small but beautiful

Have you seen the Nikon Small World competition images for 2009 yet? Below is a small sample of some fantasic shots from over the last 32 years! They are truly works of art... but can you guess what they actually are?

Dr. Bernardo Cesare - 9th Place, 2009

John I. Koivula - 1st Place, 1984

Zdenka Jenikova - 2nd Place, 2002

James E. Hayden - 7th Place, 1991

 Dr. Randolph L. Rill - 6th Place, 1987

Lars Bech - 1st Place, 1996

Helmuth Michelbach - 14th Place, 2001

(images from nikonsmallworld.com)

have you seen the invisible man yet?

I feel like I've been invisible on here lately, so I thought I'd post about Liu Bolin "The Invisible Man" which was posted on Fubiz a little while ago.

His works of art are amazing and I can't imagine how long it takes to perfect every detail...

(images from artnet.com)

time to remember

I love this clock, the simple and classic design and it would make remembering when to call family and friends so much easier... and there's even a cute desktop version :)  Designed by Mac Funamizu check here for more about the clock and here for some of his brilliant ideas...

september already..

If you haven't updated your wallpaper for September yet here are a few to choose from thanks to Smashing Magazine :)

amazing shot

A beautiful image of a weeping woman's face in the side of a glacier, dubbed "Mother Nature in Tears" click here for more...

mouth watering..

If you're looking for some deliciously inspiring recipes then check out these lovely links below...

Technicolor Kitchen

La Tartine Gourmande

Sunday Suppers

inspired

I was lucky enough to have someone buy me a gorgeous Ink and Spindle fabric bundle (below) at The Stitches & Craft Show in Brisbane earlier this year :)


And I think this Desire to Inspire here post has helped me decide what I'm going to use some of it for... below are just some of the images from the post, I just love the memo hoop idea!

Be sure to look at the full post here where you can see the Flickr links also :)

( images from kirinote.blogspot.com, inkandspindle.blogspot.com & desiretoinspire.blogspot.com )

distracted...

I have been a little distracted lately absorbing things on the blogosphere amongst other things... below are some links to some lovely places I've been getting lost in :) click on the images for the links

colour your day

I love these :)

Just Colour from Jesper Kirkeby Brevik on Vimeo.

Music Painting by JUL & MAT from JUL & MAT on Vimeo.

(clips found via happymundane.blogspot.com & fubiz.net)

tumblr love

I've looked at tumblr before, but not until this morning when I read Anna Spiro's post from Absolutely Beautiful Things here that I thought I might have a use for it myself...

Now I can post some of my favourite images and links within seconds to look at anytime I like... have a look here for what I got carried away with today :) and also here at what Anna Spiro loves on tumblr :)

(image from bloom-grow-love.blogspot.com via absolutelybeautifulthings.blogspot.com)

bubble pics

I first saw these amazing images of bubbles popping (apparently they rip, shred or tear) via happy mundane and then again at A CUP OF JO

if you're lucky enough to be able to access flickr then click here for more from the photographer himself Richard Heeks... as for me flickr is blocked :( see below ) in the UAE (and many other sites also), so I will just have to be happy looking at what others post to their blogs...

(images from happymundane.blogspot.com & joannagoddard.blogspot.com & flickr.com :)

something to read

what a great site so much to choose from novels, poetry, plays and short stories, read straight from your computer... not quite the same as a book, but a great reference to see if you really wanted to buy the book... click here and start reading :)

(image from readprint.com)

beautiful clip

just a song to watch :) enjoy

(clip from youtube.com)

tea towel tote

hmm.. now if only I had some tea towels as gorgeous as these... the instructions for how to make the tote are here :)

There are some more things you can make using the free patterns here thanks to Anna Maria Horner (Anna is also the author of this gorgeous book "Seams to Me" which is also on my bookshelf wishlist :)

She has designed some beautiful things, paper goods, kitchen items, home furnishings and she also has some lovely fabrics for sale here too as below... where does she find the time?

(images from annamariahorner.blogspot.com & store.annamariahorner.com)

very handy

I found these via design milk here and I would definitely put them to good use, they are available at dotz here aren't they stylish :)




(image from cordotz.com)