Everything that inspires me.Tumblr (3.0; @vivanteur)http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbr8660wqN1qcnxkto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“There are very few innocent sentences in writing.” ~David Foster Wallace #writingquote </p>http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/33397371683http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/33397371683Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:32:30 -0400David Foster Wallacewriting quotewritingquoteswritingaltered bookbook pagebook art<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_malrxvr6jQ1r48hglo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://1950sunlimited.tumblr.com/post/31873072162/teen-fads-1948-striped-socks-are-worn-by-all" target="_blank">1950sunlimited</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Teen Fads, 1948</strong></p> <p>“Striped socks are worn by all the members of a girl’s club at the Austin High School in Chicago. They are regulation football stockings which the girls have wheedled away from Austin players. The girls think they are wonderful but the boys dislike them. They say the girls legs look like Barber Poles.”</p> </blockquote>http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/32349291818http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/32349291818Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:14:33 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maz6w03jRZ1qcnxkto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Pictorial Edition of an American Dictionary of the English Language 1859 - damaged but given new life. </span></p>http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/32349125068http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/32349125068Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:12:00 -0400altered bookdictionary pageantique bookbook art<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maf9caRcCr1qj5qvfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fairytalemood.tumblr.com/post/31880367909/thumbelina-by-igor-olejnikov" target="_blank">fairytalemood</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“Thumbelina” by Igor Olejnikov</p> </blockquote>http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/31907206439http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/31907206439Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:25:16 -0400fairy talethumbelina<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mamoscfIIK1rqwmzvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/31906800468http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/31906800468Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:16:40 -0400fairy talered riding hoodwolf<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mahsjpfQK01qipv48o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://dezplictisestete.tumblr.com/post/31725673297/by-benita-winckler" target="_blank">dezplictisestete</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>by </span><a href="http://www.benitawinckler.com/" target="_blank">Benita Winckler</a></p> </blockquote>http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/31783678676http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/31783678676Tue, 18 Sep 2012 01:54:10 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9ixb5lEGe1r0bs4no1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9ixb5lEGe1r0bs4no2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9ixb5lEGe1r0bs4no3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9ixb5lEGe1r0bs4no4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9ixb5lEGe1r0bs4no5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9ixb5lEGe1r0bs4no6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://designcube.tumblr.com/post/30460942967/literature-quote-illustrations-by-evan-robertson" target="_blank">designcube</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Literature Quote Illustrations by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/people/statingtheobvious" target="_blank">Evan Robertson</a></p> </blockquote>http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/30508576209http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/30508576209Thu, 30 Aug 2012 02:46:02 -0400literature quotesauthor quotes<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7d17dLHtr1qh0mveo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://louisaboydart.tumblr.com/post/27481788183/keeping-secrets-2009-detail-altered-book" target="_blank">louisaboydart</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Keeping Secrets - 2009 - detail, altered book</p> <p>Louisa Boyd</p> <p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/louisaboydart%C2%A0" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/louisaboydart%C2%A0" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/louisaboydart </a></a></p> </blockquote>http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/30507169138http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/30507169138Thu, 30 Aug 2012 02:01:25 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9h838K6Xs1rxjudto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://kellycampbellberry.tumblr.com/post/30395400151/gullivers-travels-i-tried-something-different" target="_blank">kellycampbellberry</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h2>Gulliver’s Travels</h2> <div> <p>I tried something different with this sculpture. Since the front cover of this late 1800s book is so ornate, I decided not to hide it.  I can’t believe how well, my sculptures have been selling lately. I can’t seem to keep a good stock in my shop.  At this time, I am working on Goblins Ate My Book II, Hobbit, LOTR, Peter Pan, Dracula, and more. Hopefully I can get a new book listed every other day or so.  </p> </div> <div></div> <div> <p>Check it out in my Etsy-Shop: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/108006378" target="_blank"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/108006378" target="_blank">https://www.etsy.com/listing/108006378</a></a></p> </div> </blockquote>http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/30507055169http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/30507055169Thu, 30 Aug 2012 01:58:16 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9jz45prOH1qcnxkto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sylvia Plath - “Let me live, love and say it well in good sentences.”</p>http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/30505871883http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/30505871883Thu, 30 Aug 2012 01:26:29 -0400sylvia plathquotes on writingwriting quotessylvia plath quotes<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7jm68bs7f1rbigqio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://writingrayenbow.tumblr.com/post/27739818675/ill-give-you-the-whole-secret-of-short-story" target="_blank">writingrayenbow</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>“I’ll give you the whole secret of short-story writing. Here it is. Rule I: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule II.”</em></p> <p><em>- O. Henry</em></p> </blockquote>http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/30387552670http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/30387552670Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:53:18 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3nh3tZofb1qez2q6o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fuckyeahbookarts.tumblr.com/post/22582447258/diy-idea-tag-crafting-caddy-by-aija-vesterinen" target="_blank">fuckyeahbookarts</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>DIY Idea: Tag Crafting Caddy </strong>by<strong> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vakuoli/with/5347232161/" target="_blank">Aija Vesterinen</a></strong></p> <p><span>The tags have been punched out from old books and dictionaries salvaged from recycling.</span></p> </blockquote>http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/24630401689http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/24630401689Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:49:58 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m55nmoYCqe1rxjudto1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m55nmoYCqe1rxjudto2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m55nmoYCqe1rxjudto3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://kellycampbellberry.tumblr.com/post/24479324207/my-book-sculpture-edgar-allan-poe-sold-on-etsy" target="_blank">kellycampbellberry</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>My Book Sculpture: Edgar Allan Poe. Sold on Etsy. Customer asked for my illustrations to be added to the sculpture. Final photo unavailable.</p> </blockquote>http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/24623661167http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/24623661167Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:07:38 -0400alteredbook booksculpture<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3lzj7D6v01rrpizto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://greatleapforwards.tumblr.com/post/22521359551/i-really-want-to-stencil-some-writing-on-my-wall" target="_blank">greatleapforwards</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Trés bon</p> </blockquote>http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/22705200192http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/22705200192Wed, 09 May 2012 02:36:26 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvdrhy7dsf1r476vao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://northlombardy.tumblr.com/post/13457615657/not-sure-why-people-in-richmond-feel-the-need-to" target="_blank">northlombardy</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Not sure why people in Richmond feel the need to write in chalk on their houses..especially the punch buggy rules/exceptions but interesting none the less. You can find this on W Cary.</p> </blockquote>http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/22705150063http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/22705150063Wed, 09 May 2012 02:34:29 -0400wall writingwall scriptwriting on the wall<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1ydmiSmVh1qkpc62o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Wall font.</p>http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/22705123793http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/22705123793Wed, 09 May 2012 02:33:26 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ld5f0wN8Xl1qcnxkto1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>via <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mEe4LDVI56E/TNc0K2yfDHI/AAAAAAAAA3M/DQUqxDShGqk/s1600/Word+Nerd+Mousemat.png" target="_blank">2.bp.blogspot.com</a></p>http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/2152140759http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/2152140759Thu, 09 Dec 2010 01:50:56 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ld5ev967GL1qcnxkto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/2152118184http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/2152118184Thu, 09 Dec 2010 01:47:33 -0500neo-victorian,steampunksteampunk clothingchokervintage<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-dib-mjwIME?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Rachel Brice - ruler of them all.</p>http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/1541014832http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/1541014832Thu, 11 Nov 2010 02:02:33 -0500rachel bricetribal fusionbellydancebeats antiquedance<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mCc401sJOl8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Sharon Kihara</p>http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/1541007254http://vivanteur.tumblr.com/post/1541007254Thu, 11 Nov 2010 02:01:12 -0500dance,music,tribal fusionbellydancetattoossharon kihara