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August 10, 2011
Hump Day Visual Naughtiness
August 9, 2011
Tuesday can be naughty too
Can building a book or ebook be naughty?
Absolutely and also interesting!
What I'm talking about is in the font and this one by Gatis Cirulis is called Bound Type, and here is the alphabet:
Bound Type by Gatis Cirulis
You can find more on this typeface and by Cirulis here on Behance Network. Although artistically done and not obvious, the site has individual pulled out and painted making it - possibly - NSFW.
Absolutely and also interesting!
What I'm talking about is in the font and this one by Gatis Cirulis is called Bound Type, and here is the alphabet:
Bound Type by Gatis Cirulis
You can find more on this typeface and by Cirulis here on Behance Network. Although artistically done and not obvious, the site has individual pulled out and painted making it - possibly - NSFW.
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August 8, 2011
It's Naughty All Week!
Rose of Weimar
I'm either getting ready, traveling or having a blast at Authors After Dark in Philadelphia and in celebration I'm posting a variety of naughty stuff all week.
Because of the Tease Tea Tasting party is one of the things I'm preparing for, I thought china would be the ultimate starting point. First up is a cup and saucer from a 12 piece limited edition set of fine porcelain.I first discovered the Rose of Weimar pattern on the Elit Alice site. Can you see yourself at High Tea sipping the leaves with a crustless sandwich on the side and pinky in the air whilst holding this gem to your lips? Conversation could possibly be about the nice ta-ta's on the cup.
What about a dinner party, placement of the food on the plate below would be interesting.
DesignSpotter DetailsDesigner: Dirk Kels (Germany)
Manufacturer: Weimar Porzellan (Germany)
Inspired By: ... der Rose von Weimar
Price: 249 euro per set ( 12 pieces )
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August 5, 2011
Time for a fun movie!
We recently watched Rango and absolutely loved it!Not having read the blurb, the cutie and I had no idea what the story was about, and were surprised by what we watched. It was hilarious, thought provoking, western-ish, serious, a bit dark, all with a hint of green. One for kids and adults alike.
The characters were fantastic, everyone of them was a true gem.
There's an owl mariachi band who act as narrators and a young lady called Beans, HA, she is quite a character!
Speaking of the band, I loved the music - that's a soundtrack I shall be purchasing and the movie will go to the niece and nephews to the right of us for Christmas.
Fantastic fun!
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August 4, 2011
Beautiful Beetles, Really!
Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth
by John Singer Sargent, 1889
Thanks to Collection Tate
In specific, I'm talking about the Jewel Beetle and only their wings are involved - meaning it's a little less gross. Add into the mix two of my favorite things, fashion and John Singer Sargent, which makes the ick-factor almost disappear.
Almost.
Anyway, where do these three things meet up and tickle my fancy side?
Lady Macbeth.
No, I'm not a Shakespeare fanatic, but maybe you've seen the painting of Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth by John Singer Sargent. It is in Collection Tate and currently hangs in the Tate Britain, London. And, as for Ellen Terry, she was a famous Victorian actress whose home, Smallhythe Place, is run by the National Trust and they will be showing the actual recently conserved Beetle-Wing dress along with more Terry theatre costume collection.
Original conserved beetle-jewel dress
thanks to The History Blog
And that is what I want to see - the 120 year old dress, created specifically for Terry's role of Lady Macbeth played at the Lyceum Theatre, took 5 years, 1300 hours and 1000 real jewel-beetle wings to put back together. Put back together, conserve, fix, none of that offers a hint of how difficult and unique this work actually was to do. In the National Trust Magazine there's a small column where Paul Meredith, the House Manager at Smallhythe, stats:
Wow, what a detailed work of art, which was originally meant to be worn for the length of a play, multiple nights!!"many of the original beetle wings had fall off and these were re-attached, along with others that had been donated, by using small pieces of Japanese tissue and a mixture of wheat starch paste."
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August 3, 2011
A Hump Day Hottie
Thinking of Billy Idol singing 'Hot in the City' with this pic of model Branden Haley by Christos Karantzolas as found on Homotography.
"Hot in the city, hot in the city tonight, tonight
Hot in the city, hot in the city tonight, tonight"
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August 2, 2011
An Unknown Delightful Connection
I recently handed in the edits for Missing in Paradise to my editor at Ellora's Cave and had a wonderful surprise when I stepped out of the edit cave. The locations of this novella are that it takes place mainly in Malibu with brief stops in Hollywood, LA and NYC. The hero is a professional surfer forced to retire after a shark attack, and the heroine hosts a tv show highlighting ideas for reusing things. They are lovers who hit a rough patch on their way to forever or it's over. Missing in Paradise is a contemporary erotic romance with a bit of bondage - hmmm, bondage on the beach...nice!
That's one side of the connection, now let me back track for the other.
There are so many great blogs that offer interesting stuff on and about books, ebooks, and publishing industry, to name a few, and I subscribe to them. Sometimes a week or more will go by and I haven't had time to check them out, but when I do, boy do I get lost in the wealth of interesting information.
Ok, so I had a bit of free time, and started to delve into the treasure trove of good book stuff when I found a connection to Missing in Paradise I hadn't know about, and it was utterly delightful! I thought I had unearthed a great deal of interesting information about a particular person during my research, but it looked like I missed one of the most important bits.
Agatha Christie was a surfer!
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Agatha Christie with Surfboard from Guardian articleMuseum of British Surfing/SWNS.com
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I kid you not and you can read about it on the British Guardian newspaper site.
How fun is that?!? I knew the woman was fabulous and unique.
And there you have it, an unknown delightful connection between Agatha Christie and my hero in Missing in Paradise, a book she inspired and plays a small role in - coolness!
That's one side of the connection, now let me back track for the other.
There are so many great blogs that offer interesting stuff on and about books, ebooks, and publishing industry, to name a few, and I subscribe to them. Sometimes a week or more will go by and I haven't had time to check them out, but when I do, boy do I get lost in the wealth of interesting information.
Ok, so I had a bit of free time, and started to delve into the treasure trove of good book stuff when I found a connection to Missing in Paradise I hadn't know about, and it was utterly delightful! I thought I had unearthed a great deal of interesting information about a particular person during my research, but it looked like I missed one of the most important bits.
Agatha Christie was a surfer!
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Agatha Christie with Surfboard from Guardian articleMuseum of British Surfing/SWNS.com
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I kid you not and you can read about it on the British Guardian newspaper site.
How fun is that?!? I knew the woman was fabulous and unique.
And there you have it, an unknown delightful connection between Agatha Christie and my hero in Missing in Paradise, a book she inspired and plays a small role in - coolness!
Tilly Greene
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August 1, 2011
Naughty Thought for Monday [Sort of NSFW]
Intersting napkins for a dinner party - not sure I could keep a straight face while wiping the corners of my mouth after a fork full of meat. {oh man, did I really go there?}Thank you Trend de la Creme for the introduction of the In Plain English linens from Afroditi Krassa.
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July 29, 2011
Savage Beauty Day 5
Dress, Sarabande, spring/summer 2007
Cream hand-painted leather
"Women should look like women. A piece of cardboard has no sexuality."*
Alexander McQueen created so many fabulous pieces, it was actually quite hard to pick just a few to share. In the end, what I took away from the exhibit is to let your creativity blossom, no matter where it might go.
*Alexander McQueen, Savage Beauty by Andrew Bolton, Solve Sundsbo, Tim Blanks and Susannah Frankel - exhibition hardcover catalogue
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July 28, 2011
Savage Beauty Day 4
Dress, Widows of Culloden, autumn/winter 2006-07
Ivory Silk Organza
"I'm an avid follower of the news, and sometimes you just can't take any more war, any more disasters, and you want to remind yourself there's beauty in the world."*
If you haven't already, check out this video on YouTube that Kate Moss wearing a Widows of Culloden gown did for Alexander McQueen fashion show.
*Savage Beauty by Andrew Bolton, Solve Sundsbo, Tim Blanks and Susannah Frankel - exhibition hardcover catalogue
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