
mod*mom giveaways :: reminder
blurb :: 5 make-your-own books $800
dyson :: pink vacuum
you can use the "blog slurper" function to convert your blog into a book.
"Chance Encounter" was a piece of work done in the 60's in Flora's private collection. It was one of the original pieces of art that was featured in the Jim Flora exhibit."
dwell on design :: prefab buildings, edible garden, dwr airstream, dutch tub
(i'll add specific names + links + interior product photos asap)
for 1 week september 17-23, the most amazing photographers in the world-that means YOU-will shoot photos in all 50 states to create a digital time capsule of what "home" means to them + an international team of leading magazine + newspaper photo editors will edit all of the images. the best images will be woven together with essays from leading writers into a book, a website, a tv show, an exhibit + shown on oprah + the today show.
through massive grassroots online outreach, millions of americans are invited to simultaneously contribute images via a series of daily snapshots taken at the same time of day across the nation each day throughout the week. participants will receive daily emails with assignment instructions + can also take general photos of what makes their home special.
America at Home aims to capture the emotions of home; the distinctive rituals, intimate moments, + all the myriad ways in which we work, play + learn. how we conduct our lives + interact with friends, family members (+ pets!), as we transform our dwellings into our homes. from mcmansions to mobile homes, tree houses, ranches, + old age homes, the public is invited to help document the harmonies + paradoxes of home life across america over a single 7-day period.
"America at Home is expected to include several million photographs, the most extensive record of american home life ever created in the 21st century, a digital time capsule that may prove to be an invaluable resource for our descendants to understand the fabric of home life in 2007."
sign up + upload your images at myamericaathome.com.
i spent the day fighting off breast cancer. first i had radiation treatment #13 (15 to go. i'm almost 1/2 done), then the radiation doctor checked out my skin to see if it's burnt yet. it's red + burning like a sunburn so far. very annoying added to the persistent nerve damage pain from the mastectomy + lymph node surgeries. he signed my application for a temporary handicapped placard, because of the acute heart failure from chemo, plus radiation fatigue. then i had a little lunch + went back to the hospital for a radioactive heart scan for the rest of the day. now i'm radioactive + not supposed to be around my daughter or any small child or pregnant woman for 24 hours. i know the routine, this is my 6th monthly heart scan. each test result has been worse than the one before. next week, i'll get these results. the technician says he scans a lot of women with heart damage from herceptin + he hasn't seen anyone's heart improve yet, but maybe i'll be the first :D"