Januari 2011

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Banksy works

Posted by Unknown Kamis, 27 Januari 2011 0 komentar

We know you lot like Banksy's works but how many of them are you familiar with? Here's a few we think you may not have seen...

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Underwater Sculptures

Posted by Unknown Senin, 24 Januari 2011 0 komentar

These sculptures were submersed in the sea around Mexico and can only be viewed properly by going diving. This is truly underwater art....

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People are awesome

Posted by Unknown Kamis, 20 Januari 2011 0 komentar

Sometimes we forget just how awesome people really are. This video celebrates what the human race can do!

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Online bartender

Posted by Unknown Senin, 17 Januari 2011 0 komentar

Impress your friends a la Tom Cruise in Cocktail by whipping up drinks with this online drink chooser. Just select what you've got in your cupboard and it will suggest drink ideas for you!

Visit the webtender here

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JOURNEY, DREAM & PASSION

Posted by Unknown Sabtu, 15 Januari 2011 0 komentar

I was leaving the Desert Treasures Thrift store in the tiny town of Ajo, Arizona when the proprietor handed me a large Ziploc bag of “junque” jewelry and told me it was mine for $3.00. Well, I couldn’t pass that up!

With my husband driving, I dumped the contents of the bag out on my lap. Much of it was gaudy costume jewelry, mostly 80’s style and severely outdated. Yet, there were a few pieces which looked vintage and interesting. I separated out the silver pieces and began to visualize an eclectic choker design.

Here is a description of my "technique" (as we shall call it).

MY TECHNIQUE:

I decided on a (I must admit, rather ugly) silver tone choker with an elephant engraved on the front as the base for my choker. Next, the center front piece had to be a bold, single earring! There was a vintage rhinestone necklace which I cut into several short pieces. I also picked out a pewter color ‘Partridge in a Pear Tree’ Christmas ornament which was chopped into smaller sections, a couple of vintage clip-on earrings, a brooch with several rhinestones missing, a wine glass identifier ring, another brooch and a handful of my faux pearls. Soon I was busy deciding on a layout.

I added other jewelry-making pieces I had purchased previously at the clearance rack of a craft store. These were dog tags, each with a word engraved on them: “Journey”, “Dream”, “Passion”.

As I began to lay the pieces on the choker base, I decided on an incongruous, off-center design for this very eclectic collection of silver tone pieces. On either side of the choker would be pieces that would balance out the piece, without being identical.

With the layout complete, I decided on the 527 glue to attach the individual pieces. I’ve used this strong bonding glue for many projects, from repairing shoes and vases to gluing beads, glass, metal and plastic together for assorted crafts.

With the main pieces glued in place on the choker base, I realized there were several missing rhinestones on the brooch, so I disguised this imperfection by adding a few single rhinestones clipped from the necklace and glued over empty spaces. Then, I added small pearls in the tiny, vacant crevices of the choker to blend the individual pieces together into my funky work of art!

And here's the finished product!