I may not have a great idea, but she does!

Cathe Holden (who I blog stalk regularly) has a seemingly never-ending source of creative ideas that I LOVE. Her latest is to take ordinary objects, scan 'em, blow them up (as in make them bigger in size) then print them out and use them for all kinds of things. Check out her post.

A little more humor just for you

My brother showed me a cartoon called Mal and Chad. It's Calvin and Hobbesesque--Mal is a little boy and Chad is his talking dog. Though, unlike Calvin who can be stupid at times (e.g. his school report entitled "Bats are Bugs"), Mal is smart, and Chad, well, he's a talking dog!   Mal builds robots and jet packs and supposedly spent his summer building a rocket that he took into orbit (which makes it totally understandable that he's a little paranoid and mistakes his babysitter for a fed who's come after him). Here's a link to the first comic in the series that's posted online. (and I recommend you read them in order).

Tho, you could read just one out of order, and if so, it should be this one.

Scrabble Frames

I'm gonna be on the lookout for scrabble games at the thrift store from now on.

 

image from diyideas 

(unrelated side note: a small piece of green fun foam is hiding beneath my alt key.  great.)

Sophie Blackall

Oooh.  If you're up late because of a cold like I am, this might make you feel a little better about being awake.

 

This blog by one of my favorite illustrators (she illustrates Ivy and Bean books, and I get the books just to look at the pictures...ok.  I read the stories too...) showcases her illustrations of missed connections. 

I would have posted one of the illustrations here, but I'm a weenie and don't want to email her first to get the ok.  So here's the next best thing:  links to the pictures!

I love the knitting one and the collar one and the ice skating ones the best.  Her etsy site sells the prints for $40. Just sayin'.

--Lu

You would think that after a ten hour car ride I'd have thought of something to tell you--AND you'd be RIGHT!

If you come to Moo's house this is what greets you:

(Smitty drawn by Moo.  I told you she's good.)

And also, your camera will attempt to infect her computer when you start to download pictures.  But that's ok, because you can use my computer, which apparently, didn't even know it was infected.)

--Lu (the wannabe NaBloPoMoer)

Can You Guess What This Is About?

The papercut is entitled: Mother Said This Would Come To No Good  (click the link to find out...).


You can see the artist's blog here and the rest of the pieces in the gallery here.