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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

vanna, may i please have a consonant?

i'm a real sucker for anything that has a clever use of letterforms. so when i spied this box of swedish happiness during a recent trip to ikea, i instantly had visions of using them to leave little notes for my little dutch sweetie on the kitchen counter, or playing cookie scrabble.....


but my abecedarian dreams were shattered when i opened the box, and discovered that it was filled with only the letters i, k, e, and a. three vowels and one consonant? this was a challenge that would send any wheel-of-fortune veteran straight into an alphabetical tailspin!


so, since there was no letter b in the box, i decided to create one for myself.....
in the form of a plan b.....
and just dunked them in a bowl of c-h-o-c-o-l-a-t-e.

i just love finding new ways to use letterforms!


26 comments:

  1. it could be like one of those puzzles where you have to see how many words you can make out of the letters in a certain word.
    ...or, you could start nicknaming your dutch boy 'ike'... that would use a few of the letters. lol :-)

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  2. excellent problem solving :-)

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  3. Oh, what tasty fun. I love your super-creative way of playing with limited letters.

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  4. Sweet Lori...you have such a knack for making everything fun and adorable...and coating it all in chocolate makes it yummy too!!! Big Hugs, xoxo ;)

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  5. OMG! What a creative solution to your letter problem! I am in awe!! And would really love to share in cookies and chocolate... Love, Silke

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  6. Anyone would think you liked chocolate!!

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  7. I'll have you eating your words in no time then! lol

    letters are great...i never tire of playing with them. ...
    maybe that's why scrabble is my favourite game...and wheel of fortune....and...
    well you get the picture...

    ciao

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  8. challenging indeed...I love how your mind works though!

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  9. I like the way you think, Lori! :)

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  10. I love your "plan b". You are set if you see a mouse" Eeek, a mouse!! No voice needed... LOL

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  11. So fun... I'd love some of those to play with Brady.. Man we could do some serious stuff with those.. haha
    Staci

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  12. As a sign painter in a past life, and a graphic designer/painter in the present, I too love letters and fonts and all their wonderful shapes. And I want a box of these cookies!!!

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  13. Yum...chocolate covered vowels : )

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  14. Oh my word! How cute!!! I really need to get to Ikea- we have one about 2 hours away - totally worth it. But they def. need ALL the letters!

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  15. Love those. Wish we had and IKEA around here. Those would be fun for school.
    Hugs,
    tara

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  16. this is wonderful, lol, I love the words, the challenges there of, how much fun to turn a box of cereal into a mind game. Sandi

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  17. could you be any cuter?
    more creative?
    funnier?
    i love you!
    this was perfect.
    i love letters
    and
    chocolate.
    PERFECT!
    c

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  18. love these! how fun. EVERYTHING goes great with chocolate. ))hugs)) right back at you, lori!!

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  19. You're hilarious Lori! There is no problem too big that cannot be solved with chocolate!

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  20. eeeek is right! an abecedarian's dreams, shattered! what else could you spell? ike... ieeeeeee... i think that's it! now go get a can of campbell's alphabet soup - that should perk you up a bit...

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  21. o0h..oOh..I`m smiling:))
    love these edible ideas!

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