Friday, March 11, 2011

38 Cool Pencil vs Camera Drawings Of Ben Heine

                38  Cool Pencil vs Camera Drawings Of Ben Heine


Ben Heine’s ‘Pencil vs Camera’ drawings are absolutely jaw dropping. Please, take a look, and spread his amazing work to your friends!





































Tuesday, March 1, 2011

21 Gorgeous Wedding Dresses

If you…want something classic


Hey, it’s OK if your wedding day fantasy involves you, a big ol’ veil and a bridal gown fit for a Disney princess. We found some jaw-dropping wedding dresses that fit the bill, including this gorgeous gown. The ruched bodice will look good in photos and in person while the chapel train looks dreamy from every single angle.
A fairytale princess wedding dress

 
This embellished gown features a sweetheart neckline, a mermaid skirt and rosettes galore. What’s not to love?

A classic sleeveless wedding dress

Strapless isn’t your only option when it comes to traditional bridal gowns. A sleeveless tank with the works (pleats, beads, an I’m-making-an-entrance-here train) feels equally major and affords you way more bra options—never a bad thing.


If you…like the goddess look

Hollywood starlets have been working this sexy look on the red carpet forevs. It can work for your big day, too, and you don’t need a celeb bank account to make it happen. Want proof? Just check out this dramatic gathered-bust sheath. So pretty in antique-y off-white chiffon!

Goddess wedding gown
Grecian draping on one long swoosh of silky fabric elongates the body and shows off the new erogenous zone: the shoulders.
  
A pre-accessorized goddess gown

Built-in jewelry like on this dazzling halter-strap style draws attention to a bride’s beaming face and eliminates the need for a necklace—genius!


An easy, breezy goddess gown

Planning to get married on a beach—or just want to bring that easy, breezy vibe to your wedding day? Slip into a flowy, spaghetti-strap bridal gown with a knotted front to look and feel gorgeously stress-free!


A sexy, goddess gown

This body-hugging draped dress lets you show off your sex appeal without looking like you’re about to do a wild, quickie Vegas wedding.


Chic and fuss-free wedding gown

There’s tons to worry about on your big day, so why not knock one or two things off the list? The gorgeous crinkled silk is perfect for brides who don’t want to stress about having perfectly steamed gown while the subtle beaded embellishment means there’s no necklace required.


If you…have your heart set on lace

Looking totally girly your thing? You’re in luck: This lace-covered trumpet-shaped dress with beaded belt shows off your waist and will wow guests.

A train-accented lace wedding gown

What do you get when you combine six-plus tiers of ivory ruffles, dainty capped sleeves and a sweet train? We say a confectionary creation, but you might just call it a-ma-zing!

A halter-cut lace wedding gown

Whether you want to show off a bit of pretty cleavage—or you’re just looking to enhance your A-cup—you can’t go wrong with something plunging and lacy. 

An accessorized lace wedding gown






Keep from OD’ing on frills by adding a little jolt of color—think a pretty sash belt or modern accessories—or just keep the top fitted and sexily streamlined.
If you…want something fuss-free


There’s no rule that says your walk-down-the-aisle dress has to have lots of going on. Simple can be “wow” too, and as a bonus, you can save some money when you’re not shelling out for extra trimmings. One no-fail way to pull off this unfussy-chic look is with elegant black and white (or black and ivory) in an A-line shape.

A strapless, fuss-free wedding gown


What keeps a sweetheart neckline from looking too cutesy? A slim skirt and a sleek belt—just the thing for a cosmopolitan wedding!

A modest, fuss-free wedding gown


Brides-to-be seeking a more covered-up look should pay special attention to the neckline. Sheer, cap-sleeve details create a romantic yet but modest look—walking that oh-so-important line of being dramatic but not revealing.
A sweet, fuss-free wedding gown


Your picky Aunt Martha and other style-savvy guests will never be able to guess that you spent under $500 (or in this case, under $100!) for your picture-perfect wedding dress.

A budget babe’s “wow!” wedding gown

If you’ve got Hollywood tastes but more of a waitress-paying-her-way-through-film-school budget, this mega-dramatic gown is for you. Your guests will gasp (in a good way) when they see this gorgeous bridal dress—you will too when you see the price tag!

If you…aren’t into the whole long wedding gown thing

Don’t see yourself in a big fluffy gown? Totally fine. Shorter dresses are way low-key. Plus, ankle- or knee-length dresses like this one will show off your legs and let you bust some serious moves on the dance floor.

A sweet and flirty wedding dress

If you’re a fan of princess-y touches but don’t want to be swallowed up by too much fabric, try a frilly frock that hits just below the knee. Love the tulle-accented Empire waist that balances out a larger bust while still looking dainty.

Wanna see even more?

See and shop for hundreds of bridal gowns and white dresses at glamour.com!
A short wedding dress


A stylish short dress says, “I am not a bridezilla, thank you very much,” while the one-shoulder look taps into one of the year’s biggest fashion trends.

Source: Glamour

Amazing Trees From All Around The World

 It was Buddha who said:
“A tree is a wonderful living organism which gives shelter, food, warmth and protection to all living things. It even gives shade to those who wield an axe to cut it down.”

And Joyce Kilmer immortalised the grace and beauty of trees in poetry:
“I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.”

Here we present some of the most amazing and unusual trees from around the world. They include the Basket Tree, Giant Sequoias of California, Circus Tree, Chapel-Oak. Tule Tree. Banyan Tree, and Baobab Trees – including one with a toilet built inside it.














Amazing Tree Houses: Plans, Pictures, Designs & Building Ideas

 As a young child (or perhaps even an adult) who hasn’t dreamed of living tree houses? Some structures are built on trees or hung from trees, but some unusual tree house building designs are even grown from trees or built right into a tree. Some people live in trees as a luxury, some to help save the environment and others out of tradition or necessity. Here are ten incredible tree house designs that range from functional to fanciful, sustainable to strange and affordable to incredibly expensive.
 Baumraum treehouses blends classic notions of a simple wood structure in a tree with modernist angles, clean lines and other design elements. These both blend with and stand out from their natural environs and are customized to client wishes before being installed. The Baumraum group is both experimental and experienced, wish expertise in tree types, capabilities and environmental impact.
 The mobile, durable and somehow fanciful Free Spirit Spheres can be hung from anything from trees to buildings and rock faces. Webbing and ropes literally and metaphorically anchor these spheres to their locations. Just four anchor points are needed to carry the entire weight of the spheres. Each sphere is waterproof and impact-resistant, composed of an internal laminated wood frame and clear fiberglass exterior.
 The 4Treehouse by Lukasz Kos floats like a “Japanese lantern on stilts” and is situated to accommodate four existing trees on the site. As with the best tree house designs, this project successfully worked around the existing natural site conditions. The three-story house itself rents suspended from these four primary site trees.


 The TreeHouse Workshop is a Seattle-based company that takes the art of constructing tree houses extremely seriously. They build an average of one tree house per month and hire extremely able builders and carpenters to construct their projects. Their finished works vary in luxury but some even include (counterintuitive!) fireplaces.
 The 02 Sustainability Tree House defies many of the conventions one associates with a typical tree house. The paradigm of a square shack-like wooden structure is replaced with a light and spacious geodesic dome structure that requires very little (and eco-friendly) material and has minimal impact on trees in which it is placed (hanging from cables rather than bolted to trees). It is designed for residential, meditation and meeting functions.
 Of course, not all tree houses are avante garde examples of design and sustainability – some people live in far more traditional tree houses such as the tree dwellers shown in the photographs above. In the jungles of the Brazza River Basin in the Indonesian province of Papua the local tribes have slowly built their way up into the trees to escape pests and one another. Their residences now reach dizzying heights of over 100 feet.
 This amazing Vietnamese tree house structure is a “tree house” in an entirely unconventional sense of the phrase and draws tourists and guests from around the world. Of course not just anyone can get permission to build a house like this: it helps to be the daughter of the ex-president of the country. Tourists are even able to stay in the rooms overnight.