Natural Beauty

I love jewelry that "rings" of the natural world. This one made me think of so many beautiful things. See it here and also support original artists on Etsy.

Crystal Blue

More Gathering Colors

for geobilim

Coming to Life 103

More Coming To Life

Still working on my big art project but it is believe it or not almost done! :)

Things Look Like Games! A Life-sized Candyland

Yesterday an entire street turned into a real life Candyland! Lombard Street (you know that famous twisty turny one in San Francisco) got turned into a life sized version of the famous kid's boardgame.

To celebrate Candy Land's 60th anniversary, 575 feet of switchbacks in the Russian Hill neighborhood were transformed into a life-size version of the board game.

Kids from the UC San Francisco Children's Hospital and Friends of the Children competed in a round of Candy Land, which makes my girlhood fantasyland, FAO Schwarz, look like child's play.
Click here for all the info and a picture of the cute cake the kids got at the end of the game :)

on our way to Kandy Kastle
Originally uploaded by aaparton.


Lombard Street in San Francisco is turned into Candyland
Originally uploaded by Coyne Public Relations.


Check out many more sweet pix here :)


PS! Yes I am still here but ugh summer heat is making me melt in NYC :) What free-time I did have is being hogged up by my art project. I am making great progress, it's been getting it's time here and there btw "life" and all it's goodies but when it's done it will be worth it and yes I will share all. I do update Happy LOL Day on a semi regular basis. I am not gone I just need to get this stuff finished. I will also be getting ready to do FaerieCon again so it will be busy. So I hope you are having a nice summer (or winter if you are on the other end of our little floating rock in space :) ) and hopefully getting in some vacation time. I will be back! :)

All Kindsa Cozy!

Everybody deserves a little knitty warmth... even snails! Read all about this fella here! So slimy cute!!!



Ahh he also looks dangerously delish! (I am sure he is thinking.. Say no to Escargot!!)
Eat this cupcake instead.. :)

Henri's Cupcakes
Originally uploaded by Phoebe Holworthy.


Thanks Amy! :)
I have been workin' and doing an art project too so sorry I am a bit "away" at the moment but it's all good!

Happy National Donut Day!

Here in the US it's National Donut Day!
Read all about it.. then go get one :)

The Absence of A

Where was the letter "A" that day? Maybe here or there, and by its absence a poem was made.

Bee In Fashion

Click the last picture for a nice news story!

Gummi-flauge

Film Looks Like Fact, Pixar's Up and Edith Macefield

The new animated Pixar film "Up" (opening Friday) starts as an echo of a real lady's life in Ballard Washington. Edith Macefield held her ground while her neighborhood was torn down and giant buildings went up around her. She even refused one million dollars to move and opted to live the rest of her life in her own home. The gentrifying construction was forced to leave her patch of old school neighborhood paradise intact.



Disney and Pixar honored her spirit and acknowledged her story's tie to the film.


The realities of high wind, concrete walls and balloon poppage kept the real life version from looking as dramatic as the film, but it was a nice thought. "Up" sounds like a fun new adventure, Edith would probably approve.

This story also reminds me of another character that refused to budge in the face of "progress"...

Cool Caravan!

Wow this is such a great caravan, or as some call it, a trailer home. This creation by Mehrzeller is not just cool for a trailer home but cool for any home! Beautiful design and full of modern comforts, I would go anywhere in this.



Hey then park it by a pool with this:


And when you are forced to head back to work after your long weekend, maybe you'll get a job here?

..okay getting carried away! :)

via Like Cool

Flying Robo-Penguins and Other Wonders

We just can't get to that day the Robot Overlords take over fast enough can we?

Well at least they will be pretty and fun to watch!
via haha.nu

I'm a Lubber, Not a Fighter

"While print designer Mary Katrantzou's Fall 2009 collection may have been inspired by vintage perfume bottles, I couldn't help but notice it's similarities to the Lubber Grasshopper, the most distinctive grasshopper species in the southeastern United States." Click picture for the complete post and photos.

When I first saw this beautiful post on Trend de la Creme, I thought the inspiration was insectile too. Bugs, though we stomp them, are gorgeous little machines.
Now if I could have only typed this post in the Insectile Font, it would have been truly buggy.

"Insectile" by P22 Type Foundry
"Insectile's font, Infestia, made up of actual scanned and rearranged insect parts."

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