For the ones who really want to fly, but are too afraid of it…
…there is always an alternative!
(The bird is from clay, the basket from cork, paper and hay, the balloon is standard paper mache technique with decorative paper.)
The cookies this year (thanks to two of my best friends that helped me a lot):
Two of the cookie cutters seemed perfect for making some pigs 9and one with a banjo, of course!):
Then I wanted to sew something and that’s what happened:
And I guess all this was just not enough, so I’ve made some felted little things and added them to every present:
I hope that everyone of you is having happy holidays. I did what I could. :-)
Time for some doodles… and that is what came out:
Just to mark the merry mood I am into – today is our 5+1 wedding anniversary with Michel. :-)
Edit: Oh, just got the best surprise ever from our good friend Nixo:
That’s what I made for his birthday (with a little help from a friend) and he liked the present very, very much:
Well, I kind of like the idea for having many small cakes than one big, so the result was satisfying and pleasant for the eye as for the palate. ;-)
A friend showed me yesterday something wonderful that I would like to share with you.
I am in awe, amazed by the artwork of Irma:
This one especially brings back memories from my childhood with grandma:
All the beautiful clay illustrations can be seen here: DePlastilina.
Great, huh?
In this case – the egg came first. I painted it with onion layers.
Wanted it to be all natural this time.
You can see how to made the hen from here – Krokotak.
The second egg wanted a different decoration, so it is – with plum blossom:
More eggs will be dyed this Saturday. :-)
It has been long since the last time I posted music here. So here it is this nice song of Eros Ramazzotti, also with the great animated video.
The song has also another version in duet with the Spanish singer Amaia Montero (embedding was disabled, so there are only links). :-)
Reunited…
They are BIG, you know?
I thought the concert will never finish. Song after song, FNM were there on the beach of Bourgas, excellence beyond all expectations. All of them perfect, Mike Patton himself – unbelievable!
This time, I cannot say too much. It’s like this when you are simply happy. :-)
It was so beautiful while sometimes his shadow was projected over the giant trees near the stage… Hope somebody took a good picture of this.
The Man With Thousand Voices – he knows perfectly how to please the audience.
Video #1: Evidence
[Flash player with embedded video of Faith No More, Bourgas, Aug. 14th 2009 (#01)]
Video #2: Last Cup of Sorrow
[Flash player with embedded video of Faith No More, Bourgas, Aug. 14th 2009 (#02)]
Video #3: Easy (and riding the camera)
[Flash player with embedded video of Faith No More, Bourgas, Aug. 14th 2009 (#03)]
Video #4: Epic
[Flash player with embedded video of Faith No More, Bourgas, Aug. 14th 2009 (#04)]
Video #5: Midlife Crisis — “You’re perfect, yes, it’s true!”
[Flash player with embedded video of Faith No More, Bourgas, Aug. 14th 2009 (#05)]
Video #6: I Started A Joke
[Flash player with embedded video of Faith No More, Bourgas, Aug. 14th 2009 (#06)]
Video #7: Let’s Lynch the Landlord (Dead Kennedys cover) and only the beginning of The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
[Flash player with embedded video of Faith No More, Bourgas, Aug. 14th 2009 (#07)]
Video #8: Ashes to Ashes
[Flash player with embedded video of Faith No More, Bourgas, Aug. 14th 2009 (#08)]
Video #9: Just a Man – “I’ll do my best to be… Super-Chalgisto!” ;-)
[Flash player with embedded video of Faith No More, Bourgas, Aug. 14th 2009 (#09)]
Video #10: 19. Chariots Of Fire/Stripsearch
[Flash player with embedded video of Faith No More, Bourgas, Aug. 14th 2009 (#10)]
NOTES:
*) (You can watch the videos on full screen, all you have to do is wait on Pause for the browser to cache it.)
* * * * * * * * * * Full setlist from Bourgas:
1. Reunited (Peaches & Herb cover)
2. From Out of Nowhere
3. Land of Sunshine
4. Caffeine
5. Evidence
6. Surprise! You’re Dead!
7. Last Cup of Sorrow
8. Cuckoo for Caca
9. Easy (Commodores cover)
10. Epic
11. Midlife Crisis
12. I Started a Joke (Bee Gees cover)
13. Let’s Lynch the Landlord (Dead Kennedys cover)
14. The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
15. King for a Day
16. Be Aggressive
17. Ashes to Ashes
18. Just a Man
Encore:
19. Chariots Of Fire/Stripsearch
20. We Care a Lot
I am thinking about making such an exploding gift box for years.
It’s called “exploding”, which is quite an exaggeration, of course. Nothing to explode, though, only very nice effect on opening. :-)
I saw the idea on this website two or three years ago, but just bookmarked it then. Obviously the right moment to make it was the other day, when I finally decided to give it a try. The reason was the birthday of a very special friend, so I sat and started work.
There are people able to make it for less than an hour, but with me that’s definitely not the case.
The details took me a lot of time, because I really wanted it to be an exquisite one.
Well, I won’t say how long it took me to finish it, but it was worthy.
The recipient liked it very much and even said:
The best present! :-) It radiates the love that was made with! :-)
Hey, It’s wonderful to hear something like this! ;-)
Twitter seems like the big fat enemy of the blogging these days… More and more witty thoughts, precious and funny links you can find mostly there. But this is also a good thing, at least in theory: this means, that probably the blogs will start to get filled with less “noise” and with more valuable content from the authors. In theory. ;-)
Very soon I hope I’ll be able to present you with the big changes in molif.com – mostly “the clothes”, but also some part of the functionality, which I want to improve. I am considering to add Twitter updates as well, it seems like a good idea to me.
Recently I found (blameTwitter again) link to animation in YouTube. It was a graduation project of a student from the Ringling College of Arts and Design. Where it’s obviously the students are people with amazing skills, or maybe the teachers are excellent, or maybe both, I don’t know.
Following “related videos”, I spent the whole morning watching short animations. Most of them are great – they show skills, good ideas and talent and some of the things are as good as Disney/Pixar’s.
I have to admit though, that I am not a huge fan of all this 3D hype – and I don’t mean bad for Shrek, but there are just too many animation movies lately, which for me feel distant and cold.
Maybe that’s the reason why I liked mostly this particular video (Author: Lindsey Olivares – great gift she has and amazing skills!):
Anchored from lindsey olivares on Vimeo.
And since YouTube are getting more nasty lately with their country restrictions, thanks very much, Lindsey, for putting your animation also on Vimeo. :-)
Oh, and here is another beautifully made animation from Lindsey:
:-)
Live Seeds (and Pure Love) Project
Friday Bunny is 100 episodes old now, and so he'll take a loooong break! :-)
