Kyle Lambert - ipad Finger Paintings

Did you know that there is a $8 app called Brushes for your ipad tablet?
UK based artist Kyle Lambert marveled the world with these jaw-dropping paintings that were done using only one finger as his brush.

Madonna

Obama

Kathy Holmes

Jennifer Aniston

Megan Fox

Jude Law

David Beckham

Rihanna

Will Smith

Beyonce

                                                    Visit http://www.kylelambert.co.uk for more info.

A Holiday Miracle

This is just wayyyyyy too sweet to pass up!

Enjoy!

W/W - Deck The Malls

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas over here as malls go the extra mile to create the festive feel at this most wonderful time of the year.

O Christmas tree, O christmas tree!

This mall takes on a nautical theme

These clam angels are adorable!

Amber Spiegal

These gotta be the most exquisite cookies I've ever seen and I have many done many cookie posts on my blog. They are the creations of Amber Spiegal, a Baking and Pastry Arts graduate at The Culinary Institute of America in New York. Visit Amber's blog - Sweetambs for more tantalizing treats.

Love the Victorian-inspired ones.

Sunday Citar/Sunday Snapshot/Simple Things Sunday/Sundays In My City

Gotta love this photo taken by Hubby in his hometown. It looks more like a painting than a photo, don't you agree?

 Bear ye one another's burdens Galations 6.2 

Somebody's Praying 

When life's path is overcast and grey, 

Then the sun grows brighter through the day,

And the burden lifts, we sometimes say,

'Somebody's praying'.

Blessed thought that someone really cares, 

Sweet to know that somewhere someone shares,

Lovingly concerned with our affairs,

'Somebody's praying'. C.SIMPSON

                                                     

* Citar means quote in Spanish

The Angry School Photographer

This sweet and short film by Nick Scott received 800,000 views in six days. It's about a cynical, jaded school photographer who is having a bad day and attempts to wipe the smiles off the kids' faces. He tells one little boy to repeat after him, “The banking crisis means I’ll never afford a home.” Next, he crushes a little girl but telling her “there isn’t a pet heaven” and another "you don't get pocket money, you have to work hard every day". He continues to dish up one reality check after another until a cute persistant red-head got him smiling.
                                                  
The kids' expressions are priceless! It shows that sometimes, no matter how much you want to bring people down there's always someone there who wants to keep you up. A wonderful Christmas message for all in these pretty gloomy times.

Of Taekwondo Fingers And A Dancing Squirrel

A couple of smile-worthy videos to tide you through another boring day.

Hiiiiiiiyaaaaaaa!!! Watch it attempting to slice some 'bricks'.
                                              

Did you see it scratching its butt? LOL! I guess some people obviously have too much time on their hands!

And this one is just tooo cute!
                                              
It doesn't look like a squirrel to me but that is the title of the video as translated by Google Translate. Hmmm, I wonder if I could get my overweight guinea pig to do that?! Nah, her butt is wayyyy tooo HUGE!

Everything I Need To Know About Life I Learned From a Jigsaw Puzzle

Sharing this puzzle analogy of life I received in an e-mail forward.


1. Don’t force a fit. If something is meant to be, it will come together naturally.

2. When things aren’t going so well, take a break. Everything will look different when you return.

3. Be sure to look at the big picture. Getting hung up on the little pieces only leads to frustration.

4. Perseverance pays off. Every important puzzle went together bit by bit, piece by piece.

5. When one spot stops working, move to another. But be sure to come back later (see #4).

6. The Creator of the puzzle gave you the picture as a guidebook. Refer to the Creator’s guidebook often.


7. Variety is the spice of life. It’s the different colors and patterns that make the puzzle interesting.

8. Working together with friends and family makes any task fun.

9. Establish the border first. Boundaries give a sense of security and order.

10. Don’t be afraid to try different combinations. Some matches are surprising.

11.Take time often to celebrate your successes—even little ones.

12. Anything worth doing takes time and effort. A great puzzle can’t be rushed.

13. When you finally reach the last piece, don’t be sad. Rejoice in the masterpiece you’ve made and enjoy a well-deserved rest.

QR Codes

If you're behind in technology like I am, it's never to late!! I learned about QR codes only a couple of days ago! And if you're still clueless about what this thingy is, here's a quick intro.
QR codes are an increasingly-popular way of converting data like website addresses into a form that can be easily scanned. Thus, it’s possible to publish a website address in print, and readers can go to that address without having to type in the address. Interestingly, I've read somewhere that there will be a mobile device for every person on earth by 2015 and that mobile searches have grown by 4x since 2010.
With that in mind, I've just created a QR Code for my blog. You can find it on my left sidebar. Not sure what good it'll do but there is no harm, right?

There are now many free QR Code generators floating in the internet. I used this one to generate mine - http://qrcode.kaywa.com/

Just like barcodes, QR Codes too, needn't be boring.

Love the elephant in this one

HBO's True Blood season 3 was the first TV series to get a designer QR code in an ad

Louis Vuitton

Farmville

LA Tourism Bureau

Albert Einstein

Mona Lisa

Kieron Williamson aka Mini Monet

Kieron Williamson aka Mini Monet is only nine years old but his paintings were snapped up in 10 minutes and 50 seconds, earning him a whopping £106,260 in a recent exhibition.

Kieron first began drawing independently on the Williamson's first family holiday to Cornwall, England in May 2008. At the age of 5, Kieron had shown little interest in drawing up to that point in his life, but, inspired by the boats in a nearby port, Kieron asked his parents for a sketch pad. The very next day he was drawing pictures of boats and as the holiday progressed he began to add backgrounds, scenery, hills and houses.

As time progressed, so did Kieron's abilities.