My New Favorite Photographer: Andrea Galvani

As promised, here is my second post of the day, don't get too used to this special treatment, I'm only doing this so you don't have to look at my mug for 24 straight hours.  I will be taking some liberties in this post about artist Andrea Galvani.  For example, I will not be mussing up these visuals with any of my tacky banter.  Instead I will let these lovely surreal photographs speak for themselves.  Look, there are bunnies, what more do you want?

kinda creepy, stunningly beautiful and filled with animals.  Do you hear the angels singing?

Southern Pimping

Incase you found an empty New York Times bin after waiting in line for hours this morning hoping to grab your commemorative edition of the PRESIDENT OBAMA headlined paper, don't despair, there's still plenty of relevant and historical reading material gracing the newsstand shelves just waiting to be slipped into a plastic sleeve for you to love and save forever. Take, for example, that beacon of hard hitting journalism, Southern Living. Oh yes, it is a brand new day, the start of a new era: for the first time in our nation's history the term design-crisis.com was printed on to a piece of glossy paper a million times over and mailed out to the masses.

Proceed with caution: if you live above the mason dixon line, chances are that you won't be able to pick up this hot collector's item. Southern Living does something a little wonky: they put out a Texas edition. If you're Texan by the grace of god (yes, an actual phrase they use in these parts) then you can flip through this most recent issue to page 12 of the **bonus*** Texas Living supplement and take a visual tour de force through our first(ish) piece of printed press.

I say first(ish) because this is actually a story about another sexy group of ladies with which I am associated:  the austin craft mafia.  But if you look closely to page 15 you'll see this:

ouch, let's get that pesky ad out of there and focus on the important stuff:

scheesh!  i am so glad my hair dresser has completed her stay in Chicago and is now safely back in our care in Texas so my hair no longer looks that shade of dishwater blonde.  I suppose I should have photoshopped this.  

And, zeroing in on the really important stuff, let's check out that sidebar (with slight edits provided by me):

Huh?  What?  Where's Erin's name?  Well, it's kind of a long story, but, basically, I joined the ACM 6 years ago, roughly 4 years before Erin moved here.  But it's all good, that sister is guilty by association.

Don't worry guys, I'm going to stop blowing smoke up my own skirt straight away and will bring you a second blog post later today filled with delightful images... and bunnies!

In the mean time, go check out my fellow ACM-ers blogs:

(listed in order of photo appearance)

Susanne:  she just had a baby, no bloggy for her, but her clothing can be found here: all dressed up and shy

Jenny: sublime stitching (the blog)

*Jennifer: naughty secretary club (the blog)

*Jenifer: no bloggy blog, here's her awesome vinyl site: jna designs

me!  You're already here

Hope: hot pink pistol

*Vickie: Vickie Howell

Jesse: Bread Baby

Tina: Tina Sparkles

* denotes pregnant ACM members.  Do you see what I'm up against here, people?

Remember, come on back now later today for more DC goodness

Globamarama

Oh, it's a beautiful day, filled with glitter and puppies and warm apple pie with sparkly sprinkles on top!

inauguration day

At Obama's inauguration, I expect there will be unicorns and rainbows, with pink cheeked babies and parades of fairy princesses. (If you're a boy, I guess there will be... trucks? Sports? What DO men like, anyway?) Unisex fireworks will light the sky and the grime of dark ages shall be swept away by the glow of a truthy new Renaissance (insert angel's trumpets here).

So in honor of this special day, I am passing on pedestrian red, white and blue, and instead I am going straight for da dazzle. Only happy objects shall grace these pages, only glowing bastions of brightness. But I'm omitting already obvious lamps and chandeliers, for the aura and glow of better days to come must be shared by all.

aladdin table

Stuart Haygarth's Aladdin Table is designed to act as a museum showcase for precious, sentimental objects. Let's say we stuff this sucker full of a better economy, peace in the Middle East, and a brighter, more purple future for our children.

suck uk coffee table

Have a seat around this Illuminating Coffee Table and develop your plans for a new world order. Item one on the manifesto: There must be more hot pink. Everywhere.

birgit ostengaard

If you're feeling a little lost in transition, perhaps these Top of the Iceberg lights by Birgit Ostergaard can help you find your way through the darkness. They might also remind you that after Obama conquers the economy, war, education and healthcare, he probably should deal with that dastardly global warming.

refined sugar studio

In the new world, no one shall go hungry, and this thousand-points-of-light table by Refined Sugar Studio will help to remind you that you are fortunate to have oh so many choices for foodstuffs: you could eat meat, eat fat, or even eat me. I am really hoping the Eat Me option is meant to evoke the slang, and not meant in a Soilent Green kind of way. That is not a vision of the future I want to embrace.

lite brite table

Of course, you could configure your own destiny with this Lite Brite Table. So turn on the magical shining light and make a steamboat, a chicken, a tropical fish -- a lemonade sign or whatever you wish! Aren't you loving the shape of things to come?

In this new shining era, everything will require you to wear your sunglasses at night, so you can -- so you can -- see the light that's right before your eyes.

lee broom

See what I mean? She's obviously blinded by the light, hence the outfit. In her defense, Lee Broom's manipulated furnishings are pretty effing cool despite possessing potentially damaging effects to one's retinas.

lee broom

On the other hand, a little extra illumination never hurt anyone. Unless you enjoy wearing clown makeup.

lee broom

I'm suddenly considering getting crafty with my Chesterfield couch... This just looks so darn comfortable!

lee broom

Oh, weird circus Thonet, you light up my life.

lee broom

This is where I would sit and consider the first day of the rest of your lives... ooops! I mean, that's where Obama would sit.

yonoh coatracks

After a long hard day of plotting, planning and designing, take a break and hang your hat on these groovy glowing coat racks by Yonoh Design. Enjoy the lovely, wholesome glow of sunny days that are sweeping the clouds away... Yes, friends, we are on our way to where the air is sweet!

But, can you tell me how to get a ride to the inauguration street?