spike'd sundays

im hoping i will be in bikini shape this sunday so i can attend chef spike's barbeque and swim party at the capitol skyline pool, noon til 6pm. maybe if i start working out now, i'll be ready by september 6th-the last day!

takoma park jazz festival 2009

takoma park jazz fest is today 11-6. go check it out!

not your average animals

knotchacha brings home the gold with this lux treasury

dynamic tower skyscraper

the future is here!

this 80-story-voice-activated-rotating office building designed by david fischer is due to be completed in 2010.

that's crazy!

birds of a feather

aliherrmann has bird on the brain in her latest treasury. check out her awesome aviary-inspired artwork in her etsy shop.

the original fake

KAWS calls himself the "original-fake" (andy-philes may dispute that) but, like warhol, his work definitely blurs the line between fine art and mass-produced merchandise. he has come along way from new jersey tagger to top-dollar artist.

dragonflies!

you know it's summer when you see the dragonflies!

brushes app for i-phone is o-so cool

last week i read artist jorge columbo created the latest cover of the new yorker magazine using only the iphone with the new brushes app! being an app-aholic, i was intrigued: so, i loaded it! brushes is fantastic and easy and cool! the video above is called "bus urbano" and is from artist xoan baltar accompanied by radiohead's "in rainbows".

crochet crochet

Crochet Crochet, designed by ruth fore, is actually crocheted from 3,000 feet of aluminum wire: that's almost a mile! reminds me of the ball chair.

matryoshka mahem: trend or not?

after seeing two postings on web urbanist on the diversity of matryoshka (nesting) dolls, i decided to drag mine out for comparison...and a photo session! i have three different sets, thus making it a "collection". my favorite is the one of my family, (including black lab) because it shows both my mom and me wearing a piece of our own jewelry: that's cool! i also have a bill clinton one: not sure which one, if any, is hilary, but monica lewinsky is a stand out in her blue dress! i also have two mini ones i received as a child when my parents went to russia in the seventies. some of the other images are from weburbanist, the others are from an etsy search for "nesting dolls". from madonna, to russian aristocratics, endangered animals and mp-3 charging stations, chess men and robots: those nesting dolls have it all. enjoy!

black bird singing in the dead of night

black bird pendant, sold (to a musician!) and relisted in my

high contrast etsy shop

nancy sinatra

omg: did i just read nancy sinatra will be performing sunday in dc to honor the troops during rolling thunder xxii?

ball chair

i love the iconic ball chair designed by finn stone available via bodie and fou. the silver one rocks my world.

poppies are mind blowing

i love poppies! so i made this ring out of a seed head. i lost wax cast it sterling and set it on a band cast from a lily branch. mind blowing.

coloring dress

i still have my childhood coloring books...and i love dresses: i think i want this one for my birthday! such a great design from dutch artists Berber Soepboer & Michiel Schuurman via dornob.

fleur de lis

i am not sure why fleur de lis are SO popular...but they are.

bob staake does not suck at photoshop!

bob staake rocks! i love his work, all of which is done on prehistoric photoshop 3.0! and i was just going to buy an update! read more about his work on colourlovers...watch the videos to see how he works. just awesome!

more warped!

more warped rocks the treasury with these tangy selections! she also is an amazing weaver and designer: to the warp! to the weft!

seed bombs?

according to dvice, "seed bombs" are not a new concept, but these biodegradable shells are on a mission to fight global desertification. i like this!

chinese lantern from my garden

i managed to snap a photo last friday of a custom order from my herban elements shop before i shipped it to heather in arizona. i lost wax cast in sterling a tiny chinese lantern from my garden and hung it on this long chain i fabricated. the clasp is a branch of a crocosmia lily, 'lucifer'.

cranial hiccups!

cranial hiccups mystified me with this cool treasury of some of her favs in turquoise. she makes great bags also as well as wonderful cards, prints and other lovely paper goods.

stop: animation or tilt-shift?

my friend dawn from poppi shop sent me this awesome stop animation video entitled Bathtub IV from Keith Loutit on Vimeo. actually, it is probably not stop animation but tilt-shift photography. whatever...it's cool.

top chef: the tour bus

i will watch any reality crap on bravo: some of it is actually really good! not so sure about last night's the fashion show with issac mizrahi, but top chef rocks! one top chef contestant, chef spike opened up an amazing burger joint, good stuff eatery on capitol hill here in dc. now he is on tour and will be serving up deliciousness from a portable kitchen housed on a tractor trailer (they call it a tour bus: whatever). saturday the bus stops in adam's morgan. pre-registration is closed, but additional seats will be available on a first come, first served basis. i think it's free!

bird watching

tonight i worked late again in the studio: this time not distracted by the nba play-offs! i made one of my favorite (and best selling!) items: my little enameled soaring birds. they remind of how much i enjoy bird watching now. they are cute and colorful, just like the real thing! i started bird watching when i injured my knee a few years ago. now, not only do i have a bird identification app on my iphone, but i am also a member of cornell university's project e-bird. i have decided birds are kind of awesome.

boots galore

today was a bit cool so out came the boots! I wasn't the only one sporting em though! mr. mcgregor took these straight from the ranch to my living room.

peanut butter wolf

thinking about heading over to the 9:30 tomorrow night to hear peanut butter wolf just cuz i like his name.

happy cinco de mayo

happy cinco de mayo! in honor of the mexican holiday, i selected some of my favorites from etsy by sellers based in old mexico! enjoy!

these skull beads from eatsleepcraft would look awesome in a day of the dead diarama! this cherry deer handbag from rosiemusic is just perfect for a woodland princess...or me. key to my heart earrings from toofashion are too cute! heart pouch from ziazia goes with the earrings above. the river dance necklace from glasspondstudio is nothing but lush. you could play all day with this great white shark finger puppet from mullishmuse. collectors need the crocheted sweater for blythe from bluenestboutique. smart girls wear an owl bracelet from chicalessia. cool girls will like the black moon cuff from blackmoon. doll furniture from larasfawn will keep blythe well seated.

how to get rid of bindweed

bindweed is threatening to take over my front garden...i already dug it up, ripped it out and mulched heavily, but after several days of rain they are back! its not all bad though: i made these pretty things from the flowers!

how to make swine flu fashionable

well, if you cant beat em, join em! nine days of protection for the perennial over-reactor from irina blok

massimo gammacurta

i am not into wearing labels, but i would consider licking them! amelia k @ cyanatrendland showed me the deliciousness of it all with these lollies from massimo gammacurta.

yum.