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Gift Ideas for poor creative souls (6) You know how it goes, a friend calls you and invites you to dinner at the last minute. OMG! What gift can you take?! You scrabble around the cupboards trying to find a box of chocolates or a bottle of wine but find that most of the chocolates have been eaten and the wine has gone. I thought this was a wonderful idea. Supplies: Patterned paper-one 12 x 12" sheet. These directions will give you one flower. 1. 4. 5. Tip: For single sided paper. 6. Note: Florist tape is stretchy, just play with it and pull gently but firmly as you move down the stem. 7. Note, you will have to play around with the height of the petals, and where on the petal you start your tape. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. For tutorials on how to market yourself online, go here.

Of All The People In All The World Of All The People In All The World, a traveling art exhibit in the UK, uses grains of rice to bring the large numbers behind world populations to the grasp of the average human being. In the exhibit, one grain of rice equals one person and those grains of rice are put together to represent all kind of statistics from the small (such as the number of people who have walked on the moon) to the large (the population of the United States as seen below). Link

Wire & Paper The Colors Of Shorebreak By Clark Little by COLOURlovers I know we had a colorful look at waves not too long ago (see it here), but when I came across the shorebreak photography of Clark Little I couldn't resist sharing the incredible palettes created by a mix of sand, shore and water. All of these photos can be seen on his site, and are part of his latest book, The Shorebreak Art of Clark Little. All Images © Clark Little www.colourlovers.comDavid Sommers has been loving color as COLOURlovers' Blog Editor-in-Chief for the past two years. Make Photo Necklaces, Earrings, Magnets and More Using Shrinkable Plastic Seems like everything keeps getting smaller these days: computers, dogs, headphones… And now even photographs are joining in the smallness, thanks to the magic of biaxially oriented thermoplastic polystyrene (that’s Shrinky Dinks to you). You can print photos on plastic using your inkjet printer, and shrink them down small enough to make into necklaces, fridge magnets, earrings, or practically anything you can think of. See? Just like that, the world is your bivalve mollusc of the family Ostreidae! * How to Turn Photo Shrinky Dinks Into Wonderful Things Photo credits: city: Christopher & AmyCate, giraffe: milkfat, tree: left-hand, bird: lucianvenutian What You’ll Need Inkjet-printable shrink plastic (clear or white)– Michael’s and Pearl usually have it Oven or toaster oven Cookie sheet Parchment paper — check the grocery store next to the plastic wrap and tinfoil Scissors and/or X-acto knife Hole punch (optional) Choose Your Photos Print on Plastic Don’t Make Me Cut You Preheat the Oven More Ideas

The Greatest List of The Coolest Ice Cubes around | One More Gadget Some of my favorite things are so simple, like ice cube shapes for example. Here’s a list of some of my favorite Ice Cube Trays and related inventions, not including the previously featured Global Warming Ice Cubes! If you like stuff like this join us on facebook or follow us on twitter to find more cool things and automatically enter to win awesome stuff on One More Gadget. 1. Cool shooters are a great way to really keep your drinks ice cold and get frost bite at the same time. 2. Drink from a stein that’s been chilled to the bone with this Skull and Cross bone Ice Cube Tray! Get them here. 3. Ice Princess is made from 100% pure food grade silicone, packed in recyclable, peggable clear boxes. Get your Ice Princess Ice Cube Trays here 4. Make crazy fish bone shapes to float around in your glass. Get your own fish bone shaped ice cube trays here 5. Fossiliced dinosaur bones ice cube trays are pretty sweet. Get your own Fossil-Iced cubes here 6. Get your own silver bullets here 7. 8. 9. 10.

xhezachanx: So tired! ~Tacgnol Scarf~ All this week I've been doing nothing but sewing for the opening of my shop tomorrow. I have a feeling I won't have time to make my soot sprites as planned, but that's ok if they are a day or two late! I'm damned exhausted cranking out over 8 scarves this week. I still have 3 to finish (paw detail, sewing up openings, painting...) and only today to finish it in. I've been working on these suckers from noon till 2am. Here's what the Tacgnol scarves look like: And I'm absolutely happy with how my tags turned out: Longcat and Tacgnol scarves go on sale tomorrow on Etsy. Tonight I am working on super corny Halloween costumes with Claire.

100+ Portraits of Iconic People of All Time Today we bring you a great collection of portraits of the most iconic people throughout history. Portraits explore the relationship between the subject and the photographer or artist and usually continue to impress the viewer years after they have been created. The common thread running through all of these portraits is superlative design. This collection is arranged in alphabetical order and is by no means complete. We hope that this collection inspires you, makes you gasp and even smile. Afghan Girl This photo was taken as part of the National Geographic “Green Eyes” project, tracking the genetic trait of green eyes passed down through the Mongols of Genghis Khan’s time. Buzz Aldrin This image was captured in 1969, the day that the Eagle lunar lander made the first touchdown on the moon, by Neil Armstrong of fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Muhammad Ali Ali was a three-time heavyweight World Champion in boxing. Woody Allen Marie Antoinette Joan of Arc Lance Armstrong Louis Armstrong Fred Astaire

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