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• Mad Men and Old Master Paintings

  
  Basket of Kisses — Authority: 538
  As an art historian, I was struck by the similarities between several scenes in the S3 season finale and some paintings from the Baroque and Modern Periods.The scenes depicting Archibald Whitman’s death and the meeting between the farmer’s cooperative in the S3 finale were to me, quite reminiscent of two paintings ...
  20 hours ago

• African Adrinka Symbols for Use in Embroidery and Fabric Painting

  
  Hand Quilting — Authority: 115
  The Adrinka symbols of the Akan people of Ghana and the Ivory Coast are motifs representing proverbs, historical events and attitudes as well as objects, animals and plants. They are printed on lengths of cloth that are worn and displayed at important occasions. Adrinka means goodbye in the Akan language. The ...
  2 days ago

• Holiday Decorating With Reindeer

  
  CasaSugar — Authority: 616
  Even if youre a little weary of deer motifs , theres no better time to pull out the reindeer décor than the Winter holidays. The great thing about using deer décor is that you can easily rearrange pieces you already have to create a holiday-ready effect. Drape a Ghost Antler Coat Rack with tinsel, or arrange ...
  3 days ago

• Trend Alert: Mustache Motifs

  
  CasaSugar — Authority: 616
  No matter how you feel about men with mustaches , you may find it difficult to resist the tug of mustache motifs in your home. This hip and hairy trend is cropping up everywhere, from upper lips to chests of drawers. I especially love the silhouette design on these Mustache Note Card Flats ($9.50 for five). A ...
  4 days ago

• Don’s “Welcome”

  
  Basket of Kisses — Authority: 538
  Exactly why did Don Draper sign the contract at the end of Seven Twenty Three?  Ostensibly, it was because of Bert Cooper’s threat to reveal his true identity.  But I think Don’s encounter with the grifters has as much to do with the decision as does Cooper’s efforts at extortion. The morning after ...
  5 days ago

• The advertiser’s art

  
  Basket of Kisses — Authority: 538
  Guest-post by Kisses in the HallwayIn my Mad Men research I came across a book entitled The Image, A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America by Daniel Boorstin. I haven’t heard Matt Weiner mention this book anywhere, but in my attention to Mad Men detail, I noticed a copy of another book by Boorstin sitting on [...]
  6 days ago

• First Look at the New “Swords” Books From Bison

  
  The Cimmerian — Authority: 136
  Howard Andrew Jones, fantasy author , editor and the man who gave Harold Lamb to the twenty-first century, just put the news out over the æther that the final two volumes in Bison Books’ “Harold Lamb Library” are available for pre-order and will ship on May Day, 2010. Y’all feast your eyes on these tasty ...
  6 days ago

• Of Buffalos and Women-Warriors: CRS’ brand new blog

  
  The Cimmerian — Authority: 136
  Gbo   Charles R. Saunders has posted a very helpful blog entry for the bovinically-challenged on his website . Saunder’s utterly bad-ass Sword-and-Sorcery heroine, Dossouye , is partnered in her exploits by an equally deadly “side-kick” named Gbo. Gbo is not to be trifled with, nor is he an Asian water ...
  1 week ago

• Afrikaaner Bob

  
  The Cimmerian — Authority: 136
    In the latest The Dark Man , Charles Hoffman’s “Elements of Sadomasochism in the Fiction and Poetry of Robert E. Howard” has some interesting comments on “The Hyena”, a very early Howard story written while Howard was still in his teens. It is interesting to find that he also used this setting with ...
  1 week ago

• Who Moved My Velveeta?

  
  Basket of Kisses — Authority: 538
  1998’s Who moved my cheese?, by Spencer Johnson, stresses the importance of being prepared for the inevitable changes which are going to occur in the workplace.The book is told as an allegory featuring two mice, “Sniff” and “Scurry,” and two tiny humans, “Hem” and “Haw.” The maze they live in is a ...
  1 week ago

• The Countdown Begins - 27 days

  
  Inkedx2 — Authority: 125
  Good Morning! Well you have only 27 days until Christmas so make your cards and get your shopping done! I have a cute card to share with you today. I used the sketch from the Card Positioning Systems blog and color challenge at the Colour Create blog - thats 3 cards for this challenge! I flipped the sketch ...
  1 week ago

• What have I been working on ...?

  
  StampStuff — Authority: 115
  Well, mostly these. Okay, so theres only four cards here, but what you cant see is the other 96 which I made recently (with the help of Sharon - thanks Sharon!). My day job is for a small company which supplies raw materials to label printers. It has become something of a tradition that we send out handmade cards ...
  1 week ago

• Michelle Obama’s state dinner dress designed by Naeem Khan

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Washington DC, Nov 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) It was the first state dinner of the Obama administration and everything was up to the mark and great. Even the First Lady Michelle Obama’s dress created waves. She wore a floor-length gown with a deep Indian connection. It was a stunning creation in beige color made by [...]
  1 week ago

• Grace

  
  Basket of Kisses — Authority: 538
  In deciding to post a Rockwell illustration to wish everyone at BoK a Happy Turkey Day, I was expecting to go with the iconic Freedom From Want, in which a family is gathered around a table, all smiles as the golden bird is being set in place for carving.  If it doesn’t come readily to [...]
  1 week ago

• The Original Techno-Viking: Poul Anderson

  
  The Cimmerian — Authority: 136
  Even though I consider myself fairly well-read, there are a great many authors whose work I haven’t truly explored. One of the most important of those is Poul Anderson, undoubtedly one of the most prolific and influential speculative fiction authors out there. I don’t know exactly why I haven’t read more of ...
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• Remembering Poul Anderson

  
  The Cimmerian — Authority: 136
    Poul Anderson would be eighty-three years old today. That means I’ve been reading his fiction for about thirty years now. The realization of that would be even more twinge-inducing if I didn’t constantly remind myself that I was a mere thirteen years old when I started. My love for Poul’s writing began ...
  1 week ago

• Happy Thanksgiving

  
  Sugabelly 2.0 — Authority: 125
  Well I dont really know what day Thanksgiving is. Shame on me, Ive been in America for two and a half years and I still cant make head or tail of the local customs. (Nor do I really want to - but shh thats my secret). Anyway, Im staying in school over thanksgiving so Im spending the break sleeping, eating, writing ...
  1 week ago

• African Bantu Symbols for Use in Embroidery or Fabric Painting - Part Deux

  
  Hand Quilting — Authority: 115
  Here are a few more Bantu symbols that you can use in your African quilts.
  1 week ago

• Christmas Ornaments in Brown...

  
  Crafty Girl Designs — Authority: 112
  Look at Me! Im blogging again! Hee! Ive been busy lately- it started with a girls weekend away and before I even got to unpack I was hit with a week with a workshop and two classes planned, project deadlines, friends coming home from overseas, buying a new car, and now Thanksgiving holiday! Hee! The holiday really ...
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• Galleries for the Arts of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia

  
  1stAngel Arts Magazine — Authority: 154
  Galleries for the Arts of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia -1.0 5 2009-11-24 01:23:51 1stAngel After a comprehensive eight-year construction project, The Metropolitan Museum of Art will open its Galleries for the Arts of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later ...
  2 weeks ago

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