Chips on a Sandwich | no. 19 | SUPER SMOL
WARNING: potential squealing may occur
Smol | smawl when something/someone is super tiny and cute-- so much so that you want to squeeze it/them.
BEE HUMMINGBIRD: The world's smallest bird calls Cuba home and weighs less than a dime. The male Bee Hummingbird flaps his wings 200 times per second-- so do the slightly larger ladies (the average is 80 times per second for most hummingbirds). They stay busy: visiting up to 1500 flowers in a day for nectar. What's cuter than a Bee Hummingbird? Their nest, which is the size of a quarter and the eggs are pea-sized!
A TINY KITCHEN: Welcome to Jenny's Mini Cooking Show where the food is obscenely tiny and all edible. There's a tiny oven that bakes tiny cakes. A tiny hot plate that can boil a tiny amount of water. And even a tiny sink with a tiny sponge for doing the tiny dishes. Jenny has the steadiest hands I've ever seen (maybe she should have been a neurosurgeon) watching her pipe icing on tiny cupcakes is crazy.
MINIATURE BOOK SOCIETY: Got a special affection for small format? Then the Miniature Book Society (MBS) is calling you. The nonprofit celebrates small books and I don't mean short stories: their books are no more than 3-inches long. The MBS Archives are held at the Lilly Library at the University of Indiana which often goes on the road as a traveling exhibit. The craftsmanship is incredible-- a magnify glass is required.
MINI MIDCENTURY CHAIR: I want to take back all of the hours I spent playing with my doll house's very ordinary furniture-- just look at this perfect 1/12 replica of a modern chair! It would have inspired me to add an atrium to my doll house or at the very least floor-to-ceiling casement windows.
DAPPER BABY OCTOPUS: This baby octopus is indeed real, but-- alas-- the top hat and cane are not. But isn't he adorable?! Now I can't stop thinking about an octopus tap dancing.
LIZZO'S TINY BAG: Almost a year ago this teeny-tiny Valentino handbag walked the red carpet with singer Lizzo at the American Music Awards. I wonder what she had in it? I'd 100% pack pink Starburst.
POLL: Cupcake or muffin? (And I am SHOCKED that almost all of you who answered last week's poll would prefer to sky dive over bungee jump!)