I would love to be one of Kate O’Brien’s subjects.
Her work is vibrant and detail-oriented, colors coordinating perfectly with excellent composition.
Have a look at her portfolio.
Year: 2008
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Before I sign off to enjoy the holiday with my nearest and dearest, I bring you a genius work of poetic justice by Rob Sheridan…
And my favorite holiday flickr set this year: boopsie.daisy’s colorful kitschy photographs.
She makes me feel like my eyes are eating candy…
Whatever you celebrate, may your hearts and bellies be full of wonderful things. Many thanks and warm wishes to everyone who has been reading SheWalksSoftly!
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Unfortunately, I didn’t save the original source, but I love these vintage style holiday greetings…with a bit of acerbic wit.
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I’m on roughly my tenth year of saying “I’m going to make a great gingerbread house for the holidays”…and utterly failing to do so. My theoretical designs are usually range from slightly unconventional to mildly deranged. But these gingerbread creations featured recently on Gizmodo put my ideas to shame.
We’ll start with an LED light-up gingerbread man, who has a wonderfully monstrous quality:
Ginger PC! I enjoy seeing the PC honored in crafts (I am not a Mac gal…despite many conversion attempts of others):
I love the detailing on this one:
And…from Portal, my very favorite game to adore but never actually play…the Weighted Companion Cube! *JOY*
(Thanks to Artie for making sure I checked Gizmodo that day)
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I came across Rare Chic recently. Themed restaurants, stores and quirky folks of all types can find some fantastic wallpaper here.
My personal favorite, “Elysian Fields:”
Bats and Venus Fly Traps, blended in a lovely dark and classy color scheme!“City Park” would make fine decor in a trendy NY cafe:
And then there are designs like “Fishnet Licorice,” great for making people step in closer to see what really comprises the geometric patterns:
The site has other housewares as well. It’s fun to look at.
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Yes, Dia de los Muertos passed nearly two months ago and we’re in the thick of December holiday madness, but I can’t resist posting these wonderful Day of the Dead paper cutout projects.
In Mexico, papel picado (perforated paper), refers to the traditional art of decorative cut paper banners. Papel picado are usually cut with sharp fierritos (small chisels) from as many as fifty layers of colored tissue paper at a time. Designs may incorporate lattice-work, images of human and animal figures, flowers, and lettering. Many papel picado are made especially for the Mexican festival of the Days of the Dead and include skeletal figures engaged in the everyday activities of the living.
I’m a big fan of autumn weddings. I can’t help thinking these would make nice “til death do us part” themed invitations!
See the rest of the collection here.
Thanks to Neatorama for featuring these and reminding me to post them!
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Although most of these have been circulated online quite a bit by now, I’d like to give credit to the best geeky Christmas trees I’ve seen this year.
Recycled Gadget Tree
Apparently this one was created by a librarian using old computer parts the library was going to discard.Recycled Gadget Tree #2
I love to speculate about the technological wonderland that would have so many spare/disposable parts for Christmas tree use.Dalek Tree
I *love* the use of the laundry basket and other household objects! The color scheme is also pretty spectacular.Knit Christmas Tree
Massive knitting endeavors like this never cease to amaze me.Book Shelf Tree
A bit minimalist for my taste, but it gets points for design and use of one of my very favorite things.Charlie Brown Tree
Not exactly geeky, but oh-so endearing. This tree needs me.(Apologies for lack of sources)
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I can’t believe I almost didn’t include the legendary EVIL SANTA that’s been a part of my Christmases since I was a toddler (yes, I grew up with this thing…probably explains a lot).
Under a bit of stuffing there is prominent wiring, so Santa can be posed in a variety of terrifying ways. The most evil thing about him, which never fails to horrify my guests, is that his eyes seem to follow you around anywhere you move.
My parents used to put gifts in his sack each year. Having to extract this bounty from the arms of Evil Santa for probably accounts for my utter fearlessness as an adult.
The following “Unborn Soldier” ornament is a big ball of wrong.
Is it an anti-abortion statement? Does it mean to imply that your unborn fetus could be the savior of the free world one day? I’m rendered nearly speechless by this tacky display of conservative values (which is most likely the intention of the product).
Find one at Miss Poppy
This post brought to you by another evil Santa…
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Oh heck yes. The biological illustrations of Ernst Haeckel combined with vintage holiday cheer!
Now we know the greetings that marine invertebrates send to each other to celebrate the season.
And a few with a more modern style…
From the awesome flickr set of jholbo.
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I’ll finish off the week with some features from our own Holiday Abomination Party, held in Norristown, PA.
The tree was indeed unique, topped with the household deity of choice: The Flying Spaghetti Monster (handmade by Matt).
When you squeeze the chicken, a watery sack filled with an egg emerges from it’s nethers.
We called this “Pain Killer Penguin” since it glows a pulsating red like the human diagrams in nearly every medication commercial:
Tudurcken ornament ACTION SHOT!
I was blessed by a visit from the Ornament Fairy (a.k.a Steph) as I slept, and awoke to find myself (the none-too-happy face anyway) photoshopped into a Patrick Swayze embrace!
Of course, this is a reference to the famous MST3K Patrick Swayze Christmas Song (definitely worth seeing, if you haven’t).We “opened up our hearts and let the Patrick Swayze Christmas in”…we wish him good health this season.
Now come along with me on our Turducken cooking journey…beginning here, with this sexy thing:
Looking like this somewhere in the middle…
See the process, start to finish, in these nicely chronicled PHOTOS.The undisputed “star” of the party was internet sensation Chris Dane Owens. This video most certainly counts as a holiday abomination (actually, it’s an abomination for all seasons).
Printer was running out of ink, which adds to the lowbrow quality…
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