Nothing Mundane

A Website About Weddings, Amusing Things, and Creative Miscellany

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Opening Lines

On a scale of 1 to America, how free are you tonight?

That dude is super free.

You can admit, ladies, that approach had you swooning a little.  And while we doubt that anyone could top that pick-up line, we’ve found some pretty good opening lines of our own.  They might not work as well on that cute Wal-Mart cashier in the stirrup pants, but these lovely typographic prints will certainly catch…

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The Green Eyed Monster

The Green Eyed Monster

Occasionally we find something on The Internets that we just have to share. These cards by Finch and Hare are insanely awesome, clever, and well done.  Man, we wish this was our idea.

Sweet.

Note:  we do have some new cards coming down the pike, but for now, Nothing Mundane purists (there are dozens of us!) should feel free to settle for our Universal and Holiday cards.

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Party Like It's 1492

Party Like It’s 1492

In honor of Columbus Day, aka Explorers’ Day, aka Indigenous Peoples’ Day, aka It’s Pretty Fucked Up That We Still Celebrate This Monster Day, Zazzle is currently offering sales of up to 50% off during their “SALE The Ocean Blue” promotion.  And who wants to worry about genocide or horrible puns when you can SAVE?

We certainly don’t!  And our latest  product is perfectly suited for explorers the…

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World Map Invitations

Due to the popularity of our customizable state invitation collection, we’ve expanded our invitation options to include the entire world!

Met a nice girl during your vacation in Nauru, but you’re afraid that your relatives from  Monaco have no idea where that is? (and vice versa?) Well fret no more! With our handy save the date, you can easily show your relatives with our informative and…

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Wanna Cook?

It’s the end of the summer, which means the days are cooling off and the nights are… also cooling off.  Despite our love of the holidays, it’s a bit of a drag.  But there’s still time for one last hurrah!

In that spirit, let’s transition seamlessly to something which has to do with a product we made.  Did you know that you should…

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The extra B is for BYOBB

The extra B is for BYOBB

We know it’s a little late in the season, but it’s still August and Labor Day hasn’t come.  That means there’s still plenty of time to (1) wear white, and (2) cook outside with some friends!

One problem – how do you get those friends to come??  It’s an age old question, which Nothing Mundane used to solve with chloroform.

Now,…

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A Universal Card For An Uncertain Universe

A Universal Card For An Uncertain Universe

It is only in our decisions that we are important. 

- Jean-Paul Sartre

We confess, dear readers, that until this point, Nothing Mundane has been merely a one-way street.  I mean, it’s been a great system:  Heather develops fabulous designs, you all enthusiastically purchase them, and I take around eighty percent of the credit.  But it doesn’t give you any real agency, aside from maybe the ability…

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Ho Ho Ho, Ho

Ho Ho Ho, Ho

Usually we do not participate in nor condone the retail strategy of “Christmas in July.”  Procrastination is our forte; planning ahead makes us uneasy.  However, we know that there are people out there capable of looking more than forty-five seconds into the future – probably through some form of voodoo – and this post is for all those sorcerers planners.

Nothing Mundane presents… holiday cards!…

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A Note Regarding The Lack Of Notes

A Note Regarding The Lack Of Notes

Thanks to the relentless power of “computers remembering things,” we can see that it has now been approximately three months since our last post.  As this website is only four months old, we consider that a fairly impressive accomplishment.  As explanation and apology for our sloth, please accept this gif.

        The baby represents our enthusiasm for making posts.  The dog represents…

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Food Fight

In our modern, workaday, jet-setting, go-go-90s lives, it’s customary to think of food as something that just appears in supermarkets and restaurants on command.  It’s just there when you want it, as normal and blasé as perfect interior temperature control or a pocket computer which can contact anyone in the world in seconds.  I click a few buttons on the Internet and a half-hour later someone…

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Fingerprint Baby Shower Guestbooks

Fingerprint Baby Shower Guestbooks

A friend of ours suggested this idea and we loved it right away.  For those who are celebrating (or soon to be celebrating) a brand new baby, we made an adorable fingerprint tree which is perfect for a baby shower.   (Judging by our Facebook feeds, every person we know falls into this category.)  It’s a unique and fun way for your friends and relatives to commemorate the newest member of your…

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We'll Live Like Kings

We’ll Live Like Kings

If there is one thing that more than three decades of life has made indisputably clear for me, it’s this:  I don’t want to have to get up.  And since I haven’t yet mastered Homer Simpson’s move…

the only rational conclusion is that some sort of ambulatory assistant is essential.  However, as previously established, I don’t trust…

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This Is What Happens, Larry

This Is What Happens, Larry

Sometimes there’s a man… I won’t say a hero, ’cause, what’s a hero? But sometimes, there’s a man. And I’m talkin’ about the Dude here. Sometimes, there’s a man, well, he’s the man for his time and place. He fits right in there. And that’s the Dude, in Los Angeles.

From one of our favorite movies of all time, we’ve got a new design lamenting an iconic tragedy.  We’re talking about drawing a line…

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Fingerprint Balloon House Guestbook

Fingerprint Balloon House Guestbook

For those whose wedding date has already passed, but who still want a fingerprint guestbook of their own, we’ve got an option you might want to consider: the Fingerprint Balloon House.  You just need to purchase and move into a new home first, but really, that’s a small price to pay for something so memorable!

Of course, it’s perfectly appropriate for a wedding guestbook too.  The Fingerprint…

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One Fish, Two Fish Some people have more cowboy in them than others.  But everybody has water in them, except for mummies.  

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I, For One, Welcome Our New Robot Overlords

I, For One, Welcome Our New Robot Overlords

Robots.

It seems like they’re everywhere these days.  Washing our cars, policing our streets, even entertaining our cats!

I’ll tell you, life sure was easier without them.  Not in a literal sense, because who would vacuum the carpet?!  But in a thoughtless, preachy, I-have-a-blurb-to-write sense, which I think is more meaningful.

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Ford That River

If you grew up when we did, playing Oregon Trail was pretty much mandatory.  At least we learned a lot of survival skills from our play:  ammo is more important than food; rabbits are impossible to shoot; and there is no way to get a wagon across a stream without potentially killing somebody.  In fact, you pretty much can’t do anything without potentially killing somebody.

Well, we made a series…

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