SNACKS...Down with Labels!

I found this at #Savers.  I assumed the mix-matchyness was intentional, because what's more cool and colorful than mix-matchy food container parts? After some research, Pinterest, confirmed my doubts.  This container is part of a trio of containers that pile or "nest" on each other.  The green lid's mate is a missing "NUTS" container...and missing altogether is the yellow bowl...however in the pinterest pic the CHIPS and SNACKS are on different colored bowls...nevertheless...this retro 60's trio is going for $35 on Etsy, not including shipping.



I'm not sure what worth that puts my find at...

Due to the mix-matchyness, it's probably more valuable...at least to the creative and the random.  To the straight-laced and conventional, to the obsessive-compulsive, this find will drive you mad.  Look away! Avert your perfectionistic eyes! I intend to sell it on eBay.

Personally, I think it would be cool to use it as something other than "SNACKS"...as long as it's out of reach of those who are literal...like engineers, or children...you wouldn't want to poison anyone with laundry soap, disguised as candy.  If you decided to keep change in it, it may deter change- thieves who are there to quickly find valuables and leave...quite the decoy, especially if kept in the kitchen, where it would seem to belong.

It seems like our decorating culture is moving away from labels in general.  It's now the cool thing to find a random container from the trash, or thrift store, or consignment store and up-cycle it to be whatever one wants it to be.  The original purpose of any item can be changed with some spray paint and cleverness, in a matter of minutes.  We're such rebels.  We shall use this "SNACKS" bowl however we see fit and will not be deterred by the label! Down with labels!!

Make Life Sweet...That's a Command.

I found this at Goodwill for $4.99.  It's some sort of metal and heavy.  I tried to Google it but found nothing about this item. It hails from a company called "Creative Enterprises".

At first I thought it might be good for a child's room or an ice-cream parlor, but it hangs in my living room with all the other random art.

Word art is one of my favorite types of art, which is interesting because I have a gut reaction to cutesy, trite, oversimplified, sentiments...However, I'm not one to ever turn away ice-cream, or sweet food in general, especially, in Phoenix, AZ, where ice-cream has a cooling effect on the body that gallons of water do not...even when doused with electrolytes...Therefore, this specific command, coupled with the adorable mutt, advertises not only canine appreciation, which I'm all for, by the way, but also heat-hygiene.  That's right, heat-hygiene...In the desert, if one is not prepared for sudden waves of killer heat, (need I say dehydration and sun-stroke), then things could turn ugly fast.  So, making life sweet is not only a play on words, encouraging us to enjoy the good things in life, but also a public service announcement, commanding, in a friendly way to stay hydrated...or else!

I'm a hypocrite.  I've lived in the desert my whole life and have many times failed to wear sun-screen, inducing years of sun-damage, painful sunburns, and impending skin-cancer.  I've walked past college students selling water bottles on my way to the top, unshaded, level of the parking garage, to my un-air conditioned car, in the middle of summer...I'm a Phoenician, I got this...I'm like a Saguaro that can horde water and be fine...until, I start to lose consciousness and barley make it to a gas station before passing out...

That's why even, trite, cutesy, sentiments, aren't so bad at times...they can even save one's life and uplift one's spirit, when taken to heart.

With that said...let's make life sweet today...