:10 Things: Grammy's Glass

Every month, on the last page of Domino magazine (my latest design porn) they have a piece called "Ten Things that Make Me Happy", where one of the designers featured in that issue lists ten things. It's a great place to find new crap, but it's also a nice little meditation to practice.

For the last year or so, I've been writing down "10 Great Things About Today" before I go to sleep. Not every night, but most nights. Most of the time it's things like "peanut butter & jelly" or "beautiful weather" or "my cat rocks" or "flickr". But sometimes it's things like "first kiss" or "best friend".

I've been wanting to do a visual diary of this, so here it is.

When my dad's parents passed away and we cleaned out the house that we had all spent so many hours of our lives, peeling away the layers of years and memories, one thing that no one else seemed to want was all of Grammy's glassware. Dessert plates, vases, pickle dishes.

I ended up with most of it and this is by far my favorite piece. Not sure if it's a parfait glass or bud vase, but now it sits on my desk filled with silver thumbtacks and a pack of BlackJack gum from Kerri's wedding.