Sometime last year, we had the opportunity to review a wonderful baby sling called the Sleepy Wrap , which was given the thumbs up by the majority of our parent reviewers. The same company, NAP, Inc. recently introduced The Sleepy Bear , their very first stuffed toy to help promote babywearing! Mommies and daddies will be pleased to learn that the Sleepy Bear is made from the softest organic cotton, making it the perfect toy for your little child to cuddle. Safety wise, parents ca
Artist Stuart Semple uses soap and helium to create floating foam clouds in the shape of smiley faces. A machine he developed makes and releases them, thousands at a time, in public places. Link (with video) -via Metafilter
In: Arts Entertainment 30Aug2009 by David ChengAlthough China seems to be playing “catch-up” these days, in fact many great things came from China all throughout history. One of China’s best contributions has to be exquisite china tea sets. The Chinese were making beautiful porcelain items well before the Europeans even got started.Eventually Chinese tea sets were brought to Europe, and almost immediately their popularity took off like wildfire. Craftsmen in Europe tried to copy the china t
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We all know that you can use colored pencils to create art, but can a collection of colored pencils themselves be art? Apparently so! Here’s a beautiful yet stunningly simple arrangement of 500 colored pencils by Felissimo for Social Designer , a website that aims to crowdsource designs for charity causes. Designboom has the story: designed by felissimo for social designer this complete set of 500 colored pencils consists of 20 units, each pencil telling its own story with a unique
Oobject rounded up some of the best Altoids tin hacks from around the Web. From cameras to flashlights to headphone amps, nothing is safe from the DIY community! The almighty Altoids tin has been torn apart, beat to death and drilled upon all in the name of science. DIY enthusiasts can attest to the solid build of the tin and how delicious the mints were that formerly resided in it. This list is a collection of some of the finest hackery around that incorporates an Altoids tin. Link
Do you have a special connection with bacon? Can you get it to pose for you in sexy positions? The Official Bacon Contest at Mr. Baconpants might be your chance to win all kinds of glorious bacon prizes. Categories include: Most Creative: This is a photo that shows a creative way to use bacon. Think bacon AK-47 or Waken Bacon. Funniest: This is a photo that incorporates bacon that will make us laugh. Think Lol Cats or Fail photos. Sexiest: This is a photo of bacon that will make us
If you think those professionally created dog costumes are mean to force pets to wear, then you really ought to see the options people turn to when they don’t just buy the pre-made costumes. I guess this is why Star Trek fans shouldn’t get drunk. Link
If I know you, you are either having a baby or getting married. I’m aware that this is bad news for a lot of you, but buck up and make the best of it. Ha. Which means, of course, that I’ve been itching to throw together a bunch of baby afghans. But I’ve got to finish the ghost stories and do my two weeks at Feministe (which start Monday!) and get together a post for Home Ec 101 and have something insightful to say for Constitution day and on and on. All of this is do-able, but not if I flake
The Thailand -based Art from Steel tout a superb range of hand-crafted metal statues depicting characters from a range of well-known films and TV series . Billing themselves as the world’s largest producer of hand-made recycled statues , their workshop boasts over 450 unique models with the larger ones requiring the talents of up to 12 skilled workmen ! Their list of source material includes Alien , Dr. Who , Gremlins , Gundam , Lord of the Rings , Predator ,
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( Video Link ) Brooklyn-based artist Ranjit Bhatnagar works with sound installations and homemade instruments. He created this music box guided by a Möbius strip. It’d be perfect for playing “ The Song That Never Ends “! Bhatnagar made the music box as part of a project to create a musical instrument every day for a month . Artist’s Website via Popular Science
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