1. Over 700 Fortune Cookie Papers

    I ran the blog Fortune A Day for ten years, from August of 2011 to August 2021. As part of the blog wrap-up I did a final layout of all the physical fortune papers.

    A set of over 700 fortune cookie papers of blue, red, and black type set on a blue background.

    Here’s a process gif:

    A gif time-lapse of all the blue-text fortune cookie papers being laid out in neat rows on a blue background.

    The full set was laid out by color (papers had blue, red, and black text). More specifically they were grouped by font, and whether or not lucky numbers and Chinese phrases appeared on front or back. However, it’s hard to differentiate those sub-groups in pictures of the full set. I made a couple posts about the full layout (the first one here) in order to show some close-ups (the second one here), and also posted a takedown video on IG (linked in the third post).

    For those who enjoy numbers organized neatly, individual fortune image posts were tagged with numbers when the papers listed a set of “lucky” or “lotto” numbers. An evaluation at the end of the blog showed that the numbers 1 through 56 and 76 are considered lucky. 57 through 75 and 77 and up are unlucky. I go into details on this post.

    A collection of blue-, black-, and red-text fortune cookie papers set on a blue background. Some of the fortunes include sets of lucky numbers. Some of the papers are dented or damaged. Some black-text fortunes include an icon of a bee.

    (All photos by mee. Images inserted with descriptive/alt text.)

     


  2. 1 year living in Colorado, a 4th life flat lay, the continuation of a lifelong photo project - @meetmichaelhenry

     


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    Did you know that there is a Toaster Museum????

    (Source: presentandcorrect.com)

     


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    From the music video for Tessa Violet - “Bad Ideas”

    Directed by - Jade Ehlers
    Produced by - Jade Risser
    Director of Photography - Nathan Presley
    Production Designer - Jonathan Denmark
    Editor/Effects/AC - Manny Figs
    Colorist - Jade Ehlers
    Make up - Cassandra Byers
    Hair - Alex Thao
    Jumpsuits from Big Bud Press

     


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    Graphic Tools & Techniques

    by John Laing & Rhiannon Saunders-Davies

    via Present & Correct

    Book is available to view on archive.org

     


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    Graphic Tools & Techniques

    by John Laing & Rhiannon Saunders-Davies

    via Present & Correct

    (Source: archive.org)

     


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    Holiday Book Giveaway!

    For those who have followed this blog its many years in existence, Best Made Co & Peter Buchanan-Smith are familiar names.

    Peter founded Best Made in 2009, starting with beautiful, hand-painted, handmade axes. It grew into a company that would not only celebrate the inherent beauty of timeless, utilitarian tools, but would also inspire people to get out from behind their screens and experience the natural world.

    From Peter:

    This book is a celebration of a certain type of beauty that’s found in things that are useful.
    You don’t have to be an “axepert” to appreciate this book. It’s a beautiful object, with lots of information, stories and photographs, and I have to say it would make a terrific gift.

    Reblog & Tag a friend to enter our giveaway—or purchase a copy here!

     


  8. greenteaforbreakfast:

    spaceexp:

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    Over 800 terrestrial exoplanets visualized and arranged according to their equilibrium temperature and size.

    chart by u/mVargic

    @thingsorganizedneatly

     


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    Flower Mandalas by Kathy Klein

    via Colossal

     


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    Happy Birthday, Pedro Almodóvar!

    Here, the director lines up his shot, on set with Penélope Cruz and some neatly-organized fruits & vegetables. The film still is below, from Broken Embraces.

     

  11. SUBMISSIONAdam Hillman, Straws-hatching, 2022

     


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    Kith x Wilson

    (not a paid ad, although I wouldn’t mind it…)

     

  13. SUBMISSION: Adam Hillman, ClipArt (Hokusai’s Great Wave made with paperclips), 2023

     


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    A Look Inside the Peeps Factory - via NYTimes

    Photos by Christopher Payne

    editor’s note: This is not a paid advertisement, but it should be. I 💛 Peeps!

     


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