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Wale - The Artistic IntegrityThis cat can't miss.On the real."I remember Peabody mics trolling up the showerNow its more to bikes the Warm nights out in MauiAnd white bitches and lite skinned women be smiling"I agree.Wale - The Artistic IntegrityIf you don't think this cat has the most potential of any cat in 10 years then your eardrums must be busted....The Rest is Up to You…..Michael Porfirio

Today's gallery is to showcase 5 Artistic Graphic Designer's Blogs. Unique layout composition is what make them stand out. Each of them is presenting creative graphic design masterpiece work of talented hands.Relax and Enjoy!The Blog of Doug CloudDesigned by Doug Cloud. He is a freelance graphic artist. You will see cartoon illustration style everywhere on his blog. Interesting stuff because he al

The gymnastics event of the 29th Olympic Games will be held in Beijing from August 9-24, 2008. The artistic gymnastics and trampoline competitions will be held at the National Indoor Stadium and the rhythmic gymnastics will be held at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium. • floor exercises Men • vault Men • horizontal bar Men • balance beam Women • individual all-roun

Learn how to apply an urban color effect and use brushes to give your photos a unique look. This Photoshop tutorial will introduce you to the Hue/Saturation tool and downloading and using brushes to add texture to your photos. View Tutorial

Say you are an artist, but you don't have sufficient gadget that will enhance the beauty of your creation. Fret no more, the things you need will come its way directly to you with the help of technology. AMACO will give you essential tools to make you feel more proud of your creation. They offer varied number of arts and crafts product such as glazes. This company manufactures over 500 glazes, und

"A few months ago I published a collection of incredibly artistic websites that featured illustrations, creative headers, and detailed backgrounds. Since then I’ve been bookmarking a number of sites for the same reasons, so I decided to post a follow up for your design inspiration."[via vandelay design]

Fashion photography is a wonderful mixture of artistic and commercial photography. The essence in the fashion photography is to capture the objective of fashion and make the fashion appealing to the consumers. Before you start your career in fashion photography, you need to know the basics to understand the fashion in the clothes [...]

Artistic Hotel Rooms.61 rooms, 21 artists, 1,000 ideas - each room is an individual piece of art in Hotel Fox in central Copenhagen. It was for the launch of the new Volkswagen Fox that the hotel was made into the most exciting & creative lifestyle hotel by 21 international artists creating a unique space featuring creative artwork ranging from street art to Japanese Manga. Other Posts:Presidentia

Can't wait to see what Rik (Three/21 Media) has cooked up for the video for Wale's The Artistic Integrity which is off the recently released mixtape entitled, The Mixtape About Nothing. Click here for pictures from the video shoot.

Artistic ported to blogger by Planetblogtemplates from Free CSS Templates Cute template. Colors are nice and its easy on the eyes too. Great for girl, teen blogs as well as crafting blogs. I like the animated ad feature, nice!

From the dirtiest piles of trash, the human intelligence shines with the light of a new form of artistic human creativity, The art of trash shadow by the world first trash artists Tim Nobel and Sue Webster.

Artistic Direct has been a trusted source for personalized printing since 1925. Artistic Direct provides a variety of custom and personalized products in many different designs. Choose your own personalized rolled address labels, designer address labels, premier sheeted address labels, labels for kids, holiday labels, as well as custom address stamps, self-inking stamps, custom [...]

Vandelay Website Design has taken note of my artistic website in an article called 25 Incredibly Artistic Websites. I am excited to be featured on this list along with so many other talented artists. Thanks to Steven for recognizing me again on his cool blog. Jayhan has also recognized my website on a blog post called [...]

From STEIM’s Artistic Director: Why STEIM Matters, and Thanks - From the STEIM Concert Blog, which gives some sense of who has been playing STEIM.Takuro Maizuta Lippit, aka dj sniff, writes in thanks for the international outpouring of support for the STEIM music and art research center in Amsterdam, which faces potentially losing government funding. Some readers raised some questions about w

Inspiration comes from many places and it varies from artist to artist. I am inspired by textures for my pottery, colors for my paintings, the stones themselves for my jewelry, or even the desires of one of my customers!I gain inspiration from the different artist groups I belong to, as well. One recent challenge had me creating a Hamsa. Also known as the Hand of Fatima, the Eye of Fatima, or t

El billar o cómo se llama en inglés Pool es un deporte que le gusta a casi todo el mundo; sea practicarlo o verlo. Una de las disciplinas más divertidas e interesantes de ver es la de Pool Artístico, ya que existe un campeonato del mundo de dicha modalidad y realmente hacen algunos rebotes y [...]

More and More sublime babes...More and More sublime babes...More and More sublime babes...More photos,please visit Girls-East.com  Related:    Artistic Beauty II03/18/2008   Artistic Beauty I03/17/2008   Japanese Artistic Babes11/21/2007   Artistic girl-One Point Red in All White09/03/2007   Artistic Girls09/

Shania Twain & husband-producer Robert Lange are getting divorced. This piece of news comes as a shock not only because the pair have given birth to some of the most impressive music pieces ever put together, but they also have given life to a son named Eja who is 7. Although the couple's rep said there were no further comments to be made, some are already buzzing with "possible" rea

Artistic Photography By Nick Heiwa.These awesome photographs are creations of the Japanese photographer Nick Heiwa. He managed to develop his own unique style, using fisheye mirror lens, he creates wonders from regular scenes. These are artistic & depict a picture of a scene with a 360 angle. Take a look at these photos & you will all understand what we are talking about.Other Posts:Mobile Toilet

is an American pop rock singer, songwriter, and occasional actress. Clarkson made her debut under RCA Records after she won the highly publicized first season of the television series American Idol in 2002. She was originally marketed as a pop musician with her debut album Thankful (2003). With the release of her multi-platinum second album Breakaway (2004), Clarkson moved to a more pop

On a very unassuming street in historic downtown Wake Forest you will find renovated bungalows that house some of the best treasures that Wake Forest has to offer.......Sunflower Studio and Gallery is just one of them!  Sunflower Studio and Gallery houses some of the finest original works in acrylics, water colors, oils and pastels.  They also showcase some of the most detail beaded jewe

Takeovers & Makeovers: Artistic Appropriation, Fair Use, and Copyright in the Digital AgeOn November 7 & 8, 2008, the Berkeley Center for New Media and the History of Art department at the University of California, Berkeley will hold a symposium on appropriation rights in the digital era. This event will bring together artists, lawyers, art historians, and representatives from the information technology community to discuss the changing field ofappropriation art in the wake of the emergence of new digital media technologies that have radically altered access to and manipulation of information.In the United States copyright is now automatic, and registration with the Copyright Office no longer required. Recent additions to copyright law such as the Digital Rights Management and the

Miley Cyrus is a well known American young Artist. This identification is not enough for her. She is a multi-talented young beauty who wins the hearts of her huge global fan club. She set an example through her college going personality for all young American. The central character of the most popular Disney TV show, [...]

US Weekly ranked her as the ‘#1 Power Girl’ and at 15, Miley Cyrus of Hannah Montana fame is People magazine’s richest teen celebrity. With her rise to super-stardom described as nothing short of phenomenal, Miley’s latest risqué undertaking comes as nothing short of dismaying. An Annie Leibovitz photo shoot for Vanity Fair had Miley posing topless for a photo-spread and subsequently fuming at it when it was released. Coming on the heels of several shocking photos which surfaced earlier this year, concerns of whether this young girl seems headed for the same pastures as Britney Spears or Amy Winehouse are loud. Teenagers like Venessa Hudgens, Ashley Simpson and Jamie Lynn Spears too have attracted their fair share of controversy with nude photos in case of the first resurfac

Miley Cyrus has yet another racy photo to explain-this time, she goes high-brow, posing for Vanity Fair. The photo, taken by renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz (whose silver-toned portraits of such femme fatales as Scarlett Johansson and Angelina Jolie have appeared on past issues of Vogue, Vanity Fair, and other top magazines), appears to feature a topless Miley.Although she originally saw nothing wrong with the photo, saying "I think it's really artsy...It wasn't in a skanky way. Annie took, like, a beautiful shot, and I thought that was really cool. That's what she wanted me to do, and you can't say no to Annie," she is now expressing remorse for agreeing to the photo shoot, claiming that the photo "embarrasses" her.Ahhh...the awkwardness of a budding sexuality and a fickle teen psy

The coconut tree is really can be used as craft material, from its leaves, coconut shell and also its stem. Here is an alternative to use the coconut shell as the plant pot. It looks funny and natural, isn’t it? It also surely cheap price :). The way also so simple. Just cut the small part [...]

Shutter Box Philippines and Kubota Image Tools are giving away not one (1) but two (2) copies of Kubota Artistic Tools v4 which already includes the new Kubota Action Dashboard. Each copy retails for US$149 but you now have a chance get one for free if you win in the raffle. You have two (2) options in [...]

Zack is becoming quite the artist. To demonstrate, I thought I'd share some of his recent masterpieces:Not only do you get to see Zack's very phallic self-portrait, but you also get a glimpse at the nasty color of my kitchen counters.And here's a picture of me and my son holding hands. Notice how ginormous I am in comparison to him--something I am currently trying to remedy.And here's my favorite. Zack and I riding a unicorn.

Before I became a WordPress Designer. I work as a Graphic Designer in a company which required me to all the IT stuffs including Networking, IT support, Graphic Design, Web Design, Video Storyboarding and Server Maintainer. So, I experienced to be a graphic designer before. I also do some research and study for that field. [...]

Before I became a WordPress Designer. I work as a Graphic Designer in a company which required me to all the IT stuffs including Networking, IT support, Graphic Design, Web Design, Video Storyboarding and Server Maintainer. So, I experienced to be a graphic designer before. I also do some research and study for that field. [...]

Try out this website. Here is what I created.I'm going to show the website to my boys tomorrow. Double click the left mouse button to change colour and use the space bar to erase the image and start over.

Artistic Paintings On Industrial Structures.Sometime back we came across a hand painted industrial chimney, since then we ourselves wanted to compile a post, which would beautifully present these paintings. But now we don't think there is any such need, as 'Funhight' has created this really interesting post on those lines itself. We really liked these paintings on the industrial buildings, chimneys, & the vehicles, hope you too will like it. Other Posts:Catch The Sun.Really Cool Art.Painted Laptops.Art With Eatables. Ads Using Swimming Pool.

"If you spend much time browsing through web design galleries you’ll notice certain trends in design that vary from time-to-time. Right now, there are a number of sites that effectively utilize illustration and other types of very artistic design. Hopefully this collection will be a good source of design inspiration for you. "[via vandelay]

Kids who love Bur Bur and Friends™ have been sending us coloring pages from all over the country and we appreciate that! Clearly they are having fun and are excited to show us their talent. Below are a few coloring samples children have shared from the Sun Country Airlines In Flight Activity Books featuring the [...]

"Everyone is an artist." Those are the words of the controversial German artist Joseph Beuys, and I happen to agree with him. The statement is especially true in our modern age of techno toys. With off-the-shelf hardware and software breaking the world down into so many ones and zeroes, it's getting a lot easier to experiment with things that used to be expensive or time-consuming (digital photography eliminates the money and time required for film and processing, for instance), or to unleash brand-new creative ideas."[via pcworld]

Random Artistic Shots..., originally uploaded by RMStringer. I took these at different places around St Louis. See the reflection of The Old Courthouse in the building?Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)Aperture: f/11Focal Length: 70 mmISO Speed: 100Subscribe to my Posts... Blogroll Me!

Random Artistic Shots..., originally uploaded by RMStringer. This is inside the Anheuser-Busch Brewery in St Louis. The building is very ornate. If you see, it is over 3 stories to the top from the level that i was on.Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)Aperture: f/3.5Focal Length: 18 mmISO Speed: 160Subscribe to my Posts... Blogroll Me!

Random Artistic Shots..., originally uploaded by RMStringer. I took these at different places around St Louis. This is a HD Aspect 16:9 photo of the rotunda of The Old Courthouse. I laid on my back to get this pic.Exposure: 0.025 sec (1/40)Aperture: f/5Focal Length: 20 mmISO Speed: 800Subscribe to my Posts... Blogroll Me!

What do you get when you combine tradition with contemporary art? A Candlebranch. In this stylish candle holder, Norwegian designer Camilla Halvorsen seeks to offer a fresh alternative to how light can be integrated into the home environment. She boldly exploits the inherent qualities of acrylic that celebrates the traditional candle display in a contemporary [...]

Artistic Sunflowers.Recently we received a few photos of 'Sunflowers' which is worth publishing in this blog, sent to us by an anonymous visitor via mail. If you also have something interesting related to art, design, architecture, humor or anything that is interesting then do send us the info, we read every email. Now let's come back to this post. In our email, we didn't have any details & as on our search for more information we found that it came from National Geographic & its in Hungarian which didn't give us any much info. But seeing these photos of 'Sunflowers', it looks like it's a work of art, least we feel so! Source: National Geographic.(Hungarian)Other Posts:Art Alive.Typewriter Art.Amazing Hand Art.Nature's Ice Show.Creative Business Cards.

Anyone like these bears?? I think they are cool~~ I brought the middle one, the bear crying. And I think the 2nd and the 4th one from the left looks cool. Don't you think so?Some say it is scary. What do you think??1. Bear Smoking2. Devil Bear3. Bear crying4. Joker bear5. Tokyo Bear[click on the links to see detail picture]It is actually available for sale. S or M size. Leave me a comment if you are interested.

The stem of banana tree can be nice craft material. This post is to give the short summary about the banana stem processing that start from the raw material become ready to use material for craft project. After preparing the banana stem, the first step is put it in the sun for 1-3 days so the [...]

WOW! Next time I better have an invitation and all I got to say is I got a new place so what's up?The oh, so trendy people at Artistic Jeanius had a fab art exhibit/fashion show on March 29th, called 'Bodies in the Trunk Show'. For those who don't know who they are here's the run-down! Artistic Jeanius opened as an art gallery/clothing boutique and has rapidly evolved into much more

Abstract art is traditionally defined as being those pieces that do not represent objects in a realistic way, relying instead on colors and form.. The subject of the art piece can be somewhat based on a realistic object in so far as it is recognizable but there will be obvious stylistic devices used. It could [...]

It is fair to say that many observers of art, professional or otherwise, are hampered by preconceived ideas of what represents good art. The uninitiated might consider Botticelli’s “Venus” the epitome of female beauty and use it as an unswerving benchmark. Many of the images and concepts that have so outraged the gallery going public [...]

More and More artistic babes...More and More artistic babes...More photos,please visit Girls-East.com  Related:    Artistic Beauty I03/17/2008   Beauties in My Town02/19/2008   Lihgt Beauty 12/20/2007   Professional Beauties in the Camera12/09/2007   Japanese Artistic Babes11/21/2007   Enjoy the natural beauty11/12/2007   Pure Beauty09/25/2007   Natural Beauty from Taiwan09/25/2007   Top Beauty in Taiwan Campus09/24/2007   Naivete Girl at Home,Natural Beauty09/06/2007

More and More artistic babes...More and More artistic babes...More and More artistic babes...More photos,please visit Girls-East.com  Related:    Artistic Beauty II03/18/2008   Beauties in My Town02/19/2008   Lihgt Beauty 12/20/2007   Professional Beauties in the Camera12/09/2007   Japanese Artistic Babes11/21/2007   Enjoy the natural beauty11/12/2007   Pure Beauty09/25/2007   Natural Beauty from Taiwan09/25/2007   Top Beauty in Taiwan Campus09/24/2007   Naivete Girl at Home,Natural Beauty09/06/2007

Kevin Kubota of Kubota Image Tools has created another set of image enhancement actions for Adobe Photoshop. The release of a fourth set of Artistic Tools, available starting next week, features over 40 new Actions and is now available to the professional photography community. In addition, this new set of Actions features Kubota Image Tools’ [...]

Pink petals coloured pencils on Arches Hot Press, 6" x 6" copyright Katherine Tyrrell ***STOP PRESS***************************************** Reading blogs may help you to be more productive as an artist! ******************************************************** At the end of January, I did a post about What increases your artistic productivity - and invited people to comment on what they found

“Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.”Julia Child ARTISTIC INSPIRATIONS OF THE CHOCOLATE KIND! Its amazing how simply you can get inspired from foodies on the wonderful web. And most certainly distracted too. Doughnuts of every kind have been doing the rounds & I have scribbled recipes endlessly trying to zero in on the one I was to make this morning. I had one from Susan's, another from Aparna's & a 3rd from Madam Chow...but I got terribly distracted at the bazaar & picked up fresh strawberries instead of yeast! Perils of an overactive mind!'What's for dessert'?DH's voice last night rung in my head! Hmmmmm...the kids had been on my case to make a strawberry swiss roll (requested the daughter) & a chocolate one (pleaded the son

THURSDAY.Chaotar pastry. Well, not exactly, but it was definitely a tad bit dry.And the biscuit didn't go too well too.Friday.Our school has very talented talent. Look what I found in 201 (or was it 203)'s classroom!Human Intelligence. (bte I am so proud that QSS is the only school in sg to offer this okay)Guess what, today was on CLONING. I'll tell you what I think, alright.I don't know who was the asshole who started this, and I personally don't care. But this is definitely not going to work. Some madman in his fucking laboratory thinks this is some FUCKING GREAT HELP it's going to do the world, he's got it wrong. The world, as it is, is overcrowded, overpopulated, manifested with rich asses and dumbasses alike. We do not need any more of these, neither do we need any more pirated humans

“Men's magazines often feature pictures of naked ladies. Women's magazines also often feature pictures of naked ladies. This is because the female body is a beautiful work of art, while the male body is hairy and lumpy and should not be seen by the light of day.”~Richard Roeper (columnist & film critic)Chew on that as you view Donna Gill Colestock's new Etsy Treasury. The female form is beautiful and it's own work of art - one of the main reasons I feel so naturally pulled to use women's bodies as the subject of my art. I am not alone - you can view one of my original female nude paintings in this Treasury along with some very talented artists! Click on the image below to view through Sunday, January 13th:GreenBiscuit - Donna Gill Colestock"All of the pieces I paint or create

It’s not that Tainan doesn’t have its own charm, but there are times when I miss the good old fashioned beauty - constantly looking for basic aesthetics and something that’s a bit more artistic, special and out of the ordinary gray. Although I’ve come to not expect any of that in Tainan, there are times [...]

After checking out the other photo gift ideas at Frame My Photos, I realize that a nice personalized card will always work. When your recipient gets the card, they will feel grateful for the thought you put into it because it shows them how much you care. Maybe you are wondering how can you do this without any artistic talents or design skills. (more…)

To look attractive is a never ending desire from the ages for the human beings. Make up provided the solutions to this problem. It enhances the positive parts of your beauty and hides the ugly part cleverly. As the desire to show the beauty and attraction in different perspectives the demand for good make up artists began to trickle in. There are different demands for different occasions, like daily make up, natural make up, party make up, bridal make up, Stage make up, make for photography and modeling and movie and television make up. The word "Make up Artist" gained its relevancy in the 1930s when professional movie production houses felt the need to give the artists a perfect look for the character they were playing. Usually make-up artists apply make-up and style hair for performers and presenters appearing on film, stage and television (they also help you with the day-to-day or special occasion or bridal make ups). The style varies from straightforward, contemporary make-up and h

music is art is looking for an elegant and artistic new logo.  we’re offering a small monetary prize and most importantly, a good avenue for exposure for you! ::please see contest for more details:: http://contests.sitepoint.com/contests/3889

Now that we’re all back from our Summer holidays the prints from the photos taken will have at least started to roll in. But, what if you’d like one to hang up on the wall? Chances are that your local chemist can’t run to producing a really large print for you yet many digital cameras these days are quite capable of producing prints up to A3 size or even beyond that. Even if they can produce large-scale photographs, they’re just going to come out on ordinary paper. So? Well, if you have that “perfect photograph” then you should really be considering having your photographs printed onto Canvas which gives a much better look to a large-scale photograph than one that’s just printed on ordinary paper. In fact, they come out as something of a cross between a photograph and a painting and they’re something that you will treasure for years to come. To produce a really large photograph to the highest quality you need to have either a normal fil

A fountain sculpture by artist Klaus Weber entitled 'The Big Giving' is displayed on the the South Bank in central London October 19, 2007. Half a dozen sculptures made of stone and industrial waste feature water spurting in depictions of vomiting, sweating, crying, urinating and spitting, and is due to continue on display until the end of the month.

My friend gave me some link which I could download very allsome, cool, artistic e-books/ e-magazine.Alot of artistic picture, from advert, to website design, blog design, coperate website design..... File size of the download file is quite big, so be patient.Enjoy~http://www.artzmania.com/http://designdiary.org/?cat=4

To look attractive is a never ending desire from the ages for the human beings. Make up provided the solutions to this problem. It enhances the positive parts of your beauty and hides the ugly part cleverly. As the desire to show the beauty and attraction in different perspectives the demand for good make up artists began to trickle in. There are different demands for different occasions, like daily make up, natural make up, party make up, bridal make up, Stage make up, make for photography and modeling and movie and television make up. The word "Make up Artist" gained its relevancy in the 1930s when professional movie production houses felt the need to give the artists a perfect look for the character they were playing. Usually make-up artists apply make-up and style hair for performers and presenters appearing on film, stage and television (they also help you with the day-to-day or special occasion or bridal make ups). The style varies from straightforward, contemporary make-up and h

The Mid Autumn Festival is coming soon. Looking back, it was an occasion of great anticipation as I pestered mom to buy me my favourite lantern. I would pick the brightest cellophane lanterns in shapes of butterfly, flowers, birds or fish. The festival would never be complete without my favourite mooncake. I would eat only the yummy egg yolk and leave the lotus paste behind :)I attended Clayton school's lantern festival celebration last Friday which was packed with lots of his schoolmates and teachers. There was a homemade lantern competition and I was impressed by the submissions. From recycled styrofoam lunch boxes to toilet rolls, many of the homemade lanterns were artistic and innovative. If only Clayton wasn't cranky, we would have stayed throughout the celebration and joined in the trail walk...

Art Market News Flash - Drawing by Artistic Genius to be Sold at Auction The term “artistic genius” is typically reserved for artists such as Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Rembrandt, Van Gogh etc. whose supreme technical skills and highly advanced ideas created a demand and desire for their work that resulted in their status as the most skilled and highly valued artists in the art market. Due to the conceptual nature of modern art, technical skill is no longer the major determining factor in the popularity and status of an artist within the art market which means that the classical definition of an “artistic genius” is no longer relevant. This shift in the art market has resulted in an almost complete disregard for the traits that in the past would have resulted in an artist being identified as a genius which I think is a huge shame. One such artist is the autistic savant Stephen Wiltshire (http://www.stephenwiltshire.com) whose extraordinary talent for drawing has re

Widgets From AmazonYour Amazon Associate Section Now Has Many Widgets You Can Add To Many Websites Including Social Networks And Blogs. You Can Make Slideshows, Widgets Of Your Favorites, A Wish List, Searches, Links And Many More Interesting Widgets.Here Is A Slideshow Widget Of Some Art, Design And Studio Magazines

Widgets From AmazonYour Amazon Associate Section Now Has Many Widgets You Can Add To Many Websites Including Social Networks And Blogs. You Can Make Slideshows, Widgets Of Your Favorites, A Wish List, Searches, Links And Many More Interesting Widgets.Here Is A Slideshow Widget Of Some Art, Design And Studio Magazines

***Your Personality is Somewhat Rare (ISTP)*** Your personality type is reserved, methodical, spirited, and intense. Only about 6% of all people have your personality, including 3% of all women and 8% of all men You are Introverted, Sensing, Thinking, and Perceiving. How Rare Is Your Personality? http://www.blogthings.com/howrareisyourpersonalityquiz/

You. Yes you. Go ahead and unleash your inner artistic self. Create some beautiful Jackson Pollack art online.Hint: Just start moving your mouse. Click the left mouse button to change colors and hit the space bar to wipe your canvas clean.It's very addicting. Below is my masterpiece. Starting bid is $4 million. Any takers? Don't make me resort to eBay!Click here to subscribe to the What Works For Us feed.

Finland: Mobile Throwing Artistic, Free Calls, SMSIt's that time of year again, when contestants gathered Saturday, to compete in Finland's famous Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships.But this year brought something a little different when a teen circus performer won the freestyle gold medal at the gamesjuggling, rather than throwing his mobile phone. Reuters reports."Taco Cohen of the Netherlands (picture left), who was celebrating his 19th birthday, used acrobatics and juggling in his performance, which was judged on aesthetics and artistic impression.Finnish domination in the distance event continued when Tommi Huotari took gold with a throw of 89.62 meters (294 feet), a few meters short of the world record.Event organizer Christine Lund said the contest reflected people's love-hate relationship with the mobile phone."This contest speaks to people the world over as mobile phones are a blessing and a curse...phones have become a part of the modern man, and sometimes many of u

I know, I've been slacking a bit on the blog.  However, rest assured that its not because I've been stretched out on the couch eating bon bons.  Between dogs flying in and out, to and from rescue, I can't seem to catch a break.  Yesterday however, after yet another "I'm bitching because we never go on vacation" rant (with PG being my intended target), we decided to throw in the towel and spend the day simply goofing around.  That lasted approximately three hours before the call of the cleaning had me back home scrubbing the place down. With bleach.  I love bleach. Anyway, during our three hour break, we stumbled on a local fine arts festival.  Now I consider myself to be somewhat artistic (or maybe its autistic, still not sure).  And yes, we saw some gorgeous things.  But alas, the prices were a bit tough to swallow.  At least for these kids, anyway. What was really interesting to me was the sheer number of "nature ph

Every now and then I stumble upon designers (fashion or otherwise) that are hidden away somewhere in the woodwork (why hidden?) The other day was one of those “every now and then” occasions. I stumbled upon, Jo Downs, a jewellery designer located in Cornwall, I was searching for objects that stand their own ground and would fit a theme being developed for retailing men’s collectable fashion accessories. As the retro trend infects all markets areas, from cars to electric kettles, one of the first in the fashion industry to fall under its spell is cufflinks, and so it happens. Here, an opportune time to reflect, inspect and contemporise. Swank cufflinks from America are upon us as they were by the millions in the 60’s. To balance mass production with bespoke, enter Jo Downs. Jo is one of the world’s most prominent fused glass designers. She manufactures a rainbow of men’s cufflinks and a kaleidoscope of jewellery for women. Her advanced fusion techniques create abstract de

Take a peep at these whimsical domino pendants from the designer Odd Bird, who is from my province, Ontario, Canada! "Odd Bird transforms ordinary objects into unique pieces of jewelry. Inspired by game pieces and other bric-a-brac Tara Campbell of Odd Bird creates jewelry that is fun to wear and purposely a little quirky." They also remind me of mah-jong tiles. And believe it or not, a friend actually made one into a necklace, which I thought was the coolest thing ever. These are much more colorful and they resemble those drawings in the fairytale books that I read when I was young. Psychedelic Froggy $36 Riding Piggy $36 Penguin Domino Pendant $36 Yellow Flora $36All available at the uber cool store Chocosho.

Andrea Waterstein, of Nyack has a different use for her Orange County sunroom. It's become her art studio. Andrea sculpts granite and other stone into human figures. "I never worry about the light in my Hudson Valley backyard enclosure. It's just about always right for my needs. I get so inspired by being outside without ever having to worry about the weather or other annoying intrusions that I can sculpt for hours on end. My production has increased tremendously since getting my Orange County home improvement three years ago."There are many possible uses for a NY home remodeling project. Many use them for a special place to relax. Some families use it as a place for the children to play, or to entertain. Andrea has added a new one to the list. Sculpting away to her hearts content in her beautiful Orange County patio enclosure.Vinyl Tech is the remodeling & home improvement contractor of choice for the New York State Counties of: Ulster, Dutchess, Putnam, Orange, Westchester, Rocklan