Robot Monkey Terrorizes Seattle

Darcy Place

Seattle Monkey Poster by Matthew PorterAs recent transplants to Seattle (many years ago), we lived, worked and played downtown. The Space Needle was always our primary geographical point of reference in our wanderings and the subject of many a photograph. We still love to see how other artists and photographers capture this iconic landmark!

Recently we stumbled across this cool poster of a robot monkey taking a bite out of the Space Needle and terrorizing downtown! We really love the little details like the folks falling out of the Needle, the Seahawks and Sounders hats on the fleeing monkeys, and the cloudy skies. The artist, Michael Porter, is a Seattle-based illustrator and writer. You can find his robot monkey poster and much more at his etsy store.

Image ©Michael Porter via Etsy

Back to 1985

Darcy Place

Back to the Future Stuff Walll or Desk Clock by TrasureilandDarren is a movie buff and loves to collect movie memorabilia. Unfortunately, there’s rarely enough wall and shelf space to display it all!

We found this Back to the Future Stuff Wall or Desk Clock on Etsy (by seller trasureiland) that is a practical and interesting way to display a lot in a small space.

And, of course, we’re fans of the Back to the Future movies, too! Trasureiland has loads of other memorabilia available in his Etsy store.

Perler Bead Chess Set

Darcy Place

bam_chess10_squareOne of our favorite craft activities is designing and building with Perler beads. Darren’s oldest son is a natural and quite clever at coming up with unique creations.

Here’s one of his more complex and amazing creations is this chess set including the board itself and both sets of pieces.

He carefully created each piece to resemble actual chess pieces with his own touches.

And, of course, added a stand on the bottom so we could play a real chess game!