Buy Nothing Day Today

Hiçbirşey Satın Almama Günü Bugün

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Fig Honey Cake by Summer, from Bread and Honey.

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İncirli ballı kek, yapan Summer.
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From Les Zigouis by Barbara Berrada.

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Barbara Berrada'nın Les Zigouis adlı dükkanından.
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Hello dears, it is November 28th so I just wanted to remind you today is "Buy Nothing Day". That includes groceries, restaurant food, bottled water, gas(the biggest capitalists sell gas!), or useless knick-knack we find ourselves buying everyday. You're hungry? Cook something. Your tights have a hole? Sew it. You are bored, want to buy a DVD? Spend time with your family instead. Everything on this page is handmade so I am sure we can manage for one day :) {Although, while buying handmade is usually a great way to "stick it to the man", don't buy them today, buy them tomorrow.} Shakers could survive without buying anything at all, so can animals. So can we.

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Merhaba canlarım, bugün 28 Kasım yani "Hiçbirşey Satın Almama Günü". Hiçbirşey dediysek buna bakkaldan yoğurt almak, iş yerine dışardan dürüm söylemek, şişe su almak, benzin(en belalı kapitalistler petrol üreticileri!), hatta hergün farkına varmadığımız minik ıvırzıvırlar da satın alınmayacak şeylere dahil. Aç mısınız? Birşeyler pişirin. Çorabınız mı kaçtı? Tutturuverin. Canınız sıkıldı yeni bir DVD mi almak istiyorsunuz? Ailenizle, sevgilinizle vakit geçirin. Bu sayfadaki herşey el yapımı, o yüzden eminim bir güncük idare edebileceğimize :) {Tabii, normalde el yapımı ürünler almak "sisteme çomak sokmak" adına yapılabilecek en güzel şey. Ama siz gene de bu ürünleri bugün satın almayın, yarın alırsınız.} Shaker'lar, hiçbirşey satın almayıp kendi işlerini kendileri görerek pekala yaşayabiliyorlardı. Hayvanlar da öyle. Bizim nemiz eksik?

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Letterpress clocks by Cursive New York.

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Kağıt baskı saatler, Cursive New York.

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Hand-stitched bird by Cotton Birds Design.

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El yapımı kuş, Cotton Birds Design.

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Holiday pie in the making by Summer (and her awesomely tattooed hands) from Bread and Honey.

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Summer (ve "fırıncı" anlamına gelen harika dövmeli elleri) tarafından yapım aşamasında olan bayram pastası.
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UPDATE: Oh, it was Thanksgiving in the USA yesterday, happy thanksgiving everybody! I wish we had it here too, we don't have Christmas either so instead we eat stuffed turkey and decorate a tree in new years', how odd is that :) We are envious of your sweet traditions :) Anyway, you probably have lots of leftovers from yesterday so won't need to cook after all. Love y'all!

UPDATE 2: I heard security guard at a store was smashed to death by greedy shoppers during black friday. See how uncivilized this consumerism craziness is making us?
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EKLEME: Satın almayın dedik, Optimum nalet alışveriş merkezine koşup İstanbul'u yağmalayın demedik. Kimsenin beni takmadığının resmidir :P Amerikan alışveriş yamyamları "Kara Cuma" olarak tabir edilen Şükran Günü sonrasındaki indirim gününde (ki bu ayın 28'iydi) sabahın 5'inde açgözlülükten bir mağazanın güvenlik görevlisini ezerek öldürmüşler. Kınıyorum herkesi...!

Cutest Calender Ever

Dünyanın En Şirin Takvimi
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Can't wait 'til December so I can buy this. The paintings and colors are so lovely. It is made by the genious behind the blog Kris's Color Stripes, and you can buy it on Etsy here.
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Bu takvimi almak için Aralık'a kadar zor beklerim ben. Resimler ve renkler öyle sevimli ki! Bu takvime harikulade blog Kris's Color Stripes'ın yaratıcısı imza atmış. Etsy dükkanından satın alabilirsiniz.

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Liberty of London

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Bad, bad blogger. I must be the only blogger who made an amazing trip to London and didn't blog about it. For all of you out there who are planning Europe trips, move London up to the number one spot you want to see, because trust me you want to see it. I have been to Istanbul, Milan, Venice, Philadelphia, Washington DC, briefly NY and a bunch of cities in Turkey, and London is by far my favorite. Ok apparently I haven't seen that many places but my mom and dad have seen cities all throughout Europe and it's their favorite too.
I was very fortunate to have a collegue who took the time to take me to all the nicest design stores. My favorites were on Kings Road (SW3). There were a couple of antique stores there (that got me head over heels) which I can't remember the names of, but they were near the big Designer's Guild stores(at which I drooled a lot). I suspect one of the stores is After Noah because of the vintage telephones, but I could be wrong. On the same street were Design House Stockholm, which was like a candy shop for an industrial designer, and The Holding Company. Other than these small but striking stores on Kings Road, we went to a lot of larger stores as well, The Conran Shop(where I got to try every lovely design classic there was) was awesome, Heal's was ok. The highlight of Heal's was the Peyton and Bryne in it, which was the cutest bakery ever with the most amazing cupcakes. You must go there if you go to London. We went to a bunch of stores in 2 days, 1 day near Farnborough and the 2nd day in London. Our last stop together was Regent Street, which had an awesome Habitat, but most importantly Liberty of London.
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The store exterior. It is a beautiful Tudor revival building. According to wikipedia, the timbers used in this building were taken from 2 ships. It is the most original and stylish department store in the world.
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The building is actually very large and wide but the street it's located on is kind of narrow so the building never shows up in photographs as a whole!
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The entrance of Liberty is where they sell flowers and make flower arrangements.

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So this is the sight that welcomes you into Liberty.

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If you think they left the exterior original but modernized the interior, you are wrong. The interior is just as striking with the richest, warmest timbers, beautiful wooden beams, and exquisite fireplaces all throughout the building.
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There is a large open space in the center, with a glass roof.

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Look, the beams are visible in this picture. They do a pretty good job with dressing up this building into a luxury store.
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I was very fortunate to be there during the exhibition titled ‘Liberty celebrates 70 years of Knoll Past, Present and Future’ . I got to see so many design classics in such a beautiful atmosphere. The modern furniture contrasted so nicely with the old features of the building that it created a beautiful harmony of colors and textures. The pictures are not doing this exhibition any justice, I walked around the area 3-4 times, each time appreciating the beauty of each object. We see these pieces of furniture on the internet all the time, but seeing them for real made me realise that they are absolutely worth the high prices they are sold for. Amazing details, seriously.
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More of familiar design classics...
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The fashion area had such great pieces that I was drooling all over the place. I was literally in agony when I entered the bag lounge. I was cuddling a Marc Jacobs bag when I realised my collegue was gone. Everything, including Liberty's own brand was extremely expensive, luxurious, buttery and beautiful.
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As you can see from the pictures, they have great lighting in the store, some parts are even dark with only blue/purple light. This definitely adds to the experience and you feel like you're in another world.
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The shoe lounge. I could live there.

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There was a large collection of art as well. When I was there they had more modern art than the ones in this picture though.
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There was a whole floor filled with this type of small, gift-worthy stuff.
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Another quirk of Liberty is their fabrics. There was an area of light, soft, vintage looking fabric, and another area of classic shirts made from those fabrics.
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Most fabrics had this type of teeny-tiny floral prints in the sweetest colors.
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Portraits made with Liberty of London fabrics. See more about this project here and here.

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Please note that I didn't take any of these pictures as I didn't know it was allowed inside, and also because I'm too shy to act like a tourist. In fact, despite the consequences I'm glad I had ditched the unprepared tourist uniform of sneakers and raincoat for a much classier ensemble that day: BCBG dress, sheer tights, peep-toe platform oxfords. What a day it was, starting at 9 am, walking the streets of London until 10 pm. When I finally arrived at my hotel room I thought my feet had been mutilated for life, they don't look like troll-feet anymore but 2 months later they aren't completely healed either! {}
Oh by the way, by collegue turned out to be quite the gourmet. All the restaurants she recommended turned out to be delicious. Her recommendation of that day was Villandry. It is a foodstore, bakery, restaurant and bar. I am still having dreams about the french onion soup I had there. Highly recommended.

PS: I am completely in love with every place I went in Britain. Oh how I wish I could move there now! Say hello to a new Anglophile. I already adored their language, literature, music, cinema and fashion. Now I adore their weather too! Random fact about me: my mom was in her last year of college, majoring in English Literature when she was pregnant with me. I was born on her week of finals!
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Sources of pictures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7-9-10, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14-15-16, 17, 18, 19, 20

DIY - Design It Yourself

Kendin Pişir Kendin Ye
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Today's post is for two groups of people. Group one, creative individuals. Group two, young designers who are trying to find ways to have their designs produced, sold, and recognized. How? Thanks to Bon Bon Kakku and Ponoko.
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Bugünün yazısı iki tip insan için. İlk tip: yaratıcı bireyler. İkinci tip: tasarımlarını üretmek, satmak ve tanıtmak için yeni kapılar aramakta olan genç tasarımcılar. Nasıl mı? Bon Bok Kakku ve Ponoko sayesinde.
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Type coasters by acd. This one is "design plan"(see what I wrote in the paragraph below), given free. Available at Ponoko.

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Harfli bardak altlıkları, tasarım; acd. Bu bir "tasarım planı"(bkz. aşağıda yazdığım paragraf), hem de bedava, Ponoko'da.

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Transient Cool, a pendant/fan by nervous. Available at Ponoko.

"Transient Cool", bir kolye/yelpaze, tasarım nervous. Ponoko'da satılıyor.

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Leaves necklace by brevity. Available at Ponoko.

"Leaves" kolye, tasarım; brevity. Ponoko'da.

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Slice chair by utzidesign. Available at Ponoko.

"Slice Chair" sandalye, tasarım utzidesign. Ponoko'da.

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Bitten Popsicle charm by nbscloset. Available at Ponoko.

"Bitten Popsicle", ısırılmış dondurma şeklinde kolye ucu. Tasarım nbscloset, Ponoko'da satılıyor.

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Ponoko is a website where you log on and design something and have it made using sheet materials and laser-cutting technique. There are different materials to choose from, and you can design jewelery, home accessories, puzzles, toys etc., but you can also design larger scaled 3-D furniture such as bookcases by using interlocking pieces. You make a design, order it, and they laser-cut the pieces and send them to you. If you notice any flaws of the result product you can always tweak your design a little bit and perfect it. After this, you can either submit your product to be sold, which means other people will see it on the site and order it, then Ponoko sends you the pieces, you send it to the customer. OR, you can just submit a "design plan" which the customers can buy your and have the laser-cut pieces delivered to themselves. Or, if you aren't into designing yourself, you can choose and buy from the many original designs sold on the site. Here is a great article about Ponoko, pros, cons, everything.

Ponoko bir web sitesi, giriyorsunuz, yaptığınız tasarımları levha veya yaprak karakterli malzemeleri laser ile kestirerek ürettiriyorsunuz. Farklı malzeme seçenekleri var, öyle ki takı, ev aksesuarları, puzzle'lar, oyuncakların yanı sıra birbirine geçen parçalar kullanarak daha büyük ölçekli, kitaplık vs. gibi 3 boyutlu mobilyalar da tasarlayabiliyorsunuz. Tasarımınızı yapıyorsunuzi siparişi veriyorsunuz, üretip size gönderiyorlar. Eğer beklenmedik, istemediğiniz kusurlar varsa tasarımınızı düzeltip mükemmelleştirebilirsiniz. Bundan sonra ürününüzü satışa sunabilirsiniz. Bu durumda müşteriniz tasarımını siteden sipariş veriyor, Ponoko size gerekli parçaları laser ile kesip yolluyor, müşterinize ürününüzü siz yolluyorsunuz. VEYA, siz sadece "tasarım planı"nızı satışa sunuyorsunuz, müşteriler sizin tasarımınızı alıp yaptırıyorlar. Tasarlamaya meraklı değilseniz de siteye girip sadece alışveriş yapabilirsiniz. Burada Ponoko'nun avantajları, dejavantajları, süreci ile ilgili güzel bir yazı var (İngilizce).

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The other website, Bon Bon Kakku, is a pioneering net store where you can design your own fabrics. You make a design, they put it on the site for publice view, the viewers vote the designs. If your design is a success, it will be sold on the site. This means that you not only get to design the fabric of your dreams, but also your designs have a chance to be recognized and bought by many people. There are competitions held on the site continuously. Here are some examples that made it to the store:

Diğer site, Bon Bon Kakku, kendi kumaşlarınızı tasarlayabildiğiniz öncü bir internet mağazası. Tasarımınızı yapıyorsunuz, onlar siteye herkesin görebilmesi için koyuyorlar, siteye girenler tasarımları oyluyor. Eğer tasarımınız çok oy toplayıp başarılı olursa site üzerinden satışa sunuluyor. Bu da şu demek; sadece hayalinizdeki kumaşı yaptırmakla kalmıyorsunuz, aynı zamanda tasarımınızın bir çok insan tarafından tanınma ve satın alınma şansı oluyor. Sitede sıklıkla yarışmalar düzenleniyor. İşte mağazada satılmaya hak kazanan bazı tasarımlar:

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Kevätkumpu by Annauu. Available at Bon Bon Kakku.

"Kevätkumpu", tasarım; Annauu.
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Broken Mirror by dersenn. Available at Bon Bon Kakku.

"Kırık Ayna", tasarım; dersenn.
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Yukarıdaki ve aşağıdaki bütün kumaşlar Bon Bon Kakku'da satılıyor.}

Fresh Out of the Oven

Fırından Yeni Çıktı
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S for Sweet...
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Sevimlinin S'si...
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I got a Turkish comment (which is rare), so as usual I click click clicked to see who the commenter was, and to my surprise I discovered a lurking talent. Baris Gun Sahin is a senior art student, he's studying Traditional Turkish Handcrafts. His work is just adorable, he has a modern take to the traditional Turkish tile art. Now, design business in Turkey is nothing like what it is in the USA. People are lucky if they can find corporate jobs, freelancing is a distant dream, and being an indie designer is unheard of (unless you have relatives amongst the few 'famous' designers. Baris is selling his work on Etsy, which I thought no one in Turkey really knew about. So, imagine my joy and surprise when I discovered this indie artist who is on such a brave path and has great work. Click here for his Etsy shop where he sells his hand-painted one of a kind work.
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Blog'uma Türkçe bir yorum aldım (ki bu çok nadir oluyor), ve her zamanki gibi 'kimmiş??' diye tıklayıverdim. Bir de ne göreyim, gizli kalmış bir yetenek. Barış Gün Şahin Mimar Sinan'da Geleneksel Türk El Sanatları bölümünde okuyor. Kendi stüdyosunu kuracak kadar cesur, satışlarını ise aslında el işlerinin satıldığı çok büyük bir site olan, ama nedense Türkiye'de pek bilinmeyen Etsy'den yapıyor. En güzel tarafı ise el boyaması işleri gerçekten orijinal, sevimli ve zevkli. Keşke ülkemizde böyle kendi halinde yaratıcı işler yapan daha çok bağımsız çalışan tasarımcı olsa. Barış Gün Şahin'in Etsy dükkanı için buraya tıklayın.

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Pink glaze- yummy!
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Pembe sırlı çukur tabak favorim.

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Black flowers bowl.
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Siyah çiçekli kase.
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Just He / Just She bowls.
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"Just He / Just She" kaseler.
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Dragonfly coffee cups.
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Yusufçuk kahve fincanları.
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Two side blue bird cups. They are coffee cups, but they make me want to drink sake. With sushi on the side and matching red chopsticks.
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İki taraflı mavi kuşlu fincanlar. Bunlar aslında kahve fincanları, ama benim içimden bunlarla saki içmek geliyor, yanında suşi ve uyumlu kırmızı çubuklarla.
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Blue-blanc style bowl, one of his more traditional designs.
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Mavi-beyaz kap, daha geleneksel tarzda tasarımlarından biri.

Laptop Adornments

Lapsticks
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Lap-top stickers, that is. Someone must have heard my cry for original pretty things to emerge from Turkey, because it has happened. Actually, this has been done before by gelaskins, but baby steps, right?
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Yani Lap-top çıkartmaları. Birileri benim orijinal güzel şeylerin Türkiye'den çıkmasını dileyen çığlığımı duymuş olmalı, çünkü gerçekleşti. Aslında orijinal demek hata olur çünkü gelaskins firması tarafından hem laptop'lar hem iPod'lar için çıkartmalar yapılmıştı, ama ufak adımlar dahi kıymetli.
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My favorite lap-top sticker ever. It's called "Peeking Under Leafs" by Jeremiah Ketner (who I happen to adore). Available here.
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Benim en en ennn bayıldığım laptop çıkartması. Adı "Peeking Under Leafs (Yaprakların altından gözetlemek), orijinal eser Jeremiah Ketner tarafından yapılmış, çıkartmaya uyarlanmış. Burada satılıyor.
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"The Provocateurs" by Kathie Olivas. I like the one with the bunny ears and the lolly! Available here.
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Kathie Olivas tarafından yapılmış "Provokatörler". Tavşan kulaklı lolipop yalayan tip çok şirin. Burada satılıyor.
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Egon Schiele meets Adriana Lima. This is "Nevermind" by Stella Im Hultberg, here.
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Sanki usta ressam Egon Schiele, ünlü manken Adriana Limayı çizmiş gibi. Stella Im Hultberg tarafından yapılmış "Boşver", burada.
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This one has Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas thing going on. It's called "Growth", by Lawrence Yang.
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Tim Burton'ın ünlü animasyon filmi Nightmare Before Christmas'ı anımsatan, Lawrence Yang tarafından yapılmış "Büyüme".
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And here are the Lapsticks. Not as quirky as the ones above, and for 3 times the price, but I appreciate the vintage-y collages adorned with pink flowers. Here are my favorites:
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Ve işte Lapstick'ler. Tek yapmanız gereken internet sitelerine girmek, lap-top'ınızın ölçülerini vermek ve 3 gün beklemek. Bunlar yukarıdakiler gibi sanatçı işi değiller ama vintage görünümlü kolajların arasına kattıkları pembe çiçekler çok hoş. Çoğu modellerinin fiyatı 55 YTL, Gelaskins'inkilere oranla biraz pahalı ama idare eder. Aslında gelaskin'leri de internet sitelerinden sipariş edebilirsiniz, Türkiye'ye gönderiyorlar ve kargo ücreti dahil neredeyse Lapstick'lerle aynı fiyata denk geliyorlar, üstelik orada iPod ve telefon cicileri de bulabilirsiniz.
Herneyse, işte benim Lapstick'den seçtiklerim:
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"Agatha", Lapstick.
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"Margaret"
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"Annabella"
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"Jungle"
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"Winter"
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Back to Jeremiah Ketner's iPod skins. Sorry, I couldn't help myself, they're so adorable!
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Jeremiah Ketner'ın iPod çıkartmalarına dönüyorum, napiyim kendime engel olamıyorum, çok güzeller!
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"Don't Eat the Sand", available here.
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"Kumları Yeme", burada satılıyor.
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"Love You Every Moment", here.
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"Seni Her And Seviyorum", burada.

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