Visual inspiration for the living.Tumblr (3.0; @blackwidowlipbalm)http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8cfa016a94864f3fad76dc7133504015/tumblr_mmuldy1Ow81rshyimo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>3 Things To Do While Waiting For More YTB Episodes</big></p><blockquote><p><br/> Step 1: Make Fan Art | Step 2: Re-watch Dream High Step | Step 3: Repeat</p> <p>What else can I do?</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://designs.blackwidowbalm.com/2013/05/3-things-to-do-while-waiting-for-more-ytb-episodes/">View Post</a></p>http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/50502336764http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/50502336764Wed, 15 May 2013 12:20:21 -0400kdramalee soon shintv<blockquote><p><a href="http://designs.blackwidowbalm.com/?attachment_id=381" rel="attachment wp-att-381"><img alt="desktop-virginia-star-01" src="http://designs.blackwidowbalm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/desktop-virginia-star-01-1024x768.jpg"/></a></p> <p>I’ve been tinkering with the idea of quilting. So far it’s just an idea, but while I’m deciding if I have the patience and skill to learn how to quilt I’ve been scanning through books for basic information. That’s when I discovered my favorite quilt…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://designs.blackwidowbalm.com/2013/05/freebie-the-virginia-star-motif-desktop-wallpapers/">View Post</a></p>http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/50263853164http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/50263853164Sun, 12 May 2013 11:45:13 -0400digital paperquiltingvirginia star<blockquote><a href="http://designs.blackwidowbalm.com/product/chevron-stripe-photoshop-plugins/"><img src="http://designs.blackwidowbalm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/display-package-01.jpg"/></a><p>Design now with this set of 37 Photoshop plugins</p> <p>Get ready to design with chevrons! Here’s a handy set of <a href="http://designs.blackwidowbalm.com/product/chevron-stripe-photoshop-plugins/">Photoshop plugins</a> that’ll have you designing with chevron stripes in just seconds.</p> INCLUDED <p>37 chevron tools for Photoshop</p> <ul><li>24 colorful chevron…</li></ul></blockquote><p><a href="http://designs.blackwidowbalm.com/2013/05/design-now-chevron-stripe-photoshop-plugins/">View Post</a></p>http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/49799136742http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/49799136742Mon, 06 May 2013 17:11:42 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c6be9b4f25eaf1759394206d6a725b8c/tumblr_mmdj9jlZvO1rshyimo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><big>Freebie: Bright & Cheerful Blog Decorations from YTB</big></p><blockquote><p>Getting organized with my desktop schedule</p> <p>I figured I’d share with you some of the blog…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://designs.blackwidowbalm.com/2013/05/freebie-bright-cheerful-blog-decorations-from-ytb/">View Post</a></p>http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/49767399119http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/49767399119Mon, 06 May 2013 07:15:19 -0400kdramalee soon shin<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/51060214f8a74d46420130b1db3cf6b9/tumblr_mmcm7z3iOc1rshyimo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>How To: Making Changes to Your Stripe Pattern Using Layer Styles</big></p><blockquote><p>Let’s say you’ve found limitations to your chevron pattern from last week’s tutorial. In Photoshop…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://designs.blackwidowbalm.com/2013/05/how-to-making-changes-to-your-stripe-pattern-using-layer-styles/">View Post</a></p>http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/49727941971http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/49727941971Sun, 05 May 2013 19:21:35 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/72849ec766e317548458c00790b9f5a0/tumblr_mmakvux5AP1rshyimo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>You’re the Best New Drama, Lee Soon Shin</big></p><blockquote><p>You’re The Best, Lee Soon Shin! – Images courtesy: <a href="http://www.dramabeans.com/2013/02/youre-the-best-lee-soon-shins-teaser-and-stills/">Dramabeans</a>, <a href="http://drama-crazy-obsessed-forever.tumblr.com/">Dramas for Life</a>, <a href="http://www.kdramastars.com/tags/youre-the-best-lee-soon-shin">Kdrama Stars</a>, <a href="http://en.korea.com/iu/board/130310-actor-lee-jee-hoon-took-a-picture-with-iu-via-his-twitter/">Korea…</a></p></blockquote><p><a href="http://designs.blackwidowbalm.com/2013/05/youre-the-best-new-drama-lee-soon-shin/">View Post</a></p>http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/49621731606http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/49621731606Sat, 04 May 2013 16:57:29 -0400dramakdramalee soon shintv<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/92f4a1e171802f60e7632cc146307771/tumblr_mlumpoAUQd1rshyimo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>How To: Making A Chevron Stripe Repeating Pattern in Photoshop</big></p><blockquote><p>1.) <a href="http://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=chevron">Chevron Striped Goodie Bag</a> 2.) <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/127149684/coral-flower-on-navy-chevron-lumbar?ref=sr_gallery_7&ga_search_query=lumbar+pillow+chevron&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_search_type=all&ga_facet=lumbar+pillow+chevron">Coral Flower Navy Chevron Pillow</a> 3.)<a href="http://pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=chevron">Chevron Manicure</a> 4.) <a href="http://gallery.apartmenttherapy.com/photo/sf-house-tour-shannon-kaye/item/280402">AT SF…</a></p></blockquote><p><a href="http://designs.blackwidowbalm.com/2013/04/how-to-making-a-chevron-stripe-repeating-pattern-in-photoshop/">View Post</a></p>http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/48914594968http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/48914594968Fri, 26 Apr 2013 02:15:23 -0400chevronrepeating patternsseamlessstripes<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a84f69c17dbd2d41eaac0aa3b262552a/tumblr_mldhnySfs81rjiu2eo1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/421cae87c81831d58a36ca86e3494663/tumblr_mldhnySfs81rjiu2eo2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c88adae1b02bdb5446a1b76dd5fac685/tumblr_mldhnySfs81rjiu2eo3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d0a30cf610d0230330b871968d9ec5ee/tumblr_mldhnySfs81rjiu2eo4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7f4aea52f0483270b5fd5fccf63f124e/tumblr_mldhnySfs81rjiu2eo5_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f94ceec557964496f26476e9643f6594/tumblr_mldhnySfs81rjiu2eo6_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8a6302752cf631549ab78a1ffa6e4db8/tumblr_mldhnySfs81rjiu2eo7_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3be57bfaf8cdf280ed0874e12316165f/tumblr_mldhnySfs81rjiu2eo8_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p><strong>Nerdy Nummies</strong> - Totoro French Macaroons [<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBe_3s2xGbI&feature=share&list=PLABDF3052CBF1B195">x</a>]</p> </blockquote>http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/48196533028http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/48196533028Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:09:39 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/af307e966c7550e9321a1a850ed86c49/tumblr_mld6io7TKo1rshyimo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>Castaway on the Moon</big></p><blockquote><p>Yesterday I got home from my full-time ready to work here for around 6 hours before going to bed. I…</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://designs.blackwidowbalm.com/2013/04/castaway-on-the-moon/">View Post</a></p>http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/48140115187http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/48140115187Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:06:23 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ed5d484aa2560093fca9924e4c8bcd85/tumblr_mkzxlmqsAN1rshyimo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><big>What Can You Make With Digital Paper?</big></p><blockquote><p><em>Welcome to What Can You Make! A series that explores exciting DIY projects made with products from…</em></p></blockquote><p><a href="http://designs.blackwidowbalm.com/2013/04/what-can-you-make-with-digital-paper/">View Post</a></p>http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/47545779036http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/47545779036Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:24:57 -0400<blockquote><p>Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://designs.blackwidowbalm.com/2013/03/hello-world/">View Post</a></p>http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/47499483101http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/47499483101Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:44:48 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7c199b5d1a25c750acf35d5337ca45b0/tumblr_mksh4sZJY51rshyimo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/128499891/customization-services-3-banners" target="_blank">Click for details</a>.</p>http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/47196551017http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/47196551017Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:46:03 -0400<p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blog.marlonmarcello.com/post/45349094007/thanks">inspiremyweb</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I just wanna say thanks to <a href="http://notes.tungjacob.com/">@tungjacob</a>. He recommended me <a href="http://www.feedly.com/">Feedly</a> as a new RSS Reader, and it’s really awesome.<span><br/></span></p> <p>I already imported all of my Google Reader data and i <a href="http://blog.feedly.com/2013/03/14/google-reader/">read on their blog</a> that they will seamlessly transition all of the Google Reader data to Feedly.</p> <p>Thanks a lot dude!</p> </blockquote>http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/46758821766http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/46758821766Sun, 31 Mar 2013 10:30:26 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/658e8c0b8ee57d28478d8efb48a40d3f/tumblr_mki3cl7GtB1rshyimo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/46718205647http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/46718205647Sat, 30 Mar 2013 21:12:20 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2c430c4718a1fd527ab453e70769a316/tumblr_mkfnavYGmW1rshyimo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Customizable banner templates. Use them to promote your blog, business or anything else!</p>http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/46605626929http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/46605626929Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:30:31 -0400banneradtemplatepolkadotsneongreensalmonpink<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/de354b78fae6fe5bd231428ee99ab116/tumblr_mkbt9vlMRk1rshyimo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Pretty! 9 customizable banner ad templates.</p>http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/46425382936http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/46425382936Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:49:07 -0400designtemplate<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e000c732f4dcd54295122cbb58bfbec7/tumblr_mk9whg2EOY1rshyimo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h2>Something New!</h2> <p>Love these scrapbook pages from our <a href="http://t.co/zkt8iy38oi" target="_blank">Etsy shop @blackwidowbalm</a>!</p>http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/46338869657http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/46338869657Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:03:16 -0400scrapbookcraftdigital papervintagefloralhummingbird<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d9cb416f76408b9f01b4c12bd17fbe34/tumblr_mju0a8euGp1r3e8lto3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9b90514c1d4f002abb11e00b699282fe/tumblr_mju0a8euGp1r3e8lto2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/08b094dc6b675076845462ee7faf0e5f/tumblr_mju0a8euGp1r3e8lto1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2b6fdc62e726ce951ced68055001b5ab/tumblr_mju0a8euGp1r3e8lto4_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/87131afcf17983ed668ccfc67728c80b/tumblr_mju0a8euGp1r3e8lto6_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1db4fb4a09ee971ccd60f4d2e5bb7215/tumblr_mju0a8euGp1r3e8lto5_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://neonvmag.tumblr.com/post/45760090913/i-love-when-great-design-meets-great-writing">neonvmag</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>i love when great design meets great writing; <strong>cardon webb </strong>basically connects the dots.</p> <ul><li><strong>webb</strong><span> complimented the voice of </span><strong>ralph</strong><span> </span><strong>ellison</strong><span>, trumpeteer and writer, with his </span><a href="http://www.cardonwebb.com/portfolio/ralph-ellison-series/">2012 jacket re-vamp</a><span> of six of  </span><strong>ellison</strong><span>’s most popular works.  mixing calligraphy, jazz album cover art of the 40s and 50s, and vintage photography.</span></li> </ul><ul><li><strong>webb </strong><span>designed </span><a href="http://www.cardonwebb.com/portfolio/oliver-sacks-series/">six book jackets</a><span> in 2011 for</span><strong> oliver sacks:</strong><span> neurologist, biologist, writer, physician, professor, and chemist. </span><strong>cardon</strong><span> gives readers and design enthusiasts a bit of background into his design process:</span></li> </ul><blockquote> <p><span><strong>oliver sacks</strong> has a unique talent in that he can understand and piece together the far borderlands of neurological experience and the abnormalities of the human mind, and then write about his findings in a coherent, accessible and distinguished way. the idea of creating a tableau of all six books in this series came from wanting to mirror visually the conceptual idea of discovery. the challenge was to not only have each of the six books book stand on its own visually and conceptually, but also have them, when pieced together, form a single compelling and illustrative image. arranged together, the covers create a powerful view of a human head while individual covers deftly convey in graphic shorthand the neurological idiosyncrasies <strong>sacks</strong> describes in each book. the use of color atop the clinical black and white imagery represents the vibrancy <strong>sacks</strong> discovers within his patients, the life that he finds where nothing was meant to exist.</span></p> </blockquote> <p><strong>sacks</strong> should analyze <strong>webb</strong>’s thought patterns next because clearly he has the <strong>midas</strong> touch. </p> <p>-<strong>I</strong>:<strong> tanekeya word</strong></p> <p>managing editor</p> <p>creative + art director</p> <p>& literature + culture editor</p> </blockquote> <p>Pretty book covers in Skittles colors! Read the rainbow.</p>http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/45760658881http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/45760658881Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:12:32 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d94af81e4c2a126502b0c0af63362534/tumblr_mjmtj0DdWv1qzzmkno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>Ancient Luxury</p> <p>Gold bracelet in the form of a snake, 300 BC</p> </blockquote>http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/45624141973http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/45624141973Sun, 17 Mar 2013 18:39:01 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/259c1ba6d3b78c04c58b14fd35cde5d9/tumblr_mjkc6haY9m1qegob8o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.omo-cat.com/post/45206728607/5-11">omocat</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>#5/11</p> </blockquote>http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/45216495423http://blog.blackwidowbalm.com/post/45216495423Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:51:22 -0400