for architectural products, one for interiors) lined up almost the entire time I was there - it was a new place with lots of work, and the reps really wanted to get their business!


Maybe this is a very common thing that everyone has heard of, but I just wanted to profess my undying love of the Lunch and Learn.

Diary of a DAAP kid: co-op (part 2)

I am officially started in the first week of work at my new co-op job in downtown Cincinnati. Let me tell you what... it is SO much better than school!

Yeah, I'm working the 8-5. But after 5 pm (or overtime, if it's needed), you can stick a fork in me, cuz I'm DONE.

No projects.

No homework.

No papers.

No studying.


Just sweet, sweet free time in the weekends and the evenings where I can do whatever I please... like making more bins!!

Yep, I'm almost finished with the bin that Michelle requested well... a while ago. Stay tuned for finished pictures!!

Aldi's Update

This past Saturday my new pal Liz at get in mah belly and I took a trip to the Aldi's on Pleasant Ridge.

(she was an Aldi's virgin!)

Check out her post to see how she lived to tell the tale!

Plastic Bag Love!

Happy Tuesday, everyone!! It’s always fun to learn about all the cool things people are doing with plastic bags.

So, in honor of all the neat things that are happening out there, every so often I’ll be giving the scoop on plastic bag goodness!

Now, I'm not encouraging you to go out and get more plastic bags (my grandma hasn't gotten the memo - Love you, grandma!) Use reusable bags!! Trust me, there are WAY too many out plastic bags out there as is!

SO. To initiate the Plastic Bag Love, I bring you the one creature who loves plastic bags more than anything in the whole world:

My sister’s rabbit, Tislow.




Tislow is an adorable floppy eared bunny that lives in my mom’s basement. One day someone left a plastic bag on the floor, and he discovered how amazing and crinkly they are!

DISCLAIMER (ahem, Maureen Jacob, I am looking at you): Bun does not eat the plastic bags. He likes to play with them and carries them around in his mouth… think Linus and his blankie.




So, here’s some freakin’ cute pictures of a freakin’ cute rabbit and his love of plastic bags:






And even more plastic bag love: Thanks to Cincinnati Women Bloggers for making little ‘ole me Blogger of the Week!! I’m super honored and way excited. Thanks, ladies!!

Sweet 16th!

So when I signed up for Cincinnati Innovates I wasn't really expecting much of out of it. After 2 months, it turns out my entry has moved up to #16 on the list!

It doesn't sound like much, but there's over 80 entries on the website. So that's a huge YAY for this silly little project.

So, sorry about the shameless plug, but this could actually turn into something. Who knew?

Vote for RecycleDbin on Cincinnati Innovates!!

Diary of a DAAP kid: homecoming

Sorry today's post is a little late, readers. I just got back to Cincinnati after a three day hiatus in my hometown of Franklin, IN. It's a small city outside of Indianapolis, and it's always nice to go back home to visit.

Because UC is currently on the quarter system, my school year starts and ends later than other colleges who are on semesters. Add that I go to school during the summer and the winter, and that I was studying in Europe last summer... and it's not hard to understand why none of my friends and family outside of Cincy know where I am or what I'm doing at any given time. I can hardly keep track of it myself!

When I do get the chance to go home, I always try and catch up with whichever old friends happen to be around (as well as hang out with my FABULOUS mother and sister)

This time, I got Ritter's ice cream with two of my oldest friends EVER, Shannon and Liz.




Hi Shannon! (friends since 7th grade!)



Hi Liz! (friends since 5th grade!)


It's just nice to know that even though we all go our separate ways there are always some people that I can have good times with, no matter how long it's been since we've seen each other last.