The Lime Green Creator

So are you familiar with the App Shazam?  It’s a nifty little tool (available for pretty much all smart devices) that can be used to identify a song title and artist by simply holding the device up to the sound source while the song is playing. After identifying the song (really pretty amazing in itself) it will provide links to videos and lyrics. Well now they’ve added this sweet new feature called Lyric Play that lets you see full screen lyrics in time with the music you’re listening to.  I’m in love!  Music and textual graphics at the same time! – what more could a girl ask for?!

This particular Lyric Play (above) is from Adele’s remake of The Cure’s song Lovesong.

Check out what I scored at an estate sale after class on Friday!  I am so excited!  The gigantic book on the bottom is an old dictionary and The Paintings of Michelangelo book is images cover to cover! The four small books are vintage poetry.  Oh happy, happy day!  I can’t wait to tear into that old dictionary.

My girlfriend sent me this photo of radishes she found at the grocery store yesterday.  Aren’t they gorgeous?!  This is why I love my friends; 1) they know I would think these were beautiful, so much so that they would take the time to snap a picture and send it to me, and 2) they think they are beautiful too!

Here are some samples of decoupage under glass for the new class session beginning tomorrow.  Someone in my last class asked about the technique and I had promised to look in to it over the break.  So here we go!

A lot of information and inspiration was gleaned from the book New Decoupage: Transforming Your Home with Paper, Glue, and Scissors by Durwin Rice (Amazon Link):

Our day at the Glass Bubble Project was an amazing, fun, adventure filled day.  I am really bummed that not a single one of my 200 pictures came out.   But I’m going back – without a doubt.  And when I go, I’ll be armed with the big camera.

If you are local to the Cleveland area, this is seriously something you MUST try.

Glass Bubble Project
2421 Bridge Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
(216) 696-7043

The Glass Bubble Project is a teaching as well as a working studio.  In addition to hand blown glass artwork, they also offer free public demonstrations, private studio time and glass blowing classes.  Check out Glass Bubble Project for more information.

Little Creative Genius was invited to a birthday party at the Glass Bubble Project this coming Monday and I couldn’t be more excited!  I was so excited in fact, that I wasn’t half way through reading the invitation before I picked up the phone and asked if Big Creative Genius and I could come too!  I cannot WAIT until Monday!

I spotted this rabbit leaving downtown this morning.  No, the rabbit wasn’t leaving downtown – I was.  Apparently 2011 was the Year of the Rabbit.  Check out the Cleveland Public Art Project for more bunnies.

If you have an addictive personality like I do, don’t go to Wordle.  I’m just saying. But Run, don’t walk to Wordle!  This website is so fun…and addicting.  You just enter words or sentences then hit “create”.  It generates an image similar to the one above.  And if you don’t like what you get you can hit “randomize” and it changes!  And there are editing and printing features there too.  Seriously, you have to give this a shot.  It is fun!

(Psst! It’s wordle.NET in case you don’t click through from here.  You’ll be confused if you end up anywhere else)

I recently uploaded some photos from my Mixed Media Class to Facebook.  A new class is starting 1/20/12.  If you are local to the Cleveland area, you can sign up at Orange Art Center, online or by phone, until this Friday, 1/13/12 without paying a late fee.  We had SO much fun at this class.  If you’re on the fence, just do it.  I promise you will not regret it.

I’m changing the name of Color Inspiration Monday to Color Crush. I’m changing the name so that I can do it any time inspiration strikes rather than having to hold it for a Monday. Although today, it actually did strike on a Monday. The name is not entirely original – I saw it used on a blog once but I can’t remember where.  If anyone knows, please share so I can give credit.

Enjoy!

Image above by Bahman Farzad on Flickr

I had dinner with my friend Susan the other night and she told me that right after 1/1, she switches everything red out to pink.  It’s how she starts the new year – out with the old, in with the new.

Lilly Pulitzer interior from C’est si Bon!

Image above from Kitchenaid

Image above from Aquaviews

Images above and below from Wedding Thinker