A chronicle of my quest to make a star every day for a year.Tumblr (3.0; @bgivens)http://bgivens.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me8avds2wQ1r9f9w5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>167 - Socket Head Screws</strong></p> <p>I was trying to pick a bolt size for something and put together this gallery. 3/8, 1/4, #10, #8, #6 and #4.</p>http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/36784074281http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/36784074281Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:57:11 -0500starboltsocket head screw<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbyu8qwaZK1r9f9w5o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong>166 - Stained Glass Digital Image</strong></p> <p>I saw a t-shirt with a “crossed lines with colors filled in between” style and decided to mess around in Inkscape. This isn’t exactly what I had in mind when I started, but there you go.</p>http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/33688197457http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/33688197457Mon, 15 Oct 2012 23:12:25 -0400starstained glass<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbqg9kCgrU1r9f9w5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>165 - Skedoodle</strong></p> <p>This one of my wife’s old tools that my kids inherited (We were an Etch-A-Sketch house when I grew up).</p>http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/33364208134http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/33364208134Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:29:43 -0400startoyskedoodle<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbqfwdxofK1r9f9w5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>164 - Big Stars</strong></p> <p>Grabbed this free music card at Starbucks and wanted to do something with it after getting the number off the back.</p>http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/33363943219http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/33363943219Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:21:48 -0400staravett brotherscelebrity<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maqfekjzyR1r9f9w5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>163 - Bubblewrap</strong></p> <p>Cutting the bubblewrap was surprisingly easy. The sheet between the bubbles is so thin that the scissors glided through. The trick was not slicing through the bubbles I wanted to keep.</p>http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/32027727469http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/32027727469Fri, 21 Sep 2012 23:37:32 -0400starbubblewrap<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maqfben1d41r9f9w5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>162 - Needles</strong></p> <p>My wife got me these needles for a bookbinding project I’m messing with. They didn’t really work out for that, but they can make a star!</p>http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/32027614069http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/32027614069Fri, 21 Sep 2012 23:35:37 -0400starneedle<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maqf75ncPt1r9f9w5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>161 - Frozen Watercolor (Failure)</strong></p> <p>I’ve previously featured my star ice cube tray. One idea I have for it is to make a star by freezing some watercolor and melting it onto paper. This was my first attempt, which just resulted in a colored puddle. I need to mess with a thinner star and more absorbent paper.</p>http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/32027459995http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/32027459995Fri, 21 Sep 2012 23:33:04 -0400starice cubewatercolorfailure<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maqexytYxC1r9f9w5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>160 - Mandarin Oranges</strong></p> <p>My girls love these canned mandarin oranges and we go through a lot of them. When serving out another can, I saw an opportunity.</p>http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/32027122015http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/32027122015Fri, 21 Sep 2012 23:27:33 -0400starmandarin orange<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maqeu0UiAH1r9f9w5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>159 - Shenandoah Flower</p> <p>Another star shape in nature. I took this on the side of the trail in Shenandoah N.P. The picture languished for a while on the camera memory card, but I’ve finally gotten to it.</p>http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/32026975586http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/32026975586Fri, 21 Sep 2012 23:25:12 -0400starflowershenandoah<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9p8tfvgoy1r9f9w5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>158 - Ice Star</strong></p> <p>A while back, my wife got me a star shape ice cube tray. I kind of forgot about it for a while, but finally pulled it out. Now I can put the stars to work cooling off my iced tea.</p>http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/30694338224http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/30694338224Sat, 01 Sep 2012 21:44:03 -0400starice cubetea<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9cejqxvDI1r9f9w5o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9cejqxvDI1r9f9w5o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>157 - Postcards</strong></p> <p>I like the look of the old “Greetings from” postcards with pictures of the place in the big blocky lettering. I tried a few sketches of what a postcard from deep space would look like.</p>http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/30216591806http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/30216591806Sat, 25 Aug 2012 23:19:01 -0400starpostcard<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9ceanqLA01r9f9w5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>156 - Remains of the Hubcap</strong></p> <p>While walking at lunch, I saw this piece of a hubcap laying in the gutter. I’m not sure how a hubcap breaks this way, or why someone would cut out the center of one.</p>http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/30216221815http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/30216221815Mon, 13 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400starhubcap<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9ce661iGL1r9f9w5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>155 - Stars in the Mist</strong></p> <p>I was cooking dinner and my wife had turned on her wax melting thingie. The light through the star cut out was making tons of beams through the steam. I tried my best to capture it and was marginally successful.</p>http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/30216043013http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/30216043013Thu, 26 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400starmiststovetop<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9cdzzA7DZ1r9f9w5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>154 - Queen Anne’s Lace</strong></p> <p>On the edge of our campsite was this rather star shaped bloom of Queen Anne’s Lace. I got a quick sketch between hikes.</p>http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/30215797776http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/30215797776Sun, 22 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400starflowerQueen Anne's Lacedrawing<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9cdwecmoa1r9f9w5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>153 - Party Star</strong></p> <p>For some reason, this star was sitting in the grass in our campsite at Big Meadows. It looks like the remainders of birthday party decorations, but I can’t imagine decorating a camp site. Different strokes, I guess.</p>http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/30215659781http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/30215659781Sat, 21 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400stardecorations<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9cdprtSNJ1r9f9w5o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9cdprtSNJ1r9f9w5o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9cdprtSNJ1r9f9w5o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>152 - Stars of Lucketts</strong></p> <p>On the way to Shenendoah NP for some camping, we had to stop at the Lucketts General Store in Lucketts, VA. Here are some stars I found walking around.</p>http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/30215406874http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/30215406874Fri, 20 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400starantiquesLucketts<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7aa192CkM1r9f9w5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>151 - Collage</strong></p> <p>My wife and I got a evening away from the kids at the <a href="http://www.newarkartsalliance.org/" target="_blank">Newark Arts Alliance</a>. It was a Friday Night Art Date, just for the grownups. We had a good time pawing through stacks of old magazines, drink wine and making art.</p>http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/27378531647http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/27378531647Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400starcollage<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7a9szHAlk1r9f9w5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>150 - GORP</strong></p> <p>A late night snack, after a run. Nothing like it!</p>http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/27378174651http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/27378174651Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400starGORPraisinspeanuts<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7a9q0BaJJ1r9f9w5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>149 - 700x35c Tube</strong></p> <p>My wife picked up a flat on her bike and while I had the tube out to patch it, I took time for a star pic.</p>http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/27378046308http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/27378046308Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400starbike tiretube<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7a9mgq4Sj1r9f9w5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>148 - Giant Building Blocks</strong></p> <p>My youngest had a blast in the “little kids” play area at COSI. They had huge piles of these building blocks. She mostly enjoyed racing around knocking over any stacks, but I saw a star opportunity.</p>http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/27377893237http://bgivens.tumblr.com/post/27377893237Sat, 07 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400starblocksCOSI