my best person is getting married! i am so so excited to be involved, not just as a bridesmaid, but she trusted me to create her wedding invitations. it was so much fun and something really different for me try my hand at – pixel art!
xanite and rob – i wish you two absolute awesomeness! we are going to have such a party in december!
Posted in nice creatures, so-fine design, whimsy
Tagged 8-bit, bride, groom, pixels, wedding invitation
taking the first bite of a watermelon. cracking an egg. floating in the ocean on a sunny day…
“…these are brief, seemingly inconsequential moments that almost immediately slip from memory as they pass, neither life-altering or particularly remarkable, and yet taken together they become a sort of texture of our lives. filmmaker Vitùc recognized the importance of these small moments and collected several dozen of them in his new video short called the pleasure of…”
Posted in idle thoughts
my pinterest food board always manages to get my mouth watering…so i thought i would share some of my best vegetarian delights with you.
toasted caprese sandwiches with balsamic syrup
roasted veg tacos with avocado cream & feta
vegetarian summer spring rolls & peanut dipping sauce
pita bread, cucumber, mint & feta salad
grilled cumin-lime zucchini quesadillas
mushrooms & rice on yoghurt flatbread
Posted in delicious
Tagged avocado, caprese, corn, cucumber, falafel, food, mushrooms, pita bread, pizza, quesadillas, quinoa, recipes, salad, spring rolls, tacos, tomatoes, vegetarian, yum
have a look at these amazing constructed-in-situ photographs of american photographer thomas jackson. he constructs all his images as installations and uses as little photoshop as possible as a matter of principle in his work.
leaves
glow sticks
post-it notes
cheese-puffs
it was my birthday a month ago and i thought i would put together a list of lust-afters that i have stored up over the year. oh i wish they were available in SA…shipping is just too expensive!
i want this in big-people’s size
seems everyone is on the pinterest bandwagon these days. so i thought i would share some of my “makes me smile” collection…some winsome images that brighten my day.
{all image via pinterest}
Posted in awesomeness, idle thoughts, mucking about
Tagged cat, funny, ice cream, lol, shenanigans, smile, treehouse
mat cloud’s awesome monster industry!
aren’t these photographs from the 1908 london olympics wonderful? i love the archers and tug-o-war especially!
{images via retronaut}
i just love the “ninjas can’t catch you if…” meme that has done the internet rounds. this is a small collection of my favourite ones:
i went to see the new disney-pixar film, brave, this week…twice! it was brilliant – no – better than brilliant. i am currently working on some comissioned drawings about a bear and a girl, so it was the perfect inspiration! go and see it, it is just lovely…
{all concept art found via google}
how incredibly beautiful is this: a path in the forest by architect tetsuo kondo was a temporary installation in the kadriorg park near tallinn, estonia.
{via the cool hunter}
Posted in artworks, awesomeness, botanicals
Tagged architect, art, estonia, forest, public installation, tetsuo kondo, wood
we don’t get too much snow in south africa, at least not many areas outside of the highest mountains ranges. but the past two days has seen unprecedented snowfall in places that haven’t seen snow in 30 years! i am hoping to go snow-hunting tomorrow…
this bewildered chap was photographed at the johannesburg zoo yesterday, showing an expression shared by most everyone as flakes began to fall…
Posted in awesomeness, the menagerie
Tagged johannesburg, lion, snow, south africa, zoo
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