I Want To Ride My Bicycle

So I am preparing to make a move back to London in the summer and I have been thinking a lot about public transportation.  During the summer the buses are smelly and the tube is stuffy and transportation, no matter what the season, is a crowded nightmare.  In an attempt to save money and go a little more green I am considering investing in a bicycle.  But that leads me to my main problem... I know nothing about bikes.  

I'll tell you what I do know....

-The last time I seriously used one as a mode of transportation I was 13

-I want one with a basket on the front

-It will save me money and take me one step further away from the sweaty tourists

-If its good enough for Audrey, its good enough for me

(You can buy this as a print here)

So what is a girl to do?  I am going to do some research on bicycles and then see if I can even muster the courage to take it out onto the roads.  That is probably the scariest part.  London drivers are maniacs.  I guess if worst comes to worst I can simply look glamorous leisurely riding a darling bike around some safe, driver free park.

The Morose Bee

Ladies and Gents, we have found the cutest place on Etsy! 
The Morose Bee is an adorable store of hand made things and vintage finds.  She has everything from monster canvas bags to tea cup rings.  All of her items are really quirky and fresh looking.  And hurry fast! You have one more day to get a free mustache ring with each order to celebrate March Mustache Madness!! Best of all, she does her best to go green and use recycled material in all her products.  So go, be a doll and check out this darling Etsy-er!!


Here is a little taste of what she has to offer....

This speech bubble necklace is blank so you can write and re-write your own message!! And at $14 it is a complete steal!

Copper LOVES this monster bag! Its $20 and its pretty hard to resist.  Kinda girly and a little dorky add up to be totally adorable!

Simple one inch white ceramic ring decorated with flecks of blue and purple glaze as well as white, blue, and orange swirled glass center. Can you get any better?! 

Top 10

Cheesiest Songs Ever....


1. You're My Inspiration - Chicago
2. I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
3. My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion
4. All My Life - K-Ci and JoJo
5. Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Middler
6. Hero- Enrique Iglesias (Tod's first dance ever was to this song.... wow)
7. Love Changes Everything - Andrew Lloyd Webber
8. Amazed - Lonestar
9. I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton John
10. You Got It Bad - Usher


We have had a field day coming up with this list.  Take the time to look these videos up on youtube for enhanced entertainment.


What are your choices?

Letter of the Day

So we are starting a new tradition here at the Bibliochic Blog.  We are going to start to do a letter of the day blog.  Randomly, Copper and I are going to compile a list of things and books that we love that start with a particular letter to help you get to know us better and for general entertainment value.  In order to keep things organized and avoid repeating things we decided to go in alphabetical order so....

The Letter of the Day is

(This image comes from Hans Holbein's Dance of Death Alphabet which was first used in August 1524.) 

Here are some things we love that start with the letter A:

- Apples

- Anarchists

- ABBA

- Amy Adams

- Alaska

- Androgyny 

- Accountability

- Andrew (a certain one)

- Acrobats

- Aardvarks 

- Academics

- Aesthetics

- Across the Universe

- Alexander Supertramp

- Amelie 

- Adam and Eve

- Adventures

- Affection

- Autumn

- Argyle 

- April (Copper's birth month)

- Art

Good Books That Start with A

Alchemist 

As You Like It

Agatha Christie

New Products!

So here is one of the long awaited new products!! For more info and to order be sure and check out our etsy.  And don't forget to follow us on twitter!!!
Enjoy the pictures <3
xoxo

Super Cute Giveaway!

This adorable blogger/etsy seller, The Gilded Bee, is doing an incredible giveaway!! She makes absolutely magical gift wrapping products - everything from stickers, to paper, to tags, to decorative flowers.

In this giveaway she is offering


1. 1 bunch of 6 plum+butter pansies
2. 1 bunch of 12 plastic/lucite raspberry daisies
3. One set of 6 asst. color/pewter Butterflies
4. 1 spool-10 yd's canary/white striped bakers twine
5. 1 spool-10 yd's basil/white striped bakers twine
6. 1 spool-10 yd's pearl blue twine
7. 3 sheets dotted stickers: 1 smoke blue, 1 lipstick red, and one moss green.
8. 1 dozen asst. neopolitan ice cream colored mini envelopes
9. 30 tags: 6 tags in each color: bubble gum pink, butter, mint, baby blue, and orchid.
10. 1 roll canary crepe trim
11. 1 set of 6 asst. daffodils
12. 1 dozen paper sacks: 6 of each, kraft and white.


To learn how to enter, please visit her blog here.  Good luck with the giveaway and have fun getting to know this great blog!

Excited?

Well, you should be!


We have some super exciting stuff coming up here at Bibliochic so be sure to stay tuned!  New products should be hitting etsy in the next couple of days and they will, of course, be posted on this blog as well.


xoxo

Copper & Tod

Just so you folks know... Our real names aren't Copper and Tod.


Those names came about when Copper decided that the anthem of our friendship was "When You're the Best of Friends" from quite possibly one of the best of the movies of all time, Disney's The Fox and the Hound.  Naturally, the scent of new nick names was filling the air.  It all worked... Copper (the bibliochic gal, not the dog) has red hair and I (Tod) am just a little too wild for my own good, much like my foxy counterpart.


So there you have it.  Just a little more about our story.

Love

Today's topic of conversation has been about love.  Great love, tragic love, unhealthy love, unrequited love... you get the point.  Lots of love.  So our question to you - what are the greatest love stories?

Spotlight: Tod

So, I guess its my turn boys and girls.  In an attempt to let you get to know me a bit better I thought I would list my top 5 favorite places I have visited  I have done a fair share of traveling (beating Copper by one country) and I can't wait to do more!!!  You know what?  To make it fun, I'll also do the top 5 of where I want to go... just for kicks.


Top 5 Favorite Places I've Been
1. London (for many, many reasons)
2. Amsterdam
3. Cadiz
4. Paris
5. Washington D.C.


Top 5 Places I Want to Go
1. Back to London
2. Auckland
3. Berlin
4. Cairo
5. Utah (to see COPPER!)


Hope you enjoyed this little get to know you game!  Much, much more to come!!
xoxo

Books, Books, Books

So as we are making more stuff we are trying to figure out what books to use.  Any suggestions?? We are always up for input from others!

xoxo

Thank you Thank you Thank you

Thank you to our first buyer.
Thank you to those who have viewed our products.
Thank you to those who have favorited us.
We adore you!


xoxo,
Copper & Tod

More Etsy

As promised...

Remember to visit us on http://www.etsy.com/shop/bibliochic 

and tweet with us on http://twitter.com/wearebibliochic 

Etsy Update!

Get ready for some new and fabulous products from Bibliochic!!  Copper and I have been working diligently to produce some new life for your old books and we are excited to share them with you.  Here is a taste of what is on sale at our etsy.  Come and take a look at what is new with old books!

And guess what?? There is more to come! Keep updated by reading our blog (here), following us on twitter or looking at our etsy.

Tweet

Follow us on twitter here!

Spotlight: Copper

So in order to introduce ourselves a bit better and to keep you, our dear readers, updated on our lives we have decided to do little spotlights on ourselves.  We are going to start with Copper, our ginger haired, vegetarian, russian literature reading darling.  To get to know Copper better she is going to let you know her top ten favorite books of all time (in no particular order):


1. Les Miserables
2. The Divine Comedy
3. The Agony and the Ecstasy
4. War and Peace
5. The Idiot
6. Walden
7. William Wordsworth (any and all)
8. Devil in the White City
9. To Say Nothing of the Dog
10. Three Men in a Boat


Happy Reading!
xoxo

Read & Recycle

No trees were harmed during the making of your product...


We believe in reduce, reuse, recycle.  Old books are thrown away and discarded every day.  Here, at Bibliochic, we have decided to put our beliefs to the test.  We use only discarded and unloved books for our products in an attempt to develop our creativity and to do our part to make the world a greener place.


Putting our money where our mouth is...


10% of all the proceeds go to The Common Sense Environmental Fund.  To read more about their cause please visit them here.

Our Story

Our story begins when two friends met in London and discovered they shared a love affair with all things books.  As time has passed and we have moved, but not moved on, we have found a way to share our love of all things books with others.  Through revitalizing pages of old, we have created a variety of knick knacks, odds and ends, bits and bobbles to surround ourselves and those we love with the books we love.  So grab a cup of tea, sit down in your comfy chair, and browse the chic book products made for chic book people.