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Abandoned Places: 10 Creepy, Beautiful Modern Ruins. Abandoned Places: 10 Creepy, Beautiful Modern Ruins Abandoned Places | We humans are explorers by nature. The quest for discovery, both old and new, is part of what separates us from rest of the animal kingdom. Since the world we live in has been largely mapped and plotted, we urban adventurers turn our sights toward the relics of old and the ruins of the recent past. If you find beauty in urban decay, in the crumbling and abandoned places of yesteryear, you’ll want to read on. Here are 10 of the most amazing, beautiful and creepy abandoned places in the modern world. Abandoned Submarine Base, Ukraine In a bay on the northern shores of the Black Sea, the Soviet army maintained an elaborate submarine base throughout much of the Cold War. Abandoned Submarine Base Gallery The Ruins of Detroit by Marchand and Meffre In the United States, few cities have felt the burn of urban decay more than Detroit.

Ruins of Detroit Gallery Beelitz Military Hospital, Berlin Beelitz Military Hospital Gallery. How to Make Friendship Bracelets - in 7 Easy Steps - StumbleUpon. Anyone can learn how to make friendship bracelets with beautiful intricate patterns. Let me show you how, with easy step by step instructions. Which design would you like to make? Even if you’re a complete beginner, you can make a pretty bracelet like one of these: It’ll probably take you an hour or so to make your first bracelet.

The technique is so easy that you can watch TV at the same time (seriously!). There are some great books on making friendship bracelets, like the enormously popular Klutz Friendship Bracelet Book , but to make the bracelets on this page you won’t need to buy any books or special equipment. On this page, I’ll show you how to make friendship bracelets in 8 different designs. Friendship Bracelet Designs Here are all 8 friendship bracelet patterns: Hearts - great for Valentine’s Day Flowers Diamonds Rainbows Stripes - great for sports team colors Stripes and Dots Chevrons Checkered The trick is something called a braiding disc, or braiding loom. Got your embroidery floss? Hundreds of Tourist Photos Made Into Art. Artist Corrine Vionnet mined various photo-sharing sites for pictures of iconic landmarks and tourism hotspots, then layered anywhere from 200 to 300 photos of the same landmark on top of each other to create these interesting pieces.

Probably most interesting, is that so many strangers take photos of the same object from extremely similar angles and heights. Stonehenge: Mecca: Tiananmen Square: Saint Basil’s Cathedral: Head on over to My Modern Metropolis to see the full collection. (My Modern Metropolis via Bit Rebels) Teabag Coasters – Packaging Concept For Tea Bags by Yuree S. Lim & J... On The Death Of A Teabag I have this friend who keeps collecting all her used teabags to add to her henna mixture (hair dye) and it always grosses me out. Different strokes for different folks, what do you do with your dead-used teabag?

Mine goes straight into the bin, haha I’m lying, I use loose tea leaves! But seriously, would you want to create artwork with a dripping bag like seen in the “Teabag Coasters” packaging or would you just dump it? Designers: Yuree S. Lim & Jieun Yang. Img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=16485227 from polyvore.com - StumbleUpon. The Gashlycrumb Tinies.