Inspire Me Thursday: Two

The theme at Inspire Me Thursday is "Two". I collaged vintage ephemera in male and female images on the front and back of a shipping tag. I thought using the front and back of the tag enforced the opposites of the man and woman, even if the imagery is archaic and outdated rather than contemporary.

Photo Friday: Emotions

Remember when you were little and on impulse you grabbed a red marker and colored over your entire body "just because"? My entry for Photo Friday's "Emotions" is "Creativity".

Awesome Ads...

Wonderful ads for Luxor highlighters. Found via Design Crush.

PhotoSharks: Furniture

On Photosharks, the challenge is "Furniture". Just a walk in spring on a pretty brick pathway with park benches along the way to let you stop and rest.

Photo Friday: Found Objects

On Photo Friday, the challenge is "Found Objects". This relief was found on a tombstone over 100 years old in a little cemetary we found while hiking.

Easy Origami

This is so cool. I found this via sk*rt. How to make an easy origami star. I love them. The makers of the origami star are K. Werner Design.

Illustration Friday: Heavy

Illustration Friday entry for "Heavy". I've been eating lots of turkey and chicken for a good long while. So, a big, fat, beefy hamburger is definitely "heavy" to me.

Inspire Me Thursday: Inkblot

Over at Inspire Me Thursday, the theme is "Inkblot". You were to use an inkblot and add to it to create your entry. My inkblot was all the black on the page except the whiskers and ears. I turned this thing every which way before the "Jacked Up Rabbit" came into view. I started out with my paper collage that I'm liking to use right now and then I blotted out the original inkblot to be more of a faint impression. I turned this thing every which way before the "Jacked Up Rabbit" came into view after the addition of eyes, nose, teeth and ears. Happy early Easter!

Artists for Obama

Found via "Drawn". If you like Obama, this art print by Shepard Fairey is a great one to collect or display. You can buy it here.

Photo Friday: The Good Life

Pretty simple pleasures: A nice day, a cold beverage and some hot crawfish! Sounds like the good life to me.

A Little Luck To You

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

The Talking Stain

Enjoy this commercial. It always catches my attention, even when I'm in another room.

Inspire Me Thursday: Kitchen

Remember that 70s commercial for a certain perfume, was it called "Enjolie"? Anyway, I remember singing it around the house when I was little: "I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan, and never, ever let you forget you're a man! Cause I'm a woman!" This is my tribute. :-)

More Obama Swag...

Thank you to the Brighter Fusion blog for linking here to share the Obama logos in vector. Also go there to find links to these neat Obama posters, available free for download.

Snowfall in March, finally.

We finally get our snow...in March. I love it. It was the great "crunch" when you walk snow that makes GREAT snowballs. We had a great time. Is anyone else out there weird about messing up the perfect snow? A part of me hates to walk around in it and "mess it up". Hopefully the way it was falling it filled in the mess we made with clean snow.

Cool Caps

1. my bottlecap collection, 2. 001 / Red Rice Beer*, 3. 002 / Blue Moon, 4. 003 / Killian's Red, 5. 004 / Mike's Hard Lemonade, 6. 005 / mystery cap, 7. 006 / Craftbrewed Quality, 8. 007 / the Switch*, 9. 008 / Fitz's, 10. 009 / RED POP*, 11. 010 / Lemon Soda*, 12. 011 / Grilli Lemon Soda*, 13. 012 / Bavaria, 14. 013 / Samuel Adams Brewmasters, 15. 014 / Woodpecker Hard Cider*, 16. 015 / Miller Chill
Wonderfully graphic bottle cap collection found on Flickr.com via Drawn!. These would look great framed together. I love all the different designs.

Reduce, Reuse, RECYCLE

So I have A LOT of cardboard that can't be recycled in our community (cereal boxes, pop-tart boxes, basically any kind of box that isn't corrugated), I can't bear to throw it away so it sits in my supply closet. So recently I was inspired by K. Barteski at I Love Life and her paintings on used materials like coffee holders and I decided I would reuse my cardboard to paint on each day. My first day, what to paint? Why the girls on The View, of course. :-) Which box to use? I think a piece from a donut box fits the theme quite nicely.