Friday, December 28, 2007

wired magazine


picks it's top ten illustrations for 2007




Mario Hugo's beautiful use of contrast harks back to '50s and '60s art direction. The splash page is an open art piece, a pause between the front of the book and the story well.
Illustration: Mario Hugo
(i don't agree with all of them, but most are spot on!)

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

merry christmas
































i collect ornaments. i love ornaments. here are some of them. lots are blown glass and wonderfully tacky - take for example the christmas mermaid (you can't see her tail from the angle but she's the pink and green one)! i had a blue space man that was my favorite but he's not on the tree this year (my sister decorated and i didn't feel like going to find him). the one with the carrot and moon also has the little bell in the picture. that bell ornament is as old as i am. it's beat up but it's special. my grinch (glass) and my ostrich and my purple moon pictures didn't come out. perhaps next year.
anyway, please have a merry christmas, joyous holiday season and safe and prosperous upcoming new year



Sunday, December 16, 2007

ok, i don't know ANYONE


who wouldn't want to knit up a mr t OR bruce lee OR the queen of england doll. do you?



Thursday, December 13, 2007

i love this (crafty) blog













she has knitting and sewing and cooking and crafting and of course ceasar and napoleon