Card Time

Found Naughty Betty...this hysterical website with completely inappropriate cards that make me laugh my head off!

The Singing Butler

This painting tops my chart of favorite paintings.

Each time I see it, there is a different story that goes along with the painting.

It just makes me sigh and wish I were there.

Jack-Vettriano's The Singing Butler

Paint the hillsides

What an amazing idea...

Thanks to Print and Graffart for sharing this beautiful idea of art.  The Favel Painting project was a dream to paint an entire hillside favela in the center of Rio.

"...Praça Cantão, the square at the entrance of the community of Santa Marta has been the scene of a spectacular art intervention and was turned into a vibrant artwork of monumental scale. 34 houses on the giant hillside favela, located in the center of Rio de Janeiro, have been painted in a design of colorful rays, radiating into the city. This 7000 square meter artwork is part of the ‘Favela Painting’ project by Haas&Hahn (Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn), a project that aims to transform communities into landmarks and inspirational monuments as a part of Rio’s image, next to the statue of Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf mountain." (Graffart)

They have such a desire to improve the lives of those in the favela's through art.  "'This work of art can make a colorful difference in the lives of local individuals, the community and the city of Rio. It has the potential of working as a catalyst in the processes of social renewal and change' said Dre Urhahn, one of the Favela Painting artists. Realization of the artwork is largely driven by the inhabitants of Santa Marta. 25 local youth have been trained as painters, providing for their own income and being responsible for turning their own neighborhood into a colorful monument. This grassroots method of working has proven to be successful in earlier projects, and gives the local community empowerment, pride and color." (Graffart)

Such a beautiful story.

How do you know when you have to much time on your hands?

This is an email I honestly received from work this morning.  As soon as I finished peeing my pants laughing, I decided it was to good to keep to myself...

Subject:  Automatic External Defibrillators (AED) Maintenance

To all employees,

It has come to our attention that some well meaning individuals have been inspecting the AED's which are mounted throughout our facilities, to ensure their "workability".

We appreciate your concern for the well being of your fellow co-workers and in taking the time, to do these inspections. Each AED is currently on a monthly and annual inspection cycle. These official inspections are performed by our Facilities Maintenance Technicians, who have had the proper training on what to inspect the units for.

I would ask those of you, who are concerned with the proper function of the AEDs, to simply check the inspection tag which is mounted to the outside, of the cabinet, which holds the AED.

Please do not open the cabinet nor remove the AED from the cabinet to perform an inspection.

How would you write this email without peeing your pants laughing?

Also, isn't sending this email just planting ideas in your mind?  Now I want to go find the defibulators!

Here is the image I have of the individuals who "ensure their 'workability'".

Brazilian Paradise

How could I not fall in love with this place when I ran across it on Poppytalk.  Uxua Casa Hotel looks like this little island called Algodoal that I went to a few times with my best friends in Brazil.  The hotel sounds amazing, but a picture is worth a thousand words.  So, I'll spare you the tens of thousands.

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Paper Magic

Yulia Broadskaya combines typography, paper and art to make these beautiful pieces of art.  Her website shares how her artwork has been used by Target, Google Chrome and Cadbury just to name a few.

Hope you enjoy and have a great weekend!

Circus Time

What a cute idea for a child’s room. I love it when a child’s room encourages them to live up their childhood! The ferris wheel brings both function & fun into this room. Take a look at My Style Chronicles to see the process of creating this circus inspired bedroom.