you'll be shocked to learn that queens was built on a pile of garbage

you have robert moses to thank for your enormous derelict meadows and nearby ethnic cuisine. read all about it

from shabby

to chic!

crappy day crafternoon activity

 

gonna set these bad boys up and talk to them while blasting "edge of glory" and dancing around with a reaching stick.

never forget.

new hobby alert!

Anthropomorphic Mouse, recently held above an American cabaret in what used to be the Bank of New York in London, is not a taxidermy class in the strictest sense: It is more like a cross between taxidermy and arts and crafts for beginners, using mice. The aim is to create scenes that look as if they are out of Beatrix Potter’s “Peter Rabbit” books, in which small animals wear clothes and hats and enjoy picnics, tea parties and lives of their own. (via)

gonna do some trashcrafting and eating and it's friday!

#trashcrafting

today, the first of what promises to be a multi-day deluge of biblical proportions, let's look at this: some "artists" made this geodesic dome out of used up umbrella parts and two-liter bottles!