Messy Monday

Aww! Pouting kitty is cute! Source

Kitty cuddle pile!

Advocacy:
♦The truth about sweatshop products. (Long, but very informative post.)

Awesome:
♦Margaret Hamilton was a seriously underrated actress. She was awesome! She was a kindergarten teacher before acting, and was a huge animal rights supporter. Her Wiki and IMDB.
♦She did it: "I Paid Off $12,000 Of Debt In 14 Months." Hang in there, it is possible.
♦"Slice" of tea. (Weird, or cool...?)
♦10 fruits to try before you die.

DIY:
♦Repair your rain boots. (The secret is: duct tape)
♦Give tacky things a new life...with a faux pewter finish.
♦Make a Masquerade mask. (So beautiful!)
♦Chandelier pendant necklace (I may have shared this one before.)
♦Fabric luggage tags.
♦Recycled lid magnets

Self-care/Health:
♦How to make waking up suck less

Noms:
♦Chocolate Swirl Buns
♦Whoa! Double Stuffed Brownies
♦Recipe bonanza....frostings, fillings, and fun!
♦Vanilla Chai Tea Latte Cupcakes
♦Vanilla-Almond Iced Coffee **
♦A mug cake that actually tastes good.
♦OMG! Raspberry Cheesecake Popsicles!

WTF:
♦"Slave shackle" shoes
♦Camo-toilet paper cover. Creepy and weird!
♦Two writers takes on 50 Shades Of Grey. "Bad writing, plot holes," "Prince Charming is kinda a jerk" *Warning: may contain adult content, or coarse language.*

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**On a personal note: I have been having stomach issues. Coffee seems to be too hard on my stomach. I have pain, and nausea after having my morning coffee. *Sigh*

I quit drinking my cup of Joe, and I feel much better. I switched to decaffeinated chai tea. Yum!This may be a temporary issue, I hope! I love coffee and will miss it.

Apparently I am not the only one! If you have the same problem there is more info here.

Mash-up Monday

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Art/Culture:

♦Broccoli House! (We all know that I had some weird ideas as a kid, but I also thought that broccoli plants were baby trees.)

♦Crazy mash-up of old Better Homes and Gardens magazine photos, and men's magazine photos.(SpaceMan Steve, I thought of you when I found these!)

♦AMAZING art deco cakes!!!

♦Bathroom portraits...

♦Details of the intricate process of making up Persian bride.

DIY:

♦Cool hair clip holder.

♦Mod Podge your bike!

♦Add some Zen...with mandala- rocks.

Feminism:

♦Breif history of hair removal, and a discussion on its impact. 

Fun:
♦“Disapproving Social Network Guy" Comic

♦Have dessert for breakfast!

♦Pintester tries out things from Pinterest...and makes a mess of things...in a fun way. Her test of strawberries and cream mug cake had me in tears laughing! (Caution, she swears a bit.)

♦More Pintester: the "cat anus bag"

♦I ♥ Calaveras. This site sells really cool ones for cake toppers.

Mental Health/Recovery:

♦Self-image and breast size. One girls experience.

♦How to enjoy eating again.

♦A young woman's account of being stalked.(Get help, don’t keep it to yourself!)

♦Gala Darling wrote an extensive piece about cutting and self harm. She talks about her battle with cutting, and proves that you can make it out of the darkness. (Please read with caution, this may trigger some folks.)

Gala gave a TED talk!!!!!

♥♥♥♥She is amazing!♥♥♥♥

Noms:

♦Super drool! Sweet Lime Tartlets. I HAVE to make these!!!

♦Chocolate cookies...nom nom nom!!!

WTF:

♦Mt. Dew Doritos cupcakes. Ewww!

♦Creepy cakes.

Monchichi Monday♥

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Some people have a thing for owls, or bunnies, but I think porcupines are adorable!

Advice:

♦Oh man, can I sympathize! I don't like my squeaky voice either!

♦If you haven’t heard of Sark, I highly recommend her. She writes beautiful, colorful books, about self acceptance, and cultivating happiness. She has a awesome blog too.

♦The Bloggess gives advice on manners.  (Take with a grain of salt folks)

Art/ Culture:

♦An interesting article that questions who created the famous “Vitruvian Man” drawing.

Vitruvian Man Source

♦I had no idea that the Muppets were so political!

     Bowie:

     ♦Rookie is on a David Bowie kick, and I couldn't be happier!

     ♦How to look like Bowie.

     ♦Behind the scenes of a glam-rock god. (First book listed.)

     ♦Labyrinth: Best thing ever!

         (Couldn't agree more. Although, Bowie's pants in the movie are really icky!)

DIY:
♦Make your own wall art.

♦Make your own roll-up storage for makeup brushes.

Fashion:

♦What the shape of shoes can convey. [The toe shape, pointed, round , square etc.] Square toes always remind me of the bad women from The Witches.

 Noms:

♦The kind of crazy that I love! Potato chip cookies. (I really want to try these!!!!)

♦Beautiful cakes free from the nasty tasting putty that is fondant.

Mental Health/Self-Care/Recovery:

♦Hooray for Kate! She kicked "The Bad Egg" out while at yoga.

♦As with a physical wound, sometimes psychological wounds need to be opened up in order to be cleaned out and healed.

♦More about The Bloggess’s red dress project.

WTF???

♦The Clockwork Orange/ local Serial killer fashion line…?

♦I know I posted this on Facebook, but it is still very weird!!!

I hope you all h ave a fun and stress-free week!

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Colors:

13 ~ Silver

14 ~ Gray

15 ~ Brown

16 ~ Green

17 ~ White

18 ~ Gray

19 ~ Orange

♥Dedicated to our friend Corey’s cute kitty Monchichi.

Monday Magic

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World News:
♦10 very inspiring art projects of 2011. [The Up house is my favorite!]
♦As part of a three day elephant themed festival in Nepal, they give elephants pedicures!
♦A French business man has created a fund to pay fines for women who do not wear burqas.

Life Advice:
♦How to stay creative, advice from artists.
♦Don't wait around for a Valentine...make your own!

Mental Health/Self-Care/Recovery:
♦Rookie offers some gentle advice for survivors of sexual assault.
♦TOP 10 psych books of 2011. I haven't read any of these, but I really want to check them out.
♦Jenny Lawson is an amazing woman! Check out her Traveling Red Dress Project.
♦Ragen (of Dances With Fat) talks about her terrible experience at Universal Studios. Grrrr!


Health/Feminism:
♦Unfortunately doctors often underestimate the pain that women are in. (Sexism in the doctors office.)

Color of the day:
23rd ~ Gray
24th ~ Red
25th ~ Topaz
26th ~ Green
27th ~ Coral
28th ~ Brown
29th ~ Yellow

bookMark Monday

Cutest bookmark ever! Where can I get one?

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Cute critters:
♦Cute Overload offers the top 10 cutest videos of 2011. Squeeeeeeee!
♦Further proof that corgis are amazing dogs, a tuff corgi survives an avalanche!

Life advice:
♦Gala Darling offers some great advice about how to start out the new year on the right foot.
♦Are you burned out? Stressed…? Gala (again) has suggestions to get your spark back.
♦Encouraging words to give you a boost.

World news:
♦A look at the TSA's’s security efforts. [This confirms what I had suspected]
♦This is incredible! A man from India almost lost his family in an attempt to create affordable sanitary products for rural women in India. He is an incredibly resourceful man!

Crafts:
♦Here is a tutorial for a very cool scrap felt bracelet. Colorful and fun!
♦Also from the same blog, a tutorial for decorating switch plates. They made winter themed ones, but it would be easy to make any theme.
♦Make your own buttons from shrink plastic. Very cool idea.
♦Ring holder/display from old egg cartons. Very thrifty idea.

Art and entertainment:
♦Amanda Palmer wrote a long and very touching blog about her marriage to Neil Gaiman. [I got misty eyed reading this!]
♦Have you ever wanted to go crazy with stickers? An artist gave thousands of stickers to kids and let them go wild!

Last and certainly not least: I would like to wish Allison of Deviant Dispatches and her fantastic Spousal Unit a wonderful anniversary! 

You guys rock!


Colors:
16th ~ Silver
17th ~ Black
18th ~ Brown
19th ~ White
20th ~ Pink
21st ~ Blue
22nd ~ Orange

Magnificent Monday

How can you resist a face like this?! OCD Obsessive Corgi Disorder Blog

After hearing this song I have it stuck in my head.

It took me forever to figure out who it was by.

(I don't keep up with popular music.)

♦Dita Von Teese's advice rule breakers. Very good advice!

♦Swiss Miss's advice for ignoring haters. More cool advice.

♦Continuing with advice...10 Rules for Brilliant Women.

♦A very interesting article about consumerist feminism:

"I’ve always been fascinated and infuriated by the way that one is obliged, as a woman, to purchase the trappings of one’s own gender, and infuriated by the way the rules keep changing the deeper into the game you go. I’ve been getting into more and more professional situations where it is no longer okay to turn up with huge biker boots and a slash of clashing lipstick and expect to be taken seriously. As women, everything we wear is a statement, and we have no right to remain sartorially silent. We negotiate a field of signifiers every time we open our wardrobes, or, in my case, every time we rummage through the clothes-pile on the bedroom floor."

♦This piece on street fashion cracked me up!

"Where do people buy these absurd, absurd clothes? I know that a lot of it is more like moving art installations than actual clothes, but you take a picture of a chick wearing a floor-length ball gown made entirely out of Nerds Ropes and you don’t offer any explanation — like, sure, we’re all just supposed to nod along with great dignity and appreciation for art as we ignore the fact that she’s walking around an actual city in modern civilization wearing a bra shaped like a dolphin. Right, okay."

♦Delicious pumpkin cinnamon pancakes. Yummy! Check out the recipe.

♦Speaking of absurdity:

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♦Worried about the zombie apocalypse? Here are some ideas:

Armor, The Zombie Survival Guide, Zombie Survival Wiki, Zombie survival supplies.

My favorite product is the Zombie bait station. Ha ha ha!

I am adding a new feature!

I have an almanac that lists the color of the day. It is determined by astrological data…I don‘t follow horoscopes too closely but, I do use it to try to add some color to my wardrobe. (I try to wear the color of the day. ) A few folks have expressed interest in the color of the day, so I thought I would share with all of you. Enjoy!
Colors for the week:
21st Ivory
22nd Gray
23rd Brown
24th White
25th Rose
26ht Gray
27th Orange