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Reasons to Be Nice

Have you seen our new "good" section at Kir DeVries? This month in Good we feature "Reasons To Be Nice". In a busy on sometimes ungrateful world it really pays to stop and remember to just be  nice. Please fee l free to share with your friends and comment with your thoughts on the importance of being nice.

Good Stuff

Hey Guess What?  We have four exciting new developments coming to Kir in the next few months. True to form though I’m going to tease you with just one per month . Actually some of them are just not ready yet- but teasing sounds like more fun to me! This month I would like to introduce you to our brand new content section called “good”.  It’s sort of a playground where we share things we think will brighten your day and add to your life. "Good” offers  a video section, daily musings, Good for the Girl (ya want to breath life in- read this one ;-) and Good & Green  (ya want to  be kind to this lovely planet - read this one).   I would love to hear your suggestions for daily musing, videos and topics, please send them to : Kristen@shopkirdevries.com

The Kir Vision for 2010

Great Scott- is it really 2010 already? I just love the new year, it invites us to take stock in what has gone by as well as daydream about what lies ahead. I am one of those paradoxical types; I love both tradition and change. So for the new year I have many exciting additions planned for Kir. Building on the integrity and spirit that guides our uniquely edited collection of goods for a better life we will also be offering our own line of truly eco-friendly, healthy & pure products as well as information you need to know and a little dash of good for nothing wit and wisdoms in our new content section. More on that later though- be on the lookout in the coming months!

 

In the meantime I would like to totally embarrass myself in the hopes of inspiring you! I have recently discovered vision boards. The general idea is that you find a way to create a visual representation of a goal that you have in life and keep it where you can see it as a daily inspiration. I just love to help others succeed and so my goal is to be a speaker at a workshop, conference etc. to that end, I made this somewhat comical, but I have to say, effective vision board element. Any guesses as to whose body I Photoshoped my head onto?

 

Want to know more about vision boards? Here is a great post about creating your own vision board.

 

White... it's the new black

Ever since seeing design genius David Butler (uh yum) on the cover of fast Company wearing a ridiculously cool white watch I have been completely in love with white. The tide was already turning, I had already made the switch from black to gray and white was the next logical step. I'm loving my new white flip camera (yes Kir videos will be coming soon!) and am eying up a cute white cube speaker for my ipod. 

And so to prove my point.... about the watch:

So to feed my new white obsession I have to look no further than the Living with White blog from the purveyors of contemporary design  Vish & Asia.

The Little Prince : Suggested Reading for 2010

Recently my teenage son Codie has had trouble sleeping. So I suggested he spend his evenings re-reading one of my all time favorite books The Little Prince by Antoine Saint Exupery. Much to my surprise I found it sitting on his bed this morning and began to flip through it. In doing so I realized that almost everything you need to know to navigate life is contained in the pages of this classic read.

 

Here are a few of my favorite quotes from the book!

"Over the years, I came to know a great many grownups. My opinion of them never improved. In time, I stopped showing my drawing, and never again mentioned boa constrictors, elephants, or stars - instead, I would talk about golf, money, politics, and neckties, and everyone was pleased to have met such a sensible man."            The Pilot from the Little Prince 

"It's only with the heart that one can see clearly. What's essential, is invisible to the eye."    The Fox from the Little Prince

"If somebody wants a sheep, that is a proof that he exists"    The Little Prince

Happy Thanksgiving

We are starting our day with parades and pumpkin layer cake!Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Vote Today in the Shine A Light Competition

We are only a few votes shy and need your endorsement today in the Shine A Light competition! Click on the link below, register and then click on "Endorse Now". Then just sit back and feel the great karma that is coming your way! many thanks :-)
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Here Come The Killers

ya know it's not often you find yourself saying "my Dad is a friend of the Killers- how cool is that" but in this case ....My dad is a friend of the Killers, how cool is that? Yep, at the ripe old age of (deleted to protect the innocent) my dad, John (also know as victim 143) has taken up traveling around the country to see the Killers perform live. Well it turns out that if you show up in the front row often enough the band takes a shine to you and you occasionally find yourself having post show refreshments and chit chat with the fellas. THAT did not happen the night I attended with him so my little Brandon Flowers crush is now worse than ever. Let me get to the best part though. The show was 100% phenomenal. I can not say enough about this  amazing band  both as musical artist and pure entertainers. They sounded great- the show kept me enraptured, we were on our feet all night.  Here are some pix of the fun. If the Killers come to town- you MUST go.

And here I am with victim 143 (during the 10 seconds that we were not jumping up and down)

I Heart Fever Ray and you might too!

If you already know about Fever Ray... then you know! If not, check out the video below and download this and other new songs from the new Fever Ray album at itunes. Karin Dreijer Andersson is fever Ray as well as one half of the duo The Knife- what an amazingly talented women! Be on the lookout for the Rex The Dog remix of Triangle Walk too :-)

Triangle Walks from Fever Ray on Vimeo.

Free Blogger Templates & Backgrounds

Although we are on typepad and can not use these lovely blog elements (bummer) they are still spectacular and I wanted to share for those of you who do use Blogger (not that there's anything wrong with that ;-). Shabby Blogs offers a great mix of blinkies, headers , backgrounds and dividers so you can whip up your own well styled yet somewhat unique blog style.