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Fine Art Created Out Of Balloons
As some of you remember, I wrote an article about the creative uses for a balloon when it comes to preparing food. Or rather, sinful food that is. Of course, balloons can be used for a lot more things than preparing food, making your party a little bit more awesome, and sending up weather instrument ...
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Wild Special Effects Contact Lenses [10 Pics]
Back in the old days, people used to wear contact lenses when they needed to correct their vision. These days, correcting vision is only one reason why people might wear contacts in their eyes. A while back I wrote about a pair of contacts that cost $15,000 and was made out of gold and diamonds. I s ...
Leaf Carvings: Cars, Trucks & Airplanes Cut Into Leaves
There's been a lot of leaf carvings featured around the Internet over the past few months. When I first started seeing them, my brain didn't really get it. Leaves are so fragile, and I just couldn't comprehend how someone could possibly carve so delicately into a leaf without breaking it in order to ...
Stunning Vinyl Record Carving Embroidery
Do you have any vinyl LPs laying around at home? Maybe you have some true classics that are getting more valuable each day that goes by. I have a few LPs that I have carefully stored away so they don't get scratched. It's when you accidentally scratch one of them, and it becomes damaged beyond repai ...
High Heel Cupcakes For Fashionistas With A Sweet Tooth
I'm on the Internet all day, every day. Sometimes I find things that I think you might like, and I bookmark the pages to write about them the next day. Then there are other things that can't wait until the next day. They are just too good, and they deserve immediate attention. When I found these hig ...
Spectacular Starry Night Musical Interactive Animation
There are so many people who are inspired by Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night. It's no surprise really since it's such a beautiful painting. The last time I wrote about it was when someone recreated Starry Night in bacon. Even though that interpretation looks deliciously tasty, this one is a tad bit ...
Superhero Street Art: Stunning Works Of Art In Public Spaces
Street art has evolved so much over the past decade. I remember back when it was associated with vandalism and ugly, territorial graffiti. Wow have times changed, and now, for the most part, instead of conjuring thoughts of pointless, destructive tagging, street art reminds us of all the beautiful a ...
Geek Chic: The Geekiest Furniture Ever Made
I've always kind of wanted to live in Seattle. I've got a friend from the city, and she says that as geek culture's concerned, it's among the central cores of the United States. With that in mind, it's really no surprise to me that the business I'm profiling is based there. They're known as Geek Chi ...
Abraham Lincoln Tribute: Tower Created With 15,000 Books About Him
This year, here in the States, February 20th is President's Day. For the most part, it's one of those holidays that goes unnoticed. It was originally a day set aside to honor the American presidents, specifically George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. There is one group of people who won't be lettin ...
History Of Type: Magnificent 3D Typography To Inspire
How come we have gone from using 3D typography to picking up the trade of making infographics? It's somewhat of a weird question, I can admit that. But I feel as if we have forgotten about the wonderful and inspiring uses of typography art, and how it can present data in way that is somewhat more de ...
Rad Steampunk Remote Controlled LED Light Up Club Shoes
We've written about shoes with LEDs several times over the past few years. Apparently designers really like to put those little lights on shoes. In my opinion, most of the shoes that we've seen with them in the past have been, well, ugly. They are usually boring sneakers lined with LEDs or something ...
Fan Created Star Wars Trilogy Posters Put The Geek Back In Them
Let us venture inside the imaginary world of George Lucas for a second and see where it leads us. It doesn't take long before I stumble over some quite impressive fan created art that might just rival the original. With yet another push of the Star Wars franchise underway around the globe, it's not ...
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Caturday Inspiration: Creative Cat Coffee Art [12 Pics]
At the time I'm writing this, it's 4:15 on Saturday morning. It's completely dark, and the only light I can see is the faint moonlight shining in through the window, my computer screen, and the vanilla scented candle burning close by. As the space heater under my desk keeps my feet toasty while I wa ...
Take A Trip Down Memory Lane With Susan Kare’s Illustrative Icons
I have two words, iconic designer. Which one? Susan Kare is a profound contributor to the original Macintosh. I am fascinated by the female geeks of our world. The release of her coffee table book provides sentimental delight for any Apple user or design lover. While the world is fully aware of the ...
Delicious Style: Raspberry Scratch-N-Sniff Jeans For Men
This is so much fun! I've heard about scratch-n-sniff jeans for years, but I always thought they were an urban legend. Today I found out they are for real, and dannnnngit, I wish they didn't only make them for men. Wait a minute; I've worn men's jeans before, maybe I can make this work. I read that ...