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Title: The Spirit Thief (The Legend Of Eli Monpress #1)
Author: Rachel Aaron
Publisher: Brilliance Audio Inc
Audiobook Publication Date: Sept 2010
Audiobook: 8 hrs & 19 mins
Narrator: Luke Daniels
Source: Own Copy
Reviewed by Laura
But not just any thief. He’s the greatest thief of the age – and he’s also a wizard. And with the help of his partners – a swordsman with the most powerful magic sword in the world but no magical ability of his own, and a demonseed who can step through shadows and punch through walls – he’s going to put his plan into effect.
The first step is to increase the size of the bounty on his head, so he’ll need to steal some big things. But he’ll start small for now. He’ll just steal something that no one will miss – at least for a while.
Like a king.(Goodreads)
The story is of two main characters. The cheeky and wildly charismatic Eli, who also happens to be a wanted thief and Miranda the spiritualist charged with tracking him down and apprehending him.
Both characters are polar opposites, with Miranda being a total stickler for the rules and Eli very much enjoying flaunting them to see just how much he can get away with. Eli is such a fab character he’s witty, cheeky and clever and despite the fact he is a notorious thief and a bit of a rogue, I loved that intrinsically he was still a good person.
Eli is like that friend of yours who despite the fact is always up to mischief and drives you a bit crackers, yet you still can’t help but like him. His mission is to increase the bounty on his head to a million gold coins and he glories in his notoriety. So what better way to increase this than to kidnap a King and hold him to ransom? Eli’s madcap plans are just hilarious and I couldn’t help but delight in that fact that he charmed himself through most of them too.
However, I really liked Miranda also, disciplined, honourable and determined. It’s her essential goodness that makes her who she is, and the banter between her and Eli never fails to amuse. Of course, when the real baddie comes into play you know the inevitable has to happen and they’re just going to have to team up for the greater good.
We never really get to the bottom of what drives Eli, why he is so obsessed with increasing the bounty in his head and I think we’ll have to wait for subsequent books in the series to really understand him.
The sidekicks in the book are also an interesting combination. Eli has Josef the expert swordsman and Nico a young girl with a demonseed inside of her and Miranda has a ghost-hound, a giant dog who can jump buildings and run faster than a horse is the best way I can describe him. All great characters in their own right. I found I wanted to learn more about them, particularly Josef and Nico.
A part of me was hoping for a sneaky, unorthodox love story between Eli and Miranda. But in retrospect I can see now that it wouldn’t have fitted in with the overall tone of the book. I think I’m just too much of a romantic at heart!
RATING: 7/10 – Very good, would definitely recommend.
1. The Spirit Thief
2. The Spirit Rebellion
3. The Spirit Eater


Azure Room – Room En Suite la Corte Assisi
The Blue Room of Room En suite Corte Assisi is minimal in structure and poetic in detail. Played in shades of blue and white. An old restored armchair, an old family trunk; the en suite bathroom has a shower. The room overlooks the beautiful alley of Santa Maria delle Rose.
The blue room can accommodate up to 2 people; are available: linen (towels, sheets), free wifi, use of the living room with equipped kitchen cabinet to prepare small breakfasts, books and music, heating, equipped outdoor terrace.


I am proud to announce the opening of an online store for our art studio. Bodamer | Studio features my photography and paintings which are available for purchase by anyone who is looking for a piece of fine art to add to their personal collection. We've updated the storefront on Etsy so that it is vibrant and eye catching in order to feature the artwork.
If you are looking for a new piece for yourself, or for someone else, please browse through the store. Additionally, if you would like to commission a piece, please contact me or send me a conversation through Etsy.
Additionally, the holidays are approaching and I would like to wish everyone a happy and safe holiday season! Here is a photo for the day...
2011 Family Portraits - I will be updating my portrait packages for 2011. If you have been thinking of updating your family portraits contact me to reserve a session for the new year. Session availability and dates are determined on a first come, first serve basis.
Call for Artists - The latest Allentown Chen Arts Group Show - Walking the Edge will be held for two weeks, from Jan. 22nd to Feb. 5th. It will be held at the Antonio Salemme Foundation at 542 Hamilton Street. This is a themed show of new work (produced in the last year). Please contact firstname.lastname@example.org if you would like to participate. The submission fee is $5 (for opening party and promotions costs.) Also we need people to sign up for committees to help during artwork drop-off, hanging, planning the opening party, publicity, etc. Include in your email if you are interested in volunteering. Posters for this show will soon be ready for distribution. More information on the Allentown Chen Arts Group.


Turn heads even when the lights go out with nails that are as eye-catching in the dark as they are in the light! Introducing the versatile Gelée 3in1 Glow Color Powder that radiates and glows in the dark.
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So I’ve been making tons of watercolor wreaths for my class on watercolor wreaths in Procreate, and I wanted to share a few of the finished products with you all as free downloads. You can use these in your digital planners to highlight a special day, goal, or milestone. If you’re not sure how to use them, check out this video where I show how I use them in my planner:
You can pick up the planner I use in this video as a free download here.
Adding some color to my planner just makes it so much more fun to use, so I’ve been making tons of planner stickers like these in Procreate. If you want to learn how to make your own watercolor wreaths in Procreate, check out my newest class:
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You may also like some of my other stickers, which you can get as free downloads here:


My children's favorite books: My 10 year old loves Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events. Although, she'll admit, they can get pretty convoluted. I think she likes the mystery of it all. My 7 year old is a wild fan of The BFG. That one is fun to read together.
An illustrator I adore: I'm a huge fan of Lane Smith. First of all, his work is stunning. Second, the man seems like he has a good sense of humor. I like that.
If my life were turned into a children's book the title would be: The Girl Who Loved it All. It'd feature a little girl who couldn't make up her mind about what she loved best. Her parents would pile her plate with food and she'd happily gobble it up, exclaiming "I love it all!" Until broccoli appeared. Because broccoli? Well, that I can't abide.
More Jennifer: Jennifer shares ideas, inspiration and her own family's adventures on Classic Play! It's filled with crafts, books, travel, art with an underlying thread of connecting with your kids through play. She and her mother and sister also run EBKRobots where they make and sell colorful robot softies.
(Images: Jennifer Cooper)


Kevin Bacon plays FBI agent, Jackie Rohr who takes on the city of Boston in this compelling crime drama. The story is based on Ben Affleck's movie, The Town, and he and Matt Damon serve as executive producers on this masterpiece of a show. Even though the storyline is fictional, some characters and events are also loosely based on things that occurred in Boston over the years. Most of the scenes are shot in Boston itself and captures the city and atmosphere very well. These include the school scenes, bar scenes, and many of the street scenes. Location manager Ryan cook has said some scenes in the future episodes were also filmed in New York.
What sets the show apart from other crime shows is the brave and somewhat eccentric characters, Rohr and Ward, who both battle addictions and issues of their own, but are able to join forces and make one incredible team. The duo's main nemesis is a gang of masked armed robbers who are ruthless to the core. Both Ward and Rohr leave no stone unturned when it comes to their cases and hitting the streets to take on the dangerous and havoc-causing criminals. The show is known for its dark tone and perfectly captures the crime life in the city.
Actors Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge talk about their character dynamics on the show. Listen it's really good.
More great and accomplished actors form part of the cast, these include Jonathan Tucker (Westworld), Mark 'O Brian and Jullian Noel Hennesy (Law and Order).
Here's the riveting promo of season 2. You don't want to miss the action this season brings.
City on A Hill season 2 begins on 20 September at 21:40 on M-Net City.


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Luz Camino one of a kind 'Flower Vase' brooch from the Flower vase Collection presented at Bergdorf Goodman in 2010.
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A pair of "drip"abstract paintings by New York City Artist Erin McParland. Born in 1963 in Ridgewood, NJ, McParland received her BFA from Pratt Institute and worked as a graphic designer and art director before returning to painting. The surfaces of her paintings combine shimmering, matte and metallic colors to achieve a complex surface that interacts with the eye. Measurements of Each Canvas: 6 feet high by 4 feet wide.
An abstract oil on canvas painting by American artist Jean Sampson. The piece is rendered in pale oranges and deep purples and is dated, signed and titled on the reverse.
Modern bronze and cast aluminum menorah by Oded Halahmy, titled 'My Own Light', created in 2010.
Modern bronze and cast aluminum menorah by Oded Halahmy, titled 'Archway Holding Palm', created in 2010.
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SILVER LODE may be the finest western that RKO released in the mid-1950s. With expert and taut scripting, high production values (it's one of producer Benedict Bogeaus' best), excellent direction under the veteran Allan Dwan, this little oater also has two of the best performances of its two male leads: John Payne and Dan Duryea. Payne, a veteran of numerous Westerns for Paramount [e.g., EL PASO and THE EAGLE AND THE HAWK] and Republic [e.g., THE ROAD TO DENVER], here turns in a tour de force as the innocent, but hunted and accused hero. He is very fine indeed, his lines crisply given, adding to the mounting tension. Duryea, one of Hollywood's finest "bad guys," almost outdoes Payne; Duryea is simply studpendous. The final scene between the two--in the town bell tower--is quite striking and remarkable.
Secondary starring roles are filled with some very competent Hollywood veterans---Robert Warwick, Emile Meyer as the town sheriff, Harry Carey Jr. and Alan Hale Jr. as members of Dan Duryea's "posse." Lisbeth Scott is Payne's love interest; she's does quite well.
VCI has given us a fine, clean print, and attaches the original trailer at the end, along with bios of the leading actors, all very helpful.
Silver Lode is the kind of movie that will repay watching from time to time. It is way above average as oaters go. Recommended highly both to those interested in good Western fare and, yes, to others interested simply in good cinema.


By Nestor U. Torre
For some strange reason, a number of people are making too big of a loud deal of Karla Estrada’s decision to audition for “The Voice.” Daniel Padilla’s feisty mom made it to the singing tilt’s “blind audition” phase, but none of the competition’s mentors turned their chairs for her, so Karla’s critics or dissers are sardonically concluding that she was “napahiya”—and, by maternal association, also her son.
By Nestor Corrales
In recognition of the Philippines’ stature as a promising area in mounting huge productions of live entertainments, hit Disney musical “Beauty and the Beast” will be staged in Manila in January 2015.
Sony Channel will launch new and exciting shows this October.
Apart from Khavn de la Cruz’s “Ruined Heart: Another Love Story Between a Criminal and a Whore” in the main competition, two more Filipino films will be screened at the Tokyo International Film Festival.
Filipino filmmaker Anna Isabelle Matutina’s “Magdalena” is competing in the Asian Vision section of the Taiwan International Film Festival, which will be held from Oct. 9 to 19. The docu, shown at the Wiesbaden (Germany) film fest last year, focuses on a traditional midwife who struggles to make ends meet and care for a pregnant daughter who’s afflicted with leukemia.


Intricate vintage earrings in a gold tone metal with filigree design and six individual micro coins hanging from each one. Clip on style. Each earring measures approx 3” x 1”. In very good vintage condition. From our range of vintage jewellery, vintage earrings and 60s vintage.


This Miracle Message is from
the Benevolent Ones
Angels of light we hail to thee and sing to thee the song of songs.
Surrounded by your loving presence, the world unites and discovers its soul-song
To offer an energy that is gifted with unification is a journey that is filled
So many energies are present on your world now, and yet the illusion of "a
world" is diminishing in the dawn of the Universal world.
For one who is captive in density, there seems to be so many choices, energies,
actions, options and challenges.
Yet, to the one who is free from the density and offering the energy of loving
presence, all of these distractive energies release themselves.
Through this release the unification begins.
Release does not mean to let go of your life experience and the navigation of
the energy of this world.
Indeed, it does mean to harness the freedom of your soul-song as a divine gift
that can be offered into the Universal world.
And so it begins…again…with great power and energy.
The awakening to the freedom of presence while still in form,
The dance of the beloved that is not distracted by the energy of confusion,
And the embrace of the lover that is singing the gift of a soul-song in a world
that is unifying.
We celebrate you…
And so it is.
This week’s sentence stem for Miracle Journaling is:
As I reflect upon myself as part of a Universal World, what I notice is…….


Interview with Lily of Lily's Emporium!
Q. Tell us a little about you and Lily's Emporium
I myself am Lily, a girl that doesn't take anything seriously! I established Lily's Emporium in January 2010 when I finally plucked up the courage to spread my work across the web. I make anything! Jewellery, hats, cuffs, pillows, paintings, cosplay costumes and accessories... people ask me to make stuff and I try to make it for them!
Q. Where in the world are you based?
I'm based in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. I'm a city girl!
Q. What made you start crafting and making jewellery?
I've been doing it for as long as I can remember. When I was really young I'd rip up my Barbie's old clothes then sew parts together and make them new outfits. I only recently started making jewellery this year, but I've been sewing and knitting since as far back as I can remember. I love it, it's something I can get lost in and just forget about the world for a while.
I love making jewellery that I've always wanted to see! I can remember searching everywhere for a Pokemon necklace and when I started the Emporium I was like, "you know what, I'll make it for myself!!". Necklaces are my favourite items to make, although I love making new rings and hats too!
Q. What are your most popular items on your website?
My pikachu hats! They're cheap, good quality and are SO comfortable, I've just sold my last one again; this is the third batch of them! Another thing I've always wanted yet never found one I liked until I made it!
Q. Who or what is your inspiration?
I take inspiration from everything, mostly things I loved during my childhood. I get epiphanies when I'm talking to people and I'll say, "hold on, I just had a great idea...". Even whilst writing this I just had an amazing idea for a set of necklaces! I'm a total geek so I get inspiration from all the geeky little things I like. My main inspirations are my two passions in life: science and animals! I love the Japanese pop culture too, a lot of stuff inspired by these things are coming soon!
Q. Where would you like to see yourself in 5 years time?
I'd like to be a bit more established in the crafting industry. As much as I love it, I never want it to be a full time job, it would take all the fun out of it. I want to be a scientist, but I'd never give up crafting for the world! It earns me some extra money during the summer and keeps me occupied when I'm bored! I love what my little hobby has become and I can't wait for it to grow, I want people to adore my jewellery and anticipate new creations from me. My greatest ambition for Lily's Emporium would be to have cute little high street boutiques stocking my jewellery or maybe even a shop of my own, but a girl can dream for the time being right?


Canto Sixty-Two – In Lester’s Flower Garden
Sizzahl came running into the Arboretum as fast as her feet would work. She slammed the door behind her. Lester and Brekka both looked up startled. Lester’s two extra heads also looked, as did sixty-five buds whom Lester had started growing to feed his/her friends and provide more plant-people as well.
“What’s the matter, Sizzahl?” asked Brekka trying to rub sleep out of her eyes.
“Uncle Makk is trying to kill me.”
“Oh, yes! That reminds me. Lester told me that he was a clone with robot programming. I meant to tell you all about it.”
“Thanks, Brekka. That definitely would’ve been useful to know a bit sooner.” Sizzahl was smiling a grim, determined smile.
“What do you want me to do now, Sizzahl? Lester said I should eat Makkhain myself.”
“Ah, please don’t do that, Brekka.”
“Yeah, good. Thank you. But maybe Lester can help by eating him for me.”
“Um, no. I love him, even if he isn’t really my uncle. I may let him win and destroy this planet. Maybe he and the other Galtorrians are right. Maybe we don’t deserve to live. Maybe this planet needs to be rid of us.”
At that moment Alden and Gracie came in through a door that led to the sleeping nests. Both of them were nude again, but both were breathing hard and looked determined. Both had obviously heard what Sizzahl had just told Brekka.
“No, Sizzahl. You won’t let the bad guys win. You have to fight for what is good. You are good, and we love you.” After gasping out her impassioned speech, Gracie bent over and grabbed her knees. She seemed a bit short of air.
Alden, also breathing like he’d run a marathon, didn’t say a word until he had reached Sizzahl and put both arms around her neck. He hugged her.
“You are like a daughter to us. You even made more children for us. You have to be here to help us raise them.”
Sizzahl wept. She hugged Alden fiercely. And Gracie came to them both to put her arms around both and turn it into a family group hug.
“Together. We belong here more than we ever belonged on Earth. We stand together for whatever comes next,” said Gracie.
Brekka felt Lester wrap a leaf around her as if he or she or it was also giving a hug.


Join me at the wonderful Miami Book Fair! My panel is on Sunday the 24th at 3:30PM.
11/24/2019 3:30 p.m.
Miami Book Fair
Room 6100 (Bldg. 6, 1st Floor)
Emily Skaja, Yanyi, Sally Wen Mao
Emily Skaja's debut collection of poems is a fiery, hypnotic book that confronts the dark questions and menacing silences around gender, sexuality, and violence., "In The Year of Blue Water, Yanyi's poems weave experiences of immigration as a Chinese American, of racism, of mental wellness, and of gender from a queer and trans perspective In her collection of poems, Oculus, Sally Wen Mao explores exile not just as a matter of distance and displacement, but as a migration through time and a reckoning with technology.


Labor Day Weekend was full of sun, fun, friends, and dancin'...I will have a bit of a summer recap later next week, along with a summery new drawing.
But here is a quick idea:
|Baby pool at the beach house, fro yo, and Braziliant Essie nail polish|
|Marg & Bud...best double fisting ever.|
|My face when I realized my BFF was coming from NYC to spend a few days with us. Myspace?!|
|Last Reggae Sunday at the Golden Inn for the summer :(|
This short week, I had to forgo a BodyCombat class in order to head to the mall in search of a dress for a wedding we are attending in VA this weekend. No luck, but I have a few back ups that I have hardly worn.
What I did find, though, is my perfect pair of fall/winter boots. In order to not fall into my yearly seasonal depression, I decided to splurge and put them on hold 'til next week so I could sleep on it...but pretty sure by next Thursday, these babies will be MINE (aaand leather-stretched at Nordstrom - so cool they do that! - for my Herculean calves)!
|I'm in <3|
Today I took a BodyCombat class followed by a BodyFlow class...first time taking it, and even though I am a self-proclaimed yoga snob, I was a big fan! Nice combo of yoga and pilates and I definitely felt the burn. The Les Mills crew really knows what they're doin'!!! I'd love to train to be an instructor once things settle down a bit for me over here.
Soon, I will have lots of workout options...yoga classes at my studio, Les Mills classes at my gym, runs with the pupper...I may even brave the weight room again. Plus, my yoga instructors are opening a second studio next month in the town that I work in, with more rooms, instructors, and classes, so I am pumped to see what their new schedule will be. Pilates and BarreSculpt will be offered there by one of my favorite instructors, so that is exciting. I also got a Groupon a while back for a bunch of classes at a power yoga studio in the city that I'm pumped to try.
This all makes my head spin...I better get a rough schedule down!
Gonna put this bad boy to use.
Also...Pinterest? Amazing. What another great way to organize.
I replicated this, found on a friend's board:
And I am about to spend my night doing it again!
You can follow me on Pinterest here.
Since I don't have much time for a Throwback Thursday today, I will instead leave you with this throwback:
Happy 30th birthday, JTT. You were the love of my life that never was.
|Oh, for me???|
Imagine my surprise when months later I received an autographed picture from him in the mail. He loved the card! Then imagine my surprise (and disappointment) when I realized the signature was in fact a stamp. Thanks a lot, JTT Fan Club, for teasing me like that.
Off to Philly this weekend to watch Coop's band and then a wedding in VA with some fun, fun people! See you next week with some freshy drawings!


ART: Shipping Containers Painted With Greek God and Goddess Murals by Pichi & Avo Spanish street art duo, Pichi & Avo’s participation in the North West Walls street art festival in Belgium resulted in this staggering, jaw-dropping mural.
Although the organizers didn’t want graffiti (seeing it as an open invitation for anybody with a spray can), the artist bombarded a wall with Miami-centric tags and then whited everything out except for the BELIEVE, elevating the everyday.
flower steps in Ewha, Korea That was one thing that was really cool in Korea. They had beautiful murals all over the place! All of the walls around the military bases had murals, sides of buildings usually had murals… It was just beautiful!


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July Issue 2010
Caldwell Memorial Hospital in Lenoir, NC, Features Works by Toni Indicott
The Caldwell Memorial Hospital in Lenoir, NC, will present an exhibit of works by Toni Indicott, sponsored by the Caldwell Arts Council, on view in the Art in Healing Gallery, from July 1 through Sept. 30, 2010.
Indicott is a Lenoir watercolorist who loves painting rural America. Beautiful barns, boats, churches, skies, trees and landscapes are the main body of her work.
Indicott is a member of the Brush and Palette Club in Lenoir and a member of the Wednesday Morning Painters at the Abingdon Arts Depot in Abingdon VA. Her work has been shown at the Highlands Festival; she is involved with the 606 State Street Gallery in Bristol, TN, as a showing member.
Indicott was a recipient of the Stevens Family Scholarship in 2009, and has participated for three years in the Artists Alley Show in Blowing Rock, NC. With no "formal" training, she began painting 5-1/2 years ago, while studying with Harry Thompson, Janet Rogers, Steve Rogers, Robert Heke, and Gerald Brommer.
The Art in Healing Gallery
is located just inside the Mulberry Street entrance to Caldwell
Memorial Hospital in Lenoir.
For further information check our NC Institutional Gallery listings, call the Arts Council at 828/754-2486 or visit (www.caldwellarts.com).
Carolina Arts is published monthly by Shoestring Publishing Company, a subsidiary of PSMG, Inc. Copyright© 2010 by PSMG, Inc., which published Charleston Arts from July 1987 - Dec. 1994 and South Carolina Arts from Jan. 1995 - Dec. 1996. It also publishes Carolina Arts Online, Copyright© 2010 by PSMG, Inc. All rights reserved by PSMG, Inc. or by the authors of articles. Reproduction or use without written permission is strictly prohibited. Carolina Arts is available throughout North & South Carolina.


Fallen in Love: A Fallen Novel in Stories (Compact Disc)
What makes your heart race a little faster? It's the"USA Today"bestselling"Fallen in Love," four wholly originalstories collected in a novel set in the Middle Ages by #1"New York Times"bestselling authorLauren Kate."Fallen in Love"gives fans the much-talked about but never-revealed stories of Fallen characters as they intertwine with the epic love story of Luce and Daniel. The stories include: "Love Where You Least Expect It: The Valentine of Shelby and Miles;" "Love Lessons: The Valentine of Roland;" "Burning Love: The Valentine of Arriane;" and "Endless Love: The Valentine of Daniel and Lucinda."
"From the Hardcover edition.
About the Author
Justine Eyre is a classically trained actress who has narrated over three hundred audiobooks. With a prestigious Audie Award and four AudioFile Earphones Awards under her belt, Justine is multilingual and is known for her great facility with accents.


Day Trip to Ashburton and Timaru
We would like to invite all our Friends to join us this summer as we go south to visit the newly-opened Ashburton Art Gallery and the Aigantighe Art Gallery in Timaru.
For many of us it will be first look at the Ashburton gallery, where the main exhibition is Nigel Brown’s I AM/WE ARE, showing many of his iconic text enriched works. In Timaru, the Aigantighe is showing Painter, Euan Macleod’s first major touring exhibition. New Zealand-born and now Australia-based, Macleod has won several major Australian art awards, including the Archibald Prize. Toured by the Tauranga Art Gallery, the works ‘take us on a journey not only through the physical landscape but also through states of mind and being’. So come and join us for an enjoyable day out with the Friends. More details to come.
$75 cost includes transport, morning tea, lunch and entry to the galleries.
Register your interest at email@example.com


About the Film
The third in a series of films featuring François Truffaut's alter-ego, Antoine Doinel, Stolen Kisses begins with Antoine being discharged from the army on disciplinary grounds. While resuming his on-again, off-again relationship with Christine, he takes on a series of jobs, including a position assisting a private detective. Things begin to get complicated when he finds himself falling for Mme Tabard, his employer’s wife, as he has to decide about Christine and his future. Stolen Kisses was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 41st Academy Awards and the 26th Golden Globe Awards.


Amazing Agent Luna Vol. 11 (Paperback)
Seven Seas, 9781626920903, 180pp.
Publication Date: September 22, 2015
Grown in a lab from the finest genetic material, fifteen-year-old Luna Collins has been trained all her life by a covert government agency as the ultimate espionage agent. But now, the Agency has created an even deadlier super-soldier whose mission is to eliminate Luna and replace her as its newest agent.
Plotlines past, present, and future all collide in this final installment of Seven Seas' longest-running original series!
About the Author
Nunzio DeFilippis, along with his wife Christina Weir are a writing team who have worked in television for such series as HBO’s Arli$$. They have worked in the American comic book industry on New Mutants and New X-Men. They live in Southern California.
Christina Weir, along with her husband, Nunzio DeFilippis are a writing team who have worked in television for such series as HBO’s Arli$$. They have worked in the American comic book industry on New Mutants and New X-Men. They live in Southern California.
Shiei is the artist for Aoi House. She is the most prolific Original English Language manga artist in the US, having completed 3 volumes of Aoi House and 4 volumes of Amazing Agent Luna so far. Shiei resides in Southern California.
Praise For Amazing Agent Luna Vol. 11…
“Cleanly spaced visuals and an anime-ready sense of character design make this a fun and fast read.” —ANIME NEWS NETWORK
“An addictive storyline with some truly amazing artwork.” —NEO
“An altogether entertaining read.” —NEWTYPE USA


A Co-Production with Roundabout Theatre Company
“English Only.” This is the mantra that rules one classroom in Iran, where four adult students are preparing for the TOEFL — the Test of English as a Foreign Language. Chasing fluency through a maze of word games, listening exercises, and show-and-tell sessions, they hope that one day, English will make them whole. But it might be splitting them each in half.
Directed by Knud Adams
Scenic Design by Marsha Ginsberg
Costume Design by Enver Chakartash
Lighting Design by Reza Behjat
Sound Design by Sinan Refik Zafar
Featuring: Tala Ashe, Ava Lalezarzadeh, Pooya Mohseni, Marjan Neshat, Hadi Tabbalatlantictheater.org


Taleim Edwards (Clarinet and Saxophone). Hawthorn East VIC 3123, Australia. Graduate of New Zealand School of Music with Honours, looking for people keen to play #ChamberMusic. Keen for wind quintets, sonatas with pianist, sax quartets, clarinet quintets - pretty much anything #classical! Have many years of experience and happy to source music, arrange concerts etc.


August Brides can breathe a sigh of relief; Just because you’re getting Married during the Australian winter, it doesn’t mean you’re have to be limited when it comes to picking from an array of stunning, colourful and in-season flowers for your bouquet!
Sticking to in-season blooms can save you money and it means you’ll have the freshest floral produce to choose from, so take our advice and consider these gorgeous August-ready flowers.
The Camellia is known as the ‘Queen of Winter Flowers’ and it’s no surprise why. These big, waxy and full blooms come in a rainbow of romantic colours, including white, crimson, pink, coral and watermelon. This flower is also the signature of the classic Mademoiselle Coco Chanel perfume, making it a timeless and elegant option for August Brides.
Photography by Ashleigh Jayne.
Ranunculas are one of the trendiest flowers of the year, with their full rounded heads featuring folds upon folds of petals. These blooms come in white, pink, purple and plum, as well as a two-toned look.
Photography by Heather Bliss.
This small cluster of flowers are renowned for their gorgeous sweet scent and beautiful white, pink, orange, blue or violet colour.
Image from Tribal Rose Flowers.
4. Sweet Peas
The sweet pea symbolises ‘blissful pleasure’ and has a lolly-like scent paired with ruched blossoms. These are an old-fashion favourite for Wedding bouquets and come in pink, white and lilac.
Photography by Kate Crabtree Photography.
This is a star-shaped flower with petals surrounding a raised-bud which can be found in light green tones and deep burgundy or violet shades. Pair the Hellebore with lilacs or roses for a whimsical, romantic looking bouquet!
Image from Elizabeth Anne Designs.
6. Cherry Blossoms
These flowers let us know that spring is on the way with their delicate pink, fuchsia and blush-coloured petals. These blooms are the floral symbol of Japan and can give your Wedding a pretty, oriental feel. Representing love, affection and good fortune, Cherry Blossoms can be used as part of a huge statement floral arrangement, or as accents to smaller bouquets.
Image from Martha Stewart.
In Greek mythology, Daphne was the female nymph who stole the heart of the god Apollo and, because of this, she was turned into a delicate, petite flower to protect her from his advances. The Daphne is a cluster of tiny pink blossoms with yellow centres and, because they aren’t one of the most common flowers to use in a bouquet, they’re guaranteed to set your Wedding apart!
Image from Springwell Gardens.
Main image from Parisa and Hryer’s Wedding. Photography by Duke Photography.


The A in A_dontigny stands for Aimé, and he is a free noise composer from Canada. His name may ring a bell or two for his involvement in Napalm Jazz (not reviewed in Vital Weekly), morceaux_de_machines (see Vital Weekly 338 and 454), or his duet CD with Diane Labrosse (see Vital Weekly 384). Quite a busy man, but he never made a solo recording and Geisteswissenschaften is his first solo excursion. He gets help from various people on guitar, cello and bass, but by and large it’s a solo work indeed. What exactly A_dontigny plays himself then? That is perhaps a bit harder to answer, but perhaps it’s safe to say that it’s a multitude of precorded sources - meaning vinyl, CDs, mini discs, computer files of existing material that he treats through further computer processing, electronic effects and such like. He may add highly fucked up rhythm machines and/or samplers of any kind, but the end result is quite a fascinating journey through the world of today: we zap around, on TV, on the net, and we get a true bombardment of sound and images - here only sound. A world that would drive a lot of people crazy, or in fact it perhaps already did. Much better it would be to sit down and enjoy A_dontigny’s release. Turn off the TV, switch of computers and let yourself sink back in this crazy world that is madness enough for those who really want to listen. A_dontigny crosses the world with crazy sounds, and an interesting mixture of techniques to approach the world: musique concrète like, noise based and improvised in playing. It all can be done. If the previous releases by morceaux_de_machines were something you liked, then this new release by one half will appeal to you too: it’s by no means half as good; it easily matches the duo.


“Summer to me is a song, a season, and a melody that lives inside me. A feeling that surfaces when you see the sun shining, the breeze blowing, the birds singing- that tenderness for me is Summer”, says Priyanka Gupta, the brain behind the label SUMMER by Priyanka Gupta.
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Cherub Violin Pickup CP-60V
Vibration sensor, easy to attach to your violin.
Classic ceramic piezo-electric Violin pickup with 1-meter cable. 1/4 in (6.3mm) plug.
Designed especially for clipping in the sound hole, easy to clip on and take off.
This pickup is able to pick up the original tone of your instrument regardless of any background noise.
- Reproduces the natural sound of a violin to an amp or PA set up.
- Clips into the "F" hole.
- No battery needed.


It’s funny how one album can have so much of an impact on somebody’s life. While I’d always grown up listening to music – it was normally my Dad’s music that I listened to. Yes, that went to the extremes of KISS, Black Sabbath and range of other 1970s and 1980s hard rock. But Ugly Kid Joe was probably the first band that I discovered truly on my own.
I still remember it I was walking through the main shopping mall of Devonport, Tasmania and as we walked past the local radio station’s studios that faced out onto the mall they were playing a new track – Ugly Kid Joe’s ‘Cats In The Cradle’. I fell in love with it straight away and just had to have it – so I saved up for it and a couple of weeks later America’s Least Wanted became the first album I bought on CD and not on cassette.
Now with Ugly Kid Joe coming to Australia to do the entire America’s Least Wanted album live on stage, I caught up with lead singer, Whitfield Crane, who wasn’t on the other side of the world like I thought… but was instead chilling in Fitzroy – an inner suburb of Melbourne.
“I guess you would call me a lucky man,” laughs Crane when I ask how he feels about being the man behind one of Rocks most iconic albums. “We were all about 23 or 24 when we made that album with producer Mark Dodson in a studio in North Hollywood. You know it was quite a ride for us, it was this extreme experience and it took us right around the world which was a good thing.”
As our chat goes on he admits that part of the reason that he wanted to re-do America’s Least Wanted as part of an Australian tour is how much he loves Australia… it’s here he tells me that he is in Fitzroy right as we speak. “You know what, man I love it here,” he says. “I knew that I wanted to be in Australia and I knew that this was a good year to celebrate that record… it is twenty-five years old this year… it is amazing that it has been that long, anyway. The way I looked it at was ‘well why don’t we start this thing up in Australia?’ We are going to do it in Europe in April so I thought ‘why don’t we do it in Australia while we can because I love this country?’ I’ve lived in Australia earlier this year, and I’m back now because I love it here in Australia. So I figured why not do the tour in my f**king home.”
I asked Crane what he loves about Australia and he quickly answers. “I love the people,” he says. “I’ve spent most of my time in Melbourne and here I love the people and I love the vibrant music scene. You can see any style that you want, you can see jazz, you can see death metal, rock, acoustic… whatever you like. It’s such a great place and I mean I started coming to Australia in the early 90s but I never had the time to stay. But I do feel that California and Australia have a lot in common, and everybody that I have ever met from Australia is fun and full of life. I love those qualities in people so I want to be around that… so here I am. I’ve actually just started a band here and recorded an album at Hothouse Studios in St Kilda… so yeah I’ve created a brand new band called Yellow Cake.”
When our talk turns back to America’s Least Wanted I ask Crane what it’s like going back and revisiting songs from 25 years ago. “It’s super familiar,” he says after thinking for a moment. “You know you look around at everybody on stage and think this is familiar. Like we just toured for two months in Europe and had this really great time. We went all over the place and yeah it takes a little bit of time to get your groove on, but when it comes to playing the tracks off America’s Least Wanted yeah it feels so familiar. That was our big record and it meant that we got to tour with people like Ozzy Osbourne and Motorhead, it reminds us of that and that is cool. The songs still hold up, as we’re playing them I look around and see that everybody is still having a good time and they are all digging it.”
That leads toaskingk whether or not when Ugly Kid Joe were recording America’s Least Wanted whether the band knew at the time that they were making something special. “No… not at all,” says Crane. “To be honest we were just trying to finish it. We were on Mercury Records and we’d just come off a kind of successful EP and they just wanted us in the studio and making a full length record. So we were really just trying to finish the thing because they wanted it out while we still on a roll, and we were like kids we didn’t know what we were involved in so we were just trying to get it done. Like we put ‘Cats In The Cradle’ on the record just to fill the record. It got to the point where we didn’t have enough songs to finish America’s Least Wanted for it to be a full length record and we were sitting around and we said ‘what about Cats In The Cradle? Yeah let’s do that.’ That was just to fill the record it was never supposed to be a single and then this radio station in Texas started playing it and all of a sudden it was #1… it became a big song. And sometimes I think the best things in life are like that, we weren’t trying to do something crazy we were just kids making a record and having to work. So no… we didn’t know anything.”
With that little shock wave settling in I ask Crane what made him chose ‘Cats In The Cradle’ as a song to cover and whether or not they have got tired playing the ‘hits’ over the years. “That was a song that I used to listen to on vinyl with my sister,” he explains. “It is one of the first songs I can ever remember hearing when I was a little boy. I would sneak into my sister’s room and she would have a little record player, and we would have to be quiet so that our parents didn’t hear us, but we would play it over and over… we loved it. I just loved the song, the band went along with it and we just chucked it on the album. I’ll be perfectly honest though, it was good to let go of it for 15 years. By the time 1995 came around I just wanted to be heavy and do stuff from Menace To Sobriety because that’s what I wanted to do. But now I’m like, wait that thing is cool and now we as a band get to go back and do these songs that people love. That’s all I want to do, make music, tour around the world and make people happy.”
Ugly Kid Joe are on tour in Australia during December.
UGLY KID JOE TOUR DATES:
Sunday 3 December – Manning Bar, Sydney 18+
Monday 4 December – The Zoo, Brisbane – 18+
Wednesday 6 December – Capitol, Perth – 18+
Thursday 7 December – Fowlers, Adelaide – 18+
Saturday 9 December – Croxton Bandroom, Melbourne – 18+


Had a lovely time at Angel images! Angela was very welcoming and was excellent with the kids.The studio was gorgeous and kids had a great afternoon! The Photographs from the shoot are absolutely stunning! I will definitely be back for more. I highly recommend this photographer to anyone looking to get their kids pictures taken, you most definitely won’t be disappointed! Many thanks again Angela!


The Underwater Tree
There was an underwater tree with spindly thin arms
An underwater tree that breathed like most trees could only dream of
a special sort of specimen that sat beneath the waves:
who wouldn't be fascinated? Who wouldn't be surprised?
Who wouldn't want to store this treasure in their home?
“Step right up every body” said a sales man in a suit and slacks
“Get your own underwater tree, beautiful rare and black.
No no just you wait, they come in many colors and shapes”
And he showed a few to a fascinated group, which OOO-ed and AAAH-ed
and threw their money into the air with joy.
The underwater trees which always bloomed in tribes grew fewer
As people continued to take and never give back in return;
They killed the fish who tended to the trees' fields
and spread their filth into the seas, until the plants fell sick and scarce.
If you wonder how this could be and how so many can
kill so freely, and not respect this wonderful tree, on whose branches froth a world of life,
if you cannot understand, I do not blame you, as no one can
morally say such an act is within our human right.
Nowadays the trees still stand, grouped together on sandy ground
whether in deep or shallow seas, trying to live out their tree-lives
haunted by unrest and danger, a chemical foe disguised as a friend
a culprit for bringing an entire universe to a universal end.
2011 Moira G. Gallaga©


Filed under Black Friday Sale 2016, Collage Sheets, Giveaways, Layered Ornaments Kit, Newsletters, Teri Calia
Hooray! It’s day 3 of this holiday weekend sale! FREE shipping on orders over $50 (for orders shipping to USA) now through Monday, November 28th.
That Silver Snowflake Charm Set at right is also included in today’s Giveaway! The sale ends Monday night, November 28th at midnight PST!
Yay! More Christmas ornaments! There are eight new designs of Round Chipboard Ornament Layers Sets — and 2 of my favorites are in this kit:
- Flying Sleigh Ornament Layers
- Hanging Stockings Ornament Layers (how cute it that? A cat is putting up his/her Christmas stocking!)
Each of the ornament sets includes 2 laser-cut chipboard shapes (and clear plastic low-profile domes) to make an ornament that you can put glitter, sequins, micro beads (slices of polymer canes?) inside!
Or you can put paper behind that silhouette (which allows you to use 2 silhouettes (one on each side of the ornament) or a different collage sheet image on the flipside).
And here’s what Teri said after making those cute samples: “I love making them, it’s easy and fun!”
PLUS this kit includes TWO new collage sheets! Both have 2-1/2″ diameter circles that fit the Chipboard Ornament Layer Sets.
Snowy Winter Day Ornaments Collage Sheet
Aw… look at all those cuties! I chose images of kids (or Santa) outside in the snow. So you can add glitter as faux snow to shake around in your ornaments. Plus some phrases to layer overtop from vintage postcards (and that holly bow fits perfectly over the top edge of any of the circles, with a few bits of leaves overlapping onto the image).
Gnome & Mushroom Ornaments Collage Sheet
A slightly different take on Christmas (and very cute)! Tons of images of gnomes getting ready for Christmas. I particularly like the ones with a tiny gnome pushing or rolling a mushroom almost as big as he is.
More info, photos and artwork are on the Round Layered Ornaments Kit page.
Learn more in Teri’s post and don’t forget to come back as tons of items from Teri’s Supply List are included in today’s Giveaway!
Highlights of Today's New Goodies - ALL on Sale! View All
Psst! Did you see the adorable new things in yesterday's newsletter?
Let’s start with THE NEW KIT! That includes 2 collage sheets, 2 sets of ornaments, ribbons & glitter!
Next: that Silver Snowflake Charm Set I mentioned above.
Then, these items from Teri’s Christmas Shaker Ornaments Supply List:
- Holly Berry Garland
- Lacquered Holly & Berry Picks
- Large Snowflake Sequin Mix
- Mushrooms – Red
- Polymer Clay Red Swirl Peppermint Cane
- 5mm Star Sequins
- Dimensional Snow Writer (I love the way it looks just piled onto that gnome ornament!)
To enter the Christmas Ornaments Giveaway drawing all you have to do is leave a comment BELOW on this blog post TODAY OR TOMORROW (the deadline is 11:59 pm PST, MONDAY, November 28, 2016)! AND tell me: Which one of the new ornaments is your favorite?
Don’t forget to leave your (hello! correct) email address, too, so I can contact the winner; your email address does not need to be made public. Note: I’m offering free shipping, too, but only within the USA. International shipping will still apply.
Please be patient! Spammers try to post crap here a lot so comments are moderated. So if you don’t see your post in the comments section, be patient and check back in a few hours before re-posting it, please!
After midnight, I’ll randomly pick the winner (via Random.org). So check your mailbox on Thursday morning to see who won and for the next Newsletter & Giveaway!
Hey, who won the Dollhouse Christmas Giveaway? That would be Lindy! Congrats! Check your email for more info.


The HBO series Game of Thrones premiered for the first time in 2011. Nearly a decade later, the medieval fantasy returned on April 14. The eighth season premiere has been marked on many people’s calendars for months, and it is safe to say the final premiere did not disappoint the fans of the beloved series.
The Game of Thrones series writers David Benioff and D. B. Weiss adopted the story from George R. R. Martin’s fantasy book series A Song of Ice and Fire. Martin published the first book of the series called Game of Thrones in 1996.
Game of Thrones is set on the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos, and in their world, seasons last longer than a few months – they last for decades. When the story begins, a decade-long summer is finishing up, and winter is approaching as characters battle to claim the Iron Throne. The Iron Throne is the seat of the king of the Seven Kingdoms, the chair that rules all but the northern tip of Westeros.
Game of Thrones is known for its foul language, gory content and the thrill of who will take the Iron Throne. The eighth season premiere did not hold back on any of the drama’s known aspects and relentlessly opened more drama.
The best way to describe the show without giving away many spoilers is that the show is divided into three major plot lines. The first covers the battles between the lords living on the continent of Westeros. They are the families of the Baratheon, Lannister and Stark houses, and they all are fighting one another for the Iron Throne.
The second follows the rise of Daenerys Targaryen, the last member of an exiled family as she builds an army in the land of Essos to reclaim the throne.
The third plot takes place in the North of Westeros among the Night’s Watch, that is a small army of rejects and outlaws that guards a 300-mile-long, 70-foot-tall ice wall that protects the rest of the continent from the mythical creatures that lurk there.
Seasons one through six have 10 episodes that are about an hour long and the seventh season finished with only seven episodes. The eighth and final season of Game of Thrones will only have six episodes. HBO announced the run times for all six episodes that have been confirmed, with the final episode being 80 minutes long.
The series has never been shy about killing off characters with huge roles in the drama. The final season cleverly brought the anticipation of who is going to survive the longest and finish the series as the ruler of the realm, but it is still unclear which direction of the series is leaning on. This final season is looking to be a very interesting and heart throbbing one for fans.
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THIS IS A PRETTY NEAT TOOL.
i was planning on doing this in zbrush but the resukts were so fast....i stayed here.
i will do the z brush concepting technique...i think this here is a little too free form and it makes me fear going to far from my intended design all due to it's ease of use...thats not to say the experience cant Push it further considering theres redo undo so you cant go but so far without saying hey wait a second! I've gone too far."
....maybe i should just shut up and work it out it it pushes it for the better....so be it.
just want to stay away from time sinks.
putting this down for memory sake.
KEEP THE HIGH RES HEADS ON INDIVIDUAL SUBTOOLS sculpt to 60 to 75% NO MORE!!
position heads as needed in Z brush.
Create body in Z spheres and Z sketch combo.
Try to match placement of neck to heads and retopologize body in topogun
bring body BACK into Z brush
Bring new body and heads into 3d max and bridge heads necks to bodies
Bring back into Z brush
PROJECT HIGH-RES HEADS ONTO new BASE HEADS & BODY SUBTOOL.
BE SURE TO DO EACH HEAD PROJECTION ONE BY ONE.


Idols have saved schools from closing. Idols have brought attention to local communities. Idols have saved earth from a meteor shower by playing crane based game. Idols have saved the world with space age inner planetary rebel concerts. Who am I kidding, Crane Game Girls are clearly more bad ass then AKB0048. Idol Incidents is the newest and hippest show in the “idol gimmick” series. Unlike shows such as Love Live and Idolmaster that thrive on being full on idol based series, Idol Incidents is one of those “what can we put idols into next?” type things. The idea of this show…idols in the office.
Natsuki is a girl from the country. In her small town she cheers on rice farmers with happy songs and powers her power. One day by complete chance a producer happens to be driving by and scouts Natsuki. She’s invited to an audition where contenders must run up a big hill to test their strength, this show is focused on idols being in great physical shape. Natsuki is the only one who makes it to the top and bam she’s part of the Idol Diet Women now. Basically she’s now running for office. Okay let me explain…well I would if the show explained things a bit better. But to my understanding there are multiple parties running for office, one is the Heroine Party fronted by idols. The other, normal boring politics, the Rougai party. So Natsuki is running for office, straight out of the rice fields…to the office. She meets her partner, Onimaru Shizuka, a popular idol with an overwhelming aura. Making her a big star but a hard person to work with. She’s to do a show with Natsuki and begins her idol training. “This is your Mother’s mini skirt, she wanted you to have this when you where old enough”.
Naturally Natsuki is not great and Shizuka is like, screw off you suck. After what was apparently days worth of training Natsuki goes to do the show alone. It’s a trainwreck until Shizuka arrives and they team up for beautiful idol magic. They charm the crowd and aim for the office together, meanwhile the baddies won’t stand for it! Okay this was basically 2-3 episodes worth of content in one go, my word this was way too fast paced. It’s basically a silly story where idols can run for office and I suppose deal with political affairs…this episode was just focused on getting the characters in place. There is a lot to set-up however and much is comprised in development and explanation to jam content in the premier.
We start setting up Natsuki as a country girl and there is a loose element of home town sentiment by one boy who cheers her on at the concert. Still it moves way too fast and there doesn’t feel like much of a connection between Natsuki and her town. From snap to snap Natsuki becomes an idol in no time, all she had to do was run up a hill. The way she was recruited was all to easy as well. A producer happened to notice her, and Natsuki doesn’t even have to think. She’s down with the idea right off the bat. She’s the typical center type character, cheerful, happy and passionate. She loves rice so much she has clips of it in her hair…
Shizuka is a bit cold and trains Natsuki hard before deeming the partnership impossible. There is a compelling dynamic with her issues of overshadowing others and it’s all resolved so quickly. The first time she goes onstage with Natsuki they just click together, even though they where struggling in rehearsal. It was like the show resolved an entire character arc in mere minutes. This show clearly has better things to do and just wanted to get things in place fast to move onto the main point. Still this would be like if all the girls in Love Live came together in 2 episodes instead of…more then half of the season.
Not enough was really explained but again, it’s only the first episode. We get kind of hints of what the show is about with the rival party semi introduced. The idea of idols running for office is quite amusing, especially if they’re running against actually politics. One has to wonder how this will be interesting or fun to watch but who knows. This first episode was just too quick as a set-up, wasting no time getting to the point. Artwise it’s a rather okay series. The artstyle is…fine. It’s not quite as kiddy as Aikatsu or as pretty as the Idolmaster. I actually thought Natsuki’s voice acting was weak, she had a bit of a flat tone. The songs where also very genetic and stock. The dance scene was typical as well with a bit of CGI for far shots. It was about on par with Love Live Sunshine’s CG, so it still looks different but it’s not terrible. In the dance scene the two characters clash auras and massive flowery graphics overpower everybody. The production is fine here.
Overall the first episode of Idol Incidents was far too fast paced. Although it could turn out fun it introduces it’s characters in a clumsy and rushed manner, speeding up development to pack everything in one quick lead off. It seems like it’ll be yet another lazy idol show, the idol genre really doesn’t have all that many good shows. Some series turn out half assed and end up not trying to do anything with themselves. I hope this isn’t Idol Incidents but I don’t harbor a ton of hope right now. We’ll see where it goes, I’ll watch more but I’m unsure how it will be after how rushed this first episode was.


hello lovely human,
thank you for your wonderful message. kind words are always welcome and appreciated.
and it hasn’t been asked before. so, the poetry books i recommend would be the following:
the year of no mistakes by cristin o’keefe aptowicz
yesterday won’t goodbye by brian ellis
the anatomy of being by shinji moon
songs from under the river by anis mojgani
in search of midnight by mike mcgee
what we buried by caitlyn siehl
shaking the trees azra tabassum
love and other small wars by donna marie riley
the endarkment by jeffrey mcdaniel
racing hummingbirds by jeanann verlee
supernova factory by dalton day
those are the ones on the top of my head at the moment. so, check the authors online (most have published work in websites, journals and the like) and if you like their stuff please support them by buying their work.


Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this uncommon Blue and White Spongeware Gravy Boat.
Dating to the mid-19th century, this beauty features an Oval Form with Graceful Spout and Handle, Bowed Sides, Base with Four Feet, Embossed Decoration, and Dark and Variegated Sponging. She is a beauty! Measures 8" long, 4" wide, and 3 3/4" tall to the tip of the spout.
I see about 1 every 2 years. Tough to find.
Excellent Condition. Modest staining inside from use. Otherwise as made.
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MuggleNet Fan Fiction
Harry Potter stories written by fans!
Well, you could say I'm just a high-schooler who wants to write like J.K. Rowling (hey, the next best thing is using her characters and writing fan-fics, isn't it?). I'm 16, live in the boring-est town in Western Maryland, and have all the regular troubles of a teenager. I'm am totally obsessed with fantasy, be it Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Protector of the Small, and of course Harry Potter! This is my first real story on a fan-fic site, and I'm currently swamped with homework that is cutting into my writing time. AP classes are killers, but I guess it's worth it. I should be updating pretty soon, though. I'm also engaged in an epic battle to attract readers and get them to review. Well, I suppose that sums me up.


The partnership includes, first of all, a special-edition Gibson SG '61 guitar with decked out in Gordni blue with white stripes and Gordini nameplate. The collaboration has also extended to a unique Renault Wind Gordini by Gibson show car that features the same paint scheme as the guitar (and other Gordini models) but with Gibson logos and guitar strings woven right into the leather seats. Even the audio system has Gibson guitar knobs for controls.
This isn't the first time that cars and guitars have teamed up on these pages, what with the Fender sound systems on new Volkswagens and the Blackbird carbon fiber acoustic guitar made for Ferrari. Whether it's a worthwhile use of the Gibson name, however, is a matter of perspective. Follow the jump for the press release and check out the images in the gallery for a closer look.
To mark its second year at the Rock En Seine music festival, near Paris, France, Gordini has teamed up with Gibson to produce a one-off show car and an equally unique 'Gordini by Gibson' electric guitar. Gates open at 2:30pm on August 26, 2011.
- The leather seats of the Renault Wind-based 'Gordini by Gibson' show car incorporate real guitar strings, in addition to a host of other rocking details.
- Gibson's iconic SG model from 1961 has been treated to a stunning makeover featuring the familiar Gordini blue with white stripes.
Gordini and Gibson: a shared passion for innovation
There will be plenty to please the ears and eyes of Parisian festival goers this weekend thanks to a display comprising the one-off Wind 'Gordini by Gibson' show car plus five striking Gibson SG '61 guitars in Gordini colours. The early 1960s saw Gordini and Gibson both revolutionise their respective worlds with the introduction of a sporting version of the Renault 8 for the former and the release of the SG electric guitar in the case of Gibson. The two brands have long been reputed for the accent they place on innovation and their open-minded approach to the future is founded on the same sense of freedom. The fact that Gibson and Gordini have joined forces for this project could but inspire Renault's designers...
"We had tremendous fun designing the Wind-based 'Gordini by Gibson' show car and carrying Gordini's visual identity over to the Gibson SG '61 guitar," says Julia Macfarlane, colours and materials designer at Renault. "I hope that we succeed in conveying the passion that fired us throughout the project and that visitors to the Rock en Seine festival will like the result."
Guitar strings for the Wind 'Gordini by Gibson' show car's leather seats
Wind 'Gordini by Gibson' is a two-part harmony based on the two brands' respective styling cues. Unsurprisingly, Wind 'Gordini by Gibson' features a blue livery with two white stripes, yet the colours and materials it employs also explore one or two other ideas. In addition to the two hallmark white stripes which extend over the bonnet and blue roof, hints of gloss black feature across the bodywork, while Gibson logos are visible on the doors. An original attraction of the show car's blue and white leather upholstery is the incorporation of genuine guitar strings which have been hand-sewn into the leather seats. Meanwhile, embroidered Gibson logos feature on the seat backs and blue leather-trimmed dashboard, while the seat belt straps are white and chrome has been used for the air vents and door handles. Last but not least, the guitar potentiometer knob used for the audio system's volume control adds a 'fun' touch to the intrinsically switched-on and off-beat Wind 'Gordini by Gibson' show car.
Gordini treatment for the SG '61 electric guitar
The guitar selected by Gibson to fly Gordini's colours is a reissue of the original 1961 SG, a radical electric guitar in its day which went on to make its own contribution to the Gibson legend. The striking graphics formed by the Gordini blue and two white stripes lend themselves perfectly to a variety of schemes, as illustrated by the special Gordini SG '61's blue solid body and two white stripes, plus a Gordini logo on the headstock which tops its ebony neck. As they play this magnificent object, those festival goers who take part in the Gordini guitar solo competition will get a chance to sample the model's timeless looks, playability and technical strengths. Contestants also stand a chance to win one these fine guitars as a function of the number of votes they receive on the web for their playing.


#BackChannel: Bill Cosby and #OscarsSoWhite
Bill Cosby has entertained audiences for more than half a century as a stand-up comedian and Emmy-winning actor. But as his fame has grown over the years, so have the number of women who have come forward accusing Cosby of sexual misconduct. He faces felony charges of sexual assault.
And the Oscar nominations were announced last week, but none of the acting categories featured people of color. Some Hollywood stars are calling for a boycott of the awards show.
Host Frank Stasio talks with pop culture experts Mark Anthony Neal, professor of African & African American Studies at Duke University, and Natalie Bullock Brown, professor of film and multimedia at St. Augustine's University, about the Cosby controversy, lack of recognition for actors of color at the Golden Globes and Oscars and other headlines.


Sometimes losing trail in woods is a retreat. Few days back, I was walking in a forested area and lost track, and to my surprise I was standing alone with my shadow beside me. I wanted to click few pictures of my omnipresent shadow. But please be careful while walking in the woods alone cause in jungle Predator is the prey.
Walking in the forests, when nobody was around me,
You walked along, sometimes ahead; sometimes behind,
But always alongside me.
While I was lost in the thoughts and the entire ambience of the forest, few lines of the poem My shadow by R.L. Stevenson were echoing in my mind.
I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;
And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.
The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow—
Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;
For he sometimes shoots up taller like an india-rubber ball,
And he sometimes gets so little that there’s none of him at all.
~By Robert Louis Stevenson
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Our DVD cases, launched earlier this year, were a welcome addition to our store. We had received requests for a long time to supply DVD cases which matched our Fine Art Albums.
Upon their release we received many queries about offering digital packages over albums. Whilst we can provide advice about the pros and cons of Albums vs DVDs, we thought it would be better to put a post together written by a photographer who has had the same album or DVD dilemma, and to hear how they approach this with their clients and in their business.
Barrie Downie, from Downie Wedding Photography, has kindly put an article together to share his experiences selling albums and DVDs to clients. So… in a world dominated by digital imaging, is it best to go with the trend, or stick to the tradition of wedding albums?
Over to Barrie to find out…
Over the past few years, there has been a massive swing in the wedding photography industry of handing over digital images instead of providing a wedding album. This is not a criticism at all, we went that way ourselves for several years. It is not surprising that in this digital age, customers want the ability to share and print their own images.
Since seeing and handling Folio Albums at the SWPP convention in January 2012, our passion for the wedding album has been reignited once more. Wedding albums are tangible and tactile, a physical reminder of the wedding day. We adore the fine art papers, quality inks, accurate colours, and reproduction that Folio Albums use, alongside the reproduction of our images as we intended them to be seen. Wedding albums last for years, they are easy to pick up and share and don’t have the habit of going missing in a drawer or becoming corrupt over time.
Our customers don’t tend to have calibrated monitors, so we can’t be sure they are viewing the images at their very best. With an album printed by a quality manufacturer, however else the customers view their wedding images, they will always have a quality version of the images to keep.
Children, your parents, and grandparents, will be able to view a wedding album, it will age with the couple and grow in value to the family when it is passed down to the generations. Think how you are amazed now if you are lucky enough to see a single family photo from 100 years ago, and then imagine your children looking at a beautiful album of archival paper with timeless photographs in years to come.
Clients love the immediacy of receiving a CD of images which they can share on social media websites and via email, but so often after the honeymoon when the excitement has worn off they never quite get around to producing a wedding album for themselves. We make sure that couples choose their photos within three months of their wedding and that way we can design an album and have it printed and delivered to them as soon as possible. Happy clients are your best way of getting referrals, and if they have a beautiful album to show their friends you are bound to get more referrals and therefore more business.
The albums available to order directly by clients do not even begin to reach the standards of those available to professional photographers, and by providing a quality product as part of the wedding package, it adds perceived value to the service we are providing. An album has much more ‘wow’ factor than a CD landing on the clients’ doorstep.
We photographed a wedding for a wedding photographer over a year ago and gave him a disc of images, he has done nothing with them as yet but we have a lovely Folio sample album in our studio with his photos, which our clients love. So even we as photographers fall into the same trap of being too busy to do anything with the photos we love. As professional photographers that’s what should differentiate us from amateur photographers, or friends of the family who are photographing weddings, we should hand over a finished product a beautiful album that they can’t buy online and fine art prints framed to hang on their wall.
I just wanted to thank Barrie for writing this post for us, we hope that it helps with the conundrum of offering Albums or DVDs!


Actress and vocalist who all rose to popularity using Katherine in the country wide creation of Newsies. She’s made performances in stage productions of has like Our City, Sweeney Todd, and Springtime Awakening. Of them costing only six years of age, she began executing with Theater Beneath the Superstars. She started her first nationwide tour in 2003 using the Sound of Music. She graduated in the School of Michigan College of Music, Theater and Dance in 2014. Her mother’s name is normally Bridgy and she’s a younger sibling called John Henry. She actually is close friends with fellow stage professional, vocalist, and Disney superstar Jonathan Groff.


Graphic Design Essay
Graphic design does not have a fixed meaning. In a broad sense it is the production of visual statements. The term was first used by the American book and advertising designer W.A.
Dwiggins in 1922. At that time it served the purpose of pointing toward a new profession that was broader than either typography, book design, or advertising design alone. For many years the term “graphic design” held because the range of media that graphic designers worked in did not change dramatically. By the early 1960s you had graphic designers working on large exhibitions, urban signage projects, and corporate identity programs. At that point, the practice outstripped the traditional name for it. New terms like “visual communication” …show more content…
2. What makes current graphic design different from that of earlier times.
The proliferation of new media. Designing good web sites, for example, requires a deeper understanding of cognitive psychology, learning theory, and other social science disciplines than most communication designers have. Consequently, the information routes through a web site are frequently rather crude. The graphics often are too because not enough thought has been given to the relation between formal images and the communication of information.
In another sense, however, there is much today that is similar to the past. We still enjoy great posters, well-designed newspapers and magazines, wonderful books, excellent typography. The great accomplishments of designers from the past are very much alive and are extremely relevant to most work that is done today. When a web designer has poor training in typography, for example, it is evident.
3. When did graphic design first make itself known?
I don’t believe in a single moment when something called “graphic design” appeared. There are separate practices such as typography or book design whose histories have different durations. …show more content…
This derives from the refusal of administrators to commit to new programs in design history or design studies.
Actually the history, theory, and criticism of design have never been more important or relevant to design education. This is recognized in a few places such as the Jan Van Eyck Akademie in the Netherlands which features post graduate theory and criticism courses in art and design. In developing countries, the emphasis is on training graphic designers for the market. Quality is secondary. Look at how much poor work you see today. I feel it. You feel it. But poor typography or badly-designed web sites are hardly critical issues for people in general. What needs to be done in the academic setting is to implant the idea that design, whether visual communication or product design, is a cultural activity before it is a commercial one. Young designers need to locate themselves in their respective cultures, whether in the United States, Mexico, or
Palestine. To do so means knowing how to interpret culture in its present manifestations as well as those of the past. An educated person of any profession should be able to locate himself


Fans eagerly awaiting the release of X-Men: Apocalypse likely have a little more than a passing familiarity with the original comic book character and central antagonist William Stryker by now, provided they are dedicated readers of the Marvel Comics series or faithful viewers of the X-Men films. Different versions of Stryker were played by Brian Cox in 2003's X2: X-Men United and by Danny Huston in the not-so-popular X-Men Origins: Wolverine - the latter of which explored the Weapon X program storyline from the Marvel comics.
Following the release of X-Men: Days of Future Past, yet another actor has stepped into the role of Colonel Stryker - in this case, Josh Helman. During our Apocalypse set visit, Helman reflected on the situation that viewers last saw his version of Stryker in, and how the character will be seen as coming into his own (and out of the shadow of his former mentor, Bolivar Trask), when director Bryan Singer's latest X-Men film picks up:
"The last time you saw Stryker he was under the employment of Trask and was very dedicated to what Trask was doing and interested in all of his studies and I think the ten years after that is just-I think he’s been developing his own plan for how he wants to proceed and, I think, learning from the mistakes of what happened with the situation with Trask and trying to formulate a plan that he thinks should be put in place for moving forward."
Such a predicament could certainly lend for plenty of room for Helman to move the character around in, and perhaps explore alternate narrative paths provided by the new X-Men trilogy's inherent, "license to play with our expectations of the future," as the actor himself put it. But as far as honoring past interpretations of Stryker go, Helman remarked:
"Obviously, I’m an enormous...enormous doesn’t even cover the amount of respect I have for Brian Cox and his iteration of the character and Danny Huston as well, I mean, they’re both incredible actors and I feel dwarfed by their presence in this character. But, I think that...it hews somewhat closely to, I think, the ideals that Stryker particularly in X2 has, but we are now playing with different permutations of that."
As for Stryker's eventual creation of the Weapon X program, Helman says Apocalypse will find the character in a key development phase, as far as Weapon X is concerned:
"This is a particularly important time, a formative time, for Stryker in the way that he’s going to move forward. I think the events of this film are definitely instrumental in creating the kind of capital “C” character that he will become. I think this is definitely the start of that journey. In Days of Future Past I think he was kind of taking notes and now he’s ready to kind of, like, open his own shop."
As for what sort of version of Stryker we can expect in Apocalypse, and whether or not it has a basis in the Marvel comics or any previous X-Men films, Helman said:
"I mean, in “God Loves, Man Kills,” where, y’know, you see him and his gang of purifiers and he’s…I know that was not a condemnation of religion and that, but there’s something about a person who has the ability...I think that’s why he’s such a good master manipulator, because he knows how to do it to himself in a way. I think a lot of the best villains have a switch for self-justification that is perpetually in the on position."
For more quotes and reveals from our X-Men: Apocalypse set visit, check out the links below:
- X-Men: Apocalypse’s Four Horsemen Explain Their Roles
- X-Men: Apocalypse – Storm’s New African Origin Details
- Bryan Singer Teases X-Men: Apocalypse’s Alien Connections & Future
- X-Men: Apocalypse - Psylocke's Origin Changes Explained
Deadpool hits theaters February 12, 2016; X-Men: Apocalypse on May 27, 2016; Gambit sometime in 2017; Wolverine 3 on March 3, 2017; and an unannounced X-Men film on July 13, 2018. The New Mutants is also in development.


What can we learn from street style?
As a fashion blogger, you can say that it’s my obligation to follow fashion weeks around the world. Whether it is to keep up to date with the latest trends, to find inspiration for my next blog post, to see the ‘new faces’ in the industry or to be a sartorial stalker.
My article will tackle the latter – the phenomenon known as ‘street style’. In today’s fashion industry, no one is more influential than the fashion blogger, the influencer. Blogs have become aspirational platforms that people follow and lust for and in my opinion, trends are no longer made on catwalks, but rather, on the streets.
The biggest names at the moment are Chiara Ferragni of ‘The Blonde Salad’, KristinaBazan of ‘Kayture’ and Camille Charriere of ‘Camille over the rainbow’. The newly crowned arbiters of style are opinion leaders to the millions who follow them on Instagram, Facebook and other social media sites.
So you’re probably wondering, what do they have to offer? What can we learn from them that we can’t get from the catwalks?
While designers are the creators of fashion, most of the time you have very few occasions when you can wear items straight off the catwalk, and that is if you can afford to spend a small fortune. Fashion bloggers take what has been shown on the runways and make it accessible to everyone else. They offer high street examples to imitate and illustrate how we can style the latest trends.
“ The newly crowned arbiters of style are opinion leaders to the millions who follow them on Instagram, Facebook and other social media sites ”
Tip #1 – Break the rules.
Don’t stick to the cliché rules. Fashion is an art, which is in constant flux so rules don’t apply.
Tip #2 – Experiment with
colors and textures. No you don’t have to stick to one color or two but color blocking is something I like to do at times. Blend leathers, suede, cottons, cashmere and silks for a rich feel. Mix it up!
Tip #3 – Layer it up.
If anything bloggers show you how possible it is to layer up and look chic and effortless. And in a climate like ours where the temperature changes in a matter of minutes, layering is a skill you should master.
Tip #4 – Forever and ever
amen, not! Just because you have a certain style doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try on different things. Style evolves the way you do, so allow it to transform.
Tip #5 – Appreciate, don’t
imitate. Style is so personal, yes by all means get inspired by other people but make it your own and don’t copy. That’s the beauty of fashion-it’s a representation of yourself. A few years ago celebrities were the leaders of fashion, recently fashion bloggers took their place. As each day passes the people on the street are becoming more important to the fashion industry, so there’s no better time to showcase your style than now.


Nostalgic TikToks take you back to the 90’s as a child.
Growing up in the 90's was very interesting. It was a time of renewed liberation, it was the heyday of Nickelodeon, MTV, and the doomsday clock was at an all time low after the end of the cold war.
For awhile, people's creativity for entertaining children was plentiful even more so then than in the 1980's, some may disagree, I was not a part of the 80's for all that long.
What I do know is that just before the internet took over the attention of everyone including kids, there were still cool stuff and cool things to do.
It seems creators took a lot of liberties and ties from their own childhood in the 80's to make all the crazy toys and TV shows we loved from back in the day and morphed them into something that we wouldn't ever think of today.
Take Ren and Stimpy and for example, this show would never pass a children's show these days with all gritty animation grossing everyone out. One could say the say the same for Beavis and Butthead because now-a-days they are an adult animation show. There were toys like Creepy Crawlers where you would bake rubber bugs and spiders with a dangerous plastic 200 degree oven, and the art supplies that had a smell to them like grape or root beer.
However, once Y2K hit, everything was cyber this and megabyte that in a sea of futuristic silver shine doing away with the wacky slime-laden aesthetic.
I found TikTok channels I frequent on a nightly basis.There they have slide shows accompanied on occasion by the Enigma song Return to Innocence, they show things you may have forgotten about. It's all there, Cherry Coke in a can, those bandage chewing gums, and Lisa Frank stationary.
Kick back and take a journey with me back into the 90's with these lovely TikToks.
@themillennialtok Now That’s What I Call 90s PT 20 #90skids #90sthrowback #90sbaby #90skid #millennialsontiktok ♬ Gonna Make you Sweat (Αs performed by C&C Music Factory) - Pop Music Workshop @the9tsbaby #fypシ #fyp #foryou #90sbaby #zyxcba #90saesthetic #90snostalgia #90skids #nostalgia #unlockingyourmemory #90s #y2k #summer #goodmemories ♬ Boombastic - Shaggy @stuck.in.the.90z #90sthrowback #90smusic #90smovies #90skid #the90s #90s #nostalgia #90sbaby #90skids ♬ Romeo x Juliet - That 90s R N B Guy 🙌🏾


To address my feelings about vertical photographs, to share some of my favorite vertical images from history, and to discuss why I regularly shoot vertical photographs with my wedding work, I’ve decided to create this blog post to provide additional insight. The four images above are some of my favorites from my wedding photography career. You can view my wedding images via the two galleries under “portfolio,” or you can view my favorite vertical wedding images through this link here.
With some regularity, I get messages from photographers commenting about the vertical images I’ve posted on Instagram (@bradleyhansonphotography) or on my website. Some of them ask about shooting vertical images at weddings, others are about vertical images in general or “how do I get started when I only photograph horizontally,” etc. I’m happy to share my thoughts as I am very excited about this format. I don’t talk about equipment much because it’s not a priority for doing good work, but to me, there is a sweet spot between 50mm and 90mm that lends itself well to vertical images. Normal to short telephoto focal lengths can assist the photographer in creating compositions that tend to make the vertical orientation easier to see. There are countless exceptions to this, of course, and some of them can be seen in the historical gallery I’ve created below, but I’m getting ahead of myself.
Square format images remove this consideration altogether. I photographed weddings for a few years with Hasselblad square format cameras and film. The format was easy to work with, and once you get into the zone with seeing in the square format, everything seems to fit. (The main challenge with weddings with that system was the slow f2.8 and f4 lenses in low light, not the format itself). When I make photographs with my iPhone, I crop them square as a separate discipline. I’ve also created a separate gallery for those, which you can see as a menu option from my portfolio heading on the upper right.
In 1987, I bought Ralph Gibson’s book “Tropism,” from the bookstore at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. I had seen vertical images before, of course. They are not new, and many of the images in the gallery below are from the 50s and 60s, most likely a Leica M3 camera with a 50mm lens. Still, there was something about Ralph Gibson’s high contrast vertical images that made them even more abstract and surreal. While paging appreciatively through the book, I discovered that one of my favorites, the glowing hand at the opening door, was an image I’d seen before on the inner sleeve of Joy Division’s classic 1979 record, “Unknown Pleasures.”
The simple act of buying this book changed my perspective on photography forever. I didn’t suddenly starting shooting only vertical photographs, but I often found myself seeking out compositions in that format and trying to change the way I saw the world to be open to this exciting format. The 3:2 ratio of 35mm film (aka “full frame” in digital format) also lends itself better to vertical compositions because it closely approximates the “golden ratio.” (Click here to read the Wikipedia page about the concept).
I’ve redesigned my wedding portfolio to feature my vertical images, something of an anomaly in this industry that appears to be 99% horizontal. I get it. Walk into a wedding reception and you see the tables spread out wide. Go to the ocean and you see width. Our eyes are side by side, not on top of each other. For these reasons and more, vertical images can be compelling as they are outside of our day to day perspective. Ralph Gibson referred to vertical images as having a “tension” in the way they can make it feel like the frame is compressed. He even had an exhibit called “The Vertical Horizon.”
To see more Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN portraits, wedding photography and weddings all over the world, visit my main portfolio on bradleyhanson.com or email me at email@example.com or call me at 206-393-8292 and we can discuss your wedding plans in detail.


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Who? What? Where ? How?
Michael Bailes - 2D Animator - Illustrator - Character Designer
I am a graduate student at the University of Bedfordshire, Luton, UK. I've had a huge interest in animation, mostly influenced by Disney and Hanna Barbera, and would love to create my own series in the future.
I also enjoy acting and performing arts, having joined numerous societies in the past and have played roles ranging from minor to major character in shows like Bugsy Malone, Oklahoma, Gypsy, Oh What a Lovely War, Little Shop of Horrors, Swallows and Amazons and Peter Pan. my other interests include voice acting and video games.


Rochambeau drew it's inspiration for its Fall 2016 collection from Tupac Shakur's movie "Juice". According to the designers their guy was "tough and layered" but even if there was no inspiration this collection works on a few different levels. With only showing 28 looks there's quite a bit of ground covered here, from sleek cut jackets to more relaxed baseball styles with guy friendly colors to boot! My personal standout was the two-tone mohair style coat and the black long coat towards the end. Comparative to other designers it's a small collection but 28 pieces could have been 20 and still delivered the diversity they showed. The urban vibe showed through this collection and should be responsive to a younger audience.


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At Contemporary Rugs, we love being on top of the latest trends and Pantone is definitely a reference for us! Since you are also rug-lovers, today we bring you the best of the two worlds! Take a look at our selection and enjoy the best modern rugs for this fall inspired in the stunning soft Ballet Slipper Colour!
Pantone is an absolute trend setter and every year, professionals from all creative areas await for the choices of the year. This summer trend is this beautiful light rose pink that will totally transform your home decor.
Mid-century modern rugs like this one are absolutely to die for! It adds a sense of high-end sophistication that makes you not want to leave the room!
Large rugs are always the best option when you intend to make your space look bigger and cosier. If your plan is to create a “wow” factor to your guests, the large designer rugs are definitely the way to go!
This fall, given these many inspirations, your living room rugs choices should really considerate round Ballet Slipper tonne options! Just look at this Atmosphere? It really is the perfect mood to relax when returning home from a day at work!
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