I'm back!!! :D

It's been a long time coming! But I'm back!
I've managed to meet wipe my slate clean off a couple of projects!
Finally got them out & on their way.
Thus, I've come home to the blogosphere.
I would love to share what I've been busying myself with this past month but alas, that'll have to wait a bit till the collaborative projects have been launched by their respective people in charge!
Hopefully, they'll all be revealed in good time!

I am working on some new stuff for Jinjerup so definitely stay tuned for the new collection! :D
In the mean time, i have rounded up a couple of interesting/amusing links:



1. Some Post Olympic-Michale Phelps fervour

A funny video of the Chinese public thinking a British ex-Olympian is
actually Michael Phelps.





2. Rejection is never easy

This is absolutely so cute.





3. Gnome-be-Gone!






















I like their sense of humour!
Here's an excerpt of this delightful garden ornament's review:
Finally rid your garden of those pesky ceramic garden gnomes with our Mini GnomeBearers! That's right, now your garden can be free of those kitsch little Euro garden invaders. Who do they think they are, wearing tiny red dunce caps and pushing inefficient wooden wheelbarrows?

Check out more products from them!
plus the Mooning Gnome is a definite scream!



4. Nine salts that will spice up your life!






Fascinating article on salts. There is more than meets the (taste)buds!
The Hawaiian Sea Salt (Alaea) (its the one pictured on the far right of the piccy above, the red salt!) & Smoked Salt seem to be calling me. If only I could my hands on some.

(Grr...I can't even find a SINGLE pack of orzo here in Malaysia, I very much doubt I can try any new salts anytime soon...) Sighs...anyone up for sending me some aforementioned salts or orzo?



5. Skittles: No handful is ever the same!

To top it all off, here's an offbeat Skittles ad from Toronto!






XOXO,
Lynn

Tofu Interlude

Many. Much. Mucho.

I wish I was an octopi at times.
Plenty more arms to do everything else..
oh & while I'm at it, I think I'll need an extra brain or two plus two more sets of eyes.
Open for donations now.

To cheer myself up I had a good time laughing and laughing at Wendy's interpretation of her antique Weight Watcher's Cards. Such lucky loot! Here's a taste!





















Picture Credits: Candyboots.com

My earlybird Wednesday buckit

Lovelies for the week:

1. fractal drawers
I adore these by Takeshi Miyakawa. If you intend to get your hands on one, you can do so here. The precision of how each and every drawer fits snugly on top & on the sides of one another makes me all happy inside :p



















Picture Credit: Takeshi Miyakawa





2. Spectra
Here's a glimpse at a slightly different approach to news reading.
Click on it to load & you're good to go.
I love a good rainbow mix every now & then.






















Picture Credit: Spectra





3. Lego-ing up holes
Jan Vormann has cooked up an ingenious way of patching up older, crumbling buildings. I love how contrast-y the colorful lego bricks look against the building's original brick texture.





















Picture Credit: Jan Vormann




4. Blending glowsticks
This is something I've always wanted to try :P
Never got the guts to ruin mum's blender or contaminate the house with noxious glowy substances.





5. Sylvania Light Bulbs
One of my favourite Thai commercials.




Till next week!
-Lynn

Monday picks in my Buckit List

More intriguing links I've chanced upon!
Its a Monday....rrrrr....... monday........ =-----="
These are great to start a week with!

1. Dinner in the Sky
A picture speaks a thousand words.
I guess you won't be needing any explanations for these!
[For those who do, there's a link at the bottom of the piccies.]




















































































dinnerinthesky.com




2. Parkour
is an activity with the aim of moving from one point to another as efficiently and quickly as possible, using principally the abilities
of the human body.

It is meant to help one overcome obstacles, which can be anything in the surrounding environment—from branches and rocks to rails and concrete walls—and can be practised in both rural and urban areas. Parkour practitioners are referred to as traceurs, or traceuses for females. [Wiki]

It looks so effortless....





































Pictures by Philippe Dudoit for TIME

Plus a vid of David Belle, founder of Parkour in action.






3. Human Hamster
I can't imagine doing a Sako Kojima.






















4. Watch the Guild
[This is one for the gamers, thanks again Ju!]

I am officially hooked! They are so funny, The Guild is a super hilarious comedy skit series on the lives of online gamers! (They're really spot-on, trust me! wink* that wasn't a confession right there) :P

Here's the first webisode:


They have up to 10 episodes so far (For those interested, here are Episodes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 &10) I can't believe it gets funnier with each new one. lols I can't wait for Season Two! :P




5. Bic Runga
& to top it all off, here are two lovelies from this talented New Zealander.
Not new hits but still great nonetheless!

Something good



Listening for the Weather





Much love
Lynn

Illustration Friday: Hoarding

This topic for this week's IF is hoarding & I thought it would be perfect to illustrate my little secret (well, not so secret anymore) obsession-passion for daruma or dharma dolls.
I itch to buy mostly any I come across!

Darumas represent the ever growing list of harder goals I wish to accomplish during my stay on Planet Earth! It also seems like I've been hoarding this list for quite some time.

Oddly, I find them absolutely adorable! Round roly poly dolls that hardly get knocked down. A little note on darumas for the unacquainted: they are little Japanese dolls used for wishing. Fill in one eye (usually the left) whilst thinking of your wish. You are then, only supposed to fill in the other eye once the wish has come true!

Wiki has it that the daruma has become symbolic for optimism, persistence, and strong determination! (This is probably due to their "low centers of gravity, some types of daruma doll return to the upright position after being tilted to one side".)

I have quite "a few" under my wing however since Daruma dolls are only supposed to be used one at a time, I have to wait till I can colour in all their other right eyes! :D

NOTE: For illustration purposes, I coloured all their left eyes in so that they wouldn't seem so "blind", I would not do so to my precious darumas in real life! chuckle* They should be used wisely, in the correct manner of course!


EXTRAS:
Interested in getting a daruma but don't really have the space for one? Here's links for anyone interested in Daruma Wallpaper! No physical space needed! Let him inspire you everytime you switch on your PC!

Click here to download the one eye-d Daruma (make your wish whilst downloading your selected wallpaper size) & for a Daruma with both eyes coloured in! (once your wish has been achieved)
[Note: Scroll to the centre of the wallpaper list, daruma wallpapers are there!]