©Lorraine Loots
365 Paintings for Ants is one of those titles that immediately grabbed my attention. Continue reading
Lorraine Loots and the Very Young Eyes:
Your Friday Dose of Happy
©Oamul Lu
Chinese illustrator Oamul Lu creates fresh, happy, thoroughly lovable GIF animations, perfectly suited to a Friday! Continue reading
Too Fast…
©Stone House
Two Anniversaries!
Today marks my 200th consecutive day of blogging AND my 24th anniversary at work. It’s a gala day!
My blog makes me so happy. It is my daily joy to share with you the things that make me go oooh (and also awww, and ewww). Happy anniversary to us all!
I’m also fortunate enough to work with some outstanding people, so today, I celebrate the whole lot of you!
Etsomnia™ Volume XI: Fail is in the Air?
et·som·ni·a (/etˈsämnēə/), noun, 1. a sleep disorder caused by obsessive Etsy browsing. 2. the surprising arrival of weird handmade merchandise ordered in one’s sleep.
Okay, I might have doctored this a little. However, the sideways kidney was already there.“No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.” ― John Donne, who should prepare to be disappointed
Unwitting Collaboration
Israeli composer Ophir “Kutiman” Kutiel creates original songs by editing together clips of amateur musicians he finds on YouTube. Continue reading
Pulp Fik Shun
Baby-faced boy makes good. Continue reading
On Shakey* Ground (*misspelling intentional)
Alejandro Rose-Garcia
In honor of Sherry, our lovely house guest from Austin, TX, today’s OBT is one of the many musicians who have made her hometown’s music scene what it is today. Continue reading
Buddhist meets steampunk meets A.I.
Kwanon_z by Wang Ziwon
I have often described my daily search for One Beautiful Thing as “following the breadcrumbs.” Continue reading
Wallflower
Cecelia Paredes / Rex Features
Peruvian artist Cecilia Paredes is known for her self portraits, even though in those works, she seems to be trying to make herself disappear. Continue reading
It Was a Beautiful Day
I remember that day. Continue reading
Shuttin’ Up on Wednesday
(Sssshhhh!)
Maybe She’s Born With It (or maybe it’s projection mapping)
Here’s a bonus I-Can’t-Sleep-and-I-Have-to-Get-Up-In-Four-Hours OBT. Lucky you! (Less lucky me, though this video of “makeup” projected onto a woman’s face is absolutely hypnotic.) Continue reading
You’ve Got (Snail) Mail!
Janice MacLeod
This started out being a post about a great idea, some very appealing art, and a lovely gift that my mother would have loved. But the more I read about Janice MacLeod, the more interested I became in her story. Continue reading
Grown-Up Patty Cake (or Cups 2.0)
Kurt Hugo Schneider and friends
Perfectly Imperfect:
Would you look at that face? She looks like a miniature Bjork! ©Holly Spring
Hey Kids, What Time is It? Wrong! It’s Drag Time!!!
The wonderfully talented Porsche ©Donna Kramer
Some Assembly Required – Bonus Friday Post!
I would love to save the artist whose work entertained me during my lunch today for a later post, but 1. it’s just too good to hold back and 2. it’s so clever, I’m sure I’d be immediately scooped by everyone else!
Adorable Face-Eating Monsters:
Image credit: Anton Belovodchenko
I have a friend who vehemently despises bears. Continue reading
Bonus Lunchtime Mini-OBT
One of Ricky Gervais’ talented fans has animated the Naughty Elephants bit from his HBO special, Out of England. I got this from Ricky’s Facebook feed, and it’s short and sweet and very funny.
My OBT 