Flower Friday!

Kawasaki origami roses...

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Fabric carnation heart...

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Spring hydrangea flower...

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Cupcake Liner flowers...

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Green Dog House

This is a pretty cool idea to do for your dog house!  It reminds me of this vertical garden I posted about; in fact it's pretty much the same idea huh?

Wedding Wednesday: Hanbok Beauties

 Hanbok : Traditional Korean dress consisting of a long sleeved, wrap-around blouse or jacket and a long, high-waisted voluminous skirt. 

Represents ideals of grace and modesty.

"Commoners" wore white for everyday and in vibrant colors for special occasions such as weddings and celebrations.

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Hanbok Lynn breaks away from that tradition but at the same time fuses and embraces it with modernity.  Its a fusion that I would argue still underlines the grace and modesty of the original Korean garment.

For more the official Hanbok Lynn site go here (it is all in Korean).

For image sources and to see more beautiful hanbok gowns go here or here!

Window Shopping Expedition: Modcloth

This coat...

This dress if it were about 15" longer...

This dress...

These prints by Hillary Bird....

This horse bag...

This panda ring...

Fashion Plates

Love this.  I really want all these outfits!

Mucha

Alphonse Mucha (al-FONSE MOO-kah) is one of my favorite artists of the 20th century ever.
I am not a student of art, I just like what I like for particular reasons.

Depiction of Poetry

Mucha was a Czechoslovakian who painted in the Art Nouveau style of the classic 1920's.  His work is readily identifiable and unique in his use of decorative elements of the decade such as curved arches, ornate styling, and "stained glass" effect.  While he came to fame in his lifetime due to his success in commercial work, his work enjoyed a resurgence in the psychedelic art of the 1960's as well.

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He was particularly prone to painting whimsical fairy-goddess like women in diaphanous gowns in the style of the 20's, lounging, pondering or floating about, surrounded by elements of movement and nature -- crowns of fragrant flowers in their hair, folds of fabric whipped about their body by an invisible wind, dipping their toes in luxurious perfumed rivers, long hair roiled in graceful curls, walking through a forest with boughs that sway and bend before their slightest touch to let these ladies pass.

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Maybe it's Mucha's proclivity to ethereal beauty, his elements of nature, the style of the 1920's, the stained glass effect of his painting technique or all or none of the above that calls to me.

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Mucha is best known for his series depicting women as different elements: the Seasons, the Arts, the Hours of Day, the Celestial Elements.

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Depiction of hours of the day

Depiction of the seasons

Too cute!

I couldn't resist this.  I feel like I want to make this kitty into a stitch pattern!

Flower Friday!

I feel like this is a rather varied assortment.

A giant fabric poppy...

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Felted brooch...

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Crepe paper flowers...

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Stunning Stitchery

As seen on Feeling Stitchy: this embroidery is stunning!

I can't figure out what I like more, the fabric it was stitched on, the color palette or the subject theme...

The pattern is free here, which I most definitely wanting to stitch up meself.

Wedding Wednesday: Giant Flowers Edition

I've mentioned before what a sucker I am for paper flowers.

For my wedding I dreamed of making lots and lots of paper flowers, giant ones everywhere.  Unfortunately reality intervened and we ended up putting together our wedding in 30 days!  I wouldn't trade it for anything but I have always been left with a lingering thought of "What would it have looked like?"

I think it would've looked a little like this wedding!

These giant paper poppies were actually on a Martha Stewart segment that I've posted about before.

Vertical Garden

I'm tempted by this hanging succulent garden, found here.
Even though I'm not a fan of succulents, I can appreciate that they are quite stunning for how low maintenance they are.  I'm not even a fan of things that are modular and modern.
But I really like how this just looks great and almost pixelated.

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Remember these ice cream ideas I posted about?

I found something else that almost naturally takes it to the next level: ice cream cake pops...

Surely you've checked out Bakerella haven't you?  I've been following the blog for quite a while and needless to say, so cute, even if I am gluten-free myself!