I couldn’t choose which link to post…so have a bunch!
What those dead bird holiday cards I posted the other day actually mean.
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Holiday Link Dump
Posted in absurd, art, christmas, craft, decoration, ephemera, film, food, sci-fi, sea, TV, vintage with tags absurd, art, christmas, craft, decoration, ephemera, film, food, sci-fi, sea, TV, vintage on December 24, 2015 by shewalkssoftly
Holiday Desktop Goodies
Posted in absurd, anthropomorphic, art, candy coated nightmares, christmas, decoration, ephemera, food, humor, kitsch, krampus, meat, skulls and skeletons, TV, vintage with tags absurd, art, candy coated nightmares, christmas, decoration, ephermera, food, humor, kitsch, krampus, meat, science, skulls and skeletons, TV, vintage on December 23, 2015 by shewalkssoftly
Most of the pics in this post require no comment…but don’t skip this androgynous, anthropomorphic pothead (see what I did there?). I find its lean, wiry body very disconcerting.
Happy Thanksgiving
Posted in absurd, cake, food, humor, thanksgiving with tags absurd, cake, food, humor, thanksgiving on November 26, 2015 by shewalkssoftlyTo my American readers…the Fiery Satanic Turkey of Death Cake wishes you happy Thanksgiving.
For those outside the US, here’s a cake that was supposed to be Thanksgiving themed…but I can’t, for the life of me, figure out what it’s supposed to be. This abomination transcends cultural boundaries. Any guesses?
Chocolate Fossils
Posted in craft, food with tags craft, food on November 3, 2015 by shewalkssoftlyI’ve been remiss in posting daily due to medical troubles that I’ll briefly detail here at a later date. In the meantime, if you’ve had enough Halloween fun sized candy bars and are ready to move onto something more…paleontological, check out Sarah Hardy’s chocolate tooth fossils!
I would love to stand this T-Rex tooth on my desk and gnaw at it periodically (and by periodically I mean probably finish the whole thing at once).
Oh yes, these are chocolate. Hand molded and painted (with more chocolate).
Halloween Countdown: Bloody Brain Cake
Posted in anatomy, cake, food, halloween, inspiration, macabre with tags anatomy, cake, food, halloween, inspiration, macabre on October 7, 2015 by shewalkssoftlyThis would be the perfect cake for a Halloween party (the “bloody” syrup coating is a nice touch).
Apparently this was done in honor of The Walking Dead (which I admittedly stopped watching a couple seasons ago because I started getting bored with it…zombies are very overdone these days so it takes a lot to keep my attention).
I’d love to try my hand at this cake. Watch the tutorial video!
Frog Cakes…A Loose Interpretation
Posted in cake, food, humor with tags cake, food, humor on August 15, 2015 by shewalkssoftlyYou’d be surprised how different bakeries execute the task of making a “frog cake.”
For reference, this is what a frog actually looks like.
And now for some examples of generous amphibian artistic liberty!
This gorgeous lady is all made for date night.
Don’t know what frog limbs look like? Tentacles curling in on themselves with random smatterings of black gunk is a fair guesstimate.
What are those blue dollops of icing on the head? Anyone? I can’t say I understand the mouth either.
This isn’t how legs work.
This isn’t how anything works. But if the customer requested “Oscar the Grouch as a nuclear casualty,” this cake would be on point.
From the fine folks at Cake Wrecks.
Poison Apple Cookies
Posted in cookies, craft, food with tags cookies, craft, food on August 11, 2015 by shewalkssoftlyI admire talented cookie and cake decorators because, like any art, the creation process requires dedication and patience. But pastry artists earn a little extra respect because they have to possess the aforementioned qualities AND not devour their own art before it’s finished (a task I’m fairly ill equipped to handle…I’d probably try to eat a painting of a cupcake if it came out well enough).
So check out these high quality poison apple cookies by Angelica Made Me:
For those who haven’t seen the original animation, you’re looking at the tainted fruit the wicked Queen gives Snow White. This was one of my favorite images in the movie when I was young. I thought it looked so cool and I loved how the skull emerged out of nowhere with the drips.
See the step by step cookie process here.
100 Days of Rainbows (#lovewins)
Posted in art, craft, food, photography, sea, soapbox with tags art, craft, food, photography, sea, soapbox on July 6, 2015 by shewalkssoftlyYou won’t find too many standard rainbows on this blog, simply because I gravitate toward the darker side of art. But the recent US Supreme Court decision for nationwide marriage equality warrants a special celebration.
Julie Seabrook Ream, a dedicated mother and artist who could never pick a favorite color, has endeavored to make a rainbow collage every day for 100 days.
These collections newly frame the most mundane household objects. Anything can be art in the right hands.
Soapbox side note:
While I’m ashamed to live in a world where race, gender, sexual orientation (or other arbitrary factors determined by the dominant power structure) has any bearing on an individual’s rights or happiness, I’m heartened to see that human beings are evolving enough to begin dissolving our self-created boundaries. Congratulations to the LGBTQ community on an embarrassingly long overdue victory!
Mandala Cakes
Posted in art, cake, food with tags art, cake, food on May 7, 2015 by shewalkssoftlyAs someone easily entranced by patterns in art…and cake in general…and as a diehard Jungian, I adore Stephen McCarty’s mandala cakes.
I believe these are raw, vegan confections (a culinary area I know very little about, but should probably explore due to food allergies. These cakes are luring me into inspired exploration).
It’s meditative art you can eat! Amazing.
Many more at the source.
Stephen McCarty
The Great Chicken Wing Hunt
Posted in absurd, film, food, humor with tags absurd, film, food, humor on March 30, 2015 by shewalkssoftlyI’m going to begin this post with a statement some might consider utterly blasphemous: I hate chicken wings. Never touch ’em.
The Great Chicken Wing Hunt proves that a well made documentary can keep one thoroughly interested and entertained by subjects one has absolutely no natural inclination to enjoy. I, lifelong chicken wing hater, genuinely loved this film and I highly recommend it.
I cannot imagine a single human being (wing lover or otherwise) reading the following synopsis and NOT rushing to see it:
American expatriate, international journalist and upstate New Yorker Matt Reynolds forsakes a successful life in Eastern Europe, compelled by a singular obsession: find the world’s best Buffalo chicken wing. Joined by his long-suffering Czech girlfriend, a perplexed Slovak film crew, and a ragtag gang of wing-obsessed misfits recruited online, Reynolds embarks on THE GREAT CHICKEN WING HUNT. After 2,627 miles and 284 varieties of wings, the quest ends in the very countryside of Reynolds’ childhood, where he discovers that the perfection he has sought so hard to find was right under his nose all along.
Watch the trailer:
Hulu links will not embed on WordPress, but you can watch the full movie for free HERE!
The film has, for good reason, snatched up a number of indie film awards. It’s remarkably clever, surprisingly touching at times, and for the wing enthusiasts out there…rather informative. Let me know what you think!
BONUS SHORT FILM by creator Matt Reynolds: Lebowski, My Czech Wife and Me; a heartening look at a husband and wife’s divergent opinions on one of the best comedic feats of recent film history (I guess that qualifier reveals my own stance on the issue).
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