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14 DIY Valentine's Day wreath ideas.
These are perfect to send to someone you hate.
Just in time to send to your Valentine sweetheart, a huge selection of the offbeat, odd, perplexing, inappropriate, outlandish, bizarre, sexist, eccentric and far-out funny cards, all collected in one place ...for YOU (with love)! When the artists and writers were hunched over cranking out thousands and thousands of little innocent Valentine cards to be passed out among young classmates and sweethearts, I have no idea if they ever noticed that a few had a pretty obvious double entrée meanings. But the good news for you is ...I have! Subject matter includes anger issues, from punching, stabbing, shooting your loved one to running them over with your car. "A woman's place is in the home" themes with pots 'n pans, brooms and dust pans expressing how your heart beats for them. "Find the hidden penis" is a M.O'C Blog Valentine favorite with suggestively placed rulers, logs, bananas, balloons, rocket ships, and hot dogs showing how you really, REALLY feel! And, yes, there are a few that are funny on purpose (just for the heck of it)! So email your favorite, or go old-school and print it out, but either way, you're sure to capture the heart of your intended (or make sure they never talk to you again)! And fellers- these go great for gift giving with my new book! http://www.mitchoconnell.com/merchandise/merchandise.htm Brought to you by the best book of art ever! https://www.amazon.com/Mitch-OConnell-Worlds-Best-Artist/dp/0867197730 Brought to you by the newest M.O'C book FULL of sexy stuff! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0867198184 And, the greatest Valentine gift of all, "Mitch O'Connell, the World's Best Artist by Mitch O'Connell"! It's the world of art where big eyed kittens, nude beehived women and rockabilly flaming skulls collide! This full color, almost 300 page tome, resplendent with an actual foam filled puffy cover encased in real sparkling glitter, collects all the good stuff (the crappy art is under lock and key) from "The Prince of Pop Art," Mitch O'Connell! Order it now at- http://www.mitchoconnell.com And available on Amazon- http://www.amazon.com/Mitch-OConnell-Worlds-Best-Artist/dp/0867197730 The #1 Valentines gift just happens to be my book! https://www.amazon.com/Mitch-OConnell-Tattoos-Two-Designs/dp/0867198184
This valentine is postmarked 1913, the year the newly founded Hall Brothers (now Hallmark) first offered Valentines for sale.
Here's a collection of 50 most strange, odd, perplexing and unintentionally funny vintage Valentine cards from Mitch O'Connell.
Photoshop is a tricky, tricky thing.
When you think of Valentine’s Day, the first thing that comes to mind is hearts. After all it is all about matters of the heart. I scoured the web to find the most innovative and simply wonde…
scrap, couture, patouille et bricoles en tous genres!
in honor of Valentine’s Day, thought I’d attempt at digitizing my “Martha Stewart” card collection plus others I've collected over time. (quite a few of the cards are addressed to a woman named Martha Stewart) www.designrelated.com/inspiration/view/Karen/entry/1784/v... Some are cute, but many are a little creepy and borderline offensive. www.designrelated.com/inspiration/view/Karen/entry/3790/f...
The Colour & Photo Lovebox is a connected object with immense emotional power, which combines with an app, to go beyond traditional communication by providing a unique and playful way to share one's love. Whether in love, family or friendly circle, Lovebox allows us to get closer even when distance separates us. Special digital Keith Haring images of the beloved Pop artist will be available on the Lovebox app exclusively for admins of the Keith Haring Lovebox to make the experience even more unique. Send a message, photo, drawing or animation to the lovebox through our app (free download from the app store or play store). When a message arrives on the Lovebox, his heart starts to turn. By opening the lid of the Lovebox, the recipient can discover the surprise that appears on their screen. If he turns the heart of the Lovebox, he will send a virtual rain of hearts back to the sender's mobile app. The Lovebox combines technology and design to make your declarations of love even more extraordinary: reveal your creativity in the most beautiful way with Lovebox Colour & Photo! It can receive photos, drawings, messages and full colour emojis. Take care of your loved ones by sharing with them unique moments, whether it's a holiday photo, a family memories, a sweet words to the colouring of the last little in the family. Intuitive and simple to use, the lovebox makes the perfect gift for anyone you care about: to maintain the flame of your couple, care for your grandparents or keep in touch with your children wherever you are. What you will receive with your Lovebox: a Lovebox Color & Photo Keith Haring edition, a Keith Haring red heart, a 5V 1A micro-USB cable and a US mains plug to connect your Lovebox. Free access to the mobile app (iOS & Android) for all people who want to send love to your Lovebox.
Chicken gnocchi soup is a one-pot recipe. Filled with spinach, carrots, celery, chicken, and gnocchi, it's the perfect home-style family dinner.
Just in time to send to your Valentine sweetheart, a huge selection of the offbeat, odd, perplexing, inappropriate, outlandish, bizarre, sexist, eccentric and far-out funny cards, all collected in one place ...for YOU (with love)! When the artists and writers were hunched over cranking out thousands and thousands of little innocent Valentine cards to be passed out among young classmates and sweethearts, I have no idea if they ever noticed that a few had a pretty obvious double entrée meanings. But the good news for you is ...I have! Subject matter includes anger issues, from punching, stabbing, shooting your loved one to running them over with your car. "A woman's place is in the home" themes with pots 'n pans, brooms and dust pans expressing how your heart beats for them. "Find the hidden penis" is a M.O'C Blog Valentine favorite with suggestively placed rulers, logs, bananas, balloons, rocket ships, and hot dogs showing how you really, REALLY feel! And, yes, there are a few that are funny on purpose (just for the heck of it)! So email your favorite, or go old-school and print it out, but either way, you're sure to capture the heart of your intended (or make sure they never talk to you again)! And fellers- these go great for gift giving with my new book! http://www.mitchoconnell.com/merchandise/merchandise.htm Brought to you by the best book of art ever! https://www.amazon.com/Mitch-OConnell-Worlds-Best-Artist/dp/0867197730 Brought to you by the newest M.O'C book FULL of sexy stuff! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0867198184 And, the greatest Valentine gift of all, "Mitch O'Connell, the World's Best Artist by Mitch O'Connell"! It's the world of art where big eyed kittens, nude beehived women and rockabilly flaming skulls collide! This full color, almost 300 page tome, resplendent with an actual foam filled puffy cover encased in real sparkling glitter, collects all the good stuff (the crappy art is under lock and key) from "The Prince of Pop Art," Mitch O'Connell! Order it now at- http://www.mitchoconnell.com And available on Amazon- http://www.amazon.com/Mitch-OConnell-Worlds-Best-Artist/dp/0867197730 The #1 Valentines gift just happens to be my book! https://www.amazon.com/Mitch-OConnell-Tattoos-Two-Designs/dp/0867198184
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Here's a collection of 50 most strange, odd, perplexing and unintentionally funny vintage Valentine cards from Mitch O'Connell.
A few sour, but mostly sweet ruminations on love from a bygone era
"Valentine's Day" by Mauricio Nogueira
Just a reminder...last year, leading up to Valentine's Day, I posted a vintage valentine a day from my collection. Check them out, if you are inclined.
Explore rchappo2002's 5413 photos on Flickr!
And a few more Valentine cards in anticipation of Valentine's Day. Now remember, I don't support the whole idea of what the day has become....
With all the hand-wringing over anonymous commenters and social-media trolls, you’d think the Internet is to blame for all the woes of humanity. After a...
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Happy Psychotic Valentine's Day 1. As if quotation marks are really needed to drive home the point 2. With love, from your crazy psycho incestuous sister 3. I
15-year-old Helena wrote a hundred years ago today: Tuesday, February 14, 1911. I guess that a good many people know that the fourteenth of February is St. Valentine’s day. I expected at least one …
Valentines Day Inspiration highlighting home decor, crafts and recipes from across blogland.
Hello friends! Do you ever wish you could just make time stop? Just for a couple days so you could get caught up on all the little jobs ...
There are certain times of the year that are synonymous with sugary treats aplenty, and few are more famous or beloved in this respect than Valentine's Day. February 14th, the day of amore and fabulously lovely things to eat, be it a glass of bubbly or a heart shaped box of chocolates. By and large, I don't eat a lot of sugar, so holidays feel like an extra big treat for me, and I rarely pass up the chance to indulge for just one festive day. This year, as much as I love chocolate (the darker the better!), I feel like I'm in much more of a cake mood, so I went hunting for a vintage dessert that would fit that bill and today's absolutely darling 1950s vintage recipes does the job splendidly. It's enrobed in a hefty layer of pink coconut, boasts a cute heart made, fittingly, from red gumdrop candies (you could easily use cinnamon hearts, Red Hots, or jelly beans instead, if you preferred), and sounds just as sweet as sweet can be. You could also - and I think that this is precisely what I'll do - bake it in a heart shaped cake pan for an extra dose of seasonal flare. {Perfect to send youngsters off to school, share with your honey bunny, or have star as the main attraction at a February 14th party, this wonderfully easy, budget friendly 1950s cake is bound to ensure you'll have folks lining up around the block to ask you to be their Valentine this year. Image source.} By all means, if you'd prefer, swap in your favourite white (or golden, cherry chip, or even chocolate, the latter being especially fitting for St. Valentine's) cake recipe instead, and should you, like me, need to keep things strictly gluten-free, I recommend using two boxes of Betty Crocker Gluten-Free Yellow Cake Mix (it, and the chocolate version, really are the best GF cake mixes I've found on the market so far) for this fun recipe. You could also whip up a batch of pink coconut and red candy heart topped cupcakes instead, or as well. Perhaps using pink, red, gold or otherwise festively hued or patterned cupcake wrappers (liners). A cute little conversation heart candy, instead of the red sweets, would be an endlessly February 14th appropriate touch, too. Whether you leap for the nearest chocolate truffle, swoon for caramels, or have a hankering for cake as well, I hope that you get a chance to satisfy your own cravings for something beautifully sweet, special and busting with the spirit of this deeply lovely time of the year at least once this week. I know that as soon as I grab the heart shaped cake pan from the basement and whip up this great vintage Valentine's Day recipe, I'll be doing just that! And remember, my darling friends... {Image source}
Happy Psychotic Valentine's Day 1. As if quotation marks are really needed to drive home the point 2. With love, from your crazy psycho incestuous sister 3. I
Valentine's Day is a time to celebrate romance and love and kissy-face fealty. But the ancient Romans had bloodier, drunker and more naked notions to mark the occasion.
Well, you're just not going to believe it. Remember my weight was 145 at my last post? Are you ready for this? It is, this morning . . . . . drum roll . . . . . 146.5. Yep. That's right. I gained a pound and a half. Sigh. I just don't know what to say. That's why I have been dreading writing this post. I kept hoping it would go back down, but nope!!!!! I really have no explanation. One thought that crossed my mind was that I was trying to eat all these different things that were proven to lower cholesterol. Certain nuts, olive oil, on and on. Perhaps I was adding extra calories in and not cutting back somewhere else? That might explain it! I had the great idea to bake some oatmeal cookies, loaded with walnuts and dried cranberries. Of course I had to put at least a little bit of chocolate chips in them. Instead of vegetable oil I substituted olive oil, which is also supposed to be good for high cholesterol. It makes sense, right? A good high fiber cookie. I mean really, there ARE three cups of oats in the recipe. They were mmmm, mmmm, good, and I was thinking that this was the best "diet" in the world. They were healthy, and they filled me up. Well, a few cookies with a cup of coffee or Diet Coke did. I thought it was helping to keep my appetite under control so I wasn't hungry, thus not being tempted to eat unhealthy foods. And yes, as I wrote that last sentence I do see the irony in eating cookies to prevent unhealthy food choices. Duh. Apparently I'm not as smart as I thought I was!!! My husband has informed me that I was the ONLY one in the house eating the cookies, and that I have managed to eat pretty much every last one myself. He and my son had a few, but the rest I put in the freezer because. . . well duh. . . everyone knows there is nothing better than homemade oatmeal chocolate chip cookies right out of the freezer, except maybe Girl Scout Thin Mints! Ohmygosh don't even get me started. I didn't even order any Girl Scout cookies, and when my daughter gave us a box I instructed my husband to hide it in the pole barn out of my sight. Apparently eating almost 4 dozen cookies myself over the last week or so might have not been a great idea. I swear, I had no idea I was the only one eating them. This is why I NEVER buy junk food or Oreos or anything I love, because I just keep going back for more. The only other thing I can think of that might have made me gain weight is stress. They say stress can do it to you. My mom had yet another fall a little over a week ago, and again is in the nursing home for rehab. Thank God she didn't break anything this time. She was so sore and stiff there was no way we could have managed her at home, and the doctor recommended a little physical therapy. That whole ordeal, from the phone call telling me of the fall to the day spent in the ER to the admission to the nursing home was really stressful. Seeing her in such pain was awful. To top it off, my little sister, my only sister, who has been here to help with mom after her last fall, was going to be returning home. Just knowing she was leaving was so sad, and thinking about it would bring me to tears every time I thought of it. We are so close. She is so much fun. We laugh at the same things, finish each other's sentences, frequently say the exact same words or sentences at the exact same time, and even think of the other person about one second before they call on the phone. We have always talked on the phone every day, but this was even better! She was here for the family birthday parties, special occasions, and barbecues. It was so nice. I am so sad that she is gone. I am so happy for her to get her life back though. Sniff. Sniff. I told you I would let you all know how I was doing with my weight and healthy lifestyle, so there it is. The ugly, awful truth. But let's look on the bright side. I have begun taking fish oil, red yeast rice, and becoming very aware of certain foods that have health benefits. I've discovered Greek yogurt has an amazing amount of protein and also probiotics for stomach health. It tastes sour, but I add the cinnamon that I am supposed to take daily, squirt in a little honey we purchase from our friendly neighborhood beekeeper, and just tell myself I am improving my health with every bite. Just in case you didn't know, protein builds muscle, and the more muscle you have the more efficiently you burn fat. Also, protein makes you feel fuller longer. So it's a win-win situation! Who knows, I may even learn to like it! I could always add fruit, but I really want to get in those two teaspoons of cinnamon. I guess I don't even have to tell you I would prefer cinnamon toast with sugar and butter! I am exercising more. I have gotten on that old treadmill much more often, and even pulled out my Yoga Booty Ballet and Zumba CDs. I am starting to do a little bit of working out with my five pound weights. When I go to the nursing home to sit with mom, which is about five hours a day total since she doesn't like being there and is lonely, I always grab a big ol' orange from the snack tray instead of junk food which is right alongside the fruit. Well, ok, I do take an occasional mini Oreo snack pack, but for the most part just the orange. Instead of eating a regular baked potato with sour cream and butter, I bake a sweet potato and sprinkle cinnamon and a tiny bit of brown sugar on it. It's so much better for you and tastes like pumpkin pie. This wasn't really about losing weight anyhow, but lowering my cholesterol. Who knows, maybe I actually have improved my cholesterol levels. I just wouldn't know because I haven't been tested yet. I'm not giving up. I will renew my efforts. I will NOT make another batch of cookies. I will step up the exercise. I'll try to eat that awful yogurt in-between meals so I won't be as hungry. I'll try not to be so stressed and overwhelmed about Mom coming home next week. I will try to ask for help from others to get me through. I will not sneak into the pole barn and try to find those Thin Mints. I want to thank all of you for your very kind and supportive comments. There are many comments I have not published because some of you have shared some very personal things with me. These comments have been very helpful. Clearly, I am not alone in this overweight, overwhelmed, menopausal, high stress, high cholesterol life. I consider myself very fortunate to have met so many wonderful blogging friends. Your good wishes and compassion never cease to amaze me. Thank you for all your uplifting comments and suggestions. Have a wonderful week. I'll let you know how I am doing soon.
