Look Mom, No Hands!

Learn something new everyday. Apparently synchronized bicycle riding is a sport. Certainly looks like it takes talent. I don't want to know what it looks like when someone is first entering into this sport. Think about it, ouch.

via Geekologie

The Stamp Making Continues

It is official, I have a dream. I officially want to start, work with, design, merchandise or manage a stationary company. This stationary company will support my jewelry line, boutique, and blog. It will be a Julia Brand Franchise - and I will be happy. I say all this with a bit of sarcasm, but I am actually finding my way towards what I love and thinking through the details in my freetime - which admittedly is limited :)

It's interesting though, how sales, an understanding of social media in every essence of the word, and a love for design and creating things is leading me towards something I am very excited about - my own dream.

I will chip away at it, one piece at a time, and in the meantime enjoy making things again.

Last night I made another stamp design. As a friend pointed out - this is not the most economical way to write a letter - but there is so much to be said for something handmade. You get so much joy out of it. And, I am experimenting with the designs and colors and shapes that I love - and deciding to dream big.

I'm clearly not as serious about my photography efforts yet, with these low budge pics, but took a few iPhone shots while making some new designs last night.

Enjoy.

Cooliris - a visual thinker's dream

Just learned of CoolIris through Ad Age this morning and I must say I'm hooked. Not only did I find the advertisements on the browser cool - but I felt like I could find any video or picture on the web I may desire.

Then, I clicked 'My Computer' and saw every single picture on my computer displayed in this easy to navigate format. It was way faster and more navigable than iPhoto.

The one thing I found annoying was that I could not get embed code for some of the vids I discovered and wanted to share on this blog.

But I was able to get the below code in order to embed a wall directly into this post.

Pretty cool stuff. Go to coloriris.com to download and start browsing.

Enjoy!