cupcake dayyyyy

Cupcake Day for the SPCA

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i could not possibly think of a more perfect reason to bake!
i heart SPCA! xxxx
myself and mini are team m + m
we are going to fundraise a kajillion dollarzzzz for all the underpriveleged animals!!!
let me know if you want one of our glorious treats and we will gladly supply!
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summer

"It's funny how one summer can change everything. It must be something about the heat and the smell of chlorine, fresh cut grass and honeysuckle, asphalt sizzling after late-day thunderstorms, the steam rising while everything drips around it. Something about long, lazy days and whirring air conditioners and bright plastic flip flops from the drugstore thwacking down the street. Something about fall being so close, another year, another Christmas, another beginning. So much in one summer, stirring up like the storms that crest at the end of the day, blowing out all the heat and dirt to leave everything gasping and cool. Everyone can reach back to one summer and lay a finger to it, finding that exact point when everything changed."

- Sarah Dessen

dream live love

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dita

The Perrier Mansion

Rendez-vous to the Perrier Mansion for a once in a life and sensual experience with Dita.
Supreme beauty.
Dita is glorious
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big city

It's easy to feel insignificant in a big city. There are so many things to do, so much action, a billion lights and noises all around us...

This series titled “People and Places” by English photographer Jasper James, creates an interesting idea between the city of Beijing and its citizens. These photos leave the impression that although the city may be big, it is made up of thousands of individuals, who in their own unique way, make the modern metropolis special.

I heart this idea.

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your are

the manifesto of encouragement

right now:

There are Tibetan Buddhist monks in a temple in the Himalayas endlessly reciting mantras for the cessation of your suffering and for the flourishing of your happiness.

Someone you haven't met yet is already dreaming of adoring you.

Someone is writing a book that you will read in the next two years that will change how you look at life.

Nuns in the Alps are in endless vigil, praying for the Holy Spirit to alight the hearts of all of God's children.

A farmer is looking at his organic crops and whispering, "nourish them."

Someone wants to kiss you, to hold you, to make tea for you. Someone is willing to lend you money, wants to know what your favourite food is, and treat you to a movie. Someone in your orbit has something immensely valuable to give you -- for free.

Something is being invented this year that will change how your generation lives, communicates, heals and passes on.

The next great song is being rehearsed.

Thousands of people are in yoga classes right now intentionally sending light out from their heart chakras and wrapping it around the earth

Millions of children are assuming that everything is amazing and will always be that way.

Someone is in profound pain, and a few months from now, they'll be thriving like never before. They just can't see it from where they're at.

Someone who is craving to be partnered, to be acknowledged, to ARRIVE, will get precisely what they want -- and even more. And because that gift will be so fantastical in it's reach and sweetness, it will quite magically alter their memory of angsty longing and render it all "So worth the wait."

Someone has recently cracked open their joyous, genuine nature because they did the hard work of hauling years of oppression off of their psyche -- this luminous juju is floating in the ether, and is accessible to you.

Someone just this second wished for world peace, in earnest.

Someone is fighting the fight so that you don't have to.

Some civil servant is making sure that you get your mail, and your garbage is picked up, that the trains are running on time, and that you are generally safe. Someone is dedicating their days to protecting your civil liberties and clean drinking water.

Someone is regaining their sanity. Someone is coming back from the dead. Someone is genuinely forgiving the seemingly unforgivable. Someone is curing the incurable.

You. Me. Some. One. Now. . . . . . . .

SPREAD THE RA-RA. ADD TO THE MANIFESTO. ENCOURAGE.

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glamour

scarfie love:

Like me, many of you probably have hoards of vintage scarves buried away in your closet. If not, they are super cheap and easy to find at your favorite vintage store/thrift shop/flea market.

This is a great way to put them to new use! you'll need:
- 2 silk scarves
- straight pins, sewing machine, thread
- 4 grommets
- approximately 20-22" chain (use old thrift store jewelry!)
-jewelry pliers to manipulate chain

begin by pinning the two together...... to create an hourglass shape down the middle, please note you want to keep this shape a little over-sized (in relation to your body). this is a no-zip dress, so you must make sure it can slip on & off easily.

sew the scarves together along the lines you marked with straight pins . a sewing machine is preferred for this step, but if you don't have one, it could certainly be done by hand.

next, mark on both sides of the dress (either with thread or tailor's chalk) where your straps will go. plan on placing them approximately 10" apart: you can either hand-stitch your chain straps directly to these points, or install grommets to loop them through.

using either your grommets or a needle & thread, attach 2 chain straps (it's up to you whether these match or not).

Courtesy of Glamourai, editted for your pleasure.

Wala! Simple as that, give it a try

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by hand

Its easy to forget the beauty of more traditional mediums now that the world has all this digital art. Supremely talented artist - Andrea Joseph, takes us back to that place with her wonderful hand drawings. Using nothing more than pencils and pen, she creates incredibly detailed illustrations of everything all that pops into her mind.

"I started by mapping a little bit of the drawing on the page. Not too much, just somewhere to start, because I like the rest to unfold. I like the drawing to reveal itself to me...." - Andrea Joseph

Apologies for my absence! Life has been hectic to the extreme! Im back now, much love and thoughts to you all
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grandosity!

now

somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying.
Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day.
"Well Do it!" I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now.
There are only so many tomorrows.
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images in my dreams

Jacek Yerka was born in Toruń, Poland, in 1952 - where he later studied fine art and graphic design. According to Yerka, he was pressured by his university instructors to eschew detail and realism in favor of the fashion of the times - but did not relent, adhering to the meticulous classic Flemish technique that still typifies his work. In time they came to see him as a brilliant - though troubled - talent. Yerka graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, specializing in printmaking. He began working full time as an artist in 1980. Beaut.
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foo

I've got another confession to make
I'm your fool
Everyone's got their chains to break
Holdin' you..

Were you born to resist, or be abused?

--Best of You / Foo Fighters

pink

The contrast among white and pink always looks wonderful. Especially via cute apartment x

nails

NAILS!
a sassy rendition of
hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil
Gorgey!
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love

I like this image very much.
Lovely memories > material things
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rainbow lightning

The clash of weather was seen above the affluent city of Fort Smith, Arkansas. The intracloud lightning, known as an anvil crawler, is the most common form of lightning, with the electrical charge contained within a single cumulonimbus cloud. Whoever took these images deserves a medal! Completely awe inspiring.
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wax etchings

Amy Ruppel, an absolutely mind blowing artist I am drawn to, is now selling new encaustic paintings online, made by delicately etching into black beeswax. I love the sweet yet earnest faces of the animals Amy chose, especially Mr fox above. I’m sure foxes aren’t the hugging type, but I would like to give this fox a big cuddle!! Love
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gem?

OK, take this in... This piece was created from salvaged wood. Not joking. That pretty, shiny little gem is wood; different coloured bits of WOOD and this is FLAT - can you see it?

Whoa indeed.

Link: Rocks under -- RON VAN DER ENDE

Amazed.

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sacred geometry

ATTRACTION


CLARITY


LUMINANCE

What Is Sacred Geometry - click here

Sacred geometry is a bridge between the seen and unseen, the quantitative and qualitative; the finite and infinite. It is a universal language that describes the inner workings of nature and the intrinsic order of the universe. It is the natural sanction that unites all forms of life: from microbes, plants, animals and humans to the motions of the planets and stars.

Inner space artist Jonathan Quintin provides various modalities that help attune human consciousness to the harmony of universal order. He shows how the shapes, patterns and forms of sacred geometry are harmonic keys that can help align mind-body-spirit in a state of higher consciousness


Sacred geometry has been used for thousands of years for a process known as “the journey home” – moving closer to Source and unity consciousness through the alignment of our senses with the harmonic patterns of nature

The multi-media presentation combines ancient wisdom with modern technology to provide deep insights into the harmonic order found at the core of nature. It includes a set of spinning fluorescent models demonstrating various universal laws at play and the unity that exists among them.

Come along tonight to see this mind opening presentation by Artist/Cosmologist - Jonathan Quintin

Thursday 8th July 2010
7:30-9:30 pm
Admission: Adults $15
PIONEER WOMEN'S HALL Corner High Street and Freyberg Street, CBD, AUCKLAND
(Above Pumpkin Patch: 30 High Street, CBD)

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hair

Ahem; I just adore this image, and these hairstyles. That is all :-)
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cotton candy

- Natalia Vodianova

This fun fantasy editorial photo spread was shot by Craig McDean for W Magazine. Talk about TALENT!

These gorgeous images capture the usually brunette model posing with spherical shapes and balls wearing an Easter egg pink wig. Cuteness plus!

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bubbbbble

To the human eye the bursting of a bubble is a simple affair.

One prod of a finger and - pop! - it's vanished in a split second. But as these breathtaking pictures show, the process is spectacular!

These images were taken with a slow-motion camera to show every stage of the soap bubble's disappearance.

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