Sixty Years Of Memories For my dad's 60th birthday last week, I wanted to do something really fun. My dad and I talk a lot about the past---nostalgia runs in our blood, I think---and we both love to reminisce. Inspired by Jordan Ferney's Postcard Birthday Poster, I started batting around an idea: what if I could get everyone from my dad's past to contribute a memory they had of him? What if I had all those people send their memories to me, and then I put each one into an envelope---sixty total, of course---and had him open them, one by one, on his birthday? That would be a lot of memories, right? So I wrote an email. Hello everyone! If you're receiving this email, you probably know that our dad, Patrick Burns, is turning 60 next month (much as he would hate us to be reminding everyone, I'm sure.) And this is where you come in! If you have a spare moment in the next few days, we would be so grateful if you'd jot down a favorite memory you have of our dad and put it in the post. Thank you so much again.
DIY Stamps I've always wanted to make my own rubber stamps. I even went so far as to buy a kit several years ago, complete with a black light and goo. It didn't work for me. I've done some primitive printing using meat trays and wondered if I could use my punches on the styrofoam. I happened to have a piece of acrylic so I taped the butterfly to it with double stick tape. Now came the fun part. This might even make a nice coloring book type of activity. I also punched out my favorite scalloped circle then debossed it with a table knife. Perfect for personalizing holiday wrapping paper.
The Most Photogenic Dog on the Internet The 17-year-old photographer Jessica Trinh shot her dog Chuppy. This lovely golden retriever is very likable.In addition to great photography, I think it is very harmonious relationship of Jessica and Chuppy, otherwise it is very difficult to shoot such a warm photo. Source ,Source Framework – Eyewear Made Famous Posters | Frame Geek <div class="greet_block wpgb_cornered"><div class="greet_text"><div class="greet_image"><a href=" rel="nofollow"><img src=" alt="WP Greet Box icon"/></a></div>Interested in eyewear? <b><a href=" to Framegeek’s RSS feed</a></b> for everyday updates, exclusive contests, and tips tailored to your lifestyle. <div style="clear:both"></div></div></div> EveryGuyed presents Framework, a series of posters highlighting the most iconic men’s eyewear of the last 100 years. The collection includes a compilation poster featuring 28 of the most iconic glasses from male personalities in music, film, entertainment, and politics; as well five posters highlighting the following iconic individuals: Kanye West (The Ye’s), Yves Saint Laurent (The YSL’s), Andy Warhol (The Warhol’s), Ghandi (The Ghandi’s), and Johnny Depp (The Depp’s). 01.
DIY: Starburst Clock - LA | Freckled Nest | LAfromFN I love clocks and especially love clocks with personality! Starburst Style clocks appeal to me in many ways but they're usually a little too retro or gold for my style-- so I was excited to try making a new version of the Starburst :) I'd love to see you do the same using the tutorial below! These clocks were my inspiration! [sources 1 & 2] a big handful of wood coffee stir sticks (7" long) all-purpose white gluesharp scissorsworking clock with a flat face To skip drilling & wiring a clock from scratch, I used a flat pre-made clock with no dimension-- this cappuccino masterpiece was $10 at Walmart. You'll find long wooden stir sticks at grocery stores, restaurant supply stores or ask your local coffee shop if you can buy some from them. Step 1/ So that your sticks fit well side by side on the clock surface, you will need to cut a long and sharp point on one end of each stick. Continue adding glue in 'slices', positioning sticks along the way until you reach your starting point.
29 Dates To Go On With Your Best Friend 1. Go to an amusement park together and try all of the rides you’re normally too scared to go on. (Make sure to eat the cotton candy and sno cones after you spin around in circles for hours.) 2. Stay up all night when it’s nice out and drink wine under the stars, talking about all the things you’re usually too embarrassed or afraid to admit. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 32 Ideas Para Tu Hogar Geek - Feel The Byte ¡Bienvenidos a la segunda edición de Cosas Geeks Para Gente Geek! Si sóis de los que adoran cualquier chorradita freak o de los que babean ante cualquier gadget y alguna vez habéis soñado con un hogar en el que un montón de ellos os faciliten la vida o símplemente os la hagan más entretenida… ¡Estáis de suerte! Porque aquí os traigo unas cuantas ideas para convertir vuestra casa en la prefecta morada geek. ¿Qué mejor manera de empezar el día que con un buen gofre-teclado? Un juego de café en el que cada taza es una tecla ¡Y la bandejita tiene hasta circuitos! El Flower Nurse es una especie de jarrón con tres flores cúbicas que, respectivamente, nos dan información sobre la temperatura, el grado de humedad y la cantidad de oxígeno de la habitación. Estos cojines (que personalmente me parecen bastante feos xD), sin duda darán un toque de lo más singular a vuestra cama o sofá. O estos cojines de emoticonos. Cortinas en código Ascii. ¿Qué tal un sofá pixelado para vuestro salón? Designhead.net
Make a DIY Bent Plywood Bicycle » Man Made DIY « Keywords: wood, bike, bent, bicycle Boy, do I love me some molded plywood. It gives my Eames lounge-ish chair its perfect shape, and is quite functional in my walnut magazine end table and this laptop riser I hacked from an IKEA stool. And, as some industrious design students figured out, you can create a bike frame at home by learning to laminate and mold your own plywood elements. After seeing this bike on a bicycle design blog I was inspired to build my own. Also I had some left over epoxy and fiberglass from a kayak I built and was just itching to find a project I could use it on (or maybe I was just itchy from all the fiberglass). The part of the design I liked was that the top and bottom parts of the frame are like leaf springs separated by the seat tube. Bent Plywood Bicycle [Instructables]
40 free things to do in New York City - travel tips and articles Seeing the bulk of New York City's biggest attractions can mean spending a hefty chunk of a trip's budget on tickets. Empire State Building? $27. The Met? Free New York travelers, get busy! 1. One of Lower Manhattan's most fascinating, and controversial, stories of recent years circulates around the new African Burial Ground National Monument site. 2. Brooklyn Brewery. Free tours of Williamsburg's Brooklyn Brewery run on the hour from 1-5pm Saturday, 1-4pm Sunday. 79 N 11th St, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 3. Imagine mosaic. It doesn't take brilliant travel minds to tell you that a park is free to visit – most parks are. 4. New York's most concentrated area for a gallery crawl is in Chelsea, mostly in the 20s Streets between 10th and 11th Avenues. 5. City Hall. Home to New York City's government since 1812, City Hall tours take in its cupola-topped marble hall, the governor's room as well as the spot where Abraham Lincoln's coffin lay in state briefly in 1865. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
1000 Awesome Things | A time-ticking countdown of 1000 awesome things by Neil Pasricha Make Custom Color Chalkboard Paint - Martha Stewart Kids Thanks to paint that dries into a chalkboard finish, your board can be whatever size you desire and placed wherever you like. Store-bought formulas come in traditional green and black. But you can also follow our recipe to mix your own batch in any shade. Cleverly applied chalkboard paint means new places to track appointments, keep lists, and leave messages. Or simply use the surface to draw or doodle, which will appeal to kids and the kid in everyone. Tip: Start with flat-finish latex paint in any shade. Wall Calendar A home office is the ideal spot for a family planner. Mudroom Mural The bottom half of a mudroom wall is just the right height for pint-size Picassos -- when coated with store-bought green chalkboard paint. Message Center Write-on paint needn't be applied only to walls. Pantry Reminder Covered with chalkboard paint, a pantry door serves as the perfect place to keep a running shopping list.