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Fashions by Alessandro Dell’Acqua are another wonderful discovery from FTV (I just found out it is an international tv station!)
http://www.alessandrodellacqua.com/
^info below from this link
I have already posted about Kandee Johnson but I wanted to share a bit more about her many talents…. I discovered Kandee Johnson’s beauty tutorials on youtube. She has the best personality and is very entertaining to watch… not to mention she has GREAT ideas and advice. She explains everything from products she reviews, how to do celebrity makeup, and other practical girly things… Kandee Johnson is a rising star for her beauty knowledge and captivating blog/videos… she actually just won a contest where she is featured on the Elle Magazine website for a Megan Fox makeup explanation. Check her out!
http://kandeethemakeupartist.blogspot.com/
^Everything from her website
^this is from her internet profile…
Last week, I was wandering/window shopping and saw Zimmerman, a store with glamorous swimwear on display. Just this morning I watching Australia’s (FTV) fashion TV station and the Zimmerman swim 09/10 runway came on… so i decided to do some internet research and share my findings. They have really creative & unusual summer pieces! I love the gold accents, prints, draping, and their colors! Here are some of the highlights from their website…
http://www.zimmermannwear.com/
^this model has beautiful hair… and i think the gold summer makeup is fresh ;D
I have been working on retouching the love & lemons look-book for gGillian… here is a preview of what to come! You can support love & lemons as a facebook fan -
http://www.facebook.com/pages/For-Love-Lemons/74475338271
Photography by Gillian Mahin
after my retouching! :D
before retouching
become a fan of the line so you can see the rest of their new collection!!!
more to come…
Luiza Bonadiman no Fashion Rio primavera-verão 2009/10
really cool swimsuit designs… fabulous construction and draping!
http://litemind.com/brain-rules/
lately i have been doing some research on the mind… mostly ideas to improve my already fading memory :( here is an interesting website I came across that has a variety of tutorials to improve your brain power and visualization skills…
here is a clip from the site
Here are some magazines/books i refer to regularly…
1. Book: Calligraphy( Series – Dover Pictorial Archive Series ) by Arthur Baker
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“Celebrated for his Baker Signet typeface, Baker is one of the foremost modern calligraphers. This book contains a generous sampling of his calligraphic work — single letters, words, sentences, even experiments with abstract and Oriental calligraphy. Included are over 100 original alphabets from broad and bold. 154 plates.”
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below info from http://www.graphic-design.com/Type/p22/arthur_baker.html
Arthur Baker Designs
Arthur Baker Designs is a collection of calligraphic fonts and flourishes drawn by world renowned calligrapher Arthur Baker. Arthur Baker has been drawing letters for decades and has over 20 books on the subject. His style is admired and imitated by many calligraphers and type designers. With his knowledge of letter forms and historical calligraphic styles, along with his own custom designed pens and brushes, Mr. Baker has created a unique library of fonts that will add style and appeal to your designs.
His work can be seen on hundreds of products; including his Signet Bold font which is used for the word “Coke” on Coca-Cola products as well as for the Fleet Bank logo. Arthur’s ITC Tiepolo is used on many Lipton products. The Eddie Bauer catalog was using Baker Sans for its logo and text. With so many of his fonts on the market, there are far too many others to mention.
Arthur was born on the West Coast and currently lives in Andover, Massachusetts. Arthur Baker’s collection of type designs has been developed by Glyph Systems in Andover, Mass.
Calligraphic fonts by Arthur Baker: Linotype Amigo, Baker Signet, Kigali (1994), Marigold, Oxford, Pelican, Sassafras, Visigoth. Plus Duckweed, Cold Mountain, Hiroshige Sans, Oakgraphic, Mercator, Calligraphica, Collier Script, Fish Face (dingbats), Daybreak. Calligraphica (2001) and the medieval map writing font Mercator (2001).
If you want a good, healthy, shot-in-the-arm of superb samples and graphics using Arthur Baker fonts, look no further than the Letterheads Arthur Baker Sampler. IN fact, you’ll always get an eye-full of wonderful visuals at the Letterheads site.
See: P22 Matador A calligraphic styling from prolific author and calligrapher Arthur Baker — contemporary Roman based on the manuscript tradition. The stoic capitals add just the right touch to the slightly fanciful and unmistakably Baker type style.
2/3. Magazine: Vogue Collections Spring Summer 2009 and Fall Winter 2010
http://www.voguecollections.com/english/
^can be purchased at…
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4. Magazine: Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2009
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009_swimsuit/
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5. Book: Macbookpro :P hehe
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http://www.apple.com/mac/whichmacbook/compare.html
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^ this would have been incredible to witness
http://www.lookatbook.com/
I thought this was a cool idea :) time to start packing lunch
http://www.instructables.com/id/Crafting-a-Bento/
^also other cool stuff to make at this website
introCrafting a Bento
Bentos, or boxed lunches, have a long deep history rooted in ancient Japan. They originally began as simple meals that required little or no effort to assemble. Today they are a vibrant art form popular worldwide.
This instructable will attempt to provide the basic design principles, resources for obtaining the necessary tools, and some of the traditional rules of making a beautiful and delicious bento.
Really Cool Websites!!!
http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/
^ Go to this website and you can listen to live concerts from pretty much every famous band imaginable
http://www.dafont.com/
^Has every font imaginable and many more unique/specialty fonts and you can download I believe for free
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