Archive for November, 2008
It’s amazing what you can find on the Internet
If you go to this guy’s YouTube page, he’s got many videos of himself playing instruments that he’s made himself — all the ones we’ve watched so far are made out of produce.
The videos keep both Jack and Eric amused. This one is him playing “Angels We Have Heard on High” on a Big Broccoli. [...]
Black Friday sale
Happy Thanksgiving to our American friends!
If you’re looking to save some money this holiday season (and who isn’t), — we’re having our Black Friday 24-hour sale starting at the stroke of midnight on Friday, November 28 and ending at 11:59:59pm (EST).
Sale prices will be almost 30% off and if you join our newsletter by 11:30pm [...]
Classics in Lego
At one point or another, Eric bookmarked this flickr set for me called “Classics in Lego“. Basically, the photographer has taken the time and effort to re-create classic photographs with Lego. It’s pretty awesome.
My favorite is Bigfoot (because of the appropriate use of a Star Wars mini-figure), side by side with the original image:
For the full [...]
Tired of the scheming, scamming and spamming
Inevitably, when you hang out your virtual shingle on the internet, you’ll subject yourself to people (or their bots) who think it’s great fun to fill your inbox with garbage.
In the last 24 hours, we’ve received about a dozen emails full of gibberish on our contact form. These make me chuckle at least, since I [...]
A couple of cool images
This first one is the “Real-World” photoshop. There’s a Flickr set of how they put this image of the Photoshop interface using real-life objects:
(via BoingBoing. See the full-size image here).
The second one is a great illustration by Patrick Moberg:
(via Drawn! See Patrick Moberg’s blog here).
New in the store: Rings and “Make Your Own” Metal for Monster
Hey, check it out — we added stainless steel rings with some lovely inlays to the store:
They’re good for both men and women (as both Eric and I have worn them), and are available in sizes 5-10 in half-size increments.
Also, we just added “Make Your Own” Metal for Monsters pendants (in both wide and tall [...]
A winner for our “One fan = One dollar in merchandise” giveaway
Well, our giveaway closed on October 31, and after compiling our list of 312 fans, we randomly drew a name and came up with Gayle B. Gayle B. wins $312 in Blend Creations merchandise! :)
Oh and psst — we’ve got a newsletter subscriber-only coupon code floating out there that’s good for 25% off your next [...]
