If you can buy different types of lettuce in the supermarket, why shouldn’t you grow your own spring mix at home? Just buy some lettuce, and plant the cut bottom and wait for a new lettuce to grow in its place!
I totally plan to do this. I’m cutting up my 2L bottles today to make myself some lettuce tubs. And next time I buy lettuce I am not buying it in that convenient little plastic bin like usual, but with a stump. LETTUCE HERE I COME!
More ways to grow lettuce on Pinterest!
What’s a Page Rank Mean?
It means that the most important websites show up first. The higher your page rank, the higher you appear on Google – so long as you are relevant to the search! ie. no matter how high your page rank is for ‘ice cream’ you’re not going to show up in a search for ‘winter vacations.’
I have a Page Rank of Zero, will I still show up on Google?
Yes! Google aims to give searchers what they are searching for. If you are the best result, you will be at the top no matter what your page rank is. If someone searches for ‘Best ice cream to eat on winter vacation’ and your domain name is www.besticecreamtoeatonwintervacation.com and you sell ice cream and winter vacations, you will be first in the search!
How Do I Find Out My Page Rank?
http://artlovelight.com/customized-seo-friendly-websites/ there is a small green widget that will let you know your current Google Page Rank.
How Can I Raise My Page Rank?
Consider Page Rank an effect and content creation (serving your audience, and providing solutions to problems) as the cause.
If I don’t have common search keywords in my URL will I still show up on Google?
Yes. If you are relevant to the search, you will still show up on Google.
Find out more about Google Page Rank on Wikipedia.
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I’ve been holding out hope that Google will change its mind about shutting down its RSS Google Reader, but if you’re following me there, you’ll want to switch over to Bloglovin’.
Why?
1. It will import all your google reader blogs.
2. You can follow me there.
3. It’s a cleaner design than Reader was (Reader looked like a Microsoft app from ’97, be honest!)
SEE YOU THERE!
Thanks Becci for inspiring this post! You’re amazing and thank you so much for all your comments!! You’re my hero 
Screenshot showing my art with Sketchbook Pro. So many efferts are possible with the variety of brushes and layers.
I’ve been posting a bunch of How to Draw videos to Youtube. They’re supposed to get the gesture of how to draw across without being dull; and I aim to get the basic shapes of a thing to your brain in a way that’s easier to remember. So a mushroom is the same proportions as a face; the legs of a horse become the letter ‘S’: its easier to remember a mushroom than a circle and a rectangle. Everything has a circle in it somewhere; it’s putting the shapes together with the right proportions that will make a difference in your drawing. And what am I using for these drawing videos? Sketchbook Pro
Screenshot of Made with Paper – perfect for sketching on the go without carrying around a stack of paper and pens.
I also do a lot of logo design, and graphic design for websites. It’s much easier to send sketches to a client in a .pdf form so that they can see we’re on the same page before I spend a lot of time finding the perfect fonts and working in photoshop. So what am I using for client brainstorming .pdfs and sketching people when they’re not looking? Paper by FiftyThree
(I don’t have a wacom tablet anymore, so I try to do as much on my ipad with my cheepie stylus as possible- though all professional graphics people should have a Mac, a Wacom, and Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator).
It’s best for finished drawings and illustration work. It’s replacing watercolors for my color illustration work.
Brushes: The variety of brushes. Even though you can’t make your own brushes a la Photoshop, the wide variety of editable brushes means I have more than I need to get my drawing down.
Layers- I can work in layers. This means I can sketch a photo on paper, photograph it, than color and refine it in Sketchbook Pro. This is so fun. And, I can export these layers to Photoshop.
Undo – I can undo my last brush strokes so I can always get exactly the line I need
Stylus – I can use a $5 stylus from the drug store or Geeks.com just like a pencil or crayon or brush!
Video Recording - my drawings can be recorded direct to my photo library, so I can post my drawings on Youtube!
Transform - You can resize layers, flip them around, rotate and move them. You cannot skew or stretch them.
The Best Sketchbook Pro Tutorials
It’s best for getting ideas down in one place. It’s great for brainstorming!
Feels like A Notebook – you can create ‘notebooks’ with sequential pages.
Undo – A two-finger swipe in a circle will undo your last actions – I love how this works so quickly to rewind.
Brushes – You’re limited to a few brushes (and you have to pay extra for them) but I love the way that they feel. The pen varies its line thickness in a really pleasing way, the watercolor brush does look like watercolor, and I wish I could import these brushes into Sketchbook Pro
Cons: You can’t paste in a photo from your photo library. No layers.
Export: You can export as a .PDF or email individual pages. I use this app when I’m designing logos for a client; I’m able to sketch out a variety of ideas and export it by email for them, so that they can choose what sketch they like for the final iterations.
via Boingboing
I don’t really like watching videos online. But I stopped to watch this one because I wondered, “What does the pre-tornado thunderstorm look like?” And the answer is not what I expected, but insane and incredibly more beautiful, and, as the artist/photographer/storm chaser Mike Olbinski says, it does look “like alien spacecraft” … this took FOUR YEARS of stormchasing to catch this beautiful time-lapse video of a supercell thunderstorm. I’m going to be checking his blog to find out what that was like!
I especially love how the blue and gold and white are at such high contrast here. Amazing quality!
More pictures here: and at his blog.
A supercell near Booker, Texas from Mike Olbinski on Vimeo.
Unconventional Guides Product Page
It’s a Face! A Skull! A Mushroom! also featured on Boing Boing
Outsapop Trashion Shelving Inspiration!
I’ve loved those purple shelves ever since I first saw them on Outsapop. I love the idea of disparate furniture being collaged together into something gorgeous and eclectic like this. So cute. Such an installation piece.
My version of this Pinterest inspiration: a salvaged mirror from a twin bed + a beachy dresser = a mirrored dresser!
Here are more of my favorite shelving ideas from these great Pinterest ideas for a Cute Home!
Check out these Chalkboard Paint Pinterest Ideas or DIY Mod Podge Guide to Glue.
What are people saying about author Holly Black?
“ I personally really love gritty real-life/fantasy stories when they’re written well, and I think Holly does the combination so much freaking justice. It doesn’t try too hard to be overly bad-ass.” – Shannon, via Goodreads
“I’m a fan of Holly’s work, … I can’t wait to see where this story goes and I’m sure it will be just as incredible as her other work.” -Kelsey
I was super excited to get an email from Kelsey of Behind Closed Covers telling me I’d won a Holly Black Booksgiveaway!
And even MORE super excited yesterday morning when my book arrived in the mail – with a BONUS!! Now I’ve got both Valiant and Tithe.
Thanks so much Kelsey, I can’t wait to share these books with someone whose birthday is coming up…
