REX CURRY/Special ContributorWe thought it was time the jack-o’-lantern got a new look, so we asked several creative types in North Texas to give him a makeover.
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Texan collector and decorator Andrea Reed grew up in a home filled with Pop Art, but it was the film “Tommy” that really made a lasting impression. In particular, a scene where Tommy’s mother (played by Ann-Margret) sings “in an all-white room with a white…
More here: Home decor gets a Pop Art punch (San Francisco Chronicle)
As a child, Great Finds hated Halloween. Maybe it was the Flipper costume, or the year she dressed up in her brother’s football gear, but she really never got the whole costume thing down. Now that Great Finds is all grown up, she loves Halloween, perhaps a bit too much. There will be no inflatable decor in her yard, but each year she’s thrilled by the prospect of scaring up something new …
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Great Finds: Halloween’s fun factor is frightening (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
Decor Magazine, an international trade publication serving the art and custom picture framing industry, recently named Framing Concepts Gallery, with offices in Chesterton, Crown Point and Valparaiso, as one of 10 winners of the magazine’s nationwide Top Art and Framing Retailers Award. Framing Concepts has won the top honor in three of the six years it has been awarded.
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Local business wins nationwide art and framing award (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Night life in the island’s downtown is getting more interesting.
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Balinese Room owner opens Voodoo Lounge (Galveston County Daily News)
Pop Art Toaster takes plain toasts and turns it into delicious edible art. (PRWeb Sep 15, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/09/prweb2881564.htm
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ChicExecs Announces: An Everyday Kitchen Electronic makes Breakfast Fun for All! (PRWeb)
Pop Art Toaster takes plain toasts and turns it into delicious edible art.
Born of the Great Depression, it was a glossy, color-saturated line of cups, bowls and plates meant to affordably brighten lives and dinner tables. Seven decades later, Fiesta dinnerware is still designed to send a subtle message of optimism, but it’s no… Sponsored Topics: Great Depression – Fiesta – Health – Mood – Mental Health
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Depression-era dinnerware keeps maker afloat (San Francisco Chronicle)
Though we initially respond to an object of design—be it a furniture, wrist watch or an egg-beater—visually, taking note of its color, shape, size, silhouette and flourish, what will complete our experience of the thing is its tactile dimension.
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What does this summer’s Julia Child renaissance mean for our home cooking habits? Julia Child, the late cookbook author, public television star, and gawky giant with a high-pitched voice who changed the way Americans think about food, about home cooking, and about boning a chicken, has been catapulted back into the spotlight. Last week, Child’s gigantic cookbook, Mastering the Art of French …
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Are TV Dinners Really That Bad? (GOOD)