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Archive for June, 2007

Help Hope Bloom

If you’re in the Boston area, you probably know about the South End Open Market. While wandering among the many brightly colored stalls this weekend, I came upon a booth sporting handfuls of strikingly beautiful beaded jewelry. Since my jewelry radar is always on, I zeroed in on them. Up close, they [...]

A Quickie

Hi guys. I’m sorry, things have been really busy for me recently. My blogs are going to have to be a lil’ bit short. Check out this awesome handbag tutorial from Kristin La Flamme. This would totally make a bitchin’ present for all your best buds. Well, that’s all I [...]

Waaaay Cooler Than American Idol

Visual art consumers and creators alike will get a kick out of ourstage.com. Our Stage is a forum for indie bands and film makers to take the products of their creative genius directly to the audience. Music videos and movies are posted on Our Stage and its up to the viewing public to [...]

Gross AND Awesome

Hi guys. I’m going to keep this short and sweet today. Check out this selection of Knitting for Pyschos at slightlywarped.com. It is freaking amazing. I especially love the knitted streams of blood. Lots of people make sweaters. I like this creepy and off-beat take on something that’s usually [...]

Statistics, Art, or Both?

Take a look at that empty soft drink bottle in your trash? Is it art? Most of us would be inclined to reply “no.” Well mulitply that one bottle by two million. How about now? Seattle artist, Chris Jordan, is taking a look at the numbers in his new series, Running [...]

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