Mean Muggin'

LA Times Magazine featured 50 Mug Shots of 1920s "dapper Dillingers and Beau Brummell Burglars from the land Down Under."

Old timey portraits fascinate me to no end. Check out these mug shots from 1920's: a close up, and a full body portrait. These guys look BAD ASS even in their mug shots. Can't phase these cool cats; some wear their fedora over their eyes, some smoking a cigarette, smooth stances all around.

on a similar note, I came across A Flapper's Dictionary which is just the cat's pajamas.

100% pure moxie,

DML

Before You Die...

Have you ever woken up one morning, and just decided you want to make a difference? YA. And then what do you do? Oh.

I was stumbling, and came across this project via Candy Chang's Website titled "Before I Die..."

She started with the side of an abandoned house in New Orleans and completely renovated into a bucket list for the community and visitors to fill out. This project has gone viral, and is spreading world wide. What a fascinating and beautiful thing. It may not be changing the world, it may not even be tutoring kids, or feeding the poor, and you may not look at it as "art" per se, but it is Beautiful. Every thing written is photographed and once it is filled up, they wash it and start anew. There is no ceiling, no end to wishes and hopes and dreams.

Reading the wishes of others just makes you feel closer to the world. Knowing there are people out there with hopes and dreams and ideas is heart warming. It feels,.... optimistic, even though many of the ideas - when written down - seem sad.

Just some of the things people have written down: "Before I die I want to… sing for millions, see my daughter graduate, eat a salad with an alien, straddle the International Date Line, see the leaves change many times, be someone’s cavalry, cook a souffle, hold her one more time, help numerous children, see what I’m like as an old man, tell my mother I love her, make peace with Ohio, abandon all insecurities, be completely myself… " (source)

Candy had an idea, and she went and did it. I am inspired by her. It was originally an idea she had for a thesis project after a loved one died, and it was noticed by major media players like Oprah and featured in her magazine and on NBC's Rock Center w/ Brian Williams.  And through a website, she makes it easy for you to join in. Check it out here: http://beforeidie.cc/

I'm going to NOLA in a couple weeks, and you better believe I am tracking this down!

What would your answer be?

Filling-in-the-blank,

DML

Oh How Nifty...

My beautiful mother is turning 50! Oh isn't she thrifty. Swifty. Lifty? Whiffty?

*Sigh* What do you say to your mom when she turns the BIG

 

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She doesn't actually seem to be that sensitive about it, actually. But I can't imagine it's an exciting thing. Better OVER the hill than under it, AMIRIGHT?

Anyway, I don't know. Do I go with the sap? Do I go with the humor? I ask this because I started making a card for my mother and I'm not sure what to fill it with. Words of wisdom? From her daughter nearly half her age? Praaaaahhhhbly not. Sentimental sentiments? Encouraging words? Sure, but what? Any ideas out there?

Here is my card so far (keep in mind, its not finished and I'm allowing for it to dry and what not...)

So I found a pretty, bright paper, and pasted it to the cover, made painters tape stencil letters, and then painted over it in gold. Painters tape as stencils, ...eehhhh... not the most efficient. Paint got under them, and then also stuck to the crafting paper more than I anticipated and tore some of the pretty paper underneath. I also may have peeled the stencils too soon. ANYWHO, a way to fix the text will be my next priority, but for now: What to fill the inside with??

What did you tell your loved one on their 50th birthday? I'm thinking "Happy 50th Birthday Beautiful!" :D

Hailing Hallmark,

DML

Filing Cabinet Reno

I finally got to one of my quick decor renovations that I've been trying to do, which is covering the front of my filing cabinet, thanks to my inspiration from Fabric Paper Glue (see earlier post Decor Reno in the Meantime).

Here is what it took:

It's very easy to do, and pretty much just took some common sense. I measured the drawer fronts and then cut the paper to size, unscrewed the handles, painted the drawer fronts with the modpodge and applied the paper.  To be safe, I applied another two coats of modpodge on to the paper and door, letting it dry in between coats. Then I sprayed the drawers with a spray sealer and put the handles back on, and ta da! 

A cute, and easy update for a file cabinet that is visible in the middle of my living room! And especially nice to be making something pretty while watching The Walking Dead marathon.

Fabulously Filing,

DML

Great Minds Think Differently!

A few posts back in my post titled Abandonment Issues I brought up the fact that a picture is worth 1,000 words. And I reveled in the idea that most everyone can look at an image or photo and have a different take on it. Assume different things about the subject, the emotion, etc. Proves that everyone is unique.

Today I was brought to the website GeekTyrant and there was a great post with Alternative Posters for the classic movie THE SHINING. All these different graphic artists took what they knew or loved about this movie and created their own Film Poster for it. They are all totally different, although most of them pay homage to a lot of the same big moments or objects in the movie, the ax, the twin girls, the garden maze. Check them out:

All play and no work gets DML fired, so back to work I go.

Decor Reno in the Meantime

Last weekend I posted an Ikea Hacker idea to renovate/update a set of drawers that I have. It turns out, that I haven't had a TON of time to get it started, although I can NOT wait to.

But in the MEAN TIME I came across this file cabinet update that will work perfectly for my smaller do-it-yourself-update itch, since my filing cabinet sits right by our desk in our living room.  In the middle of EVERYTHING. This was originally found on Pinterest, but I wanted to find the original creator and the photo brought me to this really great do it yourself blogger Fabric Paper Glue.

My filing cabinet is two drawers, just like this one, but black. She used a GREAT wallpaper that works so well with the brushed silver of her cabinet. Any ideas where to get cheap but fun wallpaper?? Ideas/brainstorming is what I live for, so send me any thoughts you may have in my comments section!

This is basically what mine looks like:

Making filing pretty,

DML

pink tips

i got a new phone app and its totally fun to play with. gotta work with it more