StickyGram

Are any of you obsessed with InstaGram as I am? InstaGram is a fun little app that lets you take pictures and apply these amazing photo filters and blur features to them. I was browsing through Pinterest and found this amazing website called StickyGram that lets you turn your favourite InstaGram photos into magnets. So neat, right? You can even gift a StickyGram to someone on your Christmas list. I think I'm going to add this to my wishlist!

Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise

I'm not sure if I would consider myself a tattoo girl. It's neat to see them on other people, especially if they're unique, but I find that I wouldn't be able to commit to something like that since my mind and taste changes all the time. That doesn't mean I don't like browsing pictures of some seriously cool tattoos. The wanderlust one would have to be my favourite! If you were to get a tattoo, what would you get?

Missed Connections

I always find it so funny when I stumble on something like this.  Just recently I found Sophie Blackall, an artist on Etsy who is inspired to make art pieces from the Missed Connections section on Craigslist. Enjoy a couple of her art pieces below. Check out her Etsy for more. Aren't some of these pieces so romantic? Swoon! 

Art of the Title

I saw this little film on Black Eiffel and absolutely adore it. It's so interesting to see how movie title design has evolved over the years. My favourites would have to be the movie titles in Catch Me if You Can and Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (both near the 1:45 mark). Call me strange, but that's the life of a film student! Enjoy!

A Brief History of Title Design from Ian Albinson on Vimeo.

Shooting the Moon

One of my friends told me about this amazing little website that allows you to make up word clouds by either choosing which words you want displayed or from a website. Naturally I chose to type in my blog URL and before I knew it, all of the most common words used on my blog popped up. This website could be used for a number of things, for presentations or homemade cards, or it could even be used as artwork for your walls. The possibilities are endless! Make your own word cloud at Wordle.

Set Fire to the Rain

The other night my friends and I had a girls night in and watched a movie and some episodes of 90210 and made vision boards with old magazines, scissors, glue and canvas. Here are some iPod pictures that we snapped through the night and the end result of our creative projects. I think these beauties will be making their way onto our walls very soon! The last one is mine :)

Until the Last Falling Star

Ohh, I love StumbleUpon. It's one of my favourite web programs to use whenever I'm in need of inspiration or  want to check out neat websites I haven't heard of. Well, today I was directed to this website that covered an awesome art project by Luise Valdes called "Casa de Karton". Valdes collected a lot of cardboard boxes and used it to create a cardboard house. 

All Images: Luise Valdes

These photos remind me of the film "La science des reves", one of my favourite movies of all time. The main character of the movie has a hard time distinguishing real life from his dreams, and there are a few scenes where everything is made out of cardboard. I love how intricate everything in this art project is.

Vesuvius

I swear, in a past life I was an astronomer. I love all things related to the solar system, planets, stars, space gases, etc. Space is so strange. I could watch the night sky for hours if I could, but only get to steal a few glimpses when I'm walking outside when the sun goes down.

It's so funny to think that wherever you are in the world, you can see the same canopy of stars and constellations you see at home. It's comforting in a way, you could be worlds apart from someone special, but still get to share the same night sky. 

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Never Gonna Leave This Bed

Apologies for the lack of posts this week! Last week I somehow contracted another cold, and these past few days have been the worst of it, including today. I hope this is the last cold I contract this season, because two colds in a month is a little crazy and brutal. I was browsing through decor websites today and found the perfect way to make any home more personalized in a relatively inexpensive way. Blackboard walls! How cute is this trend? I think it looks adorable in a kitchen, where you can use it for your grocery list, to write out recipe instructions and jotting down little phone messages.

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I'm Good, I'm Gone

Well, tomorrow is almost upon us. It's time to make the trip back to Ottawa for the new school year. One more year and then I'll be done. Done. Urgh, it's time to go back to packing. For some reason, I find it hard to believe that I'll be leaving at 10:00am, I barely have anything packed. Time to put my headphones in and get to work. With my room in Ottawa striped bare of clothing and items, I'll be able to make it all nice and tidy and maybe even post pictures of it. Until then, here's a pretty picture.

Photographer Jeff Wall. I love this photo, it's magic.

Firsts

I bought my first Elle magazine yesterday. Normally I'm pretty opposed when it comes to high fashion magazines, but I was pleasantly surprised when I opened the magazine after purchasing it. I don't know what it was, probably MTV's portrayal of Elle with Erin and Olivia from The City. After looking through some of the faux fur pieces from Chanel's Fall 2010 collection, I was a bit surprised, but some pieces actually look quite elegant. I've only flipped through half of the magazine and I'm saving it because the rest of it looks impressive. 

(Star Wars flashback?)

Photos: style.com

DIY: Lanterns

Every now and then I like to visit Design*Sponge to browse room and decorating ideas. As I was reading through posts, I came across a cute DIY project that would be perfect to tackle during the spring and summer months. How cute would these coffee can lanterns look on a patio or deck looking out to a backyard? These lanterns look very eclectic and Moroccan, and can easily be styled according to one's personal taste. They would also look amazing as a table centrepiece. Head over to Design*Sponge to get the instructions. I will definitely be making a few of these lanterns pretty soon. 

Photo: Design*Sponge

I Am A Stand Up Artist

On Thursday I had the amazing opportunity to go to the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto. I've been itching to go to the ROM this summer and I was pretty excited that I was able to go, even though it was super last minute. When I was in New York City in 2007, I had the opportunity to see the talented Dan Perjovski's Project 85 at the Museum of Modern Art and was wowed by his quirky comic-strip style political commentary. After heading to the exhibits on the 4th floor of the ROM, I discovered that there was another Dan Perjovski exhibit!

Below is a photo I took during Project 85 in New York City.

Even though my trip to Toronto was short, it solidified my future plans to eventually move there after I graduate from university. Ottawa is alright for the time being, but it isn't a city I can identify with (if that makes any sense?). Toronto has more of a sense of character, a vibrancy to it. Ottawa, to me, is kind of a blank canvas. I still have some time over the next year to really think about my options.