this made me smile

i have some succulents and i sure have some knitting..................

  -  JUST DO IT

Plantbombing, Yarn Bombing With Plants

BY RUSTY BLAZENHOFF

here is more info at the powazek's site plantgasm

photo by   Derek Powazek

oh YUM!

Tom's Kitchen: Alice Waters' Flatbread With Spicy Split Peas

By Tom Philpott (pic by him as well)

(the split pea recipe contains butter, being vegan, i'd use earth balance of course)

a couple of things from elizabeth abernathy's blog

FIRST

20 things to make from cardboard tubes

and

SECOND
her fourth issue of nuno magazine; (by the way, i have the first three and i will be ordering the fourth. they're pdf's and the price IS right. the projects are cool and do-able and fun

nuno magazine. the 4th issue is painted desert 

meowwwwwwwwwwwwww

sent to me by lemmy

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some pictures i took

with my iphone and the ttv app

speaking of veganism.........

 ............. (here's a post i did on my other blog about bill clinton becoming vegan (cool!)

here's another issue i'd like to talk about. people getting feather hair extensions. perhaps they don't know animals get TORTURED for this. there is ABSOLUTELY NO NEED for it either. if you want feather extensions, you can get a VERY COOL VEGAN version.

here are a few places you can shop:

the bead giant on etsy

and

montabahn on etsy (by the way, i ordered from this shop) pic from montabahn etsy shop linked above - these are THE faux feathers i ordered by the way

and

meg's faux feathers on etsy

here's some information you just might want to read BEFORE buying REAL FEATHER hair extensions:

Vegan Uncensored: Out With The Feather Hair Extensions!

We’ve all seen them: the brightly colored hair feathers dawning heads of sorority girls, Ke$has and Steven Tylers everywhere. It’s unclear how these ridiculous hair accessories became so popular, but it IS clear that they come at the price of lives. According toecorazzi.com, “at least one farm in Western Colorado is now killing up to 1,500 roosters per week just for their backside “saddle” feathers.” There are many accessory- and clothing-related items that are less than – um – compassionate, but when new ones emerge it’s a good opportunity for us to look, as a society, at how we use and abuse animal for the sake of something as frivolous as fashion.

The attention that has been paid to the recent use of feather hair extensions has brought focus to another use for rooster feathers, which is equally lame: fishing lures. That’s right, look at the big picture: thousands of roosters are killed weekly for their use in fishing lures and hair accessories! ..............

Jim Bahn / CC by 2.0

pic: 

check out killhouettes

on facebook

and

their regular website killhouettes (what else???)


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really, go check them out................NOW

i got my new

photojojo lenses!

here are a couple of pics i took from the same distance, of the new necklace i'm making

(yes, i know they're NOT great pics, i didn't take any time to adjust and focus and things like that, but you can definitely see the difference)

and here's a (horrible) picture of my hand where i STABBED myself (fairly deeply) with the METAL knitting needle, RIGHT between my thumb and finger. and yes, it STILL hurts.

here's a picture of the WEAPON (along side a pen)

yes, it's true

 from pitchfork

David Lynch Announces His Debut Album, Featuring the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O

Photo by Mark Berry

wow, this is lovely

i didn't read how to do it yet, but i will!

DIY Sun Printing on Fabric

By Anna Laurent

pic from ms laurent's diy linked above

here's a list of sites that have knitting for charity links GO VISIT 'EM!

crafty crafty

interweave

knitting for charity

knit a square

lion brand yarn

pic from the crafty crafty link, but it's from battersea dogs and cats (uk)

here's the newest beaded knitted necklace i made

i used c-lon cord and a bunch of different beads. some i had, some i got new.

i've been getting a lot of my suppies from bello modo of late. i use etsy a lot as well

pics (back so you can see it's knitted) and front were taken with my phone, so they aren't the greatest

i just ordered these lenses for my phone

what? they were NOT that expensive. i know i posted about them before, BUT i just ordered them myself and i'm excited!!!

from  photojojo

Fisheye, Macro, Wide Angle and Telephoto Phone Lenses




Buy the Fisheye, Macro, Wide Angle and Telephoto Phone Lenses at the Photojojo Store!

becky stern shows us how to get twinkle toes (literally!!!)

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pic from becky's tutorial linked above

here's an upcycled instructable

flight of the coke butterflies

Author:faerae

pics from the instructable by Author:faerae linked above

anyone want to help me do this to my hair?

man, love it!

from knithacker

rainbow dreads!

crayola!

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i'm not a fan of jails for animals

(yes, i know there are some good points to zoos and aquariums but still.........) BUT this video (from mystic aquarium) is pretty damn amazing and wicked cool and special

Connecticut based Mariachi band Los Trovadores de America recently serenaded a Beluga Whale at Mystic Aquariumin Mystic, CT.

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wow, this is wicked nice

from craftzine

they're calling it a swimsuit cover up but i'd wear it as a tunic over a sleeveless tee and leggings. there's podcast and a pdf to the knit pattern. pic from the craftzine link

CRAFT Pattern: Splash Swimsuit Cover-Up

by Nikol Lohr

i'm diggin' it!!!

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i don't sew but if i did.......

i'd make me a few of these:

Make a Pretty Pouf

pic from the better homes and gardens posting linked above

from honestly wtf

friendship bracelet diy!

great things to make with kids or even as adults make some - give some

pic from honestly wtf, linked above

from the motown maker faire; my lil' fire breathing pony

like i haven't done this before

(i actually HAVE)

and remember, MAKE IT VEGAN

from craftzine the walking taco salad  Haley Pierson-Cox shares    by Diane Gilleland 

book want

everything alice; the wonderland book of makes

it's available from amazon (us) here

they're NOT vegan, but here are some cupcakes.............

the song is REVOLTING but the art is kinda cool

progress on my knitted log cabin baby blanket

i guess i'm almost done. there's no set size for a baby blanket. as with the last one i made, i am using malabrigo