Artist Creates Themed Dress Sculptures in All 50 States

Minnesota's corn dress

We've always loved seeing dresses made out of unsuspecting materials. Robin Barcus Slonina is an installation and performance artist working on an ongoing project called "States of Dress." She has been touring the country constructing and modeling her unique dress sculpture in hopes to do one for all 50 states

New York's garbage dress

Iowa's prarie dress

Nevada's casino chip dress

Maine's pine cone dress

Wyoming's willow dress

The Illinois red dress was constructed from 28 dresses purchased from thrift stores in Chicago.

Wisconsin's white pine dress

Queen Mother moonlighted at a pizza shop (Photoshop)

Although the Queen Mother died in 2002, the following photographs have just recently surfaced.* These surprising photos appear to reveal some glimpses into the secret life of the Queen Mother that no one would have suspected.

For example, who knew that the Queen Mother moonlighted at a pizza shop?

Or that she was a NASCAR driver?

Apparently, she also worked at a health spa in her spare time. Here she is giving a scalp massage to Cary. From the look on her face, she is enjoying it as much as he is.

With so many responsibilities, the Queen Mother needed to do something every once in a while to blow off steam. One way she liked to relax was to go hunting for songbirds.

Surprisingly, the Queen Mother was a big fan of baseball. She even caught a foul ball once at a game.

I have heard rumors that the Queen Mother was a prankster and that her favorite joke was to say, "Hey, pull my finger!" while posing for family portraits with the Royals. I didn't believe it until I saw this picture.

Although the Queen Mother was obviously a very busy woman, she knew how to kick back and have a little fun too. Here we see her listening to some folk music and watching two rednecks having a dance-off. First prize is that pig on the right.

Later, the party moved to the hot tub. In this photo the Queen Mother is enjoying the company of an unidentified man...hey, wait a minute...is that Frank?!

Source:- Listoftheday

How to make An a-line into a pencil skirt (Step by step)

We've wanted a print pencil skirt for a while now. We also happened to have a printed A-line skirt in my closet that never got much wear. One day these two facts clicked and it came to me: make the A-line into a pencil! Can't be too hard, right? Well, it wasn't.try it Step by step

This works best with a skirt that zippers up the middle in the back. For the measurements, I cheated and just traced around a pencil skirt I already had. Other than the fact that the skirt is cut on a bias, which makes it harder to work with, it came out great!

Here is what I started with: How to An a-line into a pencil skirt

Skirt: Nordstrom Rack - 2002 or 2003 - birthday gift from mom

Step 1: Take off any embellishments. Use the plastic brush eraser end of a fabric pencil to buff out the holes.

Step 2: Turn the skirt inside out. Position your favorite pencil skirt on top of the skirt you're altering, making sure to align the waistbands. Trace around the pencil skirt with a ballpoint pen or fabric pencil (if your skirt is light and your pencil dark, you may want to turn the pencil skirt inside out, too).

Step 3: Pin and baste the layers of the skirt together about a half inch away from the line you just drew. Make sure you're smoothing fabric from the middle out. Sew your new side seams on the line.

Step 4: Cut off the extra fabric, leaving about a half-inch. Zig-zag stitch just over the edges to close them in and prevent fraying.

Step 5: If you like the length of your A-line skirt, just turn up the bottom hem to form a straight line across from the shortest point of the A-line skirt (usually the side seams). Bring it up about another inch to allow yourself space to hem. If you want it shorter, you can raise it higher, too. Many pencil skirts usually have a 1"-2" hem, so you may want to go that route (I only had about enough allowance for a half-inch hem to keep it work appropriate). Pin and baste.

Step 6: Sew the hem. I opted to do two lines for aesthetics (just looked sort of sad with just one).

Step 7: If you don't have a lot of leftover fabric from the bottom hem, just leave it be (like I did). If you have quite a bit of fabric leftover, trim and edge like you did with the side seams.

Step 8: Wear your new pencil skirt...

... at home, to make sure you didn't screw anything up...

...or to work!

Cake Face | Cake Decorating | Cake Designs

Cake Face designers Created by artist Ashkan Honarvar, these ideas Reconstructed Cake Faces are both Awesome Birthday Or Wedding Cakes gruesome and delicious.

The art pieces were inspired by the inevitable sufferings that come with violent wars. These faces represent the soldiers from the first world war, who suffered the horror of mutilations to their faces. Check out the featured gallery to see these interesting chocolate pieces by Ashkan Honarvar and prepare to be amazed at its gory yet captivating content.









Source : Trend Hunter

Cube house

Kubuswoningen, or cube houses, are a set of innovative houses built in Rotterdam and Helmond in The Netherlands, Incredible designed by architect Piet Blom in 1984. The houses in Rotterdam are located on Overblaak Street, and beside the Blaak Subway Station. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house 45 degrees, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. There are 38 small cubes and two so called 'super-cubes', all attached to each other.

As residents are disturbed so often by curious passers-by, one owner decided to open a "show cube", which is furnished as a normal house, and is making a living out of offering tours to visitors.

The houses contain three floors:

* ground floor entrance
* first floor with living room and open kitchen
* second floor with two bedrooms and bathroom
* top floor which is sometimes used as a small garden

The walls and windows are angled at 54.7 degrees. The total area of the apartment is around 100 square meters, but around a quarter of the space is unusable because of the walls that are under the angled ceilings.





















Source : Galinsky

World's Longest Enchilada

World's longest enchilada measures in at 230ft They must have big appetites down Mexico way - the world record-loving nation has created a colossal enchilada.



The good people of Iztapalapa cooked up a 230ft-long, almost one and a half-ton enchilada which is now an official Guinness record.



The massive concoction was made of corn tortillas, white onions, green tomatoes, serrano chillis, avocado, cheese, cream and a sea of salsas.



Mexico City tourism secretary Alejandro Rojas: 'With this Guinness record we are showing the world that Iztapalapa is a high-level tourist destination.'



Mexico has grabbed a number of world records recently, including the largest number of people dancing Michael Jackson's Thriller and most people kissing simultaneously.

10 Beautiful Natural Patterns of Tree Photos

Possibly there’re thousands of beautiful and magnificent trees in the world. Nature is one of my favorite and respectable topics. I’m sure, this beautiful and superb tree patterns inspire you to go out and capture this symbol of nature for yourself.

Quaking Aspen Trees Patterns of Tree

Birch Bark Patterns of Tree

Eucalyptus Tree Bark Patterns of Tree

Knotted Aspen Bark Patterns of Tree

Cottonwood Tree Bark

Sycamore Bark Patterns of Tree

Whitebark Pine Trunks Patterns of Tree

Termite Tunnels Patterns of Tree

Foxtail Pine Patterns of Tree

Aspen Grove Patterns of Tree