design :: just another hairy chair

Gimme a chair with hair, Long beautiful hair - Shining, gleaming,Streaming, flaxen, waxen.








Did I say chair with hair? yes I did. These JUST COOL and hairy chairs are from
 PRETTY PRETTY heads to sit on by Dejana Kabiljo | yatzer | Design Architecture Art Fashion +more

design :: simple pots

Presentation is everything and this photo sure makes these simple minimalist pots look like something very special. And they are! Bambinas are super cute handmade pastel/white colored vessels, slipcast from Matauri Bay clay , native to New Zealand where the maker Zakiah Heath calls home.

The wee Bambinas are double cast and high fired, then sanded and left unglazed. They look beautiful on their own or in a cluster, perfect for a dinner table, mantle or window ledge. They can also be used with a tealight candle inside or as a vase. Each Bambina measures approximately 10cm in diameter. $26. Find them at  Zakiah's Popkraft Etsy Shop.

Lovely! And JUST COOL!

DIY :: recycled bugs

Well aren't these DIY guys JUST COOL! These dragonflies are made from around the house junk - wire, old christmas tree bulbs and metal washers. Just solder them together and you have this neat bug...

Or have Don Hutchings do it for you. "Glass Christmas Light bulb made in to a dragonfly bug using old and found items and old wire welded to make this great little bug 3 x 4 inches and has a hook for hanging Many colors to pick from just ask Don Hutchings FREE SHIPPING TO SEE COLORS GO TO blackcrowforge.com!" Check out Don Hutching's Black Crow Forge in his etsy shop too!

Sure, bugs can be JUST COOL!

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art :: its only a paper head

Without a doubt, homemade Halloween costumes are far superior to generic ones bought in the costume shop or at the store. Artist Eric Testroete proves that with his "this years" halloween costume. He created his own head in cartoon-like BIG HEAD mode and made it entirely of paper. Using graphic software including 3D Max, he designed, modeled,printed and folded this faceted paper mask to go over his head and tuck under his jacket. Seems like a mighty intense process but the result? A very cool Eric in Wonderland effect. WOW!

Check out more of Eric's unusual art projects in his portfolio online. They're JUST COOL!

Art :: your very own blue car christmas!

This year seems to have flown by so quickly, hasn't it? I can't believe I am already hearing Christmas music in all the stores and isles are filled with miles of Christmas decorations,gifts and more. Hey, I think I'll jump on the bandwagon and join them by doing a little Holiday promotion myself . But I promise, this is the last you'll here of me on my stuff this year. :)

It's that time again. Christmas is in the air! This painting was featured on the cover of last Christmas' NATURAL AWAKENINGS Magazine and I have received so many wonderful comments and requests on it that I am now offering it in my Vintagewarehouse shop on Etsy as this years special customizable painting to include your family, your pets and your house colors! Sure to make a unique and treasured addition to your home. Or order for a thoughtful and personalized gift for your friends and family on your Christmas list!

About this painting - "This nostalgic painting was inspired by many childhood Christmases spent at my Grandparents' cozy old victorian house in the Catskill Mountains in Upstate New York! That's our 1958 pink and blue Ford Station Wagon car but instead of driving to get the tree, we would actually trudge up onto the mountain and chop one down for the living room. Usually a lopsided scraggly "Charlie Brown" tree that looked beautiful once it was up and festooned with shimmery old fashioned glass ornaments, ropes of glass beads and dripping with silver tinsel. Underneath the tree Granny always had a little town of micah covered cardboard houses, a mirror "skating rink" and lead skating figures. Christmas time was always such a magical time for us up on Schunnemunk Mountain! Good memories!"

Purchase an original customized " just for you" rendition of this painting by clicking on the image below:

Your painting will arrive within ten days to two weeks after placing your order. I am taking a limited amount of orders so everyone will get theirs in this time frame. So ORDER NOW!

My signed fine art print of BLUE CAR CHRISTMAS is also available for purchase.

Click below to order all sizes
$5 shipping / free shipping for 3 or more

sizes

8 1/2 X 11 inch Print $14.00 11 X 14 inch Print $18.00 2.5 X 3.5 in ACEO $4.00 Note Card & Envelope $4.50

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art :: google eyed grafitti

Artist Kevin Ledo puts a smile on our faces (and those of these humble urbanly decayed otherwise ugly utilitarian objects) with his unique graffiti art project titled "I'm So Vandal". This "happy" grafitti project is JUST COOL too because no walls, fire hydrants or pipes were harmed in the making of these photos.

Funny what a handful of plastic googly eyes can do to brighten our day :)
 Check out more of Kevin Ledo's googly eyed graffiti on behance.net

art :: light bulb chickens

Hmmm...I was wondering what I should do with that drawerful of now obsolete light bulbs.

Well here's what!

I'll turn them into funky chicken art! How JUST COOL!

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pets :: canine camo

Canine camouflage goes to the extreme in these cute sheared pups. Powdered non permanent spray paint is used to transform these poodles into animals like...

a panda

a camel

a bison

a horse

and an iguana.

It takes only about two hours for the creative groomers to carve, coiff and color these doggy  masterpieces  and add props for the finishing touch. Animal photographer Ren Netherland has been shooting the dogs for ten years now and  travels thousands of miles every year photographing these shear beauties at "creative grooming" shows. 

It's weird but JUST COOL!

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art :: painted fields of rice

16 years ago a group of farmers in Japan began creating 'murals' by planting rice in different colors in Japanese paddy fields. The 'Paddy art' was started as a project to revitalise the local economy. Each year hundreds of villagers and other volunteers help plant the four different colored varieties of rice in the vast fields, planting purple and yellow-leafed kodaimai rice along with their local green-leafed tsugaru roman variety. The rice is planted in May and the creations bloom to their best in September .

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Painting the land - it's JUST COOL!

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Art :: A paper world

Paper Artist, Helen Musselwhite transforms her love of animals and nature into these enchanting little creations all cut and folded from paper.

The Artist works in her studio in the Northwest UK, combining the hand cutting, folding and scoring of a wide variety of papers and cardstock that is further enhanced creating a patterned and textured surface. Each piece is then paintstakingly manipulated and layered into her magical one of a kind vignettes. Influenced by the natural world Helen builds her creations into intriguing places, giving us a glimpse into another world of fiction and fairytale. I love these! They are JUST COOL!

grafitti :: river refreshment

Have a sip...

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kids :: make & color!

 

I as "Mimi" am always looking for ideas to keep the grand kids busy! Over at Chez Beeper Bebe, Holly has an easy tutorial on making these sweet little coloring books for the kiddies. Or have them make them for each other. That'll keep 'em busy! LOVE THESE!

Cuz they're JUST COOL of course!

art :: andy warhol lovin' it

Carb conscious Andy Warhol eating a hamburger...

Pets :: wooly and wonderful!

Wanta see something very cool? Amelia Santiago makes these endearing pet sculptures out of wool using a technique called needle felting. Each is individually sculpted as one would sculpt clay and each is one of a kind. Amelia takes custom orders for just about any kind of pet and works only from her clients photos - no patterns or premade forms at all. I love the character that each of these wonderful wooly little fellows exude!

See more of her wooly pets on Amelia's website. They're JUST COOL!