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drjpresents · 4 months

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27th May 2024 - DJ Set - Track List

I had the incredible privilege of DJing some cinematic soul for friends at their wedding at the end of last month, rounding off a bank holiday weekend!

Loads of funk, jazz, Motown, funky house, hip-hop, broken beat and beyond! Massive shout out to my hosts for inviting and entrusting me with the finale of your big day! The amazing staff at Viet Hoa Cafe and Mess for the hospitality and support with setup and set down and, of course to the amazing guest who danced their feet off throughout the course of the night and shared kind feedback directly with me and the hosts too! I had a huge amount of fun at this gig (as pictured, ha ha!) For any of you there who were curious about any of the tracks played for the warmup and during the main event, I’ve popped it all in a video of you swipe to the end! And of course, if this kinda music is up your street and you’d like me to spin for you, hit me up and we’ll see if we can work something out!

The Warm Up

Chola - The Nostalgia 77 Octet

Escape Velocity - Menagerie

Settle The Score - Cookin' On 3 Burners

Take What You Need - The New Mastersounds

Tbilisi Sunset (Skit) - Fulgeance & DJ Scientist

2 Minutes To Midnight - Dr. J

Saudade De Maecenas - S.O.L Collective

Take A Break - Sven Wunder

Bergen Sunrays feat. Selim Mutic - Espen Horne

I Did It For You - Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes

African Mailman - The Rhythmagic Orchestra

Dub y Guaguanco - Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno

Sweet Love Affair - Resonators

The Get Down - Jonny Drop

Feel Involved In Love Feat. Mr. Tanqueray - Tall Black Guy

Loving Someone (Part 1) - Jaguar Skills & Omar

I Predict A Riot - Carolina Lins & Os Planatos

The First Dance

Chicken Wings - Samm Henshaw

The Main Event

Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine - James Brown

Crazy In Love - Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z

It Takes Two - Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston

What A Man - Linda Lyndell

Sài Gòn (1965) [Remastered] - Trúc Mai

Work It Out - Speedometer

Everywhere - Fleetwood Mac

Under the Sea / Flyers Drive - The Fearless Flyers

Funky Nassau, Pt. 1 - The Beginning Of The End

Arraino - Popular Cooper and His All Beats Band

Bomba Trópica - Ondatrópica

Is This Love - Bob Marley & The Wailers

Help Me Make It Through The Night - John Holt

All I Do Is Think About You Featuring Christopher Ellis - Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno

My Light - SAULT

It Runs Through Me - Tom Misch

The Way You Make Me Feel - The Kount and Marc Rebillet featuring Moods

Avenue Joffre (Instrumental) - The Shanghai Restoration Project

Un Canto A Mi Tierra (J-Boogie Remix) - Quantic and His Combo Bárbaro

Keep On Loving Me - Onra

Ooh Wee (featuring Ghostface Killah, Nate Dogg, Trife & Saigon) (Amended Version) - Mark Ronson

(Are You Ready) Do The Bus Stop / Suga - The Fatback Band/Sarah Ruba

Ain't Nobody ft. Sharlene Hector - Jack & Juke

Thinking - Louis Cole

Get Lucky (Radio Edit) - Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams

Cosmic Girl - Jamiroquai

Candy - Cameo

Treat U Good - Moods feat. Noah Slee, Lyriya, Meron

Digital Love - Daft Punk

Delight (Instrumental) - Dr. J

Red Alert - Basement Jaxx

Caravan - Mark de Clive-Lowe & the Rotterdam Jazz Orchestra

Not So Blue - Quantic

Superstylin' - Groove Armada

Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta) (Radio Edit) - The Artful Dodger

Hold It Down (Bugz in the Attic's Co-operative Mix) - 4hero

Body Groove (Original Mix MC Version) - Architechs

Dancing (Original) - Omar & Zed Bias

Loving You Is Easy - Camo & Krooked

Mesablanca - O'Flynn

Lk (feat. Stamina MC) - DJ Marky & XRS

Tremendo Boogaloo (Fluid Mechanics Remix) - Manteca

Last Goodbye (Feat. Celestine) - Break

Move on Up - Curtis Mayfield

I Say A Little Prayer - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas

Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross

Light My Fire - Stevie Wonder

It's Dancing Time - Mr. Scruff & Quantic

Evil Vibrations - The Rebirth

It's Dancing Time - Mr. Scruff & Quantic

Back To Life (Scrimshire, Waaaaaaait For it, Edit) - Scrimshire

8th Wonder (Pressure Drop Remix) - The Sugarhill Gang

Jumpin' Jumpin' (Jean Tonique Remix) - Destiny's Child

Joints & Jam Album Version - The Black Eyed Peas

Dragonball Durag - Thundercat

A Little Bit Of Love (Souleance "C'est La Fête" Re-edit) - Brenda Russell vs Souleance

Shelter - junior state

#dr. j #music #soul #funk #jazz #DJ Set #Broken Beat #Soulful House #Disco House #Drum and Bass #Motown #Salsa #Vietnam

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theam-cjsw · 1 year

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The AM: May 22, 2023

Calgary may be in the midst of a smoke-filled Armageddon, but it's also the May long weekend, so, take your solace where you can get it. This week's episode (The AM's ninth anniversary, for what it's worth) alternates between blissful tunes and moments of anxiety, but hopefully lands on the right side of reassuring. Hope you enjoy it.

Some highlights:

Hollie Kenniff’s We All Have Places That We Miss is quite possibly my favourite ambient release of 2023 (which has been a strong year so far). Harrison’s foray into more complex, jazzy arrangements has been a pleasant surprise from an already fascinating producer. Joni Void’s “Tape” is possibly the most pop thing I’ve heard from the Montreal producer. Superior Viaduct’s reissue of Byard Lancaster’s debut was a great introduction to a joyous jazz release. Alejandro Bravo’s take on “(There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me” has the most delightfully playful phrasing. And Mega Bog’s apocalyptic synth-pop is a perfect soundtrack for smoky skies.

(But honestly, it’s all great)

Listen on Soundcloud

Stream on CJSW

Spotify playlist

Hour One:

Carve the Ruins Hollie Kenniff • We All Have Places That We Miss

Ramblers' Dance Gilroy Mere • Gilden Gate

Into Through Exit Wormhole Test Card • Channels

Mockingbird Various Artists, featuring Salamanda • Gudu & Friends Vol. 1

Perspex Plaid • Feorm Falorx

Tape Joni Void • Everyday Is The Song

In Re Budd Penguin Cafe • Single

Like When We Were Kids Harrison • Birds, Bees, The Clouds & The Trees

Easy Going Sven Wunder • Single

It’s Not Up to Us Byard Lancaster • It’s Not Up to Us

Way Better Than I Expected Peter Zummo • Deep Drive 2 +

Hour Two:

Awake Leland Whitty • Anyhow

DayDreamer DeadDeer • Background Music for The End of The World

Wav Rich Aucoin • Synthetic – A Synth Odyssey: Season 2

Ale Woule United Freedom Collective • Space Intention EP

Cinema Spencer Zahn, Dave Harrington, Jeremy Gustin • A Visit To Harry's House

Patchwork Laurie Spiegel • The Expanding Universe

Clutch Pearlers Clark • Sus Dog

Lost Time Fridge • The Sun

Sorti Sten Bergman • Lyckohjulet

Hour Three:

(There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me Alejandro Bravo • Alejandro Bravo

Manhã De Sol Piry E Seu Conjunto • Carinhoso

Dream Club Ryan Bourne • Plant City

Don’t Doom Me, Now Mega Bog • End Of Everything

Ascents Bodywash • I Held The Shape While I Could

Pest Control Pozi • Smiling Pools

Can I Call You The WAEVE • The WAEVE

Sand Chairs • Drawn Into Mazes

Santa Cabeça Bike • Arte Bruta

Awesiinh (A-Way-See) Zoon • Bekka Ma'iingan

From Me to You/From You to Me Crystal Eyes • The Female Imagination

Cry Fire Alan Vega • Just A Million Dreams

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iamacolor · 2 years

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when you study philology (polish, german, scandinavian, english... whatever you pick), you focus mostly on literature and linguistics but also theater, film, art, music... i truly had all sorts of classes, including history and philosophy as well. basically everything important to understand not only literature and language but also culture of the country. and yeah, you also answered your own question about latin haha 😂 but the sentence is actually from the 13th century 😉 not that it's important lol. btw my year in uni was the first one who didn't have to take old church slavonic... truly a blessing because historical grammar was already hard and imo it counted as a foreign language... proto-slavic is nothing like modern polish 🥲

yeah, jewish people lived everywhere. from big towns to small villages. i always try to read and learn as much as i can, even about the most traumatic parts of their history here, and it always makes me feel like there's a big hole here which will never be filled.

oh i do like paris, it's a lovely place, so full of art and history 😍 i hope i can go at least one more time and experience it all again. that reminds me i went to a small shop with turkish pastries with my friend and the owner didn't know the word poland in english but he really wanted to know where we're from (he was super nice) and we tried everything, including explaining that it's where chopin was from but it obviously didn't help 🤣 luckily a younger guy came and explained it to him in turkish lmao. and another time i was standing in a line for something and some old guy approached me and started talking a bit in polish (he heard me talk on the phone), said he worked on ships and lived there for a bit so he still remembered some of the language 😂 so yeah, i met some nice people...just not "native" parisians 😬

we do study some history of music in schools but my passion comes from my mom who loves classical music and opera! i basically grew up on it. of course, i am not an expert or anything, just an enjoyer, but i listen to it a lot, go to many, many concerts and just love it dearly. and yes, film music can be classical music, of course :) as for chopin...i can't pick a fave, it really depends on my mood. my mom's ringtone is the so-called revolutionary etude 😊 if you want you, can try listening to ingolf wunder's chopin (he's my fave classical pianist) and if you like jazz, definitely check out leszek możdżer's impressions on chopin! but please don't feel obligated or anything, these are just my little recs 😳

oh and as for jp2, he actually saved the entire world. just so you know 🙂🙃🙂🙃

that genuinely sounds sooo interesting and fulfilling to study! also can't believe wikipedia lied to me like that about the date 😤 old-church slavonic does not sound fun lol

a huge part of the country's people and history is gone with them... even though they built this country as well and are part. I read last year a fantasy novel titled sinning silver and its main character is jewish and I think the author is polish-lithuanian-american so it's heavily influenced by the history of jewish people in the region

I'm glad you had a good time here (and also that I'm not the only one who didn't know where chopin was from 😂) there are so many nice things to do and see (and eat!!)

it's so cool that your mother shared her passion with you and that now it's also yours, that's a lovely thing to have in common 😊 my parents didn't listen to a lot when I was growing up and for some reason the only type of classical music that I can remember them listening to (although I know they listened to a bit more than just that lol) are some stabat maters because my father had a compilation cd or something like that lol but my grandmother loves it so I did go to an open air violin recital with her once (I don't know if you've heard of the menton music festival but it's her region and the setting of the concert is gorgeous, I love this town) and she once offered me a subscription for a program of operas being broadcasted in cinemas it was really cool! I've came back home this weekend for my birthday so I listened to some ingolf under (I picked the chopin recital album) and it was perfect to listen to as I watched the landscape go by my window on the train, but I do like jazz so I'm looking forward to your other rec!

also another fun info : we had my birthday lunch today (even if it's tomorrow) because it was more practical and so we got to also have a little celebration for my brother's girlfriend's birthday, anyway I love most cakes and her fave is what we call a tropézienne (named after the town, St tropez, where it was created) so that's what my mother made and by researching a recipe she learned that it was created by a polish pastry maker who came to france after ww2 and adapted a recipe from his grandmother to the south of france so after a week of chatting about poland and france I've had a french-polish cake for my birthday 🥰

#taeminnomuyeppeo #mutuals #i've got mail

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kokeethornton · 6 years

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Kleine Wunder :)

Little wonder <3

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yoursassybookwormfriend · 3 years

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Short Courage Square fic??? day 7. Just wondering what the Nevermoorians saw of Courage Square.

“Rastaban!” shouted Jeremy, running to the unnamed square that the fight was taking place in. “I know I’m not a smith but I can help you! We all can! Don’t fight on your own!”

“Hear hear!” shouted someone else, and all of the Wundersmiths’ closest friends gathered to march into the square. Some were powerless, others Mundane or Arcane, but none as powerful as the Wundersmiths they wished to help. With a hearty battle cry, they charged into the square, wielding what little weapons they could find.

All they saw was devestation. The square had been ruined, burned in some places, frozen in others, the buildings surrounding it falling even as the reinforcements arrived. Some parts of the square were masked in stange, unnatural shadow. From the ground grew knotted, thorny vines and shards of rock so sharp they could slit your skin with just a touch. There were corpses all around, those of monsters and smiths. The sun was setting on a battle that was already finished.

“Over here!” shouted Arabelle, Owain’s younger sister. At her feet lay Owain Binks. His arms and legs were wrapped in the thorny vines, so he couldn’t escape. His chest had been impaled, likely by the dead monster beside him, a fearsome vulture-like creature with a long sharp beak. It had clearly been burned to death. Others had found a few the remaining smiths, each who had died their own gory deaths. Rastaban himself was frozen in a large block of ice.

It took the group a while to find Ezra, as his monstrous features made his body look quite like his dead creatures, and he had lain on the ground as if dead. Sam, an armadillowun, shook him awake. When Squall opened his eyes, he saw a strange group of people, all in a circle around him, wielding everything from balls of fire to swords to kitchen knives.

“Like what I’ve done?” snarled Ezra. He stumbled to his feet. “Using this much Wunder takes a lot out of someone, but I reckon I can kill you all quite quickly,” He raised his arms and shadows appeared, morphing into terrible creatures. "Attack!” shouted Squall, but his creatures didn’t move. “I said attack!” Squall said again, waving his arms to give the command.

The ground rippled under the Nevermoorians’ feet, as if it was the heartbeat of the very city itself. The cobblestones under the mosters shifted, and started to engulf them as if it was quicksand.

“What’s going on?” asked Ezra. “Who’s doing this?” The Nevermoorians looked at each other, but nobody spoke up. “I’ll kill you all for this!” Ezra waved his arms and spikes of black metal shot from the ground, stopping mere inches before they could have impaled anyone. The spikes slowly started to be pulled underground. “WHAT?” shouted Ezra. “Why isn’t this working?” but he cut off as he saw fog start to surround him. “No no no no!” he shouted, but soon his cried were muffled with a thick white cloud. When the cloud dispersed, he was gone, the only evidence he had ever been there was the destruction around him.

Years later, the Nevermoorians named the square Courage Square, for the people killed by Squall. Squall’s monsters had killed the smiths, but they had also remained after he left, continuing to kill anybody in their way. There were very few left. Over time, people forgot that the Wundersmiths fought against Squall, only remembering the tale of how one Wundersmith killed the brave men and women that had fought for Nevermoor’s freedom. The Wundrous Arts became the Wretched Arts, and the Wundrous Society became the only ones to stand against the creatures that lurked in the dark corners of the Free State.

#mogtober2021 #I'm not that proud of this one so eh #but hey #just wondering how much of the massacre the Nevermoorians saw #nevermoor fanfic #nevermoor #fanfic #ezra squall

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stepboldlyjess · 3 years

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You may have seen an earlier post with the cover art and description for a new book called “When Will This Be Over?” and this is the first chapter! If you want me to, I will continue to post the chapters here, but the story is available on my wattpad. Let me know what you think of this. I am very excited to keep writing!

When Will This Be Over?

Chapter One

The sound of knocking coming from her bedroom door pulled Morrigan out of her book. She had been in a field, the sound of birdsong filling the air and clouds rolling peacefully through the sky.

As she closed the book she called, “Come in!” to whoever was on the other side of the door. When she heard it click open, she looked up to see bright yellow pants paired with a white dress shirt and turquoise shoes. She looked up at the ginger haired man with a large grin on her face before running over to him and wrapping her arms around his waist. “You’re home!”

Jupiter chuckled and squeezed her tightly.

“Oh, I missed you,” Morrigan said into his chest.

“Each time I’ve gone away from home over the past five years, your reaction has never changed. You’re sixteen now, Mog! Most sixteen-year-olds are begging for their fathers to leave them alone.”

Morrigan pulled back and looked up at his face. His eyes held a glint of mischief. “No one has a dad like mine.”

Jupiter smoothed the crinkles from his pants with a rather smug grin. “I am pretty cool, aren’t I?”

Morrigan lightly punched his arm, earning a look of mock shock from him. “Don’t get cocky, buddy.”

Jupiter laughed before walking over to her bed and sitting at the foot of it. “So, how’s school? Almost done your junior years!”

Morrigan moved to where Jupiter was and sat down next to him. “Yeah, school is great. Just a lot of work.” She rubbed her hands over her face as she remembered what classes still needed assignments to be handed in.

“I didn’t much like the workload either, but it’s all worth it in the end, is it not?” asked Jupiter.

“I guess so.” Was it worth it, though? Morrigan was constantly being harassed over her knack so she wasn’t even sure if completing her Wunsoc training as a Wundersmith was worth the effort. If she was going to graduate with nothing to do then what was the point? However she didn’t let Jupiter know she was feeling this way and plastered a fake smile across her lips.

“Exactly.”

Morrigan rested her head on her patron’s shoulder. “Hey, Jupiter?”

“Yes, Mog?”

Morrigan looked up at him with a small smile. “Did you bring me anything from wherever you were?”

“Of course I did! It’s in my study, but we have to wait for Jack to come home before you can open it.”

She rolled her eyes and groaned. “I’m always waiting for someone to come home before I can do anything! Whether it’s you or Jack, I wait and wait and wait!”

Jupiter stared at her for a moment before sighing. “Fine. Let’s go.”

Morrigan giggled and jumped up before walking out of her room and leaving Jupiter to follow her. The closer she got to the study, the faster she walked. Jupiter was constantly telling her to slow down, complaining his body was not what it used to be, but Morrigan wasn’t listening.

She was always excited to receive the presents that came from Jupiter’s trips. The bottom drawer of her dresser was filled with these gifts. Whether they be clothes, or books, or little souvenirs from gift shops, the drawer held them all.

The items always held some importance to the country Jupiter had travelled to. His suitcase once held a replica of the crown that belonged to the queen of the country. That one isn’t in Morrigan’s drawer. Alternatively, she placed it on the head of her skeleton coat rack.

When Morrigan made it to the study she waited for Jupiter to catch up to her and unlock the door. She tried to stay patient but it was impossible; she was too excited for the new present. Instead, she stood rocking back and forth on her heels.

“Quit that,” said Jupiter as he walked up to her. “That’s what I do. That’s my thing. Get your own thing.”

Morrigan playfully rolled her eyes. “Yeah, yeah, alright. Just hurry up!”

Jupiter grabbed keys from out of his pocket and stuck them into the door. He turned them towards the left and pushed the door open.

Morrigan slipped under his arm and sat at the couch she had claimed as hers. It was placed perfectly in front of the fire place. She would get enough warmth while staying perfectly comfortable. On multiple occasions she had fallen asleep in this couch after reading while Jupiter worked.

“You ready, Mog?” asked Jupiter.

Morrigan looked over her shoulder to find Jupiter with his back toward her. “Yup!”

“Okay. Close your eyes and put your hands out.”

She did just as she was told, and after she heard Jupiter’s footsteps coming nearer to her, she felt a weight in her hands. Morrigan kept her eyes closed and squeezed the gift. The wrapping paper crinkled under her fingers which gave her some idea as to what was inside.

“You can look now.”

When she opened her eyes she was met with a somewhat rectangular-shaped package wrapped in brown wrapping paper that featured some gold glitter accents. Morrigan wondered why on Earth people spent so much money on gift wrap if it was only going to end up in the bin.

She flipped the present over and saw a sticker that read “To: Mog. Lots of love, from: Jupiter.”

Morrigan found a taped edge and tore at it. She continued to rip the paper apart until a pile of fabric fell out. She picked it up and fumbled with it until she could spread it out and see it for what it was: a dress. It was black but shone with gold glitter in the light.

She placed it on the couch and ran up to Jupiter to hug him for a second time that day. “I love it. Thank you!”

Jupiter kissed the top of her head before replying. “I’m glad you like it. That dress is extremely special.”

Morrigan sat back down in the couch and waited to hear the story about this certain present. This was always her favourite bit of Jupiter’s return. It was a couple of minutes alone with him. Whether it be with him and Jack, or just himself, it was something she took pleasure in. She enjoyed learning about where the new item came from and the significance it held.

Jupiter took a seat in the couch next to Morrigan and got comfortable. He then began his story.

“Years and years and years ago, there was a Wundersmith.” He paused and watched as Morrigan’s smile grew wider and she sat up straighter. Presents that had something to do with Wundersmiths made Morrigan feel special, like Jupiter had personalised this gift for her.

“Go on...” urged Morrigan.

“No one knew her name, but everyone knew she had a talent for clothes making. She would use Wunder and work it in fascinating ways to make something new. Her most famous works were made for the young children who lived in poverty around her. She would make sweaters and cosy pants and beanies for the winter, as well as cooler clothing for the summer.”

Morrigan was in awe of this woman. Maybe finishing at Wunsoc would be worth it. Maybe once she left, she would be able to do great things like this lady had. Maybe she would be able to make people happy.

“Nobody knew the reason of her death. No one had heard from her for a while, and it was then announced that she had died. A couple of months later, news broke out that there was one more dress that had not been sold or given out. It was found inside her old home and placed in her country’s Wundrous Arts Museum—“

“Hold on. Wundrous Arts Museum?” Morrigan was shocked. Was there a museum in Nevermoor that was dedicated to Wundersmiths? How did she not know about this?

“Sorry, Mog. There isn’t one in Nevermoor,” said Jupiter solemnly. “There used to be but they took it down after the Courage Square Massacre. People thought if you stepped foot in there you would get attacked by a Wundersmith. I would’ve loved to take you there, but unfortunately I cannot. You can thank your friend Squall for that one.”

Once again, Squall had ruined something for Morrigan.

“Okay, so the dress was put into the Wundrous Arts Museum,” prompted Morrigan.

“Yes. Correct,” nodded Jupiter. “It has stayed there since it’s discovery. Well, until now,” he said gesturing to the dress Morrigan held in her hands.

“This is it?”

“Yes.”

“The dress?”

“The one and only.”

“It’s not a replica?”

“Nope.”

“How did you get it?”

“I know people.”

“Jupiter, thank you so much!”

Morrigan sprung up from her couch and jumped onto his, wrapping her arms around his neck.

Jupiter chuckled, “Mog, you’re gonna have to stop doing that. I’m getting old.”

“Right. Sorry.” Morrigan hastily moved off him and back to the dress. “How do you know it’ll fit?”

“That’s simple. It’s Wunder. You’re a Wundersmith. I’m sure you’ll figure it out.”

Morrigan chuckled before realising something else. “Is Jack’s present as good as mine?”

“Oh goodness no,” laughed Jupiter. “I’m kind of glad you wanted to open them at separate times. I can’t imagine how he would have reacted if he saw the two gifts in comparison.”

“What did you get him?”

“A book.”

“A book?”

“Yeah.”

“Nothing special about it? Just a book?”

“Unfortunately it’s just a book.”

Morrigan’s lips curled at the edges but she tried to hide her smirk.

“What?” It seemed as though Jupiter saw her struggling.

“Nothing.”

“Come on, Mog. You’re doing your weird smile-smirk-face. What is it?”

“It’s just that I sense some favouritism, that’s all.”

Now it was Jupiter’s turn to roll his eyes. “There is no favouritism, Mog. It’s just that there was an opportunity to get you an amazing present, yet I was not able to live up to that standard for Jack. That’s all.”

Morrigan nodded sarcastically. “Sure, keep telling yourself that.”

“Well, it is the truth, so I will.” Jupiter stuck his nose in the air with what he must have thought was authority. “Now, go put that in your room and wash up for dinner. I’m hungry.”

“Yes, Jupiter,” said Morrigan playfully.

“And I don’t want to hear anymore about this favouritism nonsense.”

“Oh, no, definitely not.” Morrigan shook her head as though to prove a point but as she left the room, she called out “I’m your favourite!” before sprinting all the way to Room 85.

While she was running through the halls of the Deucalion, the dress in her hand, Morrigan let the smile take over her face. She was glad she had found happiness after all those years, but there was one question nagging at the back of her mind that she had tried to forget about for the past five years:

When will this be over?

#nevermoor #wundersmith #hollowpox #nevermoor fan fiction #morrigan crow #jupiter north #jupidad #when will this be over?

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t-underneaththeradardancing · 4 years

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u mitta scene the vid - and wunder wtf - t - i thot u sick

yah - i do have good moments tho - i take advantage - time spent setting up - tuning - practice - cosplay - recording -15 min - i wuz exhausted out of breath and sweating by the end - felt better than i have in daze - promptly lay down for a bit

went out for a few minutes - mailed a couple bills - 1 block away - warm sunny - no contact w anyone within 15 feet - fed a few of my murder - slow af fuck walk up 3 flights of stairs - lungs - esp damaged ones being attacked - need some exercise or pneumonia and fluid settles in - i make it up without needing emergency inhaler - yah i completely stop at every landing - catch breath let heart rate slow - lay down for a while

did some dishes - not many - took maybe 10 minutes and im slow window gaze - a bit baked cant remember if i already washed or rinsed - but standing in place and using arms aggravates sciatica and the activity makes me slightly out of breath - easily back in control tho - not quite exhausted but - i lay down for a bit

sometimes just lie down for a bit after lying down for a bit - watch some financial news during day - have made trades most planned at various steps down in the market - expecting it to go down more but tbh im not paying enuff attention to take any of my advice - this could - i dont think it will - but get a lot worse - i have cash and skillz to ride it out - anyway after watching financial news for a while - i turn on something mindless - the new shaft w samuel jackson - omg how fing violent do we hafta get and how stylized - anyway mindless - im not really watching anywaze - drift til sleep - play w kitty - watch a few minutes financial - sip coffee- back to mindless maybe sleep a bit

thats my daze - not much diff than lately w isolation except i would b making more vid snippets and spam product lol - its not product - we dont really gaf if we even break even - we want ppl to listen read look absorb transcend dance sing go out and make their own art and get on board the love train which im workin onna arrangement donchu know but that wip been a while

so doing a little toward dinner - mashed potatoes boiling - thats not exactly grueling lol - well i gotta chop some garlic and onions - i prolly - u got it - lay down for a bit when finished

i did a bit more today than lately cuz i felt better - there are prolly gonna b days i dont feel as well - the recovery for most ppl seems to b slow and treacherous - imma recover

and if i dont

NO FUCKING REGRETS

imma being sent more love -thots - wishes - prayers and imma lucky motherfucker with the best friends in the world - here reel d hybrid - ppl who only have known me as t - a performance art conceptual comedian ( fool t fool - u dont even wanna b a comic ) who plays guitar and whines - i mean mean sings sometimes and ppl who know most everything - most somewhere in between - tho u no t - tmi always

im ok - i think - i mean - i have a fukken flu - odds say corona esp since flu season over - seems to b a milder version - have a plan w my doc to get thru

alive and functioning well enuff to be glad im alive

love you all

#poetry i guess

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theresabookforthat · 5 years

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Weekend Reads: Museums

Taking the lead from this week’s publishing event – DR. SEUSS’S HORSE MUSEUM – we’ve reined in “museum” titles for all ages and interests. Here is fiction and nonfiction worthy of exhibiting!

DR. SEUSS’S HORSE MUSEUM by Dr. Seuss; Illustrated by Andrew Joyner

A never-before-published Dr. Seuss book about creating and looking at art! Based on a manuscript and sketches discovered in 2013, this book is like a visit to a museum—with a horse as your guide!

THE MUSEUM OF INNOCENCE by Orhan Pamuk

It is 1975, a perfect spring in Istanbul. Kemal and Sibel, children of two prominent families, are about to become engaged. But when Kemal encounters Füsun, a beautiful shopgirl and a distant relation, he becomes enthralled. And once they violate the code of virginity, a rift begins to open between Kemal and the world of the Westernized Istanbul bourgeoisie. In his pursuit of Füsun over the next eight years, Kemal becomes a compulsive collector of objects that chronicle his lovelorn progress—amassing a museum that is both a map of a society and of his heart. Orhan Pamuk won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2006

MUSEUM: BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART by Danny Danziger

Using more than fifty interviews, award-winning writer Danny Danziger creates a fascinating mosaic of the people behind New York’s magnificent Metropolitan Museum of Art.

THE DEAD FISH MUSEUM by Charles D’Ambrosio

This masterful collection, ten years in the making, establishes Charles D’Ambrosio as a major writer in the tradition of Carver, Denis Johnson, and Richard Yates. FIRST TIME IN PAPERBACK

POETRY

THE OCTOPUS MUSEUM: POEMS by Brenda Shaughnessy

This collection of bold and scathingly beautiful feminist poems imagines what comes after our current age of environmental destruction, racism, sexism, and divisive politics. Informed by Brenda Shaughnessy’s craft as a poet and her worst fears as a mother, the poems in The Octopus Museum blaze forth from her pen.

MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAS by J. Michael Martinez

Longlisted for the 2018 National Book Award in Poetry

Engaging beautiful and otherworldly Mexican casta paintings, morbid photographic postcards depicting the bodies of dead Mexicans, the strange journey of the wood and cork leg of General Santa Anna, and Martinez’s own family lineage, Museum of the Americas gives accounts of migrant bodies caught beneath, and fashioned under, a racializing aesthetic gaze.

FOR YOUNGER READERS

THE MUSEUM BOOK by Jan Mark; Illustrated by Richard Holland

Jan Mark’s humorous and conversational insights take readers through museums’ multifaceted history, while Richard Holland’s eye-catching mixed-media illustrations lend their own quirky flair. With vivid examples from all around the world, this wonderful book puts museums — and the many artifacts lovingly stored there — on display in a whole new light.

LOIS LOOKS FOR BOB AT THE MUSEUM by Nosy Crow, Gerry Turley

Little readers will love helping Lois search for her friend Bob behind museum artifacts and encountering their friends along the way in this quirky lift-the-flap book with a retro feel.

SQUIRREL IN THE MUSEUM by Vivian Vande Velde; Illustrated by Steve Björkman

Pandemonium breaks out at the science museum when Twitch the squirrel tags along on a school trip in this hilarious chapter book.

MY MUSEUM by Joanne Liu

A young boy learns that art is all around us in this captivating picture book about a day at the museum. With a wink and a nod to serious museum-goers everywhere, Joanne Liu’s whimsical illustrations remind us that sometimes the best kind of art is the kind you make yourself.

THE GIRL IN THE CASTLE INSIDE THE MUSEUM by Kate Bernheimer; Illustrated by Nicoletta Ceccoli

Once there was a girl who lived in a castle. The castle was inside a museum. When children visited, they’d press against the glass globe in which the castle sat, to glimpse the tiny girl. But when they went home, the girl was lonely. Then one day, she had an idea! What if you hung a picture of yourself inside the castle inside the museum, inside this book? Then you’d able to keep the girl company.

SLEEPOVER AT THE MUSEUM by Karen Lefrak; Illustrated by David Bucs

Imagine spending your birthday at the museum! Join Mason and his friends on their scavenger hunt through all the exhibits that make any natural history museum so special.

THE MUSEUM OF INTANGIBLE THINGS by Wendy Wunder

“A crisp, beautifully crafted story of adventure, love, and the limits of friendship…” –Booklist (Starred Review)

YOU CAN’T TAKE A BALLOON INTO THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM by Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman, Robin Glasser

While she’s in the Metropolitan Museum with her grandmother, a little girl leaves her prized yellow balloon tied to a railing outside. But its string becomes untied, and the balloon embarks on an uproarious journey through New York City. With an ever-increasing cast of wacky urban characters in tow, it soars past a host of landmarks. Eighteen famous paintings and sculptures are reproduced in this delightful, wordless book that explores the magical relationship between art and life.

For more on these, and related titles, visit the collection Museum Friday Reads

#museum reads #friday reads #weekend reads #there's a book for that #penguin random house

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kentonramsey · 3 years

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TikTok’s Refreshingly Anti-Establishment Take On The Met Gala

NEW YORK, NY – MAY 07: Rihanna at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Jackson Lee/Getty Images)

In the fall of 2019, Stella Wunder and Carol Tchiakpe, both 19, met in a Facebook group for NYU’s incoming freshmen class. Two drama majors with a mutual obsession with the Met Gala, the aspiring actors immediately hit it off. “The beginning of May, every year, we were both the type to be on our phones at our respective high schools, checking to see what everyone was wearing,” Tchiakpe told Refinery29. They became fast friends, and eventually decided to move in together mid-pandemic. When April came around, and Page Six and Vogue announced that the gala would be pushed back from its typical first-Monday-in-May date to September timed to the Costume Institute’s dual exhibitions — “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion” and “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” — Wunder and Tchiakpe, intrigued by the theme, came up with a way to get in on the action.

“When we heard that the Met Gala was officially being scheduled, we were both like, Who’s going to be there? What are they doing to wear? Who’s going to flop?” said Tchiakpe. They began jotting down their thoughts on a notepad before quickly realising just how many opinions they both had. So, they took to their apartment wall, colour-coordinating Post-its in three different sections — American commentary, people who pay homage to an American designer, and those who missed the mark — with predictions for every supposed attendee’s outfit scribbled on them in permanent marker. Then, they documented it all on TikTok.

@lungtimes

welcome to the #metgala prediction wall featuring @shawtylonglegs . breakdown in part 2 🙂 #metgala2021 #IFeelWeightless #nyc #fashion

♬ Lofi – Domknowz

On 5th May, Wunder posted a video to her TikTok account, @lungtimes, titled “Met Gala predictions part 1”. In it, the two roommates narrowed down their laundry list of questions to three big ones: who will be there, what they will wear, and how it will be received. Overnight, the video went viral.

“I thought maybe a couple thousand people would watch and I’d be like, ‘Oh my god, that’s so cool,’” says Tchiakpe. “And then suddenly the next morning, Stella was like, ‘It’s fully hit like a million views.’ And I was like, ‘Come again?’”

Four months later, that number has more than doubled, with two million views and more than 565,000 likes. In the wake of their viral video, Tchiakpe and Wunder posted the remaining three parts of their initial prediction, made the wall into a shareable spreadsheet, and even considered a podcast. Wunder posts regular one-off predictions about particularly buzzy celebrities like Lady Gaga, Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, and Zendaya, the least successful of which still got more than 20,000 views. She’s often asked questions only Anna Wintour, the chairwoman of the Gala, could possibly answer — from info about the guest list to what said guests will be wearing — but her 51,500 followers don’t know that. To them, Wunder is an expert — one that’s using her personal opinions and knowledge of the gala, accumulated through years of fandom, to introduce millions to the “Oscars of Fashion”.

@lungtimes

WHAT DO I WEAR AND ALSO SHOULD WE MAKE THIS A THING #nyc #metgalawall #metgala #fashion #nyfw #party #nycparty #metgala2021 #style #outfit

♬ Coffee Shop – Late Night Luke

Wunder and Tchiakpe are planning a watch party for the night, inviting their followers to join IRL as well as digitally, and creating a virtual Met Gala experience that anyone can take part in. And no, they’re not charging $30,000 per seat (£21,640) for theirs.

But TikTok, a share-everything type of platform, couldn’t be more different from the uber-exclusive nature of the Met Gala. At the annual fashion benefit, phones are not allowed (though some enterprising guests have snuck them in and taken now-legendary photos that show more rule-breaking). Hell, until this year, Vogue had never live streamed the event in an effort to keep every aspect of the evening under lock and key.

Still, social media has long been a place of discourse for all things pertaining to the Costume Institute. In 2015, despite the Institute putting in place a social media ban for those inside of the event, the hashtag #MetGala garnered over 1.5 million tweets on Twitter over the course of 4th May, the day of that year’s China: Through the Looking Glass gala, a controversial theme about Orientalism and cultural appropriation that engendered some heated online discourse. There, people shared their opinions on celebrities’ interpretations of the theme in real time, in some ways eclipsing the event itself. The Met Gala also has its own peanut gallery on Instagram, as red carpet images are often shared by both fashion publications and stylists just minutes after a look is debuted, which are commented on and regrammed. The most popular Met moments among Instagram’s one billion users are often ones for the record books. See: Beyoncé in Givenchy in 2016, Ariana Grande in custom Vera Wang in 2018, and Cardi B in Thom Browne in 2019. Twitter took back the Met Gala from Instagramin 2020, when High Fashion Twitter Met Gala, a virtual red carpet held on the platform, exploded on the scene during the pandemic.

“TikTok is going to change the world of media by granting access and reach to [talent] that wouldn’t normally have gotten it.”

Stella Wunder

But TikTok’s algorithm and content style are different from any other social media platform we’ve seen before. The Met Gala’s hush-hush and rule-bound structure could use some of TikTok’s levity, and its ability to make anyone an overnight sensation could prove to supercharge the event’s fame-making and trend-setting powers.

“TikTok is going to change the world of media by granting access and reach to [talent] that wouldn’t normally have gotten it,” Wunder says. For example, if the Met Gala was able to make or break a young designer before it was introduced to TikTok’s 100 million-plus monthly active users in the U.S., think about what it can do now that it has an all-powerful algorithm behind it, which can turn any small business into a crown jewel with just one video. The same goes for wardrobe and hair stylists, makeup artists, and even first-time attendees. If the two million people who watched Wunder and Tchiakpe’s Met Gala predictions were to rally behind a certain look from the night, it could reach viral Rihanna-at-Heavenly-Bodies status many times over, giving all those who played a part in the look on a digital pedestal.

Since we already know that Gen Z enjoys an underdog mission, especially when it comes to fashion, it’s likely that Met Gala fans on TikTok will root for looks that aren’t heavily publicised elsewhere, giving opportunities to those among the new guard at the event. And for the first time, TikTokers will have a platform to amplify their opinions in a way that could potentially be even more popular than the PR-filtered messages put out by the fashion establishment. Not only does this create an entirely new kind of Met Gala experience, it also democratises the event, which is famously elitist and exclusive.

No, the 73-year-old benefit isn’t going to be overrun by TikTokers, nor will iPhones suddenly be allowed to vlog every detail of what happens inside. But the Met Gala in the age of TikTok is different, if only because it’s opened itself up to millions of new, young, and opinionated people, all of whom can get in on the action simply by posting their thoughts regarding the star-studded event, speaking about it in the same off-the-cuff way so many do on TikTok, in one 15-second video. It worked for two 19-year-old drama students who’ve been fangirling over the Met Gala since high school. What’s to say it won’t for you, too? (Just don’t forget to hashtag #MetGala).

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afaimsblog · 6 years

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Der Teufel wurde gerettet

“Lucifer” wurde doch noch gerettet, Netflix hat sich dazu entschieden der Serie einen vierte Staffel zu spendieren, und das noch gerade rechtzeitig unter Dach und Fach gebracht, bevor die Verträge mit den Darstellern auslaufen.

Das freut die Fans, und macht “Lucifer” neben “Brooklyn Nine Nine” und “The Expanse” zur dritten großen Serie dieser Season, die durch eine Fremd-Übernahme vor dem Aus gerettet wurde. Tatsächlich scheint dieses Vorgehen immer gängiger zu werden, gerade in den letzten Jahren. (Ein paar Jahre zu spät, denn wo waren alle, als “Hannibal” gecanncelt wurde?!)

Manche Serien werden auch mit Abstand von einem Jahr (”Last Man Standing”) gerettet oder kehren nach noch längerer Zeit in Form eines Revials in unsere Wohnzimmer zurück (”X-Files”, “Prison Break”, “Will and Grace”, “Roseanne”). Und manche dieser Revials haben sogar genug Erfolg um es auf mehr als nur eine neue Staffel zu bringen.

Anderer Serie bekommen Fortsetzungsserien spendiert, die die Handlung einige Jahre später fortsetzen oder eine Art Spin-Off, der auch als Fortsetzung funktioniert, darstellen (”Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life”, “Fuller House”, “Girl meets World”, “24: Live another Day”, “Heroes: Reborn”, “90210″, “Melrose Place”, “Dallas”).

Und es gibt auch die Variante einer Zeichentrickfortsetzung (”Constantine”) mit Übernahme des Hauptcharakters in eine verwandtes/dazugehöriges Shared Universe (abermals John Constantine, der wir ab der nächsten Staffel zu den Hauptcharakteren von “Legends of Tomorrow” zählen können).

Dabei scheint es noch gar nicht so lange her zu sein, dass ein abschließender Film für eine zu früh abgesetzte Serie ein kleines Wunder dargestellt hat (Erinnert ihr euch noch an “Firefly” und “Serenity”?). Und auch die durch Fan-Proteste erkaufen letzten Staffeln von bereits abgesetzten Serien waren meistens nicht unbedingt ein durchschlagender Erfolg (sei es “Jericho”, das Original-”Star Trek”, oder - aus jüngster Vergangenheit - “Timeless”).

Trotzdem ist es gut zu sehen, dass wir scheinbar endlich den kulturellen Punkt erreicht haben, an dem wir keine Wegwerfgesellschaft mehr sein wollen, die nur von Quoten und Erfolg lebt, sondern Geschichten mitunter auch wirklich zu Ende erzählen wollen, oder eben auch nur weiter.

Deswegen ist aber noch nicht alles rosarote Zuckerwatte. Manche Reboots entstehen offensichtlich nur wegen der Marke (”MacGyver”, ”Dynastie”, ”Charmed” und wohl auch “Roswell, New Mexico”), während viele der vorher genannten verspäteten Fortsetzungen mitunter vor allem furchtbar sind (mir fällt da spontan “Heroes: Reborn” ein).

Und andere Reunion-Projekte scheint man den Fans einfach nicht gönnen zu wollen (Wir warten immer noch auf den “Community”-Film, und die “Friends”-Reunion wird wohl niemals zustande kommen). Nach wir vor sterben viele Serien zu früh und ohne würdiges Ende, vor allem Genre-Serie, und deren verspätete Fortsetzungen sind meistens auch die, die hinter den Erwartungen zurück bleiben.

Also ja, im Prinzip ist es nicht wirklich so, dass wir heute besser wissen, was wir tun als vor zehn oder fünfzehn oder zwanzig Jahren. Aber vielleicht, wenn wir ein paar katastrophale Testruns hinter uns gebracht haben, schaffen wir es eines Tages den richtigen Weg nicht nur einzuschlagen, sondern auch auf ihm zu bleiben ohne uns im Wald zu verirren.

#Sixseasonsandamovie

#Blog #Lucifer #US-Fernsehen #Fernsehserien #brooklyn 99 #The Expanse #Verspätete Fortsetzungen

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jeremystrele · 4 years

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Thoughtful Home Deliveries To Nurture Your Creativity

Shopping

by Amelia Barnes

Tools in The Classic Weaver Kit by Wunder Weave. Photo – Sam Wong. Styling – Natalie Turnbull

We’re now into our sixth week of isolation, which probably means you’ve already watched Tiger King, baked several loaves of bread, reorganised your wardrobe, Zoomed with every long lost friend…

There are so many articles right now dedicated to being ‘productive’ during this time, but at the point, we’re all about taking this time to simply experiment with something new that mind expand your mind, improve your creativity, or just bring a little joy!

SO we’ve rounded up a bunch of ideas to keep the creativity firing during this weird time – and they’re all available for delivery to your (Australian) doorstep. Many of these are produced by local makers who have lost their regular income due to the pandemic, so supporting them is a win-win!

Guy Vadas of Céramiques. Photo – Amelia Stanwix

The Home Delivery Tool and Clay Kit from Céramiques . Photo – Guy Vadas

Wunder Weave Yarn Pack. Photo – Sam Wong. Styling – Natalie Turnbull

A Beginner’s Weaving Guide by Wunder Weave, illustrated by Ashley Ronning. Photo – Urban Safari

Crockd delivers home clay kits! Photo – courtesy of Crockd

Learn-To-Weave Kit by Tjanpi Desert Weavers. Left: Right: Nancy Nanana Jackson and Mrs Burke near Warakurna, WA. Photo – Rhett Hammerton, supplied courtesy of Tjanpi Desert Weavers, NPY Womens Council.

For your creativity

Céramiques Clay & Tool kit: Melbourne ceramics studio Céramiques has pivoted to home deliveries and online classes to get you hand building your own pottery pieces at home. The pack includes 10kg of clay and all the tools to get you started. $65 + $15 for interstate delivery.

Crockd OG Kit: New Australian company Crockd specialises in home clay kits designed to be shared with loved ones. Their OG kit provides enough clay and instructions to make four cups, which you can look forward to firing at a studio near you in future. They’re also delivering a special Mother’s Day edition, perfect for a virtual clay making date! $80, free delivery Australia-wide.

Wunder Weave Classic Weaver Kit: Try your hand at weaving on a locally crafted loom stand delivered by Wunder Weave. This kit includes all the tools required and an instruction manual suited to weavers at a beginner and intermediate level. There’s also mini and large size looms available. $95 + $15 postage or local pickup.

Tjanpi Desert Weavers Learn-To-Weave Kit: Weave your own raffia basket using traditional techniques with this kickstarter pack from Tjanpi Desert Weavers. This social enterprise of the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yakunytjatjara (NPY) Women’s Council works with women in remote central and western desert regions who earn an income from contemporary fibre art. The organisation represents over 400 Anangu/Yarnangu women artists from 26 remote communities. $40 + $8.99 domestic postage or $30 international postage.

Other Melbourne ceramicists who are now offering at-home hand building clay kits include Tantri Mustika (whose kit includes 5kg of clay and various tools, available to pre-order now) and Bisque Studios (who are also offering a firing service for the first 100 orders!).

Photo – courtesy of WellRead

Clemens Habicht’s Colour Puzzles and more are available from The Jacky Winter Group. L: Photo – Amelia Stanwix. R: Photo – courtesy of The Jacky Winter Group.

Biz Cranston and Laura Brading, founders of book subscription service, WellRead. Photos – courtesy of WellRead

Golden Girls jigsaw puzzle by Chantel de Sousa. Photo – courtesy of Smith Street Books. Right – Bondi Icebergs Jigsaw Puzzle by Australian Unseen.

for your mind

WellRead subscription: This book subscription service delivers the best titles to your door, along with reading notes to spark conversation with friends or in their exclusive Facebook group. WellRead subscriptions are available at various frequencies, with options for both kids and adults. Monthly subscriptions $29-$35.

Jacky Winter jigsaw puzzles: Melbourne artist agency The Jacky Winter Group have long been makers of incredible puzzles. Our favourites include the 1000-piece style by Sydney artist Karan Singh, and their range of Clemens Habicht’s colour gradient puzzles. (FYI: Jacky Winter are also currently hosting a daily virtual activities program called Homeroom – head to their Instagram to see what’s on!) Jigsaw puzzles from $30.

Australian Unseen jigsaw puzzles: Sydney’s famous beaches may be shut, but we can still experience them in puzzle form thanks to photographer Vincent Rommelaere from Australian Unseen. Vincent’s aerial photos of Bondi, Clovelly, Bronte and more are available in 500 and 1000 piece versions, and make for a stunning print once complete! Jigsaw puzzles from $49 + $10 domestic postage or $30 international postage.

Golden Girls jigsaw puzzle: This puzzle illustrated by local artist Chantel De Sousa is part of the new pop culture gift range from Smith Street Gift, an imprint of the Melbourne independent publishing company, Smith Street Books. Other fun products in their range include playing cards, puzzles and bingo featuring your favourite characters from Seinfeld, Friends, The Office and more.

For even more puzzles, check out florist Hattie Molloy’s featuring her beautiful floral arrangements, or for serious puzzle enthusiasts, The Melbourne Map jigsaw!

Audrey Pot Pack by Plant Mama. Photo – courtesy of Plant Mama.

L: Jenna Holmes of Plant Mama. Photo – Eve Wilson. R: Audrey Pot Pack by Plant Mama. Photo – courtesy of Plant Mama.

Buy A Bunch flowers by Georgie Boy. Photos – Dan Roberts

Neighbourhood Box by Flowers Vasette. Photo – courtesy of Flowers Vasette. Right – Vitamin C Pack by Flowers Vasette. Photo – courtesy of Flowers Vasette

The Plant Society are shipping a Home Plant Butler Kit! Photos – Caitlin Mills

Seasonal blooms available for delivery from MyFlowerMan. Photo – courtesy of MyFlowerMan

for your senseS

Buy A Bunch by Georgie Boy: Melbourne floral studio Georgie Boy are normally focused on events, but in the wake of COVID-19, they’ve commenced deliveries for the first time. Jump onto their Buy A Bunch page to snap up one of their limited weekly deliveries of seasonal, locally grown flowers. $30 + free delivery to select Melbourne suburbs.

Flowers Vasette boxes: Melbourne icon Cherrie Miriklis-Pavlou, managing director of Flowers Vasette, wasted no time pivoting her business to the current times (read all about that here!), and is now offering a whole variety of flower and produce boxes. We recommend the Vitamin C Pack for keeping healthy and happy with plenty of fruit, veggies and flowers, or the Neighbourhood Box which provides enough blooms for sharing, or perhaps practicing your floral design! Boxes from $50.

The Plant Society Home Plant Butler Kit: Keep your house plants thriving this handy pack of maintenance essentials from The Plant Society. Included in the Plant Butler Kit are leather handle secateurs, neem oil spray, plant soil food, plus a complimentary pin, tote bag and patch so you can look the part! $65 + delivery from $15.50.

MyFlowerMan flowers: Sydney’s MyFlowerMan are still operating during the pandemic, delivering single variety and mixed bunch seasonal blooms. All deliveries are arranged in MyFlowerMan’s signature loose and textured style featuring whites, neutrals and plenty of greens. From $55 + delivery.

Plant Mama Audrey Pot Pack: Never one to sit still, Jenna Holmes from Plant Mama has been busy introducing new services to her business, including seedlings and large pot deliveries! Her pot packs include four coloured pots in various sizes and custom painted colours. $1125 + $60 for delivery within 30km of Melbourne CBD. Additional costs for further and interstate freight.

Other sense nourishing deliveries we love are Hello Botanical’s Self Isolation/Self Care Package, and the creative blooms from Sydney floral designer, My Violet.

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Day Trip to South Wexford

I had learned that the pharmacist friend knew her way around Co. Wexford, so I asked her if she would like to take a day trip to see an abbey or something. Also, she had given me a book called “Medieval Wexford”, which had given me some ideas. I had to choose between Ferns and Dunbrody, but from the book, it looked like there was more to see at Dunbrody Abbey. So we went there. I had taken the day off in the hostel; I only had to be back in the afternoon to work in the Hole in the Wall. So we started quite early. It so happened that we arrived at Dunbrody Abbey an hour early, because they only opened at 11, so she suggested we go to Hook Head peninsula and lighthouse. I hadn’t been there before, so of course I agreed. It is apparently the oldest lighthouse still in use. We didn’t climb it, but instead had tea and scones and I took some pictures. She had lent me her camera, because the ones my phone takes are no good. So I had the camera strap around my neck and went to walk down the cliffs to take that nice shot there and said to her: “Don’t worry, I won’t jump.” Her reply: “Not with my camera, you won’t.” I was perplexed, but very amused. I didn’t anticipate her being so funny. Very much my type of humour. Anyway, on the way back to the abbey, she decided to take a detour to Slade to show me the little harbour and the castle. I only took three shots of the castle, but there was a car parked really unfavourably. Finally, we went to Dunbrody again and got the key for the abbey. It struck me how similar it is to Jerpoint Abbey. It is no wonder, because they are both Cistercian abbeys, but still. It was a pity that one couldn’t really see the River Suir from the abbey, because apparently, the monks had a tidal mill there. Dunbrody was founded my the omnipresent Willliam Marshall. I decided to sit on the fence for a while to sketch the abbey and she decided to explore the cemetery and do some bird watching. After that, we had a very nice home-made vegetable soup.

A very nice day in good company.

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Tagesausflug nach Süd-Wexford

Ich hatte mitbekommen, dass die Apotheker-Freundin sich in der Grafschaft Wexford auskennt und habe sie gefragt, ob sie vielleicht mit mir einen Ausflug machen möchte, um eine Klosterruine oder etwas in der Art anzusehen. Außerdem hatte sie mir ein Buch mit dem Titel “Medieval Wexford” geliehen, was mich inspiriert hat. Ich sollte zwischen Ferns und Dunbrody Abbey wählen, aber von den Bildern um Buch sah es so aus, als gäbe es in Dunbrody mehr zu sehen. Also sind wir dort hingefahren. Ich hatte den Tag im Hostel freigenommen - wir haben eh zur Zeit drei Freiwillige - ich musste nur nachmittags für meine Schicht im Hole in the Wall zurück sein. Also sind wir ziemlich früh losgefahren. Daher waren wir auch zu früh an der Dunbrody Abbey, die erst um 11 aufmacht, also hat sie vorgeschlagen, dass wir zur Hook Head-Halbinsel und dem Leuchtturm fahren. Ich war da noch nicht gewesen, also nix wie hin. Es ist offenbar der älteste Leuchtturm, der noch in Betrieb ist. Wir sind nicht hochgestiegen, sondern haben nur Tee und Scones zu uns genommen, und ich habe hinterher noch Fotos gemacht. Sie hatte mir ihre Kamera geliehen, weil meine Handykamera keine schönen Bilder macht. Die Kamera baumelte also um meinen Hals und ich bin die Klippen runter gegangen, um die obige Aufnahme zu machen. Ich habe ihr zugerufen: “Keine Bange, ich springe nicht!” Ihre Antwort: “Das will ich auch hoffen, mit meiner Kamera!” Ich war überrascht, aber auch amüsiert. Ich hatte gar nicht gewusst, dass sie so witzig ist. Ziemlich genau mein Humor. Jedenfalls haben wir dann auf dem Rückweg zur Klosterruine noch einen Umweg genommen, damit sie mir den kleinen Hafen und die Burg in Slade zeigen konnte. Ich habe nur drei Aufnahmen von der Burg gemacht, weil davor sehr ungünstig ein Auto geparkt war. Endlich sind wir dann wieder nach Dunbrody gefahren und haben uns den Schlüssel für die Ruine geholt. Es war sehr auffällig, wie ähnlich sich Dunbrody und Jerpoint Abbey im Layout sind. Ist ja auch kein Wunder, sind beides Zisterzienserklöster gewesen, aber dennoch... Dunbrody ist von dem allgegenwärtigen William Marshall gegründet worden, falls ich das nicht mit dem Leuchtturm verwechsle. Nach der Besichtigung habe ich noch etwas auf dem Zaun gesessen und das Kloster skizziert, während meine Begleitung den Friedhof erkundet und Vogelbeobachtungen durchgeführt hat. Hinterher gab’s noch eine köstliche hausgemachte Gemüsesuppe im Besucherzentrum/ Café.

Ein sehr schöner Tag in guter Gesellschaft.

#Co. Wexford #Slade Castle #William Marshall #Dunbrody Abbey #history #Hook Head Lighthouse #deutsch #Leuchtturm #Cistercian #Zisterzienser

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deutschstyle-blog · 7 years

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New Post has been published on http://deutschstyle.net/2017/12/09/45-superstar-geschichteten-bob-ideen.html

45 Superstar Geschichteten Bob-Ideen

Wissen Sie, warum die geschichteten bob ist ein so beliebtes Frisur? Denn es ist unglaublich niedrige Wartung. In der Tat, abgesehen von der Tatsache, dass es macht Sie Aussehen, jung und frisch, es erfordert sehr wenig styling auf Ihrem Teil. Alles, was Sie tun müssen, ist Rüschen, es ein wenig in den morgen und fügen Sie eine touch von Schaumfestiger, Haarwachs oder Haarspray. Dann können Sie auf Ihrem Weg auf der Suche herrlichen in fünf Minuten flach. Sie glauben uns nicht? Werfen Sie einen Blick auf diese Hollywood-stars, die gingen, für die geschichteten bob und dachte, es ist das beste styling Entscheidung in Ihrem Leben.

1. Die Michelle Dockery

Sie trug ein 1920er Jahren elegante und aristokratische bob als Lady Mary in Downton Abbey und dann bekam Sie einen im echten Leben auch. Michelle Dockery die perfekte Wahl getroffen mit dieser Kastanie dunkel Kinn Länge bob, die unterstreicht Ihre helle Haut und braune Augen.

2. Jamie Alexander

Sie kann ein Krieger auf dem Bildschirm, aber Sie hat uns verzaubert, für etwas ganz anderes, wenn es um styling und fashion. Jaime Alexander hatte die Welt zu Ihren Füßen als Lady Sif in Thor – Filme, und wir verehren Sie geschichteten bob.

3. Die Natalie Portman

Eng folgt, ist eine andere führende Dame aus dem Thor – franchise. Natalie Portman ist eine zeitlose Schönheit, die auch das Gesicht von Dior Mademoiselle. Hier ist Sie mit einem wunderschönen voluminösen geschichteten bob und Unterschrift dunklen roten Lippenstift.

4. Die Lea Seydoux

Wenn Sie lieben, die schöne und das Biest, empfehlen wir Ihnen, schauen Sie sich auch die französische version mit blonder Lea Seydoux als gut. Sie werden fasziniert sein von der fantastischen Kinematographie und Märchen Qualität des Films. Oh, und von Lea selbst, natürlich!

5. Lena Headey

Es kann als eine überraschung, doch Königin Cersei ist nicht Blond. Im wirklichen Leben Schauspielerin Lena Headey Zehen die Grenze zwischen lange pixie und kurze geschichteten bob mit diesem wunderbaren und verführerisch geschnitten. Außerdem ist Sie als Brünette, wie Sie kommen.

6. Die Scarlet Johansson

Lange, bevor Sie war eine berühmte rote Kopf, wie Black Widow in Den Avengers Filmen, Scarlet Johansson war jedermanns Lieblings blonde. Hier trägt Sie ein sehr kantig und abgehackt geschichteten bob, die macht Ihr Aussehen wie ein rock-star.

7. Die January Jones

Apropos perfekte Blondinen, January Jones macht der Schnitt in einer hervorragenden Art und Weise. Sie scheint nur zu haben gewesen gemacht für mittlere Länge sandy Blondinen, cat eyeliner und roten Lippenstift. Es ist kein Wunder, Sie war Darsteller in “Mad Men”.

8. Die Clemence Poesie

Nun, Ihre Fleur Delacour Tage sind nun hinter Ihr ließ Clemence Poesie lehren, wie Sie tragen Ihr Haar wie eine wahre Französisch Haare. Aber wirklich, haben Sie gesehen, ein schöner bob mit eine weitere interessante make-up als das, was Sie trägt? Girl crush!

9. Die Sienna Miller

Apropos Mädchen zermalmt, Sienna Miller ist unser für immer it-girl. Sie können nichts falsch machen in unseren Augen wenn es um Schönheit geht. Wir lieben die Tatsache, dass Sie immer geht für den Natur-oder nude-look, wie Sie es hier gemacht haben, neben diesem minimal beschneiden.

10. Die Monica Belucci

La bella Italia hat begabt viele Dinge auf der Welt über die Jahrhunderte, für die wir uns könnten wir nicht mehr dankbar. Eine davon ist definitiv die Schauspielerin Monica Belucci, entdeckt hier mit einem sehr zottigen Brünette geschichteten bob. Wir können fast verzeihen Ihr für das lila monstrum Sie trägt.

11. Der Michelle Williams

Let ‘ s face it. Niemand macht Blond wie Michelle Williams. Vielleicht ist das einer der Gründe, warum Sie wurde gewählt, um darzustellen, der oberste Blondine, Marilyn Monroe? Sie Tat es so in Meine Woche mit Marilyn , wo Sie trug die diva ‘ s Signatur lockigen bob. Hier ist Sie wieder mit einem mehr entspannt und geschichteten bob.

12. Der Rita Ora

Wir sind absolut in der Liebe mit diesem shaggy layered bob. Es gibt uns das Gefühl, dass alle Sie tun müssen ist, führen Sie Ihre Finger durch dein Haar und du bist fertig. Das ist der Umfang von styling, die es braucht. Vielleicht nicht einmal ein Kamm oder eine Bürste?

13. Emma Watson

Zuerst, schneiden Sie alle Ihre Haare in einem jungenhaften pixie als ein Zeichen, dass Sie fertig war mit den Harry-Potter-Teil Ihres Lebens. Dann hatte Sie es wachsen alle wieder. Und in den Prozess, haben wir zu Emma Watson ist herrlich mittlere geschichteten bob. Was für eine Wohltat!

14. Die Keira Knightley

Von einem britischen Sirene zu einem anderen. Die sexy Schauspielerin ging für eine Kinn-Länge-bob, an einem gewissen Punkt. Und das, obwohl wir lieben den Schnitt in sich unendlich, es ist vielleicht nicht die beste Wahl für Sie. Sie hat ein Diamant-förmiges Gesicht mit einer länglichen Kinn, die gezeigt wurde, durch die Ende-Zeile des bob. Gibt es Lektionen, die gelernt werden hier, Mädchen!

15. Die Kristen Stewart

Kristen Stewart machte den exakt gleichen Fehler. Obwohl Ihr Gesicht nicht so markant eckig, noch so Dünn wie Keira, Ohr-Länge geschichteten bob könnte nicht der beste Haarschnitt Sie hat versucht, in Ihr Leben. Es schneidet Ihr Gesicht horizontal in der Hälfte, verschärft Ihre dreieckige Kinn.

16. Emma Stone

Eine Dame, die wusste, wie man die layered bob war jedoch cutie Emma Stone. Sie ging zu einem medium Länge geschnitten, serviert zu umrahmen Ihr rundes Gesicht und geben ihm ein wenig Haltung. Wir lieben die side-trennten Pony, die öffnen sich Ihrem Blick.

17. Jennifer Lawrence

Die gleiche Art von Gesicht, und, natürlich, die gleiche Art von Haarschnitt. Dies ist ein Beweis dafür, dass, wenn Sie ein rundes Gesicht haben, sollten Sie Ihrem Beispiel zu Folgen und erhalten Sie diese geschichteten bob jetzt. Es ist Emma und Jennifer genehmigt, nachdem alle!

18. Die Khloe Kardashian

Nun wollen wir Ihnen zeigen, wie ein Diamant und eckiges Gesicht wie Keira und Kristen Stewart sollen behandelt wurden, bob-Weise. Khloe Kardashian entschieden sich für eine Schulter-Länge shaggy bob, die weich und minimiert Ihren Funktionen, anstatt explodieren lassen. Spiele deine stärken aus!

19. Rachel

Hier ist einer der berühmtesten Frisuren in der Geschichte der Kinematographie. Er nennt sich Rachel und berühmt wurde es nach Jennifer Aniston trug es auf die erste Staffel von Friends. Aber hast du jemals erkennen, dass das ein 90er-Jahre-Stil geschichteten bob?

20. Die Salma Hayek

Apropos 90er-Jahre-Stil geschichteten bobs, hier ist die Schauspielerin Salma Hayek trägt eine fantastische herausstellte bob mit Seite gefegt lange Fransen. Wissen Sie, die Art, die Sie vielleicht gesehen haben, newswomen oder auf Ihre Mama, als Sie klein waren. Es ist immer noch sehr Edel.

21. Die Claire Foy

Sie könnte die Identität eines der mächtigsten Frauen der Welt auf Ihr zu zeigen, Die Krone, aber im wirklichen Leben, die Schauspielerin Claire Foy nicht tragen Sie Ihre Haare wie Königin Elizabeth an alle. Hier ist Sie mit shaggy bob mit abgehackt enden.

22. Die Beyonce

Von einer Königin zur anderen. Nicht nur, dass Queen Bee bob mit Ebenen, aber die Ebenen selbst haben unterschiedliche Farben. Sie ging für eine dunkle Schokolade für das Unterholz und Schattierungen beige Blond on top.

23. Das Lana Parilla

Diese böse Königin ist eine wahre Schönheit im richtigen Leben. Wir lieben Ihre Idee einer etwas chaotisch bob, die uns daran erinnert, ein wenig die heraus gedreht bobs der 90er Jahre. Lana Parilla ist eine elegante Dame, ob Sie jagen Snow white durch den Wald oder nicht.

24. Die Jessica Simpson

Das Huhn auf das Meer starlet verwendet, das tragen eines geschichteten bob so gut. Sie hatte eine lange Reihe von bangs waren, fegte auf der einen Seite, um Ihr Aussehen noch süßer und schöner. Wir lieben auch, wie die Frisur war leicht pouffed bis in den Rücken, so dass Sie sah schlanker und größer zur gleichen Zeit.

25. Die Cate Blanchett

Schauspielerin Cate Blanchett hat eine einzigartige Marke der Schönheit, die ist sehr schwierig zu replizieren. Sie trägt seit geschichteten bobs in Ihre Signatur blonde für eine sehr lange Zeit und wir sind wirklich dankbar, dass Sie hat. Sie sieht atemberaubend.

26. Die Charlize Theron

Apropos atemberaubend, Charlize Theron ist eine der schönsten Frauen der Welt. Sie wurde das Gesicht der J ‘ ADORE Dior seit vielen Jahren und wir können auf jeden Fall sehen, warum. Deshalb, wenn Sie sagt, eine geschichtete bob ist in, wir sind ein.

27. Nina Dobrev

Schauspielerin Nina Dobrev ist der Beweis, dass eine gut geschnittene bob können machen Sie sich jung und frisch. Ihr ist sehr gefiederten und leicht, vor allem, da Sie gekehrt hat alles über einer Seite des Kopfes. Sie sieht aus wie Sie kam gerade zurück von einer Autofahrt mit der Spitze nach unten auf einem sonnigen morgen.

28. Die Elizabeth Moss

Hier ist eine andere Hollywood-Schauspielerin, die liebt zu spielen mit unseren Köpfen und halten uns raten. Ist es ein langer pixie cut? Ist es ein Kinn-Länge bob? Naja, vielleicht, wir kümmern uns nicht, was es ist. Alle wir Sorge über, ist die Tatsache, dass es sieht absolut atemberaubend auf Sie, und wir wollen auch ein.

29. Die Kaley Cuoco

Genau wie Em Watson, Kaley Cuoco ging durch Ihren pixie-phase als gut. Dann entschied Sie sich, es wachsen alle wieder. In dem Prozess, Sie trug den shaggy, geschichteten bob. Ihr war ein Platin bob mit dunklen Wurzeln.

30. Katy Perry

Es war Zeit für eine spot-Farbe auf unserer Liste. Also, natürlich, wir wandte sich an Katy Perry, unsere Lieblings-California girl. Hier ist Sie mit einem long-bob oder lob-und beach-Wellen, die alle in einem festen block von imperial blue. Das, plus die gold-make-up bringen Sie Ihre elektrischen Augen.

31. Die Penelope Cruz

Gibt es jemanden in der Welt, die tut smokey eyes besser als Penelope Cruz? Denn wir haben das Gefühl, dass Sie geboren wurde, sah wie dieser. Dies ist Ihr mit ein wenig 60er-Jahre-vibe geht auf, und, natürlich, eine wind-gefegt geschichteten bob.

32. Die Anne Hathaway

Die Sache, die wir lieben, die meisten hier, außer Anne selbst, natürlich, ist die peekaboos und lowlights in Ihrem Haar. Wenn Sie genau hinsehen, können Sie sehen, wie Sie rund um Ihr Gesicht und Stirn. Sie sind heller als der rest der Haare und werden dort zum Aufwärmen Ihr bleiches Gesicht.

33. Taylor Swift

Sagen Sie Hallo zu den shaggy 60er-Jahre-Mähne! Taylor Swift geht gut ab girl teen zu schwül 60er-Jahre-Göttin schneller als die Geschwindigkeit von Licht durch eine Sache. Dieser mehrschichtige smokey blonde bob. Ja, Sie mischte beige Blond mit aschfahles Grau, und die Ergebnisse sind spektakulär.

34. Die Jane Fonda

Wenn Sie möchten, um zu sehen, eine echte, live-Haarschnitt aus den 70er Jahren, suchen Sie nicht mehr. Jane Fonda ist immer noch auf roten Teppichen überall und Ihre geschichteten bob aus, das Jahrzehnt ist noch stark. Und es ist eine Sache der Schönheit, ist es nicht? Stell dir vor, die Stunden in immer jedes Haar suchen perfekt invertiert oder stehend!

35. Die Rose Byrne

Mit Abstand eine der schönsten Frauen in Hollywood, Rose Byrne, das Bild der Anmut und Eleganz treffen sexy mit diesem one-of-a-Kind-look. Wir sind positiv in der Liebe mit Ihr schockiert und voluminösen bob und hoffe, wir können sehen, Sie tragen es öfter.

36. Die Jenna Coleman

Wir nennen diese die guten Mädchen geschichteten bob. Sie können tragen Sie es in der Schule oder wenn Ihr Büro erzwingt eine sehr strenge Kleidung, Haare und make-up code. Es ist immer noch stylish und chic, nur, dass er sehr gut erzogen in der öffentlichkeit.

37. Die Naomi Watts

Schauspielerin Naomi Watts wird hier zum Modell für uns die asymmetrische geschichteten bob. Sie alle waren die Wut vor ein paar Jahren und man kann immer noch eine, wenn Sie Lust. Fragen Sie Ihren Stylisten, wenn diese die beste Lösung für Ihre Art von Gesicht zuerst.

38. Die Ciara

Hier ist ein bisschen balayage für kurzes Haar, die Letzte, die Sie für eine lange Zeit. Das ist die Schönheit der balayage, nachdem alle. Es sieht so natürlich, wenn es wächst, Sie können Ihre Zeit zwischen Friseur Terminen. Wir haben ein ganzen Stück weiter balayage für kurze Haare. Sollten Sie auf jeden Fall check it out!

39. Die Olivia Palermo

Einige Damen können stolz auf diese erstaunliche Gesichts-Knochen-Struktur wie Olivia Palermo hat. Was denkst du? Sie ist die Göttin der Wangenknochen? Bis dann, lasst lehnen Sie sich zurück und bewundern Sie Ihre schmuddelig, Total 90er-Jahre-revival, chaotisch, geschichteten bob. Wir also wollen, kopieren Sie diesen Stil!

40. Die Cristine Baranski

Sie kennen Sie aus Der Grinch, Chicago, The Birdcage, The Big Bang Theory, und viele andere Filme und TV-Serien. Cristine Baranski ist ein Schatz, und so ist Ihre Frisur. Mit Bezug auf Reifen Frisuren, die Sie können verwenden Sie es als Referenz für die Mutter der Braut-styles.

41. Die Raquel Welch

Eine weitere historische Dame auf dem Bildschirm ist nichts anderes als Raquel Welch. Ihre geschichteten bob mischt Kakao-Braun, Sand-Blond, und ein wenig rot für eine gute Maßnahme. Es gibt diese feurige lady die verve, die Sie braucht, um zu spielen, all diese wunderbaren Rollen.

42. Der Monica Geller

Natürlich, das ist die Schauspielerin Courtney Cox werden Sie sagen. Aber wir haben die speziell ausgewählt wurden, diese geschichteten bob aus den ersten Staffeln von Freunde , die wir glauben, wirklich darzustellen, Monica Geller, nicht die Schauspielerin selbst. Was denkst du? Sie würden gehen auf ein date mit Paul the wine guy suchen, wie das?

43. Die Helen Mirren

Frisuren über 60 haben noch nie besser ausgesehen als diese. Nehmen Sie ein Stichwort aus Helen Mirren Sinn für persönlichen Stil. Sie trägt eine Platin-Blondine in ein shaggy bob. Nicht zu vergessen, die fabelhaften schwarzen Kleid, getrimmt mit gold über und über!

44. Die Kate Moss

Die Mutter aller supermodels Kate Moss ist noch immer das Gesicht der 90er Jahre, als Sie einmal war. Ihr Haar ist alles schmuddelig, Ihr make-up natürlich ist, Ihre roten Lippenstift ist aber ein Abstrich, und Sie ist geschmückt in weißen Kunstpelz. Das ist, wie man off-duty-Stil supermodel.

45. Cameron Diaz

Die schöne und quirlige Cameron Diaz hat nie ditched Ihrer geschichteten bob. Sie spielte mit der Länge, aber die Essenz ist immer die gleiche geblieben. Nicht in der Lage, zu nehmen sich zu ernst, diese Dame auf jeden Fall gewinnt in unserem Buch!

Fazit

Hier sind die 45-superstar geschichteten bob Ideen, die wir versprochen. Sie gehören Schulter-Länge bobs, Kinn Länge bobs, zottigen bobs, grunge, elegant und choppy bobs. Welches hat Euch am besten gefallen? Schreiben Sie uns in den Kommentar-Abschnitt unten, um uns wissen zu lassen.

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I learned to embroider the summer before starting college; my friends and I decided we wanted to make cute embroidered shirts so we just went for it and the rest is history. I fell in love with embroidery, the way it’s so versatile. I originally was only embroidering items that could be used such as t-shirts or pockets, but then I realized I could make art with the miles of string I had.

At the time of this epiphany I was reading a book, The Museum of Intangible Things by Wendy Wunder (it’s a fabulous book, it really gets you thinking). The book is about a girl named Hannah and her best friend Zoe, who also has a younger brother with autism. Being the great older sister Zoe is, she makes him museum exhibits in their basement of intangible things to help him better understand, like emotions such as fear and whatnot. Zoe decides she wants to get out of town which is exactly what they do. Little does Hannah know Zoe has some plans to teach Hannah some intangible things she’s been missing in life. The first intangible thing Hannah is taught is insouciance. According to dictionary.com, insouciant means free from concerns, worry, or anxiety; carefree. That has been my favorite word ever since, because I think I need to be a little more insouciant in my life. This was my inspiration for the insouciant piece you see here; I wanted an everyday reminder to be a little more insouciant.

In making the insouciant piece I came to the conclusion that I love keeping the embroidery hoop on as a frame; it just works in my eyes. Another piece I made was inspired by The Gay Beards, specifically a picture they featured on their Instagram. As you may know, The Gay Beards are known for decorating their beards with all sorts of different things. In this particular case they had put flowers in their beards; I fell in love with the image and overall look of it. This inspired me to create an embroidery piece. This time it was all about experimenting and texture. I wanted to see how watercolors would work on fabric in creating the face of the bearded man. Although they bled a lot more than on paper, it worked pretty well. Then came the task of actually creating the beard; I wanted it to be textured similar to a beard and for the flowers to really pop. It took so much longer than I thought it would but that could just be the impatient millennial within me.

I recently touched up a piece I did earlier this year. When I originally made it I was very pleased with it and felt as though it was done for good. I gave it a title and everything: Music Never Dies; it’s of a skeleton couple lying on the floor listening to a pink vinyl record (in my eyes the record is My Chemical Romance’s Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge album that came exclusively in pink vinyl). When I came home for summer break and saw it again I felt as though it was missing something. I realized the white bones of the skeletons were blending with the cream colored patterned background too much; they weren’t distinctive enough for my liking. Therefore I took a chance once again and undid the backing to allow me to embroider a thin black outline of the skeletons. I was nervous because I had never done any outlining of any sorts with embroidery and didn’t want to mess up the piece since I liked it otherwise. I’m also one of those people where if I finish a work and consider it complete I don’t like to change things since it’s how I once wanted it, or maybe I have a fear of messing things up, I’m not sure which it is but anyways, this piece may have swayed that mentality of mine since I’m very happy with the way it turned out in the end.

Just like with any new medium for me, embroidery is all about experimenting and learning as I go. It’s like a challenge and a hobby wrapped up together; on one hand I have no idea what I’m doing but on the other hand I learn as I go and enjoy it. Not to mention I end up with awesome things I can hang on the wall or t-shirts that say exactly what I want them to; simple things I can cherish since they’re handmade therefore meaningful to me. On an ending side note, I’ve found them to be awesome presents for friends as well.

Also, I’m finishing up an Etsy shop that will feature embroidery and other art, more to come on that soon!

Francesca, art therapy, shares her developing love of needles and thread in "The Old-Fashioned Art of Embroidery" I learned to embroider the summer before starting college; my friends and I decided we wanted to make cute embroidered shirts so we just went for it and the rest is history.

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