Venice

Today we are traveling to Venice, Italy. I can't remeber where I found this photo. If it is yours, let me know and I will add your link to this post.

Tutowlrial

This owl was made by Moon Stitches. She also has a tutorial to show us how to make one!

Cryptia

Cryptia has capture the true essence of me. This really isn't an actual portrait of me, but it could be! See more of Cryptia's work here.

Happy Easter!

pretty

Found this sparkling crown souvenir while surfing awhile ago.

Molly Chicken

Molly Chicken is warm comfy cutest beyond words.

noor

Inside looking out. This photo was taken by noor. I love the color and the cozy perspective.

Edna

She is my hero, darling.

get to work

Make you own at ~ http://www.blyberg.net/card-generator/

Gerald

This picture from Ecce Lomo reminds me of all the fair fishes that lived with us for awhile. The last one was named Gerald.

Petra Stefankova

Petra Stefankova has the simplest yet wonderful illustrations.

Download Heaven

At Canon 3D Papercraft you can download animal cut outs like this dachshund, science projects, scapbook graphics, calender, and more -- FUN!

Isacile

Isacile's blog has music on the entries. It really is like taking a vitual vacation!

Cecile Bonbon

Test your french language skills with this blog by Cecile Bonbon. This blog is complete crafters eye candy!

Tony vs. Paul

Tony vs paul
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Friday update

This is the new Friday bag at the bag shop. I love zippers!!

Red Cap Cards

The eyes of Red Cap Cards are wonderful in this make believe land.

Gourmet Amigurumi

This is a sketch of Gourmet Amigurumi's dolls she crochets. To see more of these cute characters!

Akzidenz Grotesk

Yu

Isn't he the cutest, ever!! I'm in love -- hee, hee! See more of these creatures at Flickr's toyutoy.

Jenny

This is me when I'm angry, -'the look', as it is known to my familia. Digital can never replace the swoop of the artist's hand. Check out Jenny's blog, The Blackwing Diaries.

Oh Joy

I saw this adorable cake topper picture on the blog, Oh Joy!. See what pipe cleaners, ribbon, and lace can do! Here is also a link to make pipe cleaner creatures, very cute!!

Voprak

For beautiful photos of Russia see Voprak's LJ blog.

Kitty Craft

Surfing the net, I just found this amazing online store in the UK called, Kitty-Craft Japanese Zakka & Craft Shop. It is a crafter's delight!

Diane Duda

This is the self taught, mother of three artist, Diane Duda. Her work is fun and she uses parts of old books (my favorite) sometimes. Just being at the library book store, I satisfied my fix for 1950's books.

Alicia Bock

Alicia Bock's gerber daisy

Self Portrait Challenge

This photo was posted by Michelle Caplan on the web blog called Self Portrait Challenge. It is interesting how people see themselves through photography.

Jaime Ursic

Jaime Ursic reminds me of one of my favorite artists, Mark Rothko. Her paintings are so simple and full of feeling.

Paper Dolls

Paper dolls are wonderful. I recently found an envelope of paper dolls I played with when I was little. I remember my mom helping me cut them out and how delicate they were. Yesterday, I bought a birthday card for someone with little paper dolls that punched out. I bought one for me too! These dolls are from Demarco Designs.

Silvia Stella

Illustrator, Silvia Stella, draws playful figures and has a musically pretty myspace.

Color Blok

Web sites with animated movement is childhood Saturday morning all over again! The above illustration is from Color Blok, where there is colorful still and motion illustrations. Another fun place is Zefrank.com that has a huge list of things to create with the click and swoosh of your mouse, flower gardens to snowflakes!

LockWasher Design

This makes me want to go to a thrift store or a junk yard (or my garage!) and see what I can put together. I am sure I could make nothing as cute as LockWasher Design. I love the whole recycling idea and the creativity of these robots!

Jackson Pollock

After seeing a Jackson Pollock's painting at a museum, I saw his genius. This is a fun sight to try your own splatter painting -- http://www.jacksonpollock.org/

Elio

The artist, Elio, at work.

Letter Pressed

More Letter Pressed genius! See the evolution of the above Presston Plush at the Letter Pressed Blog. Not to mention two artist series letter pressed card packs from Letter Pressed are traveling via the Post Office from sunny California to me in cloudy New York. Yeah!!

Una Flor de Papel

In an attempt to become more one with nature (mmm), this year we got a surfing calender with the phases of the moon as a major feature. Today, I saw this calender by Cecilia in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She features the calender on her blog, Flor de Papel. How cool is this! It organizes and simplifies the whole moon phase thing.

Luis Santi Jr.

Web sites get more exciting all the time! Luis Santi Jr.'s web site is the magic of flash and graphic design - purely enjoyable at every click. This picture is Luis's favorite cologne which he lost while on a California trip. A delightful story he tells in the text part of his site. Check it out -- Phatterism.com

Cherokee Wisdom

Two Wolves

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a
battle that goes on inside people.
He said, "My son, the battle is between two
"wolves" inside us all.

One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret,
greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false
pride, superiority, and ego.

The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility,
kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather:
"Which wolf wins?"

The old Cherokee replied, "The one you feed."

Snowflake Builder

Check out this Snowlake Builder link I found on Dub and Sam's blog. Hours of FUN!!

Thilde

Too cute!! This tag pillow for a textile stimulus is from Thilde. They have adorable bunny dolls too.

Gone Fishing

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Katy Davis at Gobblynne Animation made the 2D film for the new song by the band Second Person called "Gone Fishing".

Smitten by Stephanie

There are so many cute illustrations on the web. This little piece of illustration eye candy can be found at Smitten by Stephanie.

Lindsay Chambers

Lindsay Chambers is showing at the One of a Kind Show in Toronto. Her work is just wonderful (I have just wonderful adjectives). Check out her website for her descriptive words as well as art.

Paper Lamp Shade

These lamp shades look wonderful, though I wonder about their ability to be a fire hazard. Yasutomo.com gives the origami instructions on how to make the folds for the shade. Now to make it fire proof, mmmm?

Postmarks

Another great project involving a camera, art of life and words, and the internet can be viewed at the website called, Take Me With You.

Heather Bailey

Someday I am going to make a quilt. I collect patterns that I want to try. Today I found this site by Heather Bailey that has free down loads for quilt patterns and quilt binding directions. How cool is that!

Christine Shanks

Go . . . . . STOP
Christine Shanks camera catches what our eyes do as the car goes zooming down the road.

City Scapes

This picture is taken in Kiev, Ukraine. The Live Journal Community, City Scapes, has photos people take all over the world. A vacation right here at my computer!

Diane Fayt

This ceramic artist is my find for today. Diane Fayt has as interesting story about herself as her creations.

This book is also inspiring. Not only the concept behind the book and the art inside the book, but the construction of the book its self is very interesting.

Places to go . . .

This was emailed to me a long time ago. Pretty cool, huh.

Hyper Bunny

These tummies made by Hyper Bunny are too cute! They are knitted and hallow so you can put your treasures in their tummies. I plan to give the one I bought to my cousin filled with things she will like for Christmas (shhhh, don't tell her!). She'll love it! So, of course now I need to get one for myself!!

Libraries

Libraries are one of my favorite places to go. This web site has some awesome photos of libraries around the world. I think this library in Paris is the one used in the movie Va Savoir. I think I've watched Va Savoir a million times, and I hope to watch it a million more! It is a beautiful movie. Back to libraries -- so much information, so little time.

Sintra, Portugal

This photo was taken in Sintra, Portugal. I found this photo posted in Live Journal's Community Color Theory by spacedlaw. This building is dream come true.