Carl Warner loves his vegetables
English photographer Carl Warner first crossed my path sometime before his first coffee table book Food Landscapes was published in 2010. He said then that his initial intent was to make eating vegetables more […]
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Making envelopes from calendars
This is the last of our blogs (at least for now) on the topic of arousing curiosity through colorful envelopes that beg to be opened. We talked about making mini-envelopes from the images in […]
How to display your creations
Last week was about Good Fortunes, and I hope you downloaded the complete exercise with its many message ideas to make it easy to do. But what the download doesn’t cover is how to […]
The Decorators
Terrarium cakes – cakes covered in butter frosting that resembles the plants found in a terrarium – are most famously the work of Jakarta-based pastry chef Iven Kawi, known on Instagram as IvenOven. She began […]
Endless pairs
Such and Such from Patch Products is essentially a game about pairs. As a timed competition, the idea is to read all five clues on your card and get your team to fill in […]
Decorating the messages
In my last blog, I provided suggestions for messages to put inside all the enticing envelopes I have suggested making. Recently, I hosted a message-decorating gathering for the Good Fortune slips. The group was […]
What should I say?
I admit that I’ve become obsessed with envelopes. I have written four blogs about them, and my late night relaxation ritual has lately been to cut and fold my way through at least a […]
Bashir Sultani – Salt sensations
This video shows the painstaking creation of a highly detailed sand mandala made over a period of 10 days by Tibetan monks dropping a single grain of sand at a time into the design. […]
Gabbing about Gobblet
One of my favorite strategic thinking games is Gobblet. Gobblet is Tic-Tac-Toe on steroids. First, the new object is to get 4 of your cylinders in a row instead of just 3. Second, it […]
Making tiny envelopes from catalog pictures
Another source for making enticing envelopes is catalogs. I get a bunch and usually drop them directly into a recycling bin, but a bonsai catalog made it all the way to my desk. I […]