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Monday, June 25, 2012

RomFest 2012


This past week I attended the first annual RomFest in Gatlinburg, TN!

I just have to say that I’ve been to other conferences during their first year and have to say that Trista did a wonderful job putting this event together; things just seemed to run smoothly the whole time.

The panels, while there were few, were very well done. Hopefully next year there will be more to choose from. My favorite by far was the presentation by Dr. Bass, the founder of the body farm, while gruesome it was interesting. He’s such a cute old man! 

The parties were fun, and I really have to give praise to Donna Wright, she sure did keep things interesting sure the SMRW pajama party, and during the raffle basket drawings.

Not only was this a first time for RomFest but it was also the first time Naughty Bingo was done by Rita Sawyer and myself. It was a blast! I had a lot of fun even though I was super nervous to be in front of so many people… maybe no one noticed? If there’s a next time I just need to learn to project my voice a bit, guess speech class didn’t pay off so much, at least my hands weren’t shaking the whole time.

Naughty Bingo seemed to go over very well with the attendants. We were getting thanks throughout the last days of the conference. And I’m so glad everyone enjoyed themselves!

I definitely have RomFest in my plans for next year.

And now I leave you with pictures from my time in Gatlinburg.

all of the attending authors with BAM staff
setting up and Books A Million
our Naughty Bingo attendees

Mr. Stark choosing the finalists in the penis game
penis tree centerpiece




our grand prize winner

most of our prize basket

some Masquerade contest hopefulls

















and now just some from my travels around






Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Thursday 13


 I'm not sure where my love for the Ferris Wheel comes from. I love carnivals and fairs, so maybe that's it, but I can't pinpoint it exactly. Maybe part of it is the idea from which it was born, the fact that at first everyone doubted the engineering behind it. The Ferris Wheel was invented by George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. in 1893 for the World's Columbian Exposition (the Chicago World's Fair). The Ferris wheel was brought to attention because the creators were looking for something to top the Eiffel Tower which was made for the previous World's Fair that was held in Paris. The Wheel was something absolutely brilliant and unthinkable for most at the time, because nothing like it had been created before.
I first learned of the history of the Ferris Wheel while reading Devil in the White City by Erik Larson... a book I suggest anyone interested in any kind of history read. 

and now onto the Wheels!
First ever. World’s Columbian Exposition: Ferris Wheel, Chicago, United States, 1893.

overgrown

Tokyo, Ferris Wheel

There will surely be a Ferris wheel in heaven.

county fair wheel

nightly Ferris


believe this is the Eye





overtaken


Berlin wheel

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Thursday 13

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       In honor of the holiday (for some) coming up this weekend I'm giving you 13 extraordinary eggs.
When I was younger coloring eggs was always one of my favorite things to do around this time of the year, though my decorating skills were no where near what you're about to see, the farthest I ever went was coloring on the eggs with crayons before dipping them. Now that I'm older I don't really get into decorating eggs for Easter much but I can honestly say these 13 designs have inspired me... maybe they'll do the same for you :)

Fun Colors:
original post on these lovely eggs here



Marbelized Eggs tutorial here
Neon Dyed



silk dyed tut here.... soo cool
tut here :)



Landscape eggs. May take a while but worth it!








Link to post and tut




Natural Dye eggs:


These are amazing. Tutorial ahead!


Another great tutorial

Not Your Average Egg:

Paper punch eggs. Time consuming but lovely


colorful thread eggs


wooden eggs. simple. beautiful
paper mache eggs. Definitly check out this tutorial!!





























Hope you all enjoyed and have a wonderful Easter... or just a great Sunday!

-Adele

find more Thursday 13's here

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Thursday 13: Cookies

Desserts are a big part of the holidays for a lot of people, including my family. While I didn't have time to make any sugar cookies this year, as I made many other delectables, they are still one of my favorite holiday time cookies. So to keep in the holiday spirit for just a bit longer here a list of 13 of my favorite sugar cookie designs.

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