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01/ 100 handmade shark fins float in a lagoon in New Zealand.
02/ Clever wallpaper that shows the skeletons of animals.
03/ This paperless artist uses her thigh as a canvas.
04/ This old-fashioned homemade soda party looks delicious!
05/ Beautiful bird flipbook machines.
06/ Delft wallpaper, who woulda thunk it?
07/ A typeface made of carefully shaped fried eggs.
08/ A beautiful state flower print.
09/ Aerial and fashion photography mashups.
10/ Simple timelines put today in perspective versus the rest of history.

This week on Design Crush:
Jen Kindell
12 September DIYs
Washed Up
Tesler + Mendelovitch
Lisa Krannichfeld
PROEF
Spiced Pear Upside-Down Cake
Stephanie K Clark
Moving Windows

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01/ I know that guacamole is extra. It always is.
02/ Clever slouching book bookends.
03/ Not one. Not two. But thirteen ways to make hummus.
04/ We’re giving away three tickets to Alt For Everyone!
05/ Just some paintings of bodies hidden under rugs.
06/ Catastrophic disasters recreated as layered sculptures.
07/ Ten photos that look like hyper-realistic paintings. But aren’t.
08/ Your Last Shot asks what photo you’d want displayed at your funeral if you died tomorrow.
09/ Towering metallic men sculptures in Taiwan.
10/ Massive, beautiful stick sculptures.

This week on Design Crush:
Mix #28: All the Hands In Your Pocket
Dogfighters
Taste Tour: POPS
UPPERCASE: Work/Life 3
52 Weeks of Dogs
Skin & Bones
Alt For Everyone (Ticket Giveaway)
Claire Softley
Design Crush + Dodge Dart

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Alt For Everyone (Ticket Giveaway)

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Our giveaways always start on a Monday, but I have an exception just this once. We’re giving away 3 tickets to Alt For Everyone and I wanted to get them in your hot little hands before all of the classes you want to attend are booked solid (including my two Design Crush Case Study courses, naturally)! It’s all happening in two short weeks, September 26th through 28th and I guarantee you don’t want to miss out.

Your registration includes:
• 7 online classes of your choice
• 1 online keynote sessions
• 1 virtual social meet-up
• 1 box of swag delivered to your door

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS TO AGNES, ILIANA, AND EMILY!

To Enter:
1. Comment below telling me what class your most looking forward to.
2. Leave a valid email address in the form, not the comment itself.
3. Do it all before Sunday, September 15th, 2013 at 11:59 pm CST.

Winners will be selected randomly and notified shortly after.

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01/ Where Does the Dust Itself Collect? uses dust collected from 9/11 to try + understand it all.
02/ Check out the restoration + colorization of an old photo.
03/ Haunting photos of big rigs resting at night.
04/ Someone recreated Grandma’s Den from Little Red Riding Hood.
05/ Back to Nature, symmetrical sculptures in nature.
06/ Escalators have never been so interesting as in Escalator Portraits.
07/ Yeah, I want a bicycle-powered treehouse elevator. And a treehouse.
08/ It took 10,000 chopsticks to form this mythical dragon.
09/ Secret fore-edge paintings revealed in early 19th century books.
10/ X-rays of NASA spacesuits, so much detail goes into one of these.

This week on Design Crush:
Labor Day / So Long Summer
Marimekko’s Weather Diary Collection
Take a Note
Krochet Kids
Crumpled Sky Map
Brittany Schall
Autumn Wardrobe Wish List
therainpaintings

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Take a Note

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ROW 1: Sea Foam Strokes Journal // Large Notebook // Bloom Notebook Set    ROW 2: Notes Blue A6 Notebook // Small Notebook 1 // Letterpress Map Notebook    ROW 3: NOTES 04 // Multi Notebook    ROW 4: Strike Through Notebook // Lanvin Printed Notebook // WORD Notebook    ROW 5: Basic Fig. 1 Notebook // BRIKA Notebook Set 2 // Pulp Notebook    ROW 6: Dots Journal // Sailor Medium Spiral Notebook // Signature Duo Notebook

 

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01/ Prices is a series of art made from, you guessed it, price tags!
02/ Students learn anatomy by painting a live body.
03/ Museum quality specimens of popular breakfast cereals.
04/ Overlapped photography reveals similarities between fathers + sons.
05/ Love these drawings with a fingerprint-like patterns.
06/ Street garbage gets turned into quirky characters.
07/ Japan’s summertime firework festivals are gorgeous.
08/ Billowing clouds of colorful smoke.
09/ A ballerina performing en point in knife shoes!
10/ Beautiful aerial photos of Poland’s lakes across the seasons.

This week on Design Crush:
And Five Years Later I Have a Guest Room
Tips&Tricks: Kitchen
The Guest Room // The Paint
Defne Tesal
The Guest Room // The Lighting
Feel Good Wednesdays
The Guest Room // The Art
The Guest Room // The Wallpaper
Pattern Box
The Guest Room // The Bedding
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Tips&Tricks: Kitchen

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The kitchen is probably, okay definitely, my favorite room in the house. I love nothing more than cranking up some music and baking the afternoon away (well, when it’s below 100-degrees that is!). It’s a great stress reliever and it always feels good to share the bounty that comes out of the oven. At least my pants feel that way.

 

The key to preventing moldy berries.

How to frost a professional looking cake with pourable faux fondant.

Six secrets to the perfect pie crust.

Ten dollar DIY countertop.

Every kind of glass bottles, glass jars, tin containers, etc you could want.

Top 12 baking tips.

The common cook’s how many guide to kitchen conversions.

Make your own compost bin.

The 15 tools every man needs to cook like a pro.

How to soften brown sugar.

What do wine experts recommend for cheap drinking?

How to store salad greens.

Freezing, drying, and storing herbs 101.

How to peel garlic.

Eleven secrets to properly freezing produce.

How to clean your dishwasher.

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01/ Wunderblock creates rainbows out of dirt and spray paint.
02/ Dogs dress up as their owners in Underdogs.
03/ Day to Night, beautiful day/night composites of major cities.
04/ Surreal wire drawings of eyes.
05/ The Funnel Tunnel snakes its way through Houston.
06/ Time Is a Dimension creates cityscapes with slices of photogenic time!
07/ Detailed and intense African beach calligraphy.
08/ Useless plastic box covertly left on a shelf at Best Buy by artist.
09/ Realistic body paintings of recognizable Dr. Seuss characters.
10/ Just some Guys with Fancy Lady Hair.

This week on Design Crush…
Scoutmob (+ a Giveaway!)
DIY Color Washed Glasses
12 August DIYs
Nebula Series
Bobby Doherty
Calling All Cat Ladies!
Boxcar Planters
Sarah Wiener for REISS
Alt For Everyone + Design Crush

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Scoutmob (+ a Giveaway)

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I don’t know about you but I think it feels good, really good, to buy local. And when local isn’t possible, it feels just as amazing to purchase from independent makers who are following their passions in life.

Scoutmob is an online marketplace that’s twofold. One, they promote independent makers – craftsmen and designers alike – through Scoutmob Shoppe and give you access to their inspired, authentic goods. Two, they set out to find unique destinations that make cities great by way of their mobile incentives, under-the-radar events, and their on the ground scouts. In a nutshell, Scoutmob believes that by surrounding ourselves with authentic experiences and things, we can make our lives that much more amazing.

 

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Tan Leather Key Fob (Saddle Tan) by 1.61 Soft Goods. I’ve had the same green and white striped fabric key fob for years, and was definitely due for an upgrade. This one is loads classier and easy to find in my bag.

 

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Mini Leather Clutch (Cognac) by Crow SLC. This clutch has a perfect sturdy form, nothing too slouchy. And the warm, cognac brown goes with just about everything in my closet full of reds and blacks.

 

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14k Rose Gold Ring with Black Diamond by Porter Gulch. In this ring I’ve found my new favorite! The rose gold band is so thin that I don’t even feel it on my finger.

 

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Raindrop Bangle 3-Pack (Black & White) by Baleen. Geometric and architectural in design, this set of bangles adds that special pop to anything I wear them with.

 

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Midday Weekender Bag by Po Campo. Everyone needs the perfect bag, one to throw a few essentials into for a short weekend trip. This is that bag.

 

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Porcelain Horseshoe by Redraven Studios. My grandparents had a real horseshoe hanging above a doorway in their house for years. I’ve always wanted to imitate it in my own home.

Now it’s your turn! Scoutmob is giving one reader a $100 Scoutmob Shoppe gift card to shop to your heart’s content.

 

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS KAITLIN!

To Enter:
1. Visit Scoutmob and tell us who your favorite maker is in the comments section.
2. Make sure you’re signed in with a valid email address. (For notification purposes only.)
3. Do it all before Sunday, August 25th at 11:59 CST.

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