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<b><span style="color: #990000;">I need to go to bed</span></b>. I should really be in bed. But I just came across an old friend, this here, a blog I used to enjoy writing on. But somehow, life, children, sleep, and forgetting who I am got in the way. It's far too easy to forget ones self these days. So I needed, insisted on saying hello for a fleeting moment before letting the night whisk me away to slumber. Hello and good night. I'm back. It is once again time to lust, create and find random somethings to cluck over. It is once again time to embrace that part of me, that makes me ME. It's time to create.<br />
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Kimberly http://www.blogger.com/profile/04534292912662746384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842724596171626922.post-12934160499130846142011-08-11T07:11:00.000-07:002011-08-11T07:52:04.560-07:00Starting Over<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGN35WoOh4Lg4epcmnK14ZTs8_CfUZkK2aRYpiVEqWl86oDGJBhqxcODgqtdJPR2AZ508iaBEH9sCO_KrNrIOF-fW2hAd03qynsgBNrc9erpRvo1sw5olucvqFSYEz4lhVSuOZVNqROJdB/s1600/262843_10150733953405117_573090116_19938222_4156824_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGN35WoOh4Lg4epcmnK14ZTs8_CfUZkK2aRYpiVEqWl86oDGJBhqxcODgqtdJPR2AZ508iaBEH9sCO_KrNrIOF-fW2hAd03qynsgBNrc9erpRvo1sw5olucvqFSYEz4lhVSuOZVNqROJdB/s400/262843_10150733953405117_573090116_19938222_4156824_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639608359528807522" border="0" /></a>
<br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51); font-weight: bold;">It's been months and months</span> since I painted. I'm always too busy doing this and that for everyone else... I have a hard time saying no to people. So I sat for a long time with my canvas. He was covered in layers of paint. 2 Paintings have decorated his surface thus far. Non of which I've been overly content with. I always battle between fine art and illustration. The illustrator in me always sneaks up on my paintings and when I snap out of my painting comma sometimes I realize what I wanted to be fine art is far more like a whimsical illustration for a childrens book. And that's usually the point at which the canvas gets lost in my closet. This particular canvas has been hiding in my closet going on 2 years.
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<br />I looked at him, he stared back at me. We had a serious silent conversation and finally we came to an agreement. No pressure. No preconceived idea of what I'm going to create. Just pick up the brush and lets dance.
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<br />This is what has commenced thus far... I call it<span style="font-weight:bold;"> <span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">Starting Over</span></span>.Kimberly http://www.blogger.com/profile/04534292912662746384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842724596171626922.post-61193985697783649012011-08-04T09:16:00.000-07:002011-08-04T09:19:30.352-07:00What is art?What do you think? Is this art?<br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/d6egUsZvWu4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Kimberly http://www.blogger.com/profile/04534292912662746384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842724596171626922.post-74763951815136953072011-05-10T11:30:00.000-07:002011-05-10T11:46:55.184-07:00Things Of Beauty<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcJIbswUwn14-u-DkV0c1rV_nRMuM9XrW905pen8iOtnaBCqubcqWkOwyBGJhLzi-7PyCoGN_a2uK9dp2WiUP4Fz5x4s3NUNW7PLY0dMZNfWTHKnz1oiCeCb1yJpvZqtCJKlxCasaIR4PX/s1600/vase.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcJIbswUwn14-u-DkV0c1rV_nRMuM9XrW905pen8iOtnaBCqubcqWkOwyBGJhLzi-7PyCoGN_a2uK9dp2WiUP4Fz5x4s3NUNW7PLY0dMZNfWTHKnz1oiCeCb1yJpvZqtCJKlxCasaIR4PX/s400/vase.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605160336360077266" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51); font-weight: bold;">It excites me to see </span>old ugly things taken and recycled into something pretty and new. It disturbs me when things end up in a land fill when there are so many useful and creative things they could be used for instead. Jane at <a href="http://blog.alltheluckintheworld.nl/2010/08/14/ongoing/">All The Luck In The World</a> is a woman after my own heart. She takes old found objects from thrift stores and turns them into things of beauty. Take a gander and create your own, then send me the pictures so I can post them here!Kimberly http://www.blogger.com/profile/04534292912662746384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842724596171626922.post-66722422131480298692010-11-29T17:57:00.000-08:002010-11-29T18:05:44.048-08:00Palette Knife Play Date<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBp-3yVZZZcFQTCY1P6FN4uSNiCdIWu-q5GwUT6wiRuj0ObbH4kt3wXEGNRIORLwCuFnJD8q7W_x9xydZbCV5eAkaVvWnsyKvnSp3pvlBExvzzKewnau5WXrZKUyE2qhXN9-kEZgxMt0_T/s1600/Winter%2527s+Dream.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 396px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBp-3yVZZZcFQTCY1P6FN4uSNiCdIWu-q5GwUT6wiRuj0ObbH4kt3wXEGNRIORLwCuFnJD8q7W_x9xydZbCV5eAkaVvWnsyKvnSp3pvlBExvzzKewnau5WXrZKUyE2qhXN9-kEZgxMt0_T/s400/Winter%2527s+Dream.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545157920605581250" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC9933;"><b>I bought a set of palette knives</b></span> over a year ago. I keep promising them a play date and yet I've been less then punctual with my promise. So finally the other night I decided to sit down and get dirty with globs of colourful acrylic and 5 knives. Needless to say it isn't as easy to do as I had originally thought. It is WAY to easy to get carried aways and create a giant muddy mess. At one point my canvas resembled an evening I had once when I had the flue and my toilette and I had become better acquainted with each other while my stomach revolted against me. I think however I managed to recapture some beauty.Kimberly http://www.blogger.com/profile/04534292912662746384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842724596171626922.post-49463088039960352262010-11-25T18:49:00.000-08:002010-11-29T18:06:16.846-08:00Feisty<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC9933;">If you're anything like me</span></b> then you are always searching for great music that is not over played but fantastic and unique to the ear. And if you have not had the extreme pleasure of familiarizing yourself with the sensational Leslie <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Feist</span> how very sad your musical experience must be. I have a great love of many genres of music but <a href="http://www.listentofeist.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Feist</span></a> is by far the most talented, unique, rock out with your cock out, walking piece of fabulous you will ever come across. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Ok</span>, yes, that is completely based on my very biased <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">opinion</span> but regardless of that silly small fact, she's untouchable.<br /><br />I had the honour of meeting Leslie at the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">premier</span> showing of her <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">documentary</span> Look At What the Light Did now. I was SO inspired at one point that tears were streaming down my face. This woman makes me want to be better. No, better then better, amazing. She makes me believe that I can be a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">startlingly</span> good artist. I love that someone can make me so sure of myself.<br /><br /><object width="550" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/DKVqiJbCtwY?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/DKVqiJbCtwY?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="550" height="385"></embed></object>Kimberly http://www.blogger.com/profile/04534292912662746384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842724596171626922.post-17892028969866414902010-11-09T03:51:00.000-08:002010-11-09T03:58:41.693-08:00Obessed<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iWOyfLBYtuU?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iWOyfLBYtuU?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="520" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC9933;"><b>There are a million and one</b></span> reasons why my mind implodes when I watch this video by Florence and the Machine. Put quite plainly it's sensational in every way I can imagine.Kimberly http://www.blogger.com/profile/04534292912662746384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842724596171626922.post-82527104544588892462010-11-03T06:37:00.000-07:002010-11-09T04:00:27.949-08:00Lemon Drop Cupcakes and a Better Life.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgosJA_QyepeKlsm9MNYh9shIvkMqQrW4i3DovgZ6A8p1CPZCyxwGPc0F6Z5YOc1plLZ_bPJzYoof3gk3aUmUJao6ES6f9SSZSTctiDabLH4ZeUPZWOalu1CgJtJ4m2DsZDUPS6m1OXF6hv/s1600/cupcakes.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535332829920528642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgosJA_QyepeKlsm9MNYh9shIvkMqQrW4i3DovgZ6A8p1CPZCyxwGPc0F6Z5YOc1plLZ_bPJzYoof3gk3aUmUJao6ES6f9SSZSTctiDabLH4ZeUPZWOalu1CgJtJ4m2DsZDUPS6m1OXF6hv/s400/cupcakes.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong><span style="color:#ffcc00;">Want to know where I've been?</span></strong> Well, I wish I could tell you some wild story of how I up and decided on a whim that life would be far more splendid if I packed up the family and went to Bangladesh for a week to visit the queen for tea and cupcakes. Oh please! Use your imagination! Bangladesh has a queen in MY world and she LOVES lemon drop cupcakes and lavender tea. But alas that is not where I have been, but rather I have been focusing all of my energies on creating a better life for my son. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Oohhh but it is so much more exciting then how it sounds. You may recall a previous blog I wrote about a photographer by the name of <a href="http://crystalclearimagery.ca/index.html"><span style="color:#00cccc;">Crystal Hahn</span></a><span style="color:#00cccc;">.</span> Well, Crystal, in all of her creative glory, along with her lovely sister Somer, have composed a company called <a href="http://www.amillionlittledetails.ca/"><span style="color:#00cccc;">A Million Little Details</span></a><span style="color:#00cccc;">.</span> I know of no better way to describe it other then a mecca for all things wedding. It will be a quaint little place in cyberspace to go when you need inspiration, locations, ideas, vendors, or just to dream. And I will have the extreme delight of being a major part of all of it! I'm calling my position at this point The End All and Be All of AMLD. Yes, it sounds grandiose but that is because it IS! I do a little bit of everything. Marketing, advertising, design, social networking... you name it I'll do it. It's true, I'm just that fantastic. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>BUT my point of this entire rant is that my soul goal is to make sure this wedding mecca takes off and explodes all over the Internet, allowing me to stay home with my little buddy and raise him good and strong the way only a mother can. *wink, wink* His day care provider Val is a goddess and I adore her truly of course but it's always been my goal to raise my kids rather then someone else. That way if they grow up screwy I only have myself to blame. Hahahaha... yikes. Don't quote me on that. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>SO my lovelies, on top of my art, and my love for design I shall be pimping out the wide world of weddings. I'd love for you to come by and visit from time to time when we are up and running. But of course you can always find me here! </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.amillionlittledetails.ca/"><span style="color:#00cccc;">A Million Little Details.</span></a></div>Kimberly http://www.blogger.com/profile/04534292912662746384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842724596171626922.post-6121110282869947212010-10-20T20:41:00.000-07:002010-10-20T21:17:53.130-07:00What Was Old Is New Again<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0tSinUOcSDbbvxI-xK4je7Gjf0-7MpOo1_wnwnltkTLV__OKlB3oiatFSSVHzEjfXzTwOo1ERFVBGypzAyeLcwQVpGOwZxTJy853FdGq6u6DmnwfCV_PAB3jA2qbVNktd8tYBFako5AL_/s1600/1800-wild-weddings-photography-eastdene-bonchurch-ventnor-isle-of-wight-hampshire-vintage-bunting-15.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0tSinUOcSDbbvxI-xK4je7Gjf0-7MpOo1_wnwnltkTLV__OKlB3oiatFSSVHzEjfXzTwOo1ERFVBGypzAyeLcwQVpGOwZxTJy853FdGq6u6DmnwfCV_PAB3jA2qbVNktd8tYBFako5AL_/s400/1800-wild-weddings-photography-eastdene-bonchurch-ventnor-isle-of-wight-hampshire-vintage-bunting-15.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530348130229594098" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHysyQilZ_m5f6iHXfs3aHrU5JDXEGoUk2q_jfL1bnp7PA1CM0Nc3VyPEOq1d41Mhf0hfEwOFznGKhYXA_45AsbX3eZlFFbi4Ib9WeuvN5MrJ68kaVwYdM_ED6DqRlTUWo5Y0yx_x3tL4o/s1600/il_430xN.184583982.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHysyQilZ_m5f6iHXfs3aHrU5JDXEGoUk2q_jfL1bnp7PA1CM0Nc3VyPEOq1d41Mhf0hfEwOFznGKhYXA_45AsbX3eZlFFbi4Ib9WeuvN5MrJ68kaVwYdM_ED6DqRlTUWo5Y0yx_x3tL4o/s400/il_430xN.184583982.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530348119685793714" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZXpnzcG3im-mRVMV3RKB1ehUIoqkdiTB93Ixd9EsbrGKKVk9jJOhJCVpEvDnnQaYUjNJtJJM_cn7xB5jtXkpDYgk6Lv0hUb7uca2mm9FLjV0qL_OXM7xzUQ5VGjW9ZmbJsxA6H3QF6Zry/s1600/il_430xN.185015128.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZXpnzcG3im-mRVMV3RKB1ehUIoqkdiTB93Ixd9EsbrGKKVk9jJOhJCVpEvDnnQaYUjNJtJJM_cn7xB5jtXkpDYgk6Lv0hUb7uca2mm9FLjV0qL_OXM7xzUQ5VGjW9ZmbJsxA6H3QF6Zry/s400/il_430xN.185015128.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530348122256940722" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvDTCGQQ5yXojL5qs4iJCBYa7UwHyDu4TjeXETlWnJ3RYLn6dvdNX2bWlO3wr1avhTLj4HkV8qR1YPIU2a3qzcbOUk-M3Jp3m6GpCiYQzk8tvgn59bz89RAEZwAIkNnbo8nC_dagUofB1W/s1600/il_430xN.185148279.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 388px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvDTCGQQ5yXojL5qs4iJCBYa7UwHyDu4TjeXETlWnJ3RYLn6dvdNX2bWlO3wr1avhTLj4HkV8qR1YPIU2a3qzcbOUk-M3Jp3m6GpCiYQzk8tvgn59bz89RAEZwAIkNnbo8nC_dagUofB1W/s400/il_430xN.185148279.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530347856483162210" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC9933;">Picture it, a big old barn</span>, slate floors, rafter ceilings, a wood fire place, harvest tables, a freshly fallen bed of snow on the ground and a million candle light mason jars hanging from silver wire hung from wooden ceiling beams mixed with a scattering of crystal chandeliers. Draped on the walls; soft hued vintage inspired bunting. This is my dream wedding. If it were any more perfect it would be in the middle of a forest rather then inside a barn, but then my heals would get stuck in the dirt. I love that all that is old is once again becoming new. And if I could I would have bunting strung about every room in my house just because it's just so lovely and sweet. There would also be jars of lolly pops and jelly beans on every surface but of course that would be a cavity waiting to happen. If you are a vintage junkie like myself you might want to gander at the following etsy sellers and look at their handy works of tastiness.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#339999;"> K</span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/59518195/fabric-bunting-banner-upcycled-vintage?ref=sr_list_12&ga_search_query=vintage+garland&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=&order=&includes%5B0%5D=tags&includes%5B1%5D=title"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#339999;">notted Nest</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#339999;">, </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/59478467/sweet-vintage-scalloped-flag-garland"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#339999;">Sweet Vintage</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#339999;">, & </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/59349001/vintage-doily-bunting?ref=sr_list_7&ga_search_query=vintage+garland&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=3&order=&includes%5B0%5D=tags&includes%5B1%5D=title"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#339999;">Princess Allure</span></a>Kimberly http://www.blogger.com/profile/04534292912662746384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842724596171626922.post-14029076834551485782010-10-12T20:36:00.000-07:002010-10-12T20:55:09.395-07:00Door Knob Bling<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrAZRhI8CGuvpxQnPE7Q5lYinb1JPtnxjEabvTm7QnxU8ONM98rZN5GuVUuvpHN5blflafe3CxPURfDZD8cZPxMOlx2Zd7S1htBG1_0CKrfAxjRwPCI7du3PpFivDcE8-UeF3XA5uvJhg4/s1600/PHDKnob_Seafoam.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrAZRhI8CGuvpxQnPE7Q5lYinb1JPtnxjEabvTm7QnxU8ONM98rZN5GuVUuvpHN5blflafe3CxPURfDZD8cZPxMOlx2Zd7S1htBG1_0CKrfAxjRwPCI7du3PpFivDcE8-UeF3XA5uvJhg4/s400/PHDKnob_Seafoam.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527374006476810658" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ul7M1ZL1ADVY5rnv2nGMApErtgcs1Pr2q9cJGgqjl8el0tOR3fGP8oLJp56XSK6mMoN1eGRfpdSYRtZBMF1hAVbLlxrckQu_JSCzP-6ESx0kxpSWslx_WJk7MDMnP7STzMhhcI8HAGAa/s1600/PHDKnobWhSt.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ul7M1ZL1ADVY5rnv2nGMApErtgcs1Pr2q9cJGgqjl8el0tOR3fGP8oLJp56XSK6mMoN1eGRfpdSYRtZBMF1hAVbLlxrckQu_JSCzP-6ESx0kxpSWslx_WJk7MDMnP7STzMhhcI8HAGAa/s400/PHDKnobWhSt.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527374001935833122" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFxLBMYwGdp3LgwTG6HMkuUmZj926nrkCPmymV9TjfF88V5xjuFV26B1TBXgL7VkViXfku1isTL71Fp7MbF2Ec-qwORFZRNkTwCZ194OW8gTBb9h-esH-v1T8pHpulWuRjVqjxAyyETxdW/s1600/PHDKnob_aurora.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFxLBMYwGdp3LgwTG6HMkuUmZj926nrkCPmymV9TjfF88V5xjuFV26B1TBXgL7VkViXfku1isTL71Fp7MbF2Ec-qwORFZRNkTwCZ194OW8gTBb9h-esH-v1T8pHpulWuRjVqjxAyyETxdW/s400/PHDKnob_aurora.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527373996127962402" /></a><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC9933;">I'm going to be completely honest</span></b> here and say: I don't have a heck of a lot to say today. So this blog is a bit of a cop out HOWEVER, I do have something spectacular to share with you regardless of the lack of content spilling from the verbal part of my mind. I found bling for your door. Literally. This is the kind of jewel you buy for your door when you really, really want to say something special. These <a href="http://www.tracygloverstudio.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_10&products_id=85"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#339999;">door knobs</span></a> are quite literally a work of art. Created by artist <a href="http://www.tracygloverstudio.com/index.php?id=home"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#339999;">Tracy Glover</span></a> they are just a small statement piece from her collection of blown glass creations. It's expensive but worth saving up for. Get down on one knee and tell your door just how much you love it.Kimberly http://www.blogger.com/profile/04534292912662746384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842724596171626922.post-50198877887593247572010-10-06T21:29:00.000-07:002010-10-06T22:34:42.821-07:00Ear Therapy For a Good Cause<img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 141px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzZOHwQn9olZPf-UoSbv2Zod9kDEv5BX4A_EenyjMHLiMfrA3atDiAo7GKqTmq3nH2aYXHn0idPotx_2M5QHlPrRJvD5W6WZ7-IQ6NTZVaUiT8KSV8wj5oOM5yyFva6G_cR_EtvJZiveUK/s320/4941573830_de68b7b055_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525164443874976770" /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC9933;"><b>I was pregnant once.</b></span> It seems like forever ago. Does a year qualify as forever?</div><div><div><br /></div><div>SO, while I was pregnant and insane I bonded to a particular blog called <a href="http://pacingthepanicroom.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#339999;">Pacing the Panic Room</span></a>. This illustrious blog is chock full of great reading material, amazing photos, heartfelt stories and major artistic inspiration. It's a deeper look into one special little family and their journey through life. </div><div><br /></div><div>Written from the perspective of a man known only to me as Ryan. Ryan is an artist himself. A photographer to be more specific, and an amazing one at that. But this isn't a blog about Ryan, or his blog. No, rather this blog is about an album. Yup, an album. A children's album to be more specific, called<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/do-fun-stuff-vol-1/id389206136"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#339999;"> Do Fun Stuff</span></a>. I know, I know, the two are not adding up but today I was updating myself at Pacing the Panic Room when I found out about Do Fun Stuff. And now I have to tell everyone about it. Let's be honest, there is a LOT of crappy kids music out there. I mean, pull your hair out, scream into your turtle neck, grind your teeth, stab your ear drums if you have to hear Old MacDonald one more time kind of crappy music. So when I fell onto Ryan's post about Do Fun Stuff I had to check it out and now I am inclined to force you to do so as well. It's cute and bouncy and it doesn't make me want to shove my head into the dirty dish water in a desperate attempt to spare my ears from the agony of irritating children's music. </div></div><div><br /></div><div>There is an even more important message here though. Yes it's great music, but more importantly it's an album created to help raise funds for further research into a syndrome known as SMS or<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#339999;"> </span><a href="http://www.prisms.org/WhatisSMS/characteristics.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#339999;">Smiths-Magenis Syndrome</span></a>. This is the very same syndrome that Ryan of Pacing the Panic Room's step son suffers from. I urge you to purchase this funtastic album and if your looking for something a little more special Ryan's talented wife Cole is creating amazing <a href="http://pacingthepanicroom.blogspot.com/2010/09/handmaking-some-fun.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#339999;">album cover artwork</span></a> for anyone who is interested.</div><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1KceF8YxU5gBPWbuKK1inF5n8IForrtqw509FTZZfPuP-h2p7FyO90ZbL2f6XKQXancxo2PP-kENQju-xA6rG_9KL-FKopbfJ9XMgcpwU89wstv83brODP5ESQKWfNsLoDU3byrrfV9gK/s400/5035512701_57d3344c6f_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525168716040595586" /><div>I'm thinking of getting one of these for each of my little people friends this Christmas... annnnd... one for me. I can't resist. I love kitchy cute hand made goodness. Not to mention the proceeds are going towards something great. </div><div><br /></div><div>Well I hope I have aided some of you in some ear therapy with this blog. Until next time I bit thee adieu. </div><div><br /></div><div>xo</div>Kimberly http://www.blogger.com/profile/04534292912662746384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842724596171626922.post-38711064241180431012010-09-29T06:05:00.001-07:002010-09-30T08:10:18.250-07:00Let's Eat Cake<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEbJpc0roWJQFnTsChJex1eUfXyrAv3mneZgWRaH7nmITrE1lyqvfqV0nMQsnBc7Q_Lptin3rIZTvDCe1-BlG2PYEQn5f2RNL-p5JFEZe7hf40F-l0prV35zXdraDGdpJ0hkJ0w7um-3OT/s1600/ikeafood00.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEbJpc0roWJQFnTsChJex1eUfXyrAv3mneZgWRaH7nmITrE1lyqvfqV0nMQsnBc7Q_Lptin3rIZTvDCe1-BlG2PYEQn5f2RNL-p5JFEZe7hf40F-l0prV35zXdraDGdpJ0hkJ0w7um-3OT/s400/ikeafood00.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522324147428766914" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirH-hHpoizUXYi6gLhornCZ63cSvGKJYJCIxOc9wR286K6o8Pul-MtLGo93QaA-fiqMxeHwVndQJIS_9S05ezf3XXUOPHd-bXqeHy7cwjxB4FsuzFZy2JrmsvkjSKFQaBeBq_UrJtY48BH/s1600/ikeafood17.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirH-hHpoizUXYi6gLhornCZ63cSvGKJYJCIxOc9wR286K6o8Pul-MtLGo93QaA-fiqMxeHwVndQJIS_9S05ezf3XXUOPHd-bXqeHy7cwjxB4FsuzFZy2JrmsvkjSKFQaBeBq_UrJtY48BH/s400/ikeafood17.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522323844389655666" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeFvmdU2HserA_cIpoydLTlNI_HpXjKXyZ_w8eXCfHUk51OCcPvZa1EnRu-rQIPg63QIliwKcjyC7EH4P6usngq8Rj19jIypExR8j8TkIwyHSCspewvGp09MkV7siVGuskE6Fdu4EqyCLb/s1600/ikeafood6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeFvmdU2HserA_cIpoydLTlNI_HpXjKXyZ_w8eXCfHUk51OCcPvZa1EnRu-rQIPg63QIliwKcjyC7EH4P6usngq8Rj19jIypExR8j8TkIwyHSCspewvGp09MkV7siVGuskE6Fdu4EqyCLb/s400/ikeafood6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522323841240077698" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs3hyB9BcBeEOEjEjwAUz8IBVLWW-f9oepvTE4t5h4vNwtya6c639I8-0qy25GoHeyGljsWiU4LlPwdbeo1XnEkj_o_4sI_uaqA869pfwuhSH_H75pbzLSolS22ir-dJJFBJ4WtzXIA9GT/s1600/ikeafood3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs3hyB9BcBeEOEjEjwAUz8IBVLWW-f9oepvTE4t5h4vNwtya6c639I8-0qy25GoHeyGljsWiU4LlPwdbeo1XnEkj_o_4sI_uaqA869pfwuhSH_H75pbzLSolS22ir-dJJFBJ4WtzXIA9GT/s400/ikeafood3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522323837535492690" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU6IMLfZoSeS8APP8xcYwkdry8IJCbC0kRGtMipC52XncR8KI-sTcoUXaPhtwC1FNG080OCfbWAJJA9CpgVhahyphenhypheno1XmJ4rAZlqYzheaTVVBaOd6eMSrh4H-7h79s8uztAbQigNxItgaGne/s1600/ikeafood17.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU6IMLfZoSeS8APP8xcYwkdry8IJCbC0kRGtMipC52XncR8KI-sTcoUXaPhtwC1FNG080OCfbWAJJA9CpgVhahyphenhypheno1XmJ4rAZlqYzheaTVVBaOd6eMSrh4H-7h79s8uztAbQigNxItgaGne/s400/ikeafood17.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522322923536663570" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6jLOhMzZHMPaOzjI1sSEQwY08bXnqxpLNT9PGC5qH2fY3IDYmYELvRidewFpjifzDwx-vz4Dq5KZVR6L9B3vGZeDiHXpRNOWjjOLzJWWirYPxoj2vKheU1DYf84aOBBBI_uVWwhpZmyXY/s1600/ikeafood00.jpg"><br /></a></div><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC9933;">I just found the coolest</span></b> cookbook EVER! I doubt I would cook from it though. I think, rather, I would tear the pictures out and frame them on my kitchen wall. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><a href="http://www.ikea.com/ca/en"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#339999;">Ikea</span></a></span> teamed up with photographer<a href="http://www.carlkleiner.com/"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#339999;">Carl Kleiner</span></a> and just released this <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">uber</span> amazing, super <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">designy</span> styled ingredients cookbook, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Hembakat</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">ar</span> Bast, which translates to Homemade is Best. From what I gather it is free in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Ikea</span> Sweden! What about us!? Canadians have taste too! I WANT ONE! If anyone knows a relative in Sweden and can get their fingers on a copy of this book I'd give my left <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">pinkie</span> toe for it.Kimberly http://www.blogger.com/profile/04534292912662746384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842724596171626922.post-89328907461441790822010-09-28T09:06:00.000-07:002010-09-30T08:09:31.200-07:00Spinning Gold With a Camera<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkAgYZCfMSOl_mDmvZU6wuDXf8koIshMFfXqAIRRb_sKe2kPsjFg8Fn5aFhcsykPhY7m8ozpMTsL9XtsbzSj-Mf0HscXiZ5_zyT__BGG-QuXdUqMUAV1LLz2x2pIq4ocmywqLadEAPNOCX/s1600/30205_392908866599_206730056599_3968862_3665375_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkAgYZCfMSOl_mDmvZU6wuDXf8koIshMFfXqAIRRb_sKe2kPsjFg8Fn5aFhcsykPhY7m8ozpMTsL9XtsbzSj-Mf0HscXiZ5_zyT__BGG-QuXdUqMUAV1LLz2x2pIq4ocmywqLadEAPNOCX/s400/30205_392908866599_206730056599_3968862_3665375_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522137877398190226" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC9933;"><b>I love photography.</b></span> I especially love fashion photography and secondly after that is photographs of home fashion, but only because it combines a few of my great loves, interior decorating and photos. My love affair with photography became solidified when I took a photography course in college. Being in a dark room, just you and your art, a giant magnifier, chemicals and film, holds something so romantic and deep that I can't even put a finger on it to describe it to you. All I can say is that it's magical. Naturally in the future I plan to make my hobby of photography a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">profession</span> but until then there is a woman I met 3 years ago who has an inexplicable talent of capturing a moment in time and spinning it into gold with her camera. Her name is <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ontario-Canada/Crystal-Clear-Imagery/206730056599"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#339999;">Crystal Hahn</span></a> of <a href="http://crystalclearimagery.ca/index.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#339999;">Crystal Clear Imagery</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#339999;"> </span>and if ever you need someone who is fresh, vibrant, and new enough at the game that she's not tainted by the money or allows her talent to swell her head, you will be wise to give her a look see.Kimberly http://www.blogger.com/profile/04534292912662746384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842724596171626922.post-57607684355973231512010-09-16T16:12:00.000-07:002010-09-16T19:20:25.087-07:00Obey the Awesomness<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZsTF4VHcjP2bDOlGw8IKc9Rj66De7WJbjHelQRCS80NUQl2IftR-C9UFLt4dONo3CPy4VrcMX-BvSRJCZDRAo3GtrrUnwBGM12UMaJHAq_iR6fSwPwX0IRNtASyrx-uit212dWqLO2AVx/s1600/war_by_numbers-copy-500x713.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 281px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZsTF4VHcjP2bDOlGw8IKc9Rj66De7WJbjHelQRCS80NUQl2IftR-C9UFLt4dONo3CPy4VrcMX-BvSRJCZDRAo3GtrrUnwBGM12UMaJHAq_iR6fSwPwX0IRNtASyrx-uit212dWqLO2AVx/s400/war_by_numbers-copy-500x713.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517664850714434962" /></a><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC9933;">From time to time </span></b>I fall upon something that blows my mind in such a way that it influences my life from the moment of discovery and on. Even more rarely is when I stumble upon an artist who is capable of altering my view of art and what I create as art. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard_Fairey">Shepherd Fairey </a>is just such an artist. I don't know how many of you are familiar with his work, but in my opinion, if you haven't had a Shepherd Fairey experience then you are truly missing out on something amazing. <div><br /></div><div>Shepherd is a so called "Street Artist", known for his <a href="http://obeygiant.com/about">"Obey" Sticker campaign </a>back in the late '80's, which was a "gorilla style" campaign using the image of Andre the Giant created to stir and provoke people's senses causing them to question both the sticker itself and the environment in which surrounds them. </div><div><br /></div><div>Shepherd has recently been better known for his <a href="http://obeygiant.com/headlines/obama">Obama poster</a> entitled HOPE during the 2008 presidential campaign, which is precisely when I was fortunate enough to have discovered him. His art work is thought provoking, stimulating, stunning to the eye and quite humorous and touching at the same time. If I were you, and I'm not, but if I were... I would take a very long <a href="http://obeygiant.com/fine-art">gander at his creations</a> and then I'd tell some friends. His message is worthy of all eyes. </div><div><br /></div><div>xxo</div>Kimberly http://www.blogger.com/profile/04534292912662746384noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842724596171626922.post-57081476605589918982010-09-14T21:49:00.000-07:002010-09-14T21:57:36.782-07:00The Sun is Shining<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORfFZ7KCO3AYDSaMMSLcykz2A9KyAnaxPhW6vwqPQOcjJ9caaEG3bhyphenhyphenYzaDi-TdVN0e03qyyotY8V0kxpN7jWhmp6ay0LL762nfbtda-R2PxrptTzk77rWHnD0xS7FlKIkoj4GZFTgL4v/s1600/Sandy5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjORfFZ7KCO3AYDSaMMSLcykz2A9KyAnaxPhW6vwqPQOcjJ9caaEG3bhyphenhyphenYzaDi-TdVN0e03qyyotY8V0kxpN7jWhmp6ay0LL762nfbtda-R2PxrptTzk77rWHnD0xS7FlKIkoj4GZFTgL4v/s400/Sandy5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516999727539522562" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC9933;"><b>It's way past my bed time </b></span>but I just had to show you my latest accomplishment. Being in the Wedding Bash competition quite literally sucked every ounce of creative energy from my very core, which is difficult to accomplish seeing as 89% of me is pure creative fiber. Normally when I've left a painting unfinished for more then a period of 2 days, it becomes that painting's fate to remain incomplete, however this particular painting was lucky enough to have a buyer. A very patient buyer might I add. So I force fed my brain with acrylic tubes of paint and somehow, somewhere this occurred. I am pleased. <div><br /></div><div>Nighty night. </div>Kimberly http://www.blogger.com/profile/04534292912662746384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842724596171626922.post-17965658685371584162010-09-08T11:20:00.000-07:002010-09-08T11:29:28.911-07:00Destined to Lose<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8BrciOcNZO6TXl7YGBYZpk-stMIZ3NFViJ8m1G57DH2UE1C-ybsMcPhcetHvv_iDVGJy5avRTKPPIVAwgS7QCEv8abxXyJqv0xSA1SKNAnzxFf0SR-vGgDoJlTd0un3R6WBkhuUBFg0PA/s1600/passport-destination-wedding-invitation.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 361px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8BrciOcNZO6TXl7YGBYZpk-stMIZ3NFViJ8m1G57DH2UE1C-ybsMcPhcetHvv_iDVGJy5avRTKPPIVAwgS7QCEv8abxXyJqv0xSA1SKNAnzxFf0SR-vGgDoJlTd0un3R6WBkhuUBFg0PA/s400/passport-destination-wedding-invitation.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514611405947576098" /></a><br />WELL! Long time no write! I know, I constantly abuse you with my neglectfulness, but hey! i had to try and win myself a free $100,000. wedding and yes, it was a long shot but in the end we only lost by 1%! That's pretty friggin awesome in my books. So now it's back to the 'ol bump and grind, and thank God really. I missed this! and I miss painting. Looks like we'll have to plan our own wedding now. And so far it's looking like it's going to be a destination wedding for us. And if a destination wedding it shall be then I think I know what the wedding invitations are going to look like! I found some help with inspiration at <a href="http://www.bride.ca/wedding-ideas/index.cfm/2010/3/18/Creative--Destination-Wedding-Invitation-Ideas">Bride.ca's</a> post on Creative & Destination Wedding Invitation ideas. Do any of you have any destination suggestions on where to tie the knot?Kimberly http://www.blogger.com/profile/04534292912662746384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842724596171626922.post-11615226392719074422010-07-28T13:30:00.000-07:002010-07-28T13:48:13.061-07:00Help me WIN! Pretty please.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizE5DZEeVEErlMBJiM3wNi_IoroI0zkkQwIHYECcUP6lutQdpLrQ0v_z7WrD24LqhdGAOQb4pshHW8No-2-bF2Ug_6Yas8WEW7kvpcTd5DW-sxzE7014CRc9WjPTrWs09CQKoLLItPHdpJ/s1600/IMG_1486.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizE5DZEeVEErlMBJiM3wNi_IoroI0zkkQwIHYECcUP6lutQdpLrQ0v_z7WrD24LqhdGAOQb4pshHW8No-2-bF2Ug_6Yas8WEW7kvpcTd5DW-sxzE7014CRc9WjPTrWs09CQKoLLItPHdpJ/s400/IMG_1486.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499061206407288626" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC9933;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This is of course is completely unrelated </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">to anything artistic. I'd like to think that my wedding would be very artistic and full of fun DIY projects and maybe it will be BUT if I manage to pull off this off I won't have to lift a finger. Which isn't necessarily a good thing... I'm torn. What the heck am I talking about you ask? I suppose you're right, I should tell you about my little adventure before I start yakking away. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I've entered Kevin and I into the </span><a href="http://www.carlsberg.ca/bigweddingbash/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Carlsberg Big Wedding Bash </span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">contest! The lucky couple who wins gets a $100,000. wedding created, planned and paid for in Toronto at the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><a href="http://www.capitolevents.ca/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Capitol Event Theater</span></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> on October 1st.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I'll be exploiting ourselves </span><a href="http://kevki.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> if you care to follow along. Maybe you'll be so kind as to help us along and vote! Wish us luck!</span></span></span></div>Kimberly http://www.blogger.com/profile/04534292912662746384noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842724596171626922.post-10339824376517070222010-07-23T18:33:00.000-07:002010-07-23T19:12:47.156-07:00Complex Simplicity = Jim Houser<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBxOGSu1YIPTtaFGH0yy6YX4htcXl34uj0c52H2BG1hbxzv5Nzg3RLksLZXy6gGDFgii8ZGCvUp3y5KfsIgh50-gEjQFC8s7K6D6BRhxEC8bvgKvwpzeCIlzPVp94t_rIdTXaEy9ygf8dB/s1600/29-Install-view-MK-gallery.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBxOGSu1YIPTtaFGH0yy6YX4htcXl34uj0c52H2BG1hbxzv5Nzg3RLksLZXy6gGDFgii8ZGCvUp3y5KfsIgh50-gEjQFC8s7K6D6BRhxEC8bvgKvwpzeCIlzPVp94t_rIdTXaEy9ygf8dB/s400/29-Install-view-MK-gallery.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497288648064972802" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC9933;"><b>Tonight I'm lacking inspiration</b></span>. Here I sit, at my cluttered desk, dinning on lemon gelato thinking... damn I wish I had something to paint. The truth is I have plenty to paint. I just don't want to paint them. I'm fairly certain I would be the worst commission artist ever. Or maybe not. If I were commissioned I'd have money as a motivation wouldn't I? If I'm painting for free I may as well paint what I want to paint... right?<div><br /></div><div>Getting to my point, I went surfing for some visual stimuli and I found Jim Houser. Normally if I were to look at Jim's work on an individual basis my immediate response to it would be, nice use of colour, great composition, belongs in a child's bedroom, would never buy it. However what Jim's paintings lack in complexity he makes up for in presentation. The trick to his art work is owning 5 or more pieces and displaying them exactly how Jim intended them on being displayed. </div><div><br /></div><div>I would pay a lot of money to see a gallery set up by Mr. Houser. His compositions are nothing short of genius. As he states himself "It's not just a place to come see a bunch of little objects. It's a place to come see one big object" Well said. His gallery is composed of a million little simple images that create a giant work of art. Watch the video and see what I mean. Stimulation accomplished. </div><br /><br /><object width="540" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GMtfMKBbL94&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GMtfMKBbL94&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="540" height="385"></embed></object>Kimberly http://www.blogger.com/profile/04534292912662746384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842724596171626922.post-73238192992250326002010-06-30T17:57:00.000-07:002010-06-30T18:36:16.009-07:00Cool Threads<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig6r32ECa4o1aqftEvUkcECISgxZe2DfpCEEtndQBH5NubjOOUGtwiFbw0j9vIzDU7DI0mT69EMajeduAnwsYuKp9ih_o6m6pQ89LKouzPwZ47Qo_y1cCtD9pyBO7baSYIAryhYdNSBSUC/s1600/zoom.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 347px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig6r32ECa4o1aqftEvUkcECISgxZe2DfpCEEtndQBH5NubjOOUGtwiFbw0j9vIzDU7DI0mT69EMajeduAnwsYuKp9ih_o6m6pQ89LKouzPwZ47Qo_y1cCtD9pyBO7baSYIAryhYdNSBSUC/s400/zoom.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488743890168533586" /></a><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC9933;">I'm a dress up in your frilly<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">summer frock, cutesy sandals, dangley Chandler earrings, and over sized sun glasses, to cut the lawn kinda gal. I thoroughly enjoy looking my best at everything I do. When I look good I feel good. When I feel good I do a better job and it doesn't hurt either that I'm enjoying cutting the lawn simply because I look good. Make fun of me, go a ahead but it works for me. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Despite all that I have to admit that there is a certain comfort that comes with slipping on my favourite pair of worn in patchy jeans and a comfy t-shirt. Who doesn't love a great t-shirt? I love them even more when that certain t-shirt was designed by an every day average artist who just happened to submit a drawing into an online website, which just happened to win the votes of a million viewers, which turned into a t-shirt sold on that website and was bought be me, myself and I. What is more awesome then wearing someones art on your chest!? A raspberry mohito on a sandy beach in the south of France, but now I'm just getting off topic...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Check out </span></span><a href="http://www.threadless.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Threadless.com</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> if you haven't all ready. Threadless is an online clothing company that accepts on average 1,500 drawings a week! The designs are submitted to a public vote and a handful get put to print and sold on the online store. Each winner </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">receives $2,000 in cash, a $500 gift certificate (which can be traded in for $200 in cash), as well as an additional $500 for every reprint. So not only are you wearing a work of art, you are also supporting artists from all over the world and even more importantly you'll look damn cool. </span></span></span></div>Kimberly http://www.blogger.com/profile/04534292912662746384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842724596171626922.post-46484397087977791442010-06-27T18:48:00.000-07:002010-06-27T19:39:13.778-07:00Art Gossip<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJQNhUAwjEqW9mP3nCsIX409ZKjdkRpRJH-z5TR98WQeDeRSDfXaB3AeQRFw9cYaKtFGJa0D10YUwNx8hyWcIT7XmfIZueVu_Q8cQuEIHqHhtDLSAfOkli7qG7V0CsQynfQrnPgSBdR7y/s1600/Slob+Picasso.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJQNhUAwjEqW9mP3nCsIX409ZKjdkRpRJH-z5TR98WQeDeRSDfXaB3AeQRFw9cYaKtFGJa0D10YUwNx8hyWcIT7XmfIZueVu_Q8cQuEIHqHhtDLSAfOkli7qG7V0CsQynfQrnPgSBdR7y/s400/Slob+Picasso.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487648177356530194" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC9933;"><b>I've never been one to</b></span> fancy the history of art much. I enjoy looking at the art, fantasizing over it, analyzing it, and finding inspiration in it but knowing why it was painted and the life of the person whom created it was never of great importance to me. All that mattered to me was that I enjoyed looking at it, why should it matter to me if it was painted by a crazy man who ate his paint, slept with too many women and contracted syphilis and inevitably went coo coo?</div><div><br /></div><div>It's only recently that I realized that the history is what created the art. If not for the conditions surrounding it, economically, socially and geographically that art would have turned out very differently. Maybe my art history teacher was too bland of a story teller. Had she taken a different spin on the history of it, and turned it into art gossip I may have been able to gather up a tid bit of interest. </div><div><br /></div><div>I recently purchased a book called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Lives-Great-Artists-Sculptors/dp/159474257X">The Secret Lives of Great Artists</a>. It's a trash mag of a book dedicated to the telling of famous artists and their sometimes overly dramatic life styles. </div><div><br /></div><div>Did you know that Picasso was a disgusting slob of a man whom his friends described as "living among towering piles of papers, receipts, canvases, empty bottles, and crusts of bread through which tiny paths gave access to the bathroom and easel"? He also kept a menagerie of dogs, cats, mice, and a small ape! </div><div><br /></div><div>Hmmmm... I wonder if he ever let the ape paint? I know if I had an ape hanging out on my pile of canvases and eating my bread crusts, I would most certainly put it to work.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Illustration: Mario Zucca</span></div>Kimberly http://www.blogger.com/profile/04534292912662746384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842724596171626922.post-57578841591642708592010-06-22T18:51:00.000-07:002010-06-22T19:02:45.695-07:00Inspired<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizHNxj1X0ztzjvMu6f3UZP36SUV159RyT3gA-AwhYX27NPT6lHv2FV4NTUmWzgo3ae_ztpGLWoxXJaPVLv3JQ5htJiD1Az4FWe04QBR1YgTqFqch2CyEM2_Cos9RcInPmMCtppR5onbYcM/s1600/The+First.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 390px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizHNxj1X0ztzjvMu6f3UZP36SUV159RyT3gA-AwhYX27NPT6lHv2FV4NTUmWzgo3ae_ztpGLWoxXJaPVLv3JQ5htJiD1Az4FWe04QBR1YgTqFqch2CyEM2_Cos9RcInPmMCtppR5onbYcM/s400/The+First.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485783171356434066" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC9933;"><b>Tell me this isn't beautiful </b></span>and I'll tell you that you to give your head a shake. I adore this painting! I want 10 more at least. What makes it even more impressive is that it's completely painted in baby cereal. That's right, fruity flavoured baby cereal, by a little boy named Jackson who is only 7 months old. Now tell me again it's not beautiful. <div><br /></div><div>This particular painting was a gift to his father for father's day. I'm hooked. I want more. Not only am I smitten with this work of art I'm totally inspired by it's simplicity. It was created in a matter of 15 minutes. It would have taken me hours to come up with the same composition. I'm taking artistic advice from an infant. Let loose, have fun, and lighten up, but most importantly... get messy. </div>Kimberly http://www.blogger.com/profile/04534292912662746384noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842724596171626922.post-71231851767050486372010-06-16T19:07:00.000-07:002010-06-16T19:38:54.623-07:00Sketchy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrL_Aay_TfwsVJOE-8ZeV4P0jsrM2nYuSNC_1Qa3bAhceZWNrW3jDv1kF4TTimCrokI_iDLkrfH-1P-oPcg7raMExZmt2Inpnliez5ZqNiG5GsbRRK65trT5rXllckCOkpJTn9N_XOtTy7/s1600/4c167cf233be7TheSketchbookProject-June12-June17.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrL_Aay_TfwsVJOE-8ZeV4P0jsrM2nYuSNC_1Qa3bAhceZWNrW3jDv1kF4TTimCrokI_iDLkrfH-1P-oPcg7raMExZmt2Inpnliez5ZqNiG5GsbRRK65trT5rXllckCOkpJTn9N_XOtTy7/s400/4c167cf233be7TheSketchbookProject-June12-June17.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483566037869207826" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC9933;"><b>Have you ever rummaged through</b></span> someone else's sketchbook? No?, well you really should. There is something so intimate and cool about looking through a scruffed up, doggy eared book full of someones imagination, thoughts and oddities. I, myself find it exhilarating, almost stimulating. My creative juices get tweaked and I instantly want to run off to the nearest book store to buy myself a tiny hard covered book containing nothing more then a million blank pages for me to beautify and tarnish with graphite and ink. Someone out there must have the same reaction I do to viewing someone else's doodles because they so brilliantly came up with the single most amazing idea I've heard in a very long time. It's called <a href="http://arthousecoop.com/projects/sketchbookproject/?utm_source=designsponge&utm_medium=ad&utm_campaign=designsponge-ad">The Sketchbook Project</a>. <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC9933;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div>It' s described as a concert tour with sketchbooks. Bloody brilliant if you ask me. Here's the basic idea. Like to doodle? Artistically talented or just a mom looking to start a fun project with your piglets? Go to the Sketchbook Project web site, pick a theme, a sketchbook will be mailed to you, fill it up, send it back. Your sketchbook, along with hundreds of others then go on a 6 city tour around the U.S. People will be invited to museums and galleries to come and view the sketchbooks and thumb through them. If they like your sketchbook they can buy it off of you should you chose to sell it from anywhere to $5 - a million bucks. The idea is to get the community and artists together in a giant community art project. J'adore! It's a blissfully creative idea. I only wish I lived any where near the areas the exhibit will be showcasing. Alas i shall not see it. But I may just have to create me self a sketchbook to send off. Now to choose a theme. It's a toss up between: <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(42, 42, 42); line-height: 16px; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Things found on restaurant napkins, It will be fun, I swear, It's raining dogs and cats. </b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Decisions decisions...</span></span></span></div>Kimberly http://www.blogger.com/profile/04534292912662746384noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842724596171626922.post-22679333040643186502010-06-15T06:04:00.000-07:002010-06-15T06:23:36.832-07:00Michelle Ramin<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXsnf6gXAF_RqT-ky4tu71j-2fQL3jGJ5c10a6rAR2rV8ib3l7UecWCRO66EkItAxCSmPtLeRtCQIKvy-cmUaovhGzxWYVYUXY68XAYX1py79B2Y6DtU_FmNNcU8LH3LNTw61Bz3sjCN11/s1600/Michelle+Ramin+alder-and-44thpg.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 368px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXsnf6gXAF_RqT-ky4tu71j-2fQL3jGJ5c10a6rAR2rV8ib3l7UecWCRO66EkItAxCSmPtLeRtCQIKvy-cmUaovhGzxWYVYUXY68XAYX1py79B2Y6DtU_FmNNcU8LH3LNTw61Bz3sjCN11/s400/Michelle+Ramin+alder-and-44thpg.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482990022255918562" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC9933;"><b>There are a very minute</b></span> amount of people I will willingly cyberstalk. Mostly because it requires so much use of my valuable time. But I will proudly admit with my head held high and nose pointed skyward that <a href="http://www.michelleramin.com/Home.html">Michelle Ramin </a>is cyberstalk worthy. Her artwork has recently taken a more funky turn toward creative, which normally any sort of change in the things I like sends me screaming to my bathtub where I wash away the ugliness growing within. But Michelle has me pink with excitement over what she's creating. Of course it's her original paintings of Portland, her home town, that still make the sun shine within for me. I adore how she takes the industrial landscape and the tiny homes there and creates a colourful, blissful, depiction of what otherwise would go unnoticed by the average eye. If you are craving something new, creative and jubilant to the soul you should most definitely check out <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/michelleramin">Michelle's work</a> and let me know what you think. Unless you don't like it, then I don't want to hear about it. I kid, I'm always interested in others artistic perspectives. <div><br /></div><div>Adieu my loves,</div><div><br /></div><div>K</div>Kimberly http://www.blogger.com/profile/04534292912662746384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842724596171626922.post-45990140073388866462010-06-13T19:53:00.000-07:002010-06-13T20:06:31.831-07:00Throw Me a Bone<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKPjJZDM9H54ygZUWtFceGwrMIMCSEtnrnbSO1slPjj-ac0PdVEakv_Pm1S7KQ5zxrKOM_I4Mt-QzwsjoFOSCvCa31hRYMVjXSGYRKW4F3M2TVgt-sENc6sYkrujycpn1bSKuShleZ9b6/s1600/ad_memeposter-1.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKPjJZDM9H54ygZUWtFceGwrMIMCSEtnrnbSO1slPjj-ac0PdVEakv_Pm1S7KQ5zxrKOM_I4Mt-QzwsjoFOSCvCa31hRYMVjXSGYRKW4F3M2TVgt-sENc6sYkrujycpn1bSKuShleZ9b6/s400/ad_memeposter-1.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482460119871527906" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC9933;"><b>All I can say at this present moment</b></span> is "what the CRAP?" Somebody please explain Reddit to me! I haven't a friggin clue as to what I am doing. Not even a smidgen of an incling of a thought. A friend told me that in order to gain more of a following and popularity in regards to my art work that I should look into Reddit, digg, and... fark? Digg is pretty much self explanatory but Reddit has me seeing double. I like to consider myself down with the current trends and I'm not a complete loser when it comes to social networking... or so I thought. Until just now. I registered a reddit account and honestly... what IS it?! What have I just signed up for? What do I do with it? I'm scared! I need a crash course NOW! Before someone starts sending me harsh and harassing messages relating to how redumtarded I am.Kimberly http://www.blogger.com/profile/04534292912662746384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5842724596171626922.post-12518937018554535352010-06-09T06:17:00.000-07:002010-06-09T06:29:34.582-07:00A Place For Your Sparklies to Sit<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrASyRn9CNYep11KQ1yrHhhBVJdEymTnf048-vQ9SnozQFAxL0RC2l_3m27kIi2BfSgaFgD7-pKO3OJkPe0C75rUytS1ZD4JKPseGA3-HhGBSz33Aqr1AiOR-ReK-iG9RPHgUyxReXUmxG/s1600/jewelry-dollhouse-chairs.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrASyRn9CNYep11KQ1yrHhhBVJdEymTnf048-vQ9SnozQFAxL0RC2l_3m27kIi2BfSgaFgD7-pKO3OJkPe0C75rUytS1ZD4JKPseGA3-HhGBSz33Aqr1AiOR-ReK-iG9RPHgUyxReXUmxG/s400/jewelry-dollhouse-chairs.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480765360491608546" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">What is this you ask?</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I'll tell you what it is... why it's just the COOLEST </span><a href="http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEEjVCQ59HW3l2Eht5tvKaYb4xjxEG3gg09n-LAsZwvhqEWo0r4S_dr6TXi26Hou8yyF8p2DAyWdswL3-jIfrajthAyoIgnAwwpeNfIzkMsQloJxfmNEtlEhsD3aF7qHX-uN3fLnhFoMkD/s400/chairs-jewelry-stand.png&imgrefurl=http://toxiferous.blogspot.com/2010/03/dollhouse-chairs-jewelry-stand.html&usg=__CTfkLHsvgvxO_J9hJatE5q3irDE=&h=400&w=284&sz=141&hl=en&start=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=oFYmm1YrIRbw8M:&tbnh=124&tbnw=88&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dstacked%2Bchair%2Bjewelry%2Bstand%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Den%26tbs%3Disch:1" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">j</span></a><a href="http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&navAction=jump&id=17843350&search=true&isProduct=true&parentid=SEARCH+RESULTS&color=010"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ewelry stand </span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">in the universe! I neeeeeeeed it! Only I don't want to spend $68 plus shipping and handling. So be a lovely and buy it for me?</span></span>Kimberly http://www.blogger.com/profile/04534292912662746384noreply@blogger.com1