Author: Anita Hovey
Anita is commonly referred to as the Head Twirp. By day she's a mild-mannered (NOT) social media consultant and trainer, at her own company Twirp Communications. By night she's a paper crafting super hero (PERHAPS). Addicted to all things pretty and frilly, lover of all colors, chewer of cinnamon gum, wearer of awesome boots, and not afraid to admit her friends live in her computer. She just wishes Dexter Morgan and Eric Northman would come OUT of her computer.
FanWraps: Wrap Your Car In Star Wars & Make A Fan-Mobile
It's official. I can now say, I know people who know PEOPLE. My graphic designer actually got to meet the one and only George Lucas a few months ago. Now, if I'm being honest, I don't get the cult-like following Star Wars has earned. However, I do think it's pretty cool that a guy I went to high sch ...
Impressive Life-Like Bug Sculptures Created From Human Hair
I found this story completely by accident while reading an architecture blog and scouting for content for a client. The phrase "sculptures made from human hair" just jumped out at me, and I thought, "What could one possibly make with hair?" A quick Google search produced the website of Adrienne Anto ...
Party Dexter Style With Blood-Themed Foods & Decor
My hubby and I tried to watch Dexter back when it first started, but he couldn't get passed the fact that the vigilante serial killer gets away with murder, and we're supposed to like him for it! So, a year later, bored with TV, I decided to try it again on my own and I got hooked. The season premie ...
Incredible Sand Art That Makes You Want To Go To The Beach
What is it with these artists who feel the need to make humongous, time-consuming works of art that simply cannot last? Remember my article on the Snowy Crop Circles? Well, now I've found someone who is making amazing works of art on beaches! Yet again, another way in which I feel completely inferi ...
Famous Logos Redesigned With Red Roses
If you've grown tired of the same old, same old rose arrangements for your honey, why don't you try what photographer Alexander James does with his roses? The stock photography artist carefully arranges perfectly bloomed red roses in the shapes of famous corporate logos. The catch is that he does th ...
Seat Assignment: Airplane Lavatory Art
Here's something for all you super busy world travelers to aspire to do. You know how it is on those cross-atlantic flights or those Australia to New York jaunts? It's 12 hours or more in a plane. Your iPod runs out. Your laptop battery dies. You've looked at the magazines and newspapers, and you do ...
‘Apeeling’ Orange Art: Fun With Fruit
Have you ever wondered what you could do with the orange rinds after you peel and eat your orange? Maybe you compost them, freeze them for orange rind Christmas candy or marinate them in vinegar to make a homemade and safe cleaning solution...but have you ever considered turning them into works of a ...
Hunger Games Inspired Jewelry
The "movie of the year" opens in theatres this Friday. While I haven't actually read The Hunger Games, I've certainly heard enough about the series to want to see the movie. I know that it has something to do with a competition in post-apocalyptic earth where the last person standing wins.
It rem ...
4 Snowy Crop Circles: Extraordinary Winter Art
File this one in the "what will they think of next?" category. Artists continually amaze me with their insane ideas of what they can or should do. Simon Beck is no exception. Remember back in the 90s when crop circles were all over the news? Were they made by humans or aliens? Beck is taking full cr ...
Your T-Shirt Is Alive: Augmented Reality Embedded Into Clothes
Augmented reality is coming to a to a t-shirt near you...and very soon! Dartmouth, Nova Scotia-based Ad-Dispatch has developed an app that works similar to QR Codes, but picks up on embedded images in the design of your t-shirt. Scanning the special shirts with your mobile phone, for example, will b ...
World’s Longest & Largest 3D Street Art
All I can say is WOW! I looked at this picture (first one below) on Facebook and just kept staring at it, trying to figure out how they could do this on a wall...I thought it was a mural at first. I mean, those people are standing on rock outcrops...aren't they? But then how come that guy in the mid ...
Extreme Body Painting Designs On Hands
I'm planning a birthday party for my six-year-old daughter. We're going to a local kid-themed hair salon for a fantasy face-painting party this year. She's thrilled. I'm happy too because for one, NO MESS at my house, and for two, they do amazing face painting. I'm the type of Mom who is happy to ge ...
The Little Lego Man That Was Sent Into Space
When I was in school, a science experiment consisted of putting some vinegar and baking soda into a plastic pop bottle. I think I got gypped. Just look at what two Canadian teenagers, Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad did in their spare time. The young duo is making news for taking pictures of a Lego Man ...
Star Wars For Lovers: A Creative Valentine’s Gift Idea
So you're married to the biggest Star Wars geek out there. What do you get him (or her) for Valentine's Day? You've probably already done all the regular cutesy paper valentines with Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia. How about a custom-designed mug that you make yourself?
Design-your-own pottery ...
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