Oh, the difference a hyphen can make
I received recipe newsletter from the Just A Pinch yesterday, the subject of which said Man Catching Fried Chicken. The recipe’s here. When I read the subject line, I knew what the recipe’s submitter was trying to say when she titled it. This is a place where one tiny hyphen would have made a difference [...]
What does your taste in art say about you?
Your result for What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test… Balanced, Secure, and Realistic. 22 Impressionist, 8 Islamic, 10 Ukiyo-e, -25 Cubist, -20 Abstract and 2 Renaissance! Impressionism is a movement in French painting, sometimes called optical realism because of its almost scientific interest in the actual visual experience and effect of light [...]
Music theory websites, books, DVD’s and software
This post’s dedicated to all the musicians of the world. I am a musician, though I don’t read music. I have good pitch, but play by ear; I started with guitar by learning how to play based on basic guitar chord charts and transferred my skills to piano by seeing what notes made up the [...]
Handmade card using stenciling and reverse stenciling technique
Juan’s 2010 bday card, inside spread Originally uploaded by gardenwife This last weekend, I tried something different. I stamped an image, cut it out, and used both the cut out image and the remaining cut-out left in the cardstock as stencils on a card. I like the masking technique and am happy with how this [...]
Cherub in the leaves
I made this little wall sconce while I was in high school. It’s hanging in my mom’s upstairs bathroom. A few leaves have broken off through the years, but it’s not in too bad a shape. I’d like to work with clay again and make another one, doing more detailed leaves.
Jeff Bridges, bridging the gap between actor and photographer
I didn’t know Jeff Bridges is a shutterbug. What’s more, he’s good! I learned about this from Phil Coomes’ BBC The Viewfinder blog. Bridges shoots with a Widelux camera, interesting in itself; the camera does extreme wide-angle, panoramic shots. I wonder if that’s the kind of camera the photographer used who did the group picture [...]
Williams Shamir at YouTube
I received a friend request from this YouTube user today. Normally, I don’t add people on social networks as friends unless I know them in real life or have gotten to know them through a common interest online. I do, however, always look at the user’s profile and see what the person’s all about. Well, [...]
