#miscellaneousmonday

Thanks to Olivia Lenz for letting us know about these beautiful space inspired pottery pieces by Cherrico Pottery (aka Joel Cherrico). The design references both the surface of the moon and the surface of asteroid 243 Ida. 

There are a variety of bowl and cup versions (some sold out), each with a gorgeous nebula hiding inside! Stay tuned for Part 2 later today...

- Summer

You can never have too many solar system necklaces in our opinion! Here’s another offering via Think Geek - this time with the asteroid belt included! 

Also loving this description:

For those who are about to complain that the beads are not to scale, here's the deal: we wanted you to be able to lift your head despite the asteroids in the belt being visible. We think that's a fair trade-off.

Note: this item is available for pre-order right now, but officially goes on sale in just one week! SQUEE.

- Summer

Here are some fireworks to help you celebrate the Lunar New Year. In fact, you could probably call them the original fireworks, aka the Big Bang. ;) 

This design is by Richard Hall and is available from Vida, a collaboration between designers and makers. Currently it’s only in being sold as a square scarf, but there was once a tank top version as well (le sigh). 

Either way, I love the design and you should definitely check out Richard’s other pieces which are geometrically inspired.  

And Happy Lunar New Year to all! 

- Summer

Over the weekend, I learned two things: 1) Pottery Barn has an AWESOME collection of Star Wars bedding and room decor, and 2) Pottery Barn seems intent on furthering gender stereotypes. Le sigh. 

Not only does Pottery Barn think their Star Wars bedroom is for boys only, but all their kids rooms are broken up into girl and boy categories with zero overlap between the two. So even if a girl can fly the Millennium Falcon, she can't sleep in a room decorated like one. It seems “Where’s Rey?” is not just a Disney problem. 

Thanks to Holly (aka @absolutspacegrl) for tweeting about this. As she says: GIRLS LIKE SPACE TOO. And what better evidence to support this than the photo she shared of all the female flight controllers for the space shuttle mission STS-120. 

Can we all agree to use the force to change this archaic way of thinking? 

Happy Solstice, startorialists! Today begins our two-week hiatus so please take a scroll through our archive while we’re away, and keep those submissions coming. Enjoy this sneak peek of our poster for #AAS227 – next stop, Orlando! 

Quick! Head over to @jerseymaids and grab one of these solar system designs before Friday at a special discount price! GO GO GO!

Constellation pendants from Boutique Academia! All three designs are available in either steel or black onyx. I also threw in some link to Earthsky.org which is a great resource for learning more about the night sky. 

Big Dipper necklace: steel, black onyx (Big Dipper 101)

Pleiades: steel, black onyx (Pleiades 101)

Southern Cross: steel, black onyx (Southern Cross 101)

Here’s some space bling to start your week! Submitted by statorialist Llama Abron, these spinning “astro globe” pieces from Bill Skinner Studio represent the celestial sphere, aka the way the Universe looks to us from Earth. The design is available as a ring, necklace, and earrings. There’s also a moon & star stud earring set on sale!