the skinny

I've talked about my friend Rachel on here before. She is very talented in many ways, as exemplified with her knitting skillz, but she's also a work of art herself, and I don't just mean that in the figurative sense. She literally is a walking flesh and blood canvas for many beautiful and unique inked on designs. Thankfully, we have very gifted friends to capture these beauties. Oh, and her legs ain't too shabby either.

First set by Candice 

Second set by Rory


Also, there wasn't a good shot of this lil' guy.
Not colored yet in this, but you get the picture.
Meow!

Dali Body Part Bling

Leaf veined hands you can wear on your ears or pinned to your chest? A diamond encrusted crying eyeball watch? Bling bling appendages for flower petals? Um, YES PLEASE. Dali knew what was up! I actually discovered these little gems pretty randomly. I was just walking down Bedford (a popular street in Williamsburg) sifting through all the books they sell on the side of the road, when I came upon a book devoted entirely to Dali's jewelry designs. How I was not graced with their presence before baffles me. You can view them all, and actually purchase replicas, at www.salvadordalimuseum.org. In addition to the Leaf Vein Hands being my favorite, I am pretty partial to the Living Flower Pin.

Leaf Vein Hand Earrings

Ruby Lips Pin

Eye of Time Pin

This Living Flower pendant would be even better if the hands moved on their own and grabbed flies and loose strands of hair and such.

In addition to the body part bling, I am also quite fond of this Space Elephant brooch.

I also kind of want this as a pet. How do you think I would go about breeding something like that?

The website also had "Dali Inspired" pieces.

Which involved melting clock wristwatches, that I'm pretty into.

As well as these, which I am really confused about. Can someone please refresh my memory as to the correlation between Salvador Dali and dangly, silver-plated clumps of dead baby fairy skulls? Anyone?

Animal (Foot) Prints

What girl wouldn't want a high-heeled horse hoof 

in her shoe collection? 

I mean, come on, they have ZIPPERS! TRENDY!

I took this photo at an art show this past weekend. This dude did the taxidermy on these babies himself. And he has the photographs tacked to his bulletin board to prove it. These things were so visually stimulating my mind almost exploded when I saw them. If my brain was capable of a vomit orgasm it would have had three.

The same art show entailed enlarged horse genitalia molds attached to life size horses in sexual positions and candy house santa head porn. This night also involved pizza pit stops, men with lollipops, sober bar hopping in an office chair, and dancing till your feet fall off. Honestly, what more could a girl want?