sharing your world

mary jane dodd

Handmade Portraits: Nanopod from Etsy on Vimeo.

this beautiful short film - for i refuse to call it a video - was shared with me by a friend... meet tosca hidalgo y teran - who also happens to be a fellow etsy seller... 

 unclassified

her work is beautiful, complex, insightful and intelligent... while her detailed descriptions share the depth of her knowledge, inquiry and vision - this film has made her unforgettable to me... 

when selling your work, the 'hows' and 'whats' - the nuts and bolts of the piece - are necessary to explain... value obviously increases when more complex techniques, more expensive materials, greater skill are employed with higher levels of proficiency... and while i love to read about what one has put into their work & may marvel at the execution, it is the 'whys' that cement people in my brain and heart... they draw me in so i feel connected... i want to understand why specific choices were made, why there are important to the creator... 

to read more about tosca ... and etsy.tv

and thank you renate for always sharing things of interest and beauty with me... you keep me dreaming and striving... 

Follow the Leader

Day 98

9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1...NAILS! I decided to do film leader nails today because I love the way film leaders look, even though they are fairly bland, they have an interesting aesthetic to them, and plus, I've recently jumped into everything movie/film related, so they just seemed to 'fit'.

left hand:



right hand:



I used Orly Mirror, Mirror as a base, then mixed it with American Apparel Cotton to get the lighter grey of the rotating clock arm part, I also used American Apparel Cottonfor the white circles, and then used OPI for Sephora What's a Tire Jack? Matte for the black lines, and for the numbers. Topped it all off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat to get that high-gloss gleam!

The Golden Globe goes to:

Film

Best Picture, Drama - Slumdog Millionaire
Best Picture, Musical or Comedy - Vicky Christina Barcelona
Best Actor, Drama - Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler
Best Actress, Drama - Kate Winslet for Revolutionary Road
Best Director - Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actor, Musical or Comedy - Colin Farrell for In Bruges
Best Actress, Musical or Comedy - Sally Hawkins for Happy-Go-Lucky
Best Supporting Actor - Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress - Kate Winslet for The Reader
Best Animated Film - Wall-E
Best Screenplay - Simon Beaufoy for Slumdog Millionaire
Best Original Score - A.R. Rahman for Slumdog Millionaire

Television

Best Series, Drama - Mad Men
Best Actor, Drama - Gabriel Byrne for In Treatment
Best Actress, Drama - Anna Paquin for True Blood
Best Series, Musical or Comedy - 30 Rock
Best Actor, Musical or Comedy - Alec Baldwin for 30 Rock
Best Actress, Musical or Comedy - Tina Fey for 30 Rock
Best Miniseries or Movie - John Adams
Best Actress, Miniseries or Movie - Paul Giammatti for John Adams
Best Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie - Laura Dern for Recount
Best Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie - Tom Wilkinson for John Adams

For more Globe coverage, check out who graced the red carpet and Glam's picks for best dressed and the hottest guys.

Because We'll Never Get Enough of Johnny as Capt. Jack

No, not even if the fourth Pirates film he's recently signed on for is a sinking ship. In addition to the pleasant news we'll be receiving a couple more hours of Johnny as Jack, it's finally been confirmed that he has indeed taken the role of the Mad Hatter for Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland project. We'll definitely raise a teacup to that. The questionable role also announced? Johnny as Tonto in Jerry Bruckheimer's film adaptation of The Lone Ranger. Away?