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New Pinterest Board — Style Crush!

I get occasional hints at work and shopping g-friends that I tend to buy the same version of whatever dress or shirt or skirts that I already have. My response is always, “Well it’s because I know what will work and what won’t for my shape and height!” That said, they have a point…

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Chicks Who Kick Ass … Literally

As obsessed as I’ve become with watching it, mixed martial arts isn’t a topic that has ever graced the creative craft-, style-, and food-filled pages of mousybabe. But today, a post about MMA is warranted because, well, it’s about girls who kick some serious ass — something we celebrate above all here at MB. 🙂… Read more »

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#PutaBirdOnIt: New Set of Cards!

Had myself a little product development sesh this weekend and made a set of new notecards for our etsy shop. Check out the new listing HERE and photos of the work in progress!

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Wooden Inspiration

Saw this stool at an East Harlem bakery (Savoy) and had to snap a photo. It’s a wooden crate with steel reinforcements that was turned upside down to serve as a stool seat. Genius! A crate-turned-seat with a natural cottage chic aesthetic.

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The Many Faces of Brooklyn

When we started our house hunting adventure in January, we were afflicted with a myopia for Manhattan. It’s where we’ve rented for years and our friendly neighbor right now just happens to be Mr. Empire State. I guess you could say we’ve been spoiled rotten by the view. No surprise that we were miffed by… Read more »

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Brown Herringbone Wool Laptop Case <3 by Stash

I think I mentioned earlier that I’ve been bitten by the herringbone love bug. I don’t even really know when it started. While shopping online for a case for my new Macbook Air (which I got as a Christmas gift!) I came across this herringbone wool laptop case on Etsy. Since it was expensive but… Read more »

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The Curiously Absent Twin

Goddamn. Suzi’s been blogging up a storm about her new this and that in the last month and meanwhile, lil’ sis here’s been pretty AWOL. The culprit for my curious absenteeism: The hubs and I been house hunting too, following in the pioneering footsteps of Suzi + Chops! Yes, we’ve officially joined the cut-throat hunting… Read more »

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A New Cut Inspired By … John Cale and a Stranger on the Subway

I was on the F train in NY last weekend, and I started admiring this girl’s hair. It was cut in a normal style, naturally jet black with some red dye, but she had bobby-pinned a tiny portion of her hair up against the side of her head in an X formation. I made a… Read more »

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Clov-Inspired Tattoos

Yesterday, we got an email from a fan showing us the raddest tattoo ever. Lyrics from our song Moving Gaza! “living is not for free … art is ecstasy.” So we tweeted the pic 🙂 Within an hour someone else tweeted his own pic of the Clov/Sesow Zombie bunny from our Memento Mori album. WHAT.!?… Read more »