The Bedlam of Beefy

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Have Yourself a...

Hey Kids, wishing you and your's a warm, safe, and very Merry Christmas! Thanks for helping to make this year of 2009 such a wonderful one at the Bedlam with all your kindess, patience, and support!

Merry Christmas & a Happy Little Ole New Year!

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Kids, if there is one thing that we both share in common and that brought us closer together in 2009 it's the extreme love of, well, ME! (Okay, it probably had more to do with cupcakes, or design, or fashion... but I digress!)

So, Miss Tula, of fabtastic Whorange fame, tipped me off that Apartment Therapy's 2009 Homies nominations were underway and that I had gotten a few votes placed in my direction! (I know! You're all, "Why don't they just give Uncle Beefy the top honors already?!! DUH!" But there are processes in life, Kids. And we want everyone to have a "fair" shot, don't we? Now where to put that trophy? Ooh! Sorry, where was I?) Anywhoozles! Would I love ya' if you stuffed a vote or 50 in my ballot box? I bet I could muster up some human feelings of warmth and affection, sure! Why not?!!

So why don'tcha head on over and do us both a favor? Huh? Time's running short (deadline is the 29th)! You'd really help make my year if ya' did! Or, if you're too busy to show me just a small token of your affection, then we'll just chalk things up and accept the dismal beginnings of my 2010. You just do what you feel is best, Kids. I understand. [Uncle Beefy sighs and looks forlornly off into the distance. One tear streams slowly down his unbelievably handsome cheek.]

Monday, December 21, 2009

"J'Adore... -able!": Laurent Desgrange

(Bow Tie tutorial right here, Kids, thanks to FatScribe --> HERE!)

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Oh L'Amor

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Guest Bloggers: T.Ruffles, Mary & Karey

mary ruffle and i have a beef with the uncle. because no matter how we've begged or bribed or stalked, he simply refuses to show his face.

well. the t.ruffle girls are persistent. plus creative. perhaps a bit obsessive. so we've compiled a list of clues in the hopes that someone somewhere somehow can give us what we want. let's get to it. with all due apologies to waldo...where's beefy?

here's what we know.

that's all we've got today. send us your reports and any data you may have already compiled. we'll continue to work tirelessly in our never-ending quest for our favorite uncle's mugshot. and when we're not on the hunt, you can find mary at it's pretty good and mary ruffle. you may visit me at mackin ink. and you can pop in on both of us at the sweeterie. or our t.ruffles shoppe. catch you later, fellow sleuths! xoxo.

{image credits, top to bottom: brera watch at vivre; om hand hook by harry allen; scarf by apolis activism; ruben brulat; macdonald and joseph; isolaivan; craig fraser; paper or plastic; digby & iona; shapeways via city of skies; gaku otomo}

ps - Hey, Kids. It's your Uncle here. Let's be quite clear that no monies were exchanged for this post! And from this point on you can just [insert blushing here]! Thanks, Ladies! Y'all are much too much! :)

Monday, December 14, 2009

Bloggers Taking Action: Pencils of Promise

Good morning, Kids. Today I'm joining forces with an army of fellow bloggers to help raise awareness and, yes, money for the non-profit organization Pencils of Promise. Contacted by Paloma of La Dolce Vita, she invited me to be a part of this wonderful effort for the girls of Champet, a village in Laos that is home to the only high school in the area for surrounding villages. In order to attend this high school, the students must leave their families and homes to live in dormitories. However these dormitories are worlds away from what comes to mind when we think of Western boarding schools. These girls are moving into and living in these unsafe dormitories which consist of nothing more than makeshift bamboo huts just to get an education. It's heartbreaking but enormously courageous at the same time and reminds us all just how invaluable an education can be.

The goal for Bloggers Taking Action today: To build safe, legitimate housing for the female children of Laos in order for them to have the opportunity to further their education. Currently, some parents are unwilling to send their kids to school because of how unsafe the bamboo dormitory huts are. The dormitory which Pencils of Promise hopes to build will accommodate about 200 Laotian girls.

In the spirit of the holiday season, we are asking for your help today on behalf of these children. Just think of the enormous impact we could have if each person who reads this post donates just $1.00. If you are able and willing to give more ($35 buys shelves for a classroom, $50 provides pencils for one year, $100 provides a teacher’s salary for three months and so on), it would be greatly appreciated. We are in the midst of the giving season and hope that you will find it in your heart to make a donation to this worthy cause today. Remember, every little bit helps!

Thanks for your time, Kids, and for anything you may be able to do to help.

If you would like to stay informed about the difference Pencils of Promise is making, be sure to become a fan on their Facebook page.

Images by photographer Nick Onken,who generously donated his time and talent by traveling to Laos with the PoP team to capture their progress on film.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Word.

Found via 37 Days via typcut.com.

Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Fairest One of All

Monday, November 23, 2009

Slow Down, You Move Too Fast

Hello, Kids! So how ya's doin' this Monday? How was your weekend? I hope the start of this holiday week is going splendidly!

Over the past weekend, aside from irreplaceably losing time out of my lifespan with the waste of a film "Brüno", I had the chance to work on some creative projects. I'm in the throws of cutting out a gazillion paper snowflakes (as you can see above) for the holiday displays at work. Having been quite a while since my last creative forays, it was such a pleasant reunion. It seemed to bring me back to some kind of center, a reawakening of my mind from some kind of numbed slumber. It has me thinking of a number of things not the least of which is exercising my artistic skills once again. Alongside that are thoughts of this blog and maybe pushing things in a fresh direction...? Finishing up some very long overdue projects that I have put off. And maybe taking some aspects of life down a notch or two.

I am not a big proponent of "multi-tasking". But it's such an embeded aspect of our lives and each day presents me with a multitude of options for declaring myself a complete hypocrite. Always so much go, go, go... y'know? The number of times I sit at this computer drumming up a post, emailing, twittering, talking on the phone, all while trying to consume some semblance of a meal? And then you arrive at a point where you realize that you've been horrifically busy while accomplishing a whole lotta nothin'. And that is me to a tee many days.

With the holidays now upon us, it invariably induces some kind of pondering. Thoughts about the past year, your life, career, family, the world... all funneling its way down into that impossibly claustrophobic state of the New Year's resolution. I am not going down that road again this year. But that isn't to advocate throwing the baby out with the bath water. I think some thoughtful reflection is always a worthwhile endeavor regardless of the time of year. So I'm going to be slowing things down here at "The Bedlam" for a bit.

I'll be working on some guest posts for sfgirlbybay, getting together some embarassingly late mailings, tidying things up around the abode, spending more time with family and friends, and firing up the creative engines once again. All in good time, that is. But I'm going to be a bit scarce around here for the next couple o' weeks... at least. Not to say that I won't be around here at all but perhaps a bit more "devil-may-care" than usual. I hope you'll still come 'round for a visit now and again?

In the meantime, I hope that all of you whom are celebrating Thanksgiving have a splendid time surrounded with the ones you love the most and that the beginnings of the holiday season hold you safe and warm.

ps - As a quick side note, thanks to all of you who take the time to comment, follow, tweet, etc., etc. I appreciate your support more than you could possibly know. So thanks for that, Kids! Be well.