Artist Spotlight: Emmy the Great

Emmy the Great performing "Paper Forest":

Friday Find: Pavo Platter

Pavo Platter, Crate & Barrel, $59.95

Inspiration: Peafowl

Every few years, including this one, feathers take up a prominent place in the world of design.  Decor pieces, jewelry, accents to flower bouquets - feathers are everywhere.

Perhaps the most beautiful feather of all belongs to the peafowl, more commonly known as the name of the male of the species - the peacock.  He displays his stunning array of feathers as part of a mating ritual to attract the much less colorful females, known as peahens.

There are two species of peafowl, the Indian and the Green.  The Green is considered an endangered species.

Photo above courtesy bwholden1.

Flickr Roundup:

Hobby-Photograph, left arm in a cast

Ben909

Hobby-Photograph, left arm in a cast

Cherilyn Joy

dee_r

dark orange

jasior

Albino Peafowl:

moonlightbulb

anupama1989

Eating Pizza

Friday Find: Painted Ranunculus Dishtowel

Painted Ranunculus Dishtowel, Anthropologie, $18

Amazing Day

Amazing Choral Piece of "I Thank You God for this Amazing Day:

David Garrett + McFly

David Garrett and McFly perform "Live And Let Die":

Friday Find: Skeleton Key Flash Drive

Skeleton Key 2GB Flash Drive, amt, $50

Altered Memories

Intertainment Kings Rhett & Link have tackled T-Shirts, Pillows and tons of local commercials (like this one). Here's their spin on Photoshop:

Friday Find: Eloise Round Toss Pillow

Kas Eloise 16" Round Toss Pillow in Teal (also available in Berry),
Bed, Bath & Beyond, $29.99

Book Releases - June 2011

Releasing this month:

• Andrews, Mary Kay - Summer Rental. (67)
• Asher, Jay - Thirteen Reasons Why (paperback, hardback published in 2007). (6/14)
• Baldacci, David - One Summer. (6/14)
• Brashares, Ann - Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants). (6/14)
• Burke, Alafair - Long Gone. (6/21)
• Burke, Jan - Disturbance. (6/21)
• Carter, Ally - Uncommon Criminals (Heist Society). (6/21)
• Clancy, Tom - Against All Enemies. (6/14)
• Cussler, Clive & Grant Blackwood - The Kingdom (A Fargo Adventure). (6/6)
• Deaver, Jeffery - Carte Blanche (James Bond). (6/14)
• Dugoni, Robert - Murder One. (6/7)
• Evanovich, Janet - Smokin' Seventeen (Stephanie Plum). (6/21)
• Finder, Joseph - Buried Secrets. (6/21)
• Grisham, John - Theodore Boone: The Abduction. (6/6)
• Hamilton, Laurell K. - Hit List (Anita Blake). (6/7)
• Hamilton, Steve - Misery Bay (Alex McKnight). (6/7)
• Hudson, Tara - Hereafter. (6/7)
• Ignatius, David - Blood Money: A Novel of Espionage. (6/6)
• Koryta, Michael - The Ridge. (6/8)
• Lupton, Rosamund - Sister. (6/7)
• Moriarty, Liane - What Alice Forgot. (6/2)
• Patchett, Ann - State of Wonder. (6/7)
• Riggs, Ransom - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. (6/7)
• Rollins, James - The Devil Colony (Sigma Force). (6/21)
• Slaughter, Karin - Fallen. (6/21)
• Sullivan, J. Courtney - Maine. (6/14)
• Watson, S.J. - Before I Go to Sleep. (6/14)
• Wilson, Daniel - Robopocalypse. (6/7)