It’s a great time of the year for craft activities. I only wish I was a wee bit closer to Toronto. Apparently the folks at The Felting Studio of the Phoenix Arts Group in Toronto offer a Felted Gnome Workshop.
via the wee folks at Toronto Craft Alert
Homeowners from Cuneo to Trieste are concerned for the well being of their beloved garden friends. A group of young entrepreneurs has come up with an interesting solution to stop this new form of cultural terrorism.
I’m not sure which side to be on … I certainly do not support gnome servitude, but on the other hand, many gnomes are content working in urban or residential gardens. I am very lucky to roam the hills of Ireland and my host family allows me to travel freely abroad or on trips with them when it is convenient.
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The Smurfs are back for a 50th anniversary movie. I still debate whether these guys are true gnomes, though they did bring smurfish happiness to millions. I must admit even I found Smurfette a wee bit cute.
“There have been dramatic changes in socio-cultural values in the past 20 to 25 years,” Hendrik Coysman, head of Smurf rights holder IMPS told a news conference on Monday. “One of these is girl empowerment.”
“So, there will be a greater female presence in the Smurf village and this will, of course, be a basis for new stories and this will probably turn upside down certain traditional situations within the village.”
Apparently some humans find gnomes displeasing. Some even feel that gnomes decrease the value of your property. I beg to differ. Did you know that renowned designer Philippe Stark designed a line of gnome tables, which are part of the permanent collection at the Pompidou Centre in Paris? Take that.
I suggest you keep these gnomes inside at $300/each.
You should always allow your guests to salt to taste.
Imagine our elation when we discovered this pair of Salt and Pepper Kuchengnomen by the Brooklyn design collective CAKE Decor, who took ordinary kitschy and heightened it to these forward-thinking design pieces. Beyond their obvious everyday functionality, this husband and wife gnome set also make great décor addition to your home. The Kuchengnomen will spread their magical cheer wherever they may lay.
From the wee folks at delight.com.
Garden gnomes are all about safety and though we rarely come across vehicles in the woods and gardens, apparently some of us have been put into service to help alert motorists to speed traps. I would rather support safety than try to foil the Garda, but there you are …
South African police officials are up in arms about a website that ridicules the secretive use of speed cameras throughout the country. The site, speedtraps.co.za, offers a forum for users to discuss speed trap locations in each region of the country, similar to the National Motorists Association’s Speed Trap Exchange in the US. Speedtrap.co.za’s gallery also offers photographs of camouflaged speed cameras, shirtless speed trap operators and — most offensively for the police — a garden gnome placed atop a speed camera in Pietermaritzburg, a town in KwaZulu-Natal.
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Jerome. What an impressive traveler. I do admit to having a faint pang of jealousy. Antarctica. I’m not a huge fan of the cold and would particularly loathe a bit of frostbite on my nose. However, it would certainly be quite an achievement if Jerome was the first gnome to set foot on the South Pole.
It would be wise to take some gnome-sized longies, or even better, some llamajamas.
All picture credits to kellypuffs.
Thankfully we don’t get these type of snowfalls in Ireland, but poor Norman appears to have been caught in a gnome-sized drift. I assume he was rescued in time before suffering a nightmare fate. Poor lad.
Garden gnomes continue to disappear all over the world. And often there are sad stories like the Mothersell twins, where only one of the two brothers was taken. Not a small task considering these bruisers weigh 120 lbs. each. One brother has been put in shed isolation for his own safety.
I always shiver reading articles like this.
Gnomes are peaceful creatures, yet there continues to be the unfortunate occasions where human folk use gnomes in the worst of ways.
I’m not suggesting any type of retribution, but I hope Mr. Morrison isn’t expecting much from his garden this year.