Metal objects that have been sitting outside for a while tend to get pitted, rusty and full of holes, and soon becomes a useless artifact.

Artist Severija Inčirauskaitė-Kriaunevičienė has figured out a very interesting way to give new life to these otherwise useless metal objects- she embroiders delicate flower designs into them, bringing the soft arts and hard metal together in a delightfully colorful manner.

The Lithuanian artist was inspired to create these unconventionally traditional embroidered works by her country's rich craft history, using traditional floral motifs on mostly weathered metal objects and rendering these objects useless for anything but artistic enjoyment.

-Via Beautiful/Decay

Chihuahuas may seem like a relatively harmless breed of ankle biter, but ask the residents of Maryvale, Arizona what happens when a bunch of yappy little Chihuahuas team up and they'll tell you it's a doggone nightmare.

Maryvale has totally gone to the dogs, with packs of 10-15 wild dogs led by the pint sized masterminds running rampant in the city streets, chasing kids and causing Animal Control to receive more than 6,000 calls a year, but Animal Control says they lack the manpower to patrol the streets and residents now feel like the canine gangs have won.

Looks like a good time to get the Taco Bell Chihuahua out of retirement, maybe he can bring these ruffian bands under control with the rousing battle cry "Yo quiero Taco Bell!"

-Via Gawker

The Codex Seraphinianus is a surreal illustrated tome which has been shrouded in mystery since its first publication in 1981.

Written by Luigi Serafini, the Codex is full of finely illustrated and totally bizarre scenes showing skeletons getting fitted for new skin, a mother and child wearing strange fish costumes, a horse-insect hybrid, fantastic machines, scenes of people using psychic powers, and much more.

Luigi even made up his own language to accompany these illustrations, and the language has yet to be fully understood. The author claims that the script has absolutely no meaning despite code breaker and linguist James M. Duyer's assertion that he has almost completely decyphered the strange language/code.

To add even more WTF factor to the Codex Seraphinianus story- Luigi claims to have been told what to draw and write by a psychic cat that accompanied him as he put the book together in Rome during the 1970s.

You can read more about the Codex Seraphinianus at Dangerous Minds.

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To get a resident to pay attention to your direct mail you use bright colors, bold logos and slick, tactile cardstock, and even then most pieces are bound to get thrown away without much more than a glance.

But if you want a cat to pay attention to your mail simply apply catnip and watch the feline recipients go wild.

The Bulk Cat Litter Warehouse in Ontario came up with the idea to add catnip concentrate to the paper used to print their ads, and their plan worked almost too well, as the frisky kittys got their paws on the mailers and went crazy.

-Via 22 Words

The LEGOgrapher sees the world from a uniquely tiny perspective, but seeing him unafraid to explore, to climb for the best shot, feels remarkably humanistic for a little plastic person.

LEGOgrapher is the brainchild of photographer Andrew Whyte, and he captures these fun and interesting shots with his smartphone as he travels around the UK and the world with the little LEGOgrapher in his pocket, shooting a pic a day for 365 days.

The shallow depth of field makes the viewer feel properly detached from the massive human world, and there are some nice textures and colors present that give the pics a vibrant liveliness.

-Via Bored Panda

SPAM is a lovely bit of meat product in a can that is detested by some and beloved by Hawaiians, and those who know a great tasting cube shaped meat product when they see one, although there’s no accounting for taste in this age of quinoa fetishists who love slathering vegan butter on their gluten free toast.

Those that know the simple pleasure of SPAM know that meals which incorporate SPAM into the mix can come out looking downright sexy to those who love a slice with their eggs, or on a Hawaiian roll.

Check out this list of 21 Sexy Ways to Eat Spam and see if these recipes don’t get your mouth watering and your heart racing. Lovely SPAM, wonderful SPAM!

It’s the job of the make-up artist to turn ordinary people into extraordinary creations that both bring the artist's vision to life and please the directors behind the scenes.

But making soft skin look like it’s made out of wood is quite a challenge, and if the facial appliance is too bulky or rubbery, and/or the paintjob isn’t really selling the feel of natural wood, you’ve got a mighty obvious rubber mask thing going on and the director probably won’t be happy.

This wooden doll makeup, which was put together by make-up artist Stephanie Hernandez using prosthetics and makeup from The Scream Team, has definitely achieved a realistically wooden effect which makes her friend Laura Jones look like both a knotty girl and a total stiff!

-Via Nerd Approved

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Elsa is pretty down to earth as far as Disney royalty goes- she’s quite adaptable, brave and doesn’t need a man to make her life whole, so when she hands out advice the Disney princesses in attendance had better sit up and take notice.

This well made musical short features some strong singing skills in the style of Disney, an incredibly animated cast and karaoke style captioning so you can sing along.

It was created by AVbyte, makers of other fine pop culture themed musical shorts such as Super Mario World 3D The Musical and the totally timely Hipster Disney Princess The Musical.

-Via Geeks Of Doom

If you believe everything a pencil with a slogan tells you then you are totally rad, too cute to be true, looking sharp and drugs are only to be done after the pencil is sharpened to half its original size.

This anti-drug propaganda pencil was released in the late 90s with the unfortunate slogan “Too Cool To Do Drugs” down the side, and if they’d only thought to print the slogan the other way round it wouldn’t have turned into “Cool To Do Drugs” then simply “Do Drugs” and the final reminder "Drugs" as the pencil was sharpened down to a nub.

Maybe the manufacturer wasn't keeping it "too cool" when they came up with the slogan?

-Via Dangerous Minds

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Old(er) folks say the darndest things, and when they’re presented with the latest trend in annoying difficult video games they don’t have a problem pushing some buttons and expressing what a hard time they have playing video games, or understanding how such a simple game could have become so trendy.

The Flappy Bird's day in the sun may be drawing to a close, but now a bunch of old(er) folks have been turned on to the nearly impossible to beat Nintendo ripoff, and some of them seem like they might actually play the game again when the cameras are off. Most, however, had their fill in about five minutes!

-Via Laughing Squid

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Ever since 9-11 the laws governing once innocuous activities, like photography and forms of communication, have become massive gray areas. Some people and places don’t have a problem with photographers, others treat you like a suspected terrorist the minute you whip out a camera or smartphone to snap a pic, and the rules seem to be constantly changing as lawmakers see fit.

So where does a photographer in America stand in terms of the First Amendment?

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and the Gregory Brothers, in collaboration with the ACLU, put out a very colorful, simplified explanation of your rights called They Can't Turn The Lights Off Now a couple of years ago, but for a more up to date, informative and straightforward explanation watch this video by National Press Photographers Association general counsel Mickey Osterreicher and know your rights!

-Via PDN Pulse

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Yarn bombing is the only street art that makes the city warmer, and it’s approved by ninety nine percent of the grandmothers who know what you’re talking about when you say yarn bombing.

In fact, the only people who could possibly be offended by yarn bombing would be those who find the art of knitting and crocheting to be abhorrent, namely those snarling, leather clad sour pusses the Anti-Knitites.

Crochet artist London Kaye is firmly pro-yarn, and this Valentine's Day she decided to spread some cheer on the L Train in New York City with some of her crocheted hearts and a smile. To quote one rider/observer- "That's what's up!"

-Via AnimalNY

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From the sound of the title you may be expecting to see something perverted, or in the process of dying, in this video. Instead what you will find is a low tech version of the already low tech game that caused a stir on the interwebs before (most likely anyway) Nintendo put enough pressure on the game maker that he finally pulled it from distribution.

Flappy Bird in a box is a side scrolling paper version created by Fawn Qiu, a geek and founder of MakeAnything who strives to "promote creativity and engineering concepts through hands-on kits". Fawn's box hack version is just as hard as the original, but with much more DIY charm.

-Via Nerd Approved

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When you’ve been plugged into your gaming console for far too many hours, playing your way through games starring Super Bros. et alia, things can begin to look a bit strange back in Realityville.

Your neighbors start looking like boss monsters, ambient noises outside your home sound like video game sound effects, and the stars of your favorite TV shows are replaced by moustachioed plumbers Mario and Luigi like they are in this EsquirebobAnimations mashup Mario.

Watching a show about nothing turned out to be pretty-pretty-pretty good, but selling a video game about nothing would take a special kind of genius, perhaps the folks at Kramerica Industries could give it a shot?

-Via Kotaku

Playgrounds are supposed to be fun, not just because of the equipment contained within but also in the overall layout and design of the lot, and even though most kids probably won’t appreciate the whimsical visual elements as they play their little hearts out, their parents will. As a beautiful building is a point of pride for an architect, so too is a delightful looking playground the bees knees to its designer, and when a playground is both good looking and fun to play in everybody wins!

Here's a list of ten fantastic looking playgrounds, recreational wonderlands for kids that adults would probably be just as happy to visit.