For all the domestic Bombshells!

You gotta have it! Actually I havent spent a single thought on how I could improve my kitchens retro look by specific kitchn roll changes, but THIS IS IT! Rockett St George introduces papertowels featuring traditional tattoo designs: it's as if Herbert Hoffman just wiped off his clients skin!


Traditional Tattoo Kitchenroll

I wish I was born earlier!

Man, everybody, including me,  is complaining about the crappy tv shows that are on the stations nowadays. what happened to all the cool screenwriters? Watch the intro of  Dr. Simon Tam M.D. for example and you will understand why I desperatly wish i was born in the 70s to enjoy this fantastic version of Emergency room set in the future, hahaha!

Everything ages fast

yeah..especially oneself, haha! I found these great ads and love the way they transport the message through the illustration look. Dont think I will attend any of these media-update Seminars as i think their presentations will be out of date until D-day, but still: Have a sneak on the high res images via the link!

Everything ages fast

How to Spoon

Some really useful tips for everyone who has to work it out every single night, brought to you by Dexter's Michael C. Hall!  (I really know what they are talking about when it comes to the T-Rex arm part!)

How to spoon

Cookie Cutter Hysteria

Aaah I am totally excited about these cookies! I know, i reported about fantastic cookies in the last post, but they didn't look as amazing as the "Lipstick Cookies" do! I want some. Right now!

You'll have to scroll down a little!
Lipstick Cookies

Busy like a Honeybee

Gosh, isnt summertime supposed to be a season where you sit at the lakeside with a beer in your hand and relax?Apparently non of my clients ever heard about it:(

For to treat my stressed little brain, i bake some tasty tasty shortbread cookies last weekend, which were really refreshing due to the lime and tea in it! You should try them as soon as you can:)

 Earl grey tea shortbread cookies

And now, lets get a little silly and pretend we are 16 again and having a blast at the funfair!

uuuh romantic!

Getting married has become one of the most romantic things in modern times. women are independent and self-sufficient, there are sperm banks -  so who need the ancient model of a marriage? All the hopeless romantics out there! And of course, one need a ring, e.g. the Projection Ring! Luke Jerram hand forged this one for his wife, featuring a lense and a selection of family portraits which can be projected by putting a candle behind the photos. SO cute! And if you now thought: WOW! thats a great thing, I have to order one right now, you will get this answer: 

"Congratulations on your engagement! I'm afraid this ring was a one off, made for my wife. I'm afraid you'll have to make your own unique ring for your own unique partner!" haha, funny guy!

  Projection Ring

Bloody Selfpromo

I can't hold it back because I am proud like a peacock: my new website is online! Feel free to check out the galleries and dont hesitate to get in touch in case you want a portrait (or whatever) for yourself or beloved ones:)
Thank you and have a hollunderhappy day!

Vectorink

Back in the good old days

Now that's pretty! A turntable made from ceramics, gold plated and handpainted!This would look so nice in our living rooms, but unfortunately its just an art project at this time and not available for the masses. Too bad:(

Ceramic Turntable

Besame, besame muuucho!

While I was browsing Audrey Ks website this morning and falling in love with the offered dresses one after another (such as the dotted "tarte"dress) I decided it might be better to check out the accessoires section and found beauutifully designed cosmetics named "Besame". I'd even love the lipsticks if the colors would suck (which they dont), just for the name!
Besame Cosmetics

Handcarved Heels

            It was love on first sight! Lucky Lou Shoes offer handcarved tiki-style highheels on demand: You order - they start whittling. Check out the various designs on:

Luckylou Shoes

Lovely Ecards

I know its so hot outside one can barely do anything, but dont you think its time to send a little ecard to your family to let them know you're still alive? And to add a little extra fun, use the cards provided by Bluntcard, featuring authentic advertising illustrations from the 50s/60s adding headlines that'll make you giggle hihihi :)


Bluntcards

Ditas Private Bar

Just read about it! Dita will open a very private bar called "Cointreau Privé"in the middle of Paris which will only exist for about a month. And -  of course- we all wont be able to visit it because its going to be all secret with clandestine identification marks such as a bracelet to get in...doubt all these requested "major people" are going to have a blast without us cool cats;)

Cointreauprivé (not online yet)
News about Cointreau Privé

Your pets will have a blast!

Summer allows  us to have lots of fun outside, which means our little pet-friends have to stay at home all alone. Why dont you lighten up their day with some funny things to play with? Such as: dog-Stache for your dog or a superfantastic playhouse for the cats?

Dogstache

Cat Playhouse

The vintage modernity

Dare to say there were no tree huggers in 1899 and I'll proof you wrong;) Believe it or not, but they already had invented the Electric Car by then! The Baker Electric started as a two seater and had a top speed of 20 mph - quite a fast ride in these times! I really pity  they didnt continue working on e-cars, where would we be now if they did? (At least we wouldnt have to deal with a BP oil-disaster I guess)

History of electric Cars

Copycat Culture

Healthy! It took some days but I think I am on the track again.

I found a great and surprising video called "Versions" by Oliver Laric, showing the striking parrallels between diffrent pieces of art such as movies or sculptures. Watching the side-by-side videoclips really stunned me. Did you know that "The Junglebook" and "Winnie the Poo" have some exact same sequences? Unbelievable what small budgets urge creative people to do these times;)

Versions by Oliver Laric

Ars Vivendi

Due to family affairs and being sick, its been a while since i posted something on here - sorry!:) Lets get over it and enjoy the wide range of pinup and fetish stuff that ars vivendi offers! Tons of nylons (modeled by the one and only Bernie Dexter!) highheels and pretty dresses.

Ars vivendi Onlineshop

Travel Cake

When you grow older, its getting more and more complicated to find gifts for family members birthdays because its indeed not that "cute" anymore to just draw a picture...Having that in mind, I decided to prepare a cake for my godmothers birthday and wanted something sweet but refreshing, but also something that is easy to take on the plane too! Quite a situation, so I felt really relieved when I found the right thing to bake: A white chocolate brownie with a green-tea-cheesecake swirl! YUM!

White Brownie

Little Miss Giggles

Little Miss Giggles has always been my favourite of the Little Miss-/ Mr. Men-books. And maybe so it comes, that Miss Giggles nowadays is one of my favourite pinup-photographers, because she always manages to make the girls look so beautifully natural, no matter how complicated the poses seem to be!
Enjoy the galleries on the page and- why dont you book your slot right away? haha:)

Miss Giggles

The Bazaarium

Even though we moved already 3 months ago, some walls in our appartment are still naked like a newlyborn. Due to this fact, I am always on the lookout for nicey prints. Today, I found Wilhelm Staehles portfolio, who is working with handcut silhouettes and scenes which could be taken from childrens books, offering them framed for 30$ - quite a good deal!

W. Staehles Bazaarium
Ze Shop

Lucky Lola

Friday is payday, so I decided to spoil myself and spend my leftovers on pretty dresses :D Best way to do this, is visiting my friends onlineshop "Lucky Lola". She's not only running the shop, but also modeling the clothes herself. Good thing to have a talented husband like Sergio Stiletto who is able to takes the pictures and a close friend like Pinky Paradise who is makeup artist and hairstylist! Oh, almost forgot to mention the last personality of the fantastic four: Miss Giggles! She did most of the advertisingshoots for Luckylola! Enjoy the behind-the scenes video:)

Lucky Lola Onlineshop
Pinky Paradises Portfolio
Sergio Stiletto

Summertime? POPSICLE TIME!!

Finally no need to justify popsicle indulgence anymore! To be honest, I can eat icecream all year long, but homemade, fruity popsicles really are a summer-treat to me! And for making this experience happen for you too, I prepared some links:
#1 fantastic popsicle molds on amazon.com and

Popsicle Molds

#2 great recipes!
Popsicle Recipe

Oh and last but not least, #3 one of my favourite parts from "Cloudy witha  chance of Meatballs":

Everlasting Breath

For to compensate yesterdays "sexytime" we'll get a little philosophical today. While browsing the fuckyeahtattoos-blog, I learned about Jayne Wiltons art. She developed a way to catch peoples breath on copperplates and paper! Isnt that beautiful in so many ways? I think I want one of each family member - If only I could afford it!

Jayne Wilton

Brief info about how it works

X-ray Naughtyness

Haha! Fantastic idea, by german advertising agency Butter / Düsseldorf! They came up with this calendar for to please the (potential) customers of EIZO, which produce medical imaging high precision displays for the examination and diagnosis of radiographs. Pretty sharp!

xray pinups

Chiwauwaus & Pugs in Paletot

We went to the DMY last sunday, not knowing, that this Berlin design festival is focussing on product-design. Well, i cannot really excite myself about wardrobes or stuff, so i was happy to found the little fellas above! Uta Koloczek is a graduated artist who enjoys working with ceramic. Check out her page to find more Chiwauwaus or pugs with golden faces:D hopefully one guy will sit on my sideboard soon!

Uta Koloczek

Stationary of horror

Due to a business trip scheduled for tomorrow and the day after that, I will spoil you with another post today :) Just found a really freaking cool example of stationary for a german horror-channel, called 13th street. Could imagine to put my address and logo on it and scare my grannie with some special snail mail :D
Stationary of Horror

Natural Selection

Another monday, another artist! Marianna Gartner is a canadian artist from Winnipeg (yayyy like the Weakerthans!) using vintage photography as a reference, mixing it with devils and other evil things. I really could imagine having one of her desillusioned sailor guys up my walls! If you currently are residing in Switzerland, jump on the opportunity and visit Gallerie Haas which is hosting Gartners "Natural Selection" show from 9th June- 9th July 2010.

Marianna Gartner

Gallerie Haas

Hoopers Electric

I came across this picture, showing 2 guys having exactly the same tattoos on their bodies, so I had to find out wether its a photoshop thing and if not, who has done the ink-work. Some googling was done and i learned about Thomas Hooper, an english born tattoo artist, working in NY. While checking out his page I fell in awe with his skills: not only is he able to tattoo super-detailed designs, he is a really good painter (studied drawing at London Institute of Art &Design)too!

If you're nosy like me hehehhe, check out his and his tattooshops website!

Hoopers Blog

Adorned Tattoo

Chesterfieldstudy

When I was a kid, I always loved to spent the evenings  sitting by my parents on their chesterfield armchairs and sofa, feeling all cosy. I guess that is why I am so excited about Yvonne Fehling & Jennie Peiz's still-lives in this look! This adorable chesterfield pig family would look so great in our livingroom! ;)

Chesterfield Pigs

Sneak a Peek of Mark Ryden

Well I am sure we all have heard about Mark Ryden before so I dont want to explain anything about him. The video linked below still caught my attention because its so inspiring to me to watch painters paint. And Mark Ryden is one of the really brave ones: He overpaints already done sections over and over again until he is convinced to have found the right element.


Then, I also want to share a video with you which is taken from a very interesting documentary about the private collection of Long Gone John. A great guy (and owner of a recordlabel & toy-label)!



Buy DVD Long Gone Johns Treasures

Watermelon Vodka fun

hehehe, yes, its what you think:  its a vodka infused watermelon! So easy to prepare, so refreshing, so going to make you tipsy!I think, this is THE thing to bring to this summers BBQs.

How to:
3. Cut a hole in your watermelon, big enough to put in a funnel
2. pour as much vodka through the funnel as you can. Then let sit for a few ours (approx. 4hours) in the refridgerator. Redo this until the melon absorbed about 2-3cups of your favourite vodka.
1. Be sure to chill the melon well enough!
GO!

wweeeeeee! Rainbowcake!

Past weekend was birthday weekend for us, which made me doing research on the net for a fancy birthday cake. Due to my honeys diet, we decided not to have a cake in the end (but some other treats hehe) but still: I dont want to hold back this aaawesome girly Rainbow Cake Recipe that I found on sunshine.collapse.bg! It makes me want to call in sick and watch My little Pony episodes right now!

Coconut Rainbow Cake

Calligraphy Identity

I so want a calligraphy address stamp! Did you know that in China you dont even "exist" before you get your very own stamp? You cannot even sign a bank transfer without it! See, good reason to hitch up with Patricia Mumau and then start writing millions of letters:)

Custom Calligraphy Stamps

Patricia Mumaus Blog

GOETZILLA!

Nomen est Omen - his screenprinted Rockposters are monstrositly great! Unlike in america, there is no such gig-poster-culture in Germany which makes Götz Bockstedtes work even more unique and important: I am sure, he is the redeemer who took up the cudgels for all the poster-illustrators, fighting against the mainstream! hahaha;)

Goetzilla

Summer Needs 2010

Sad but true: its June 2nd and raining cats and dogs. To turn this fact into fun, I think its time for a new and fantaaaaastic umbrella!
How about a laser sword umbrella for you guys? Or a fancy flamingo one with bird-head-knob for the ladies? Check the links below and find your new essential summer-accessoire! (visiting the website is also fun, because its design is increeedibly ugly hahaha!)

Laser Sword Umbrella

Really really nice Umbrellas
 
And because we were dealing with this topic today, enjoy the latest Baseballs Video!

General Robots

THE german onlinestore for robot-lovers! It doesnt matter what you are looking for, you will find everything (from tin- to plastic robots, wood and cardboard stuff, designer toys, rockets) on General Robots...hold on tightly to yer money, so you dont blow it today;)

 General Robots

Pinups for your Wall!

I hope you had a hollunderhappy weekend! Mondays use to be busy, so is today which made me decide that its time for a little selfpromo! If you always thought, your walls need a kinky twist, why dont you check out my Vectorink postershop offering prints of sexy tattooed pinups and sailormen!

Vectorinks Postershop

Hairdryers Evolution

Hair drying and styling used to be a pretty creepy adventure -  not to compare with present-days designy products! The western-haidryer seen above is pretty wanted on the web and sold out everywhere! Good news for you ladies: I found one piece on Ebay germany, you better set your heels on fire!

Western Hairdryer

Scrimshaw Knife

I WANT THIS SO BAD! And if i had to grow a beard to get it  - so be it!!

When visiting the website, take some time to click through the sections, there are nicey things to find!

Scrimshaw Knife

Music Philosophy

These quotations are remarkably bright - and werent written by Nietzsche, no, by philosophers of our time! Such as John Lennon or...Jay Z - we all seem to have a lucid intervals from time to time...;) Dont you think Mico Toledo did a great job on the typography stuff?

Musicphilosophy

The Inappropriate Golden Book

Well, I hope you all survived the bankholiday weekend without any harmful zombie attacks and are ready for a short week! I returned from family weekend with half-face burned which looks pretty stupid, but I'll hide behind the office-computer anyways;)

Today, notcot.org drew my attention to Pixar Animation Story Artist Josh Cooley who is recently just finishing a pretty entertaining book showing re-told scenes from movies such as Terminator or The Godfather in a childrens book look. Enjoy the preview!

About the book

Cooleys Blog

Just in Case of Zombie Attack!

We all learned in school that we should hide underneath our desks in case of nuclear bombing, but did anyone tell you what to do when zombies invade your city? Movies use to show main characters doing all the wrong things, so: Be prepared and watch What To Do In A Zombie Attack  by Lone Bannana Productions.

What to do in a Zombie Attack  

Mr. Bacon's Big Adventure

"Move your bacon character through the Meatland board, and whoever makes it to the frying pan first wins!" Sounds like fun to me! And it would be even more fun, if we all wore those fantastic moustachio caps while playing it! ;D

ps: Fredflare offers lots of other funstuff and cute accessiores!


Mustachio Cap

Mr. Bacon's Big Adventure Game

Handpainted Leatherjackets

Now, that's a nice idea: handpainted pinups and nose art on leatherjackets! And not that expensive at all! Rosemary Derys brush will be swinging for you starting at $45!

Tip for the crafty gifted people out there: Leatherpaint is not that expensive and quite easy to handle - why dont you give yourself a try and save the money for your next ratrod project?;)

Rosemary Dery

Mr Walt Disney in Space!

One can say, before man ventured into space, Walt Disney took the nation there!It of course was made to support The United States space program but we dont want to get too political here: I loved this little trailer! Its featuring Disney's Mars and Beyond science show and made my mouth so watery I had to order the dvd box Walt Disney Treasures - Tomorrowland right from the spot (with amazons international superspeed shipping of course;)! It consists of "Science Factual" shows that aired mostly in the 1950s. Enjoy!


Disney's Mars and Beyond Trailer

Get Walt Disney Treasures - Tomorrowland Dvd Box here

The Neon Boneyard LV

I found this group on Flickr a while ago but re-discovered it on the weekend. The atmosphere of bygone glamour is so sad somehow but it made me click through thousands of pictures! Oh and good news for everyone who felt sorry for the shoe shown above: The Silver Slipper was reanimated and is now flimmering on the median along Las Vegas Boulevard North - thanks god!:)

Neon Boneyard

Nominee: Coolest Dad in the World!

You cannot deny! A dad who not only prepares breakfast for his little daughter but also takes the time to design animal shaped pancakes on demand of a 3 year old- he really deserves the "Most-Caring-Dad-Trophy"! If you want to follow Jim Pancakes example visit his blog: he shares step-by-step instruction videos with the world!

Jims Pancakes

Retro Futurism Self Defence!

There is no cooler way to scare the cool kids at the busshelter: Show off your Atomic Disruptor Raygun by Dr.D from Steampunk Armory! Also offering Dueling Dematerializers & Proton Stingers - what else could we wish for?

Steampunk Armory

Go retro, iPhone!

Having a super sleek mobile phone doesn't mean you cannot be retro at the same time! If I had a Jobs-Phone, I'd totally get the Rotary Dial App! And pleasing domestic needs, the iRetrofone Base would be the cherry on my cupcakes icing, don't you think?

Retro Dialer
iRetrofone Base

Kill Yourself or Die Trying

Cool Cats do cool stuff- so does Amina Munster, a pretty popular alternative tattoo model running her own business: Kill Yourself or die Trying does custom embossed and painted leather belts! They also offer dog collars and holsters! Choose from various font types, types of leatherbelts, colors and outlines, add your wording & off you go! I think it makes a perfect gift for anyone, including yourself;) Keep in mind that oversea-shipping might take a few weeks!


Kill yourself  or die trying custom belts  

Amina Munster  

Grease, please!

This shop is Mekka for all the cool cats with duck butts and victory rolls. The german online shop Pomade Shop offers the worlds largest selection of traditional hairstyling products such as pomades, hair dressings and hair tonics. If you don't know which will work best for you, you can use the Pomade-Finder and  browse by categories such as hold, fragrance, shine, effect or even vegan!

Pomade Shop