Famous among dozens
Did you win? You did if your name is Amber and you’re commenter number 202! Please report to the front desk, Amber. You have clearly done some very nice things for people, in this or other lifetimes.
As for the rest of you, holy holy there were a lot of you. Thank you for entering and for reading. And stay tuned for another big giveaway soon. The Mighty Summit is in a few weeks, and we’ll be setting aside one of those gift bags as well.
So! The gift bags for the Federated Media cocktail party in New York were kind of jaw dropping thanks to a couple of good friends. Maile from Epiphanie Bags, the woman who did our family photoshoot, offered to give us a bunch of her camera bags:
Then our friends downstairs at Photojojo said they could get us some Fuji Instax Minis and film:
Are these gift bags ludicrous? Yes they are. Do you want one?
Leave a comment telling us something on your life list by Monday, August 30 at noon PST. Your comment enters you for a chance to win the Lola Epiphanie camerabag and Photojojo’s Fuji Instax Mini 25 Instant Camera. I hope you win, because I like you very much. Thanks for reading.
Now for the fine print: Please only leave one comment, because it’s the nice thing to do, and also because multiple entries will be disqualified. I’ll use random.org to select the winner, and I’ll announce who won at the top of this post and in a separate post on Monday.
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Mid Century Danish Modern Pottery Ceramic Ivory White Cream Tall Crane Bird
Noritake Nippon Toki Kaisha Flying Crane Plates
1940s Molded Glass Crane Picture Button
Hank has too.
1960’s Vintage Silk Teal Mini Chiffon Cocktail Dress
One of us should own this. And since it won’t fit me, I think it should be you.
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I’m charmed by Paul Navarone’s animal cutouts. (via bb-blog)
Also, this Storm in a Royal Delft Teacup by John Lumbus, who specializes in mechanical toys and automata. (via Design for Mankind)
Jean of Notcot sent me this trailer for a Fruit Hunters, a film about the book that inspired my goal of tasting 1,000 fruits.
A peek at more of the numbers folks have found from The Clock Without a Face, McSweeney’s rtreasure hunt book. They’re gorgeous:
Christina Wagner, a high school senior in Wisconsin, found the eight:
Nadine Cox was part of a team that found the five in Ohio:
The two is my favorite so far. Lauren and Jim found it in Florida:
The nine was found in Texas:
Martin Morales and his fiance Lisa found the ten in Connecticut:
Michelle Senderhauf found the seven in Indiana:
The eleven, four, and three have already been found, so that just leaves six and twelve. Covet.
This star headband from Giant Dwarf is for birthday drinks with your girlfriends. You might need one.
(via My Vanity Fair)
Mighty Girl 
