summer at america: 2011

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Pink dress of Anushka

Pink beautiful dress of Anushka from Bollywood

Beautiful dressed celebrity

Anushka from India is Beautiful dressed celebrity

Anushka gorgeous dressing

Beautifully dressed Indian bollywood star Anushka Shetty.

Hollywood celebrity Anne Hathaway make-up video Tips for every girl.
Anne Hathaway video fashion guide.
Beautiful celebrity anne becomes a make up guide in this video just for you and all fashion lovers. Pleaseeveryone must check this video tuotorial by Anne Hathaway and give your rate our efforts if possible.

Miss Shetty's red saree

India Bollywood star Anushka Shetty in red saree.
Beautiful looking dress of Anushka Shetty indian model.

Actress anushka in blue with heavy jewelry

Blue Saarhi of Bollywood star Anushka with very Heavy gold jewlery , looking very nice fashion style by Anushka Shetty.

Lo Bosworth summer dress fashion

Lo Bosworth summer skirt

Lo Bosworth was summer sweet at the Noon by Noor launch party. She paired a silky pale pink top with a full abstract fauna-printed skirt.

Nikki new dress

Nikki Reed dress fashion

Nikki Reed showed off her stems at Comic-Con in a darling black floral print frock. The brunette beauty paired her mini dress with a pair of classic black satin pumps and cascading side-swept curls.

Friday, August 12, 2011

Celebrity Red Scarf on stripes T-shirt

Anne's red scarf cheer up and bring colour to an otherwise basic stripes t shirt and denim look. A gathered ponytail and sunglasses makes sure no visible signs of a long flight
Anne Hathaway nice fashion.

Styles of Anne Hathaway and Adam Schulman

Hathaway, taking a style cue from her current beau Adam Schulman, took a stroll in Venice, CA, rocking jazzy sneakers, a turquoise retro jacket and white frame shades.
Anne Hathaway and Adam Schulman s' jeans fashion looks very beautiful..
Walking on the roads both looks very stylish. Adam Schulman in micky mouse shirt.

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Tying a dress scarf

This video tuotorial shows you tips for tying a dress scarf, to increase your outlook. By adopting these tips your personality will definately look more charming. Lets see and please give your comments bellow and if you really like our efforts then please share them with your friends.
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Miranda Taylor Cosgrove Espinoza Shoes Style

New trend shoes fashion by a celebrity Miranda Taylor Cosgrove.
Shoes fashion of Miranda Taylor Cosgrove Espinoza.

Miranda Cosgrove hairstyle with loving pink

Nice hairstyle of Miranda Cosgrove
Miranda Cosgrove loves pink fashion.
Best picture of Miranda Cosgrove.

Frugal Fashions

Frugal Fashions, Styles for Less costume of Miranda Cosgrove.
Miranda Cosgrove in nice black winter dress, maroon muffler and beautiful looking shoes.

Striped top jeans by Miranda Taylor

Fashion of Striped top jeans by Miranda Taylor Cosgrove Espinoza.
Tyte Black Jeans of Miranda Cosgrove.

Rihanna's fashion very expensive

Rihanna Spends $1 Million a Year on Her Hair.
Red hair of rihana.
Rihana red hair fashion is quiet expensive.

Smiling supermodel Elle Macpherson

Fashion of Elle Macpherson.
Smiling supermodel Elle Macpherson in fur west and stone washed skiny jeans.
Elle Macpherson skinny Jeans.
Fur west fashion of Elle Macpherson.

Rebecca black "friday" latest style

Latest dress of Rebeca Black.
Nice high shoes of Friday Singer Black.
Rebecca black Beautifully fashioned

Nice fashion of Kate Moss

Kate Moss latest white coat on pant less dress fashion.

Hairstyle of Friday singer

Rebeca Black hairstyle.
HD wallpaper of Rebeca Black Friday.
Nice hair fashion of Rebecca Friday

Camille Bidault Waddington at her summer house

Dressing Fashion dress of laying Camille Bidault Waddington at her summer house, Rabastens

Styles and fashion by Victoria Beckham

Victoria Beckham arrives at Heathrow International Airport looking stylish as ever.

Camille Bidault Waddington and Natacha Ramsay Levi

Dress fashion of Camille Bidault Waddington and Natacha Ramsay Levi.

Hairstyle of American george lopez

George Lopez from America also loves fashion and styles. Hairstyle of American celebrity George Lopez is quiet nice one.

Friday singer Rebecca Black's fashion

Friday singer Rebecca Black's fashion successful so far.
Rebecca Black of "Friday" latest fashion and styles.

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

DIY Organic Wall Hanging

There's something so right about bringing nature into the home in the form of art or furniture. This cluster of cut logs caught my eye today. Nice and organic! And removable adhesive picture hanging strips allows everyone to try...even if you rent!

Hop on over to Apartment Therapy if you want to take a full tour of Liv & Jeff's home in California.

Until next time...

Michael

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Monday, August 8, 2011

DIY Baby Shower Gifts and Decor

A few days ago you got a sneak peek at some of the DIY decor and gifts I was working on last week for a friend's baby shower. It's not a Swedish tradition to have a baby shower before the baby is born (they think it is bad luck to celebrate before a birth), so we do our best to keep our American tradition alive among our friends - and we typically get lots of compliments from our Swedish guests as well. We had a lovely day and I think my projects were a success. Because we can't buy baby shower decorations in the stores, there is no choice but to DIY-it. But honestly, I'd have it no other way. Here's what it looked like.

I found the shutter in a junk pile drive-by on the day that I went thrifting in support of Mr. Goodwill Hunting's 'I >3 Thrifting' event in July. I cleaned her up and chose a fabulous blue color that reminds me of doors and window frames around Paris. I used it for the baby shower, but it is going to be a permanent installment in my daughter's room - so more on that project coming soon.

It's hard to see in the photo because of the reflections on the glass frames, but I had such luck that the baby's name was Carter and he is going to be the 3rd baby - thus the idea for ABC-123. The C is highlighted and says 'C is for Carter', and the 3 is highlighted and says '3 is a magic number'. Printed them off my printer with the background scanned from a traditional Swedish children's rhymes and songs book. Here's another look at them before I tied them to the shutter. Mom-to-be-D liked them so much that I left them for her to hang in the baby's nursery.

Even though I absolutely love the results of this next project, I found myself thinking half-way through, "What in the world am I doing?" This C is made from hundreds of single hole-punched dots from a paint chip card with five different shades of blue. Then, each dot was glued one-by-one (you can't just toss them on or you'll get the white backside on there as well - and that wasn't what I wanted for this project). Hours! It took hours to complete. Got the idea from Ally at Cut Out and Keep. And although it was a gift, it also served double-duty as baby shower decor.

I also made a reusable banner - the baby-to-be is a boy and we had the name, so it was fun to include that in the party decorations. I'll also post soon about what I did with this banner to make it reusable (for someone other than a child named Carter).

Took the idea of the fingerprint trees being used as wedding guest books and used it for our baby shower guest book. Our mom-to-be-D then received it in a frame (at the end of the shower) as a simple wall hanging for the baby nursery. We also had a 'tips and advice' tree where guests could leave notes for mom-to-be-D.

A friend and I had decided months ago that we were going to try our hand at this next wall hanging that we'd seen on the popular English handmade market website, Not on the High Street. We used a simple heart punch, various scrapbook pages in shades of blue, and our best design layout capabilities. One space is left for the baby's name, and another is for the date of birth. It turned out fabulous and several of the guests were even interested in making their own versions for various other types of events.

We had a great day, the DIY decor gave us the feeling of a real American baby shower, and most importantly, our guest of honor was happy. Best of luck for mom-to-be-D for a quick labor and delivery!

Until next time...

Michael

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Friday, August 5, 2011

DIY Baby Shower Decorations and Gifts

This week has been all about making decorations and gifts for a friend's baby shower. The idea of baby showers doesn't exist yet here in Sweden, so a few of us Americans are doing our part to start spreading the tradition within the borders.

I volunteered to work on the decorations because I've been so gosh-darn inspired by all of you party decor DIYers out there - so I wanted to try my hand at it. I'll take photos at the shower tomorrow and post them this weekend. Until then, here's a little teaser.

One of my gifts is a wall hanging for baby's room. That's HUNDREDS of hole-punched dots from paint chip cards...glued on one-by-one! These kinds of projects/gifts are a true labor of love because they take some much time and patience. And I could use more of both!

I'm really pleased with how this decoration turned out. They are having a boy and naming him Carter, and he is their 3rd baby. So the ABC-123 idea worked perfectly. I scanned pages from a classic Swedish book given to newborns by their local city library. I reduced the opacity of the A-B and 1-2 pages, which gave the C and 3 a highlighted feel. C is for Carter, and 3 is a magic number. Then I used some basic glass frames from IKEA that I had in my 'one day I'll use these' stash. Today was the day!

If you like looking at party decor DIY ideas, check back in later this weekend for the full party decor reveal.

Until next tiime...
Mike

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Thursday, August 4, 2011

Repurposed Plates and Classic Art

Well, this certainly is an altered perspective. I found myself really having to stare at these a while to fully take in the concept. Repurposed plates and classic art paintings merged together.

There is an asymetry about the placement of the plates on the wall that throws me for some reason...but at the same time draws me in to linger a while. The paintings are not complete, but the mind fills in the blanks as if seeing the full painting.

I'm on the fence. What about you? Want to see more? Hop over to the Little Owl gallery and look at the altered perspective gallery.

Until next time...
Michael

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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Recycled and Repurposed Beer Bottles

There's a fun post in the archives over at Salvaged Grace from 'way back' in January 2010 that is as current today as it was in 1907 when some creative soul built a home from recycled beer bottles in the Nevada desert due to the timber shortage. Did you see that? 1907! Not 2007...1907!

It's a fun roundup of recycled and repurposed beer bottles so I hope you'll hop over to have a peek.

I would love to know if this house is still standing. Wouldn't that be just fabulous?

Until next time...
Michael

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Monday, August 1, 2011

Trash? Or Art!

Here's what you'll see from across the room. I would absolutely love to have a version of this artwork in my home. I love the soft colors and the lack of a distinct image. Can you guess what it's made from?

Here's a closer look. Does it look familiar yet?

I simply adore and admire anyone who takes trash / discarded items / junk and creates something so spectacularly beautiful. This 8' x 5' art piece is made of approximately 40,000 pieces of junk mail. JUNK MAIL!

photos from Rag & Bone

I'm a loyal recycler (thanks, Sweden, for making it a part of everyday living), but I'll be thinking twice next time I get a stack of junk mail...can I make something this beautiful?

I also loved listening to Amanda Nelsen, the artist of this artwork, as she talked about her work with 'found paper'. Take a look if you want a quick 5 minutes of feel-good inspiration.

Looking for recycled / repurposed paper projects for your own project inspiration? Then you'll want to take a peek at 25 of the best DIY repurposed magazine projects that I found across the Internet.

Until next time...
Michael

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Repurposed All Around

I saw this sweet little candle chandy hanging in a cabin on our recent mini-vacation. It was owned by a Norwegian woman who brought it back from Tennessee. I love the fact that 'repurposed' is universal. She's sending some Norwegian interior design websites - so hopefully I'll have some fun things to share from their corner of the world.

If you're interested in having a look at some pics of the Swedish coastline from our mini-vacay, and learn a little about Swedish culture at the same time, hope over to my 'life story' blog at The Accidental Swede for a quick read.

Until next time...

Michael

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

25 Repurposed Magazine Projects - DIY

It's time for another installment of 'My Favorite Things'. This time I've scoured the net and found 25 of the best repurposed magazine projects. These repurposed craft and DIY ideas range from easy to advanced, some come with tutorials, and others you get to figure out for yourself (or even buy in the case of a few). What do I like best with repurposed magazine arts and crafts...they are low-to-no cost! The downside? They can often be VERY time consuming projects - so beware!

Ready to be inspired?