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LoveShackFancy’s Home Collection is Just as Dreamy as Their Clothes

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Amanda B
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If you’re a huge fan of dreamy, whimsical, and colorful clothes, LoveShackFancy is probably one of your favorite brands. They owe their huge popularity to beautiful floral design, but did you know that they launched their own home décor line?

LoveShackFancy’s designs have always been instantly recognizable thanks to their vintage-inspired romantic floral prints, and the same goes for their home collection. It features a wide range of dining essentials that look just as dreamy as their dresses.

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LoveShackFancy’s home line couldn’t have come at a better time and it perfectly fits into the cottagecore aesthetic. If you’re in the mood for an Instagram-friendly picnic, their floral table runners, tablecloths, and napkins will fit right in and help you set the mood.

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The Brand’s home collection also offers a wide range of beach towels, adorable heart-shaped pillows, linen throws, and quilted blankets that you can use to bring some whimsy into your home. Many of the products are already sold out, so act fast and head to LoveShackFancy’s official website right away if you want to get your hands on their home collection before it’s out of stock.

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Carlos Gromo is Reimagining Famous Paintings as Beloved Disney Characters

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Elizabeth N
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Disney movies have proven to be a great source of inspiration for many artists who found viral fame thanks to their work. Graphic designer Carlos Gromo is one of them, and he specializes in creating illustrations of Disney characters inspired by famous works of art.

Gromo’s main goal was to make famous works of art more accessible and introduce them to people who aren’t too familiar with art history. His illustrations have the same composition as some iconic masterpieces we all know and love, but the original characters are replaced by our favorite Disney heroes and heroines.

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Gustav Klimt “The Kiss”, Grant Wood’s “American Gothic”, and John William Waterhouse’s “The Siren” are only some famous paintings Gromo used as inspiration in the past. His renditions are truly magical, and he’s hoping they’ll encourage everyone who sees them to learn more about art history.

The Spanish artist enjoyed creating illustrations inspired by Disney movies long before he started working on this popular series. He shared many gender-bent depictions of Disney characters and Disneyfied versions of other popular movies and TV shows, but there’s something that sets this viral series apart.

Check some of our favorite designs below.

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Yatzil Elizalde’s Blurry Effect Tattoos Are Giving Us Double Vision

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Nikoleta P
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It’s pretty difficult to stand out in the sea of talented tattoo artists, but Yatzil Elizalde found a way. She made a name for herself with her signature “Blurry Effect” tattoos that are basically an optical illusion you can wear on your skin.

Elizalde’s most popular tattoos will make you dizzy and give you double vision with their mind-bending designs. They usually consist of the same image, stacked on top of itself two or three times, creating the blurry effect that looks really fantastic.

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The Mexican tattoo artist experimented with many different techniques before embracing this style. It’s a real challenge to create these blurry tattoos, and anyone else would get dizzy along the way, but not Elizalde. She enjoys every little detail of this process and finds it even more interesting as her technique progresses over time.

Elizalde told Bored Panda that there’s still a lot to discover within the world of optical illusion in tattoos, and she’s looking forward to trying new concepts. We feel the same way because her “Blurry Effect” tattoos fully embrace all the confusion and dizziness of our daily lives and transform them into something amazing.

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We Bet You’ve Already Seen Lirika Matoshi’s Girly, Whimsical Designs

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Kate B
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If there’s an official dress of Summer 2020, it would be Lirika Matoshi’s “The Strawberry Dress.” This midi dress has inspired memes, tweets, and videos of people making knockoff versions of the dress. The dress costs $490 and it features pink tulle covered in red sequin strawberry embellishments with a deep V-neckline, ruffled hem, puffy sleeves, and a cinched waist.

The strawberry dress is just one of Lirika Matoshi’s designs, which fit in perfectly with a girly-girly aesthetic. Matoshi actually began her creative journey in 2016 by creating choker necklaces on Etsy before her hand-embellished tights, glittery dresses and socks, and crystal-embellished tops reached Instagram. What’s most inspiring about the designer is that she hasn’t had any formal fashion school training and that she credits her Kosovo-based fashion designer sister, Teuta Matoshi, as her inspiration.

In the summer of 2018, the brand opened a pop-up and Lirika Matoshi’s designs can now be seen in retailers worldwide including Nordstrom. In addition to having over 800,000 Instagram followers, the brand has a huge celebrity following including Tess Holliday who whore a custom version of the strawberry dress to the 2020 Grammy’s. Tess Holiday referred to the dress as “If Strawberry Shortcake & Lana Del Rey had a baby.”

The Strawberry midi dress is what gained viral fame, and since then Matoshi has created a similar mini dress in a milkmaid style featuring the pink shade and strawberry embellishments and she’s even created a matching face mask!

Some of her other designs to check out include her Disney Princess x Lirika Matoshi collection for Cinderella which features puffy dresses in dreamy pastel colors, cloud dresses in pink, white, and baby blue tulle, daisy tulle socks, and cherry knit sweaters.

Lirika Matoshi is a designer you’ll want to keep your eyes out for over the next few months, and we can’t wait to see what other girly, whimsical pieces she creates.

How to Decorate Your Kitchen For Fall

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Mark O
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While it’s hard to believe that summer is almost over, we’re almost through August which means that pumpkin pie lattes and apple pies are upon us. So much thought goes into your kitchen’s decor and fall’s the perfect season to update it. Of course, no fall kitchen is complete without mini pumpkins and gourds on a tray or some plaid or leaf-print linens. Here are some ideas for how to decorate your kitchen for the colder months ahead.

Decorate With Fall Colors

Get inspired from the foliage and the rich deep reds and golden yellows. Start decorating in warm colors and arrange branches of berries, bittersweet, or leaves in jars to display on your counter tops.

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Add a Farmhouse Twist

Farmhouse style works great for this time of year, so start incorporating rustic vibes into your kitchen. Add copper accessories with wood accents, gourds, and antique finds.

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Introduce Fall Linens

Kitchen linens and towels are a staple for any kitchen, so start getting dishtowels with leaves, pumpkins, and plaid. For linens, aim for ones in fall colors like red, yellow, and orange.

Make a Fall Centerpiece

With a spare serving tray create a fall centerpiece by gathering harvest elements in an array of colors and materials.

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Hanan Sharifa’s Signature Detachable Sleeves Prove More is More When It Comes to Fashion

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Elizabeth N
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New York designer Hanan Sharifa’s creations look like they came straight from a Renaissance oil painting, and when it comes to adding an extra bit of flair to an outfit, she’s got you covered from head to toe. Her signature pieces are her detachable sleeves which are puffy and made in vibrant colors like bronze, royal blue, rose, and mint, and her huge floral-print floppy hats.

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The 28-year-old designer has become known for her statement accessories, but she actually went to school for textural painting. Her interest in fashion design came later when she went to do a screen printing residency in Philadelphia. In order to make a living, she started screen printing on thrifted clothes before making mesh shirts with her name printed in Arabic on them.

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Before long, Sharifa started designing her infamous puffy sleeves and floppy hats. The hats started out as bonnets, but after no one liked the design, she decided to make them more dramatic and she waited for people to fall in love with them—which they did. The sleeves are inspired by ancient art and architecture, “I draw a lot of inspiration from statues and depictions of women lounging. I know most of those are problematic so I like to take them and repurpose them for what I want them to be,” she told Vogue.

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Sharifa actually models the clothes herself or has friends help her out. What do you think of Sharifa’s designs? Are they too much for you?

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Create Your Own Dry Flowers to Decorate Your Home With

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Kate B
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Drying flowers dates back to the ancient times—Egyptians used to decorate tombs with them. Not only do they make great decorations, but they’re also a way to cherish wedding bouquets or boutonnieres. Not all flowers dry well and the best ones to use are roses, hydrangeas, and peonies. For added texture, you can add filler flowers like baby’s breath, statice, solidago, and brunia. Here’s what you’ll need to dry flowers and how to dry them.

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Materials:

  • Flowers
  • Clothes drying rack or clothes hanger
  • Scissors
  • Twine, cut in 10 to 12-inch lengths
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Process:

  1. If you’re using flowers from a bouquet, pull each one out and separate them before stripping away the leaves and petals that are damp, wilted, or discolored.
  2. Cut about an inch from the bottom of the stem and tie twine to the bottom of the stem, leaving a long tail to fasten to the drying rack or hanger.
  3. Tie the twine starting at one end of the hanger or drying rack, so your flowers are hanging upside down.
  4. Tie the next flower the same way, but leave three to five inches from the other flower.
  5. Continue doing this for all the flowers, making sure that the flowers aren’t touching each other.
  6. Place the drying rack or hangers with tied flowers in a dry area of your home for two to three weeks.
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Arrange Them:

  1. After three weeks, cut your flowers from the twine and get rid of any excess twine.
  2. You can bunch and tie them together to hang from a mirror, bunch them together and place them in a dry vase, or place the single stems in bud cases.
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5 Things You Can Photograph While Social Distancing

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Mark O
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With our travel plans on hold indefinitely and many parks and reserves shut down, creatives have been stuck working from home trying to keep their minds active and their work flowing. But, just because you’re spending more time at home, it doesn’t mean that you can’t find inspiration from what’s surrounding you. There’s no time like the present to think outside of the box and to further your skillset. Here are five things you can film while social distancing.

Astrophotography

There’s nothing more memorizing than the stars in the sky and if you live in a rural or country area, you’ll be able to see the stars even more clearly. Try and wait for days surrounding a new moon and night’s that are cloud-free.

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Food Photography

Whip up a fun new dish and place it by a window for natural light, then set the table with a few accessories and start shooting. Try shooting from different angles like aerial shots, head-on angles, and action photos.

Pet Photography

Nothing brings a smile to people’s faces like cute pictures of pets and people can use light-hearted content on their social media page, now more than ever. If you’re new to pet photography, get on your pet’s level as it will help their personality shine through the photo. Also don’t forget about action shots with your pet’s favorite toy.

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Architecture Photography

If you’re able to head outside, grab a face mask and try photographing architecture or buildings. Play around with the angles, lighting, and perspective.

Self-Portraiture

Don’t be shy—photograph yourself! Just set up a tripod and a simple background and use yourself as the subject. Get creative with props, angles, and poses.

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