Sneaker art by Matt W. Moore

I discovered this guy a while back and I am a great fan of his work. I really like the colorful graphics of this shoe design. Since i have been thinking about doing art on sneakers, this gives me some ideas as far as colors and shapes. Check out his work at MWM graphics.

Reykjavik Looks - Graphic design dresses

Here is a look I really love from Iceland. Those Scandanavians sure know how to dress. Makes me proud to be part Finnish! I live in a very small rural town where the only places to shop are WalMart and thrift stores, so I don't see many great graphics like these. After seeing these dresses, I am inspired to start painting my own fabrics and sewing my own!

Beautiful bald women

I may be in the minority here, but there are some women that look really cute when they are bald or nearly so. As someone who is somewhat hair challenged, I think its great to see baldness in women becoming a more common and even fashionable look. Whether your hair loss is due to heredity, chemotherapy or alopecia, this is a great trend. I love to see greater acceptance of looks that have not traditionally been considered beautiful. I was also interested to find out that there are several good sites on the internet that offer support and fashion tips for women with hair loss.

Here are some photos that I found on the internet of women that look pretty good with little or no hair.

New hair style - punk or emo?

I really like to play with my hair, and try new things, despite the fact that it is already very short and extremely thin. Even though there's not much I can do with it, I really like the rock-chick look. I collected some photos off the internet for inspiration.

Manish Arora - crazy cool designer

I discovered a designer today on the Vogue Magazine U.K.'s website named Manish Arora (www.vogue.co.uk). This guy has to be completely insane, but in a good way. I love everything he does. Looking at his collection makes me want to paint all of my clothes in bright, bright colors.

Great decorating idea - blackboard paint

In my "real job" I am a business professor but in the summer I transform into a house painter and designer. Several months ago I bought three student rentals. This morning I was looking at thecoolhunter.net site and I was inspired by this picture to paint some of the walls with chalkboard paint. This actually makes a lot of sense, because it seems that there are a lot of students who like to write on the walls whether there is a chalkboard on it or not!

I found some really great stuff on thecoolhunter.net today, under the section called home. I love to make stuff out of recycled materials, and here's one that might be fun to try. Its a wooden chair frame covered with belts, instead of upholstery! We have a few thrift stores in my area where I could probably get these materials.

The trickiest part for me is to get the belts attached tightly and strongly enough that I could actually sit on it. Probably upholstery tacks would do the trick!