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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 [...]
Test your Colour IQ
I had seen this a while back and meant to blog about it, and then noticed that Drawn! mentioned it today — this is a fun little test to see just how well you can discern varying hues. Good fun for all you visual-types :)
It doesn’t take that long to do, and in case you’re wondering [...]
Our Facebook page contest ends this Thursday
Back in July, I posted about a little contest we are having called “Be a fan of Blend Creations on Facebook“.
Well, the contest closes this Thursday, October 31 (Hallowe’en), and right now, our fan base is up to 304 fans, which means the winner of our draw would win $304 in Blend Creations merchandise* if [...]
The Story of Stuff
The Story of Stuff has been online for a little while, but I’m a little slow sometimes in catching up to everything interweb. The whole movie is about 20 minutes long and gives a “fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns”.
The three teasers are below. Good food for thought.
Vote for environment
On Tuesday, October 14th, there will be a Canadian federal election. It’s dizzying trying to research each party’s platform on different issues and evaluate the best choice for us. This site: voteforenvironment.ca was sent to me by my one of my brothers, and could be of interest to you if you’re in the “ABC”-minded way [...]
Diversions
Well hello there. Looks like it’s been a little while since there’s been a blog update.
The household was (and still is) under siege by some lovely cold virus that seems to be making the rounds. So priority has been given to sleeping more, resting more and trying to convince the smallest member of the family [...]
