Gishwhes item #110

VIDEO (20 seconds). The NSA is watching us. They’re reading our texts and emails and listening to our phone calls. The post office is just another branch of the government, so we can’t trust them either. There is really only one truly secure way to send messages these days... carrier pigeon. Using a carrier pigeon, send a GISHWHES shopping list with your team name on it from one location to another. We must see the pigeon arriving at its destination with the shopping list and see the list unfurled.114 POINTS

This one was surprisingly easy. This fellow breeds different types of doves and finches that we buy for our pet store, so I asked him if he knew anyone who had carrier pigeons. Well, HE had them! They're not carriers, per se, but homing pigeons. He was training them for releasing at his daughter's wedding. I met him early Monday morning and did this! There's actually quite a bit of footage, but the limit was 20 seconds.
Check out the shopping list! ;)
My only complaint is that they didn't edit in me releasing the bird in the first place, but there's only so much you can do in 20 seconds!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAkPzIeCHpg&feature=youtu.be

Gishwhes item #43

IMAGE. Let’s see a flattering mosaic of one of Misha’s crushes: Dilma Rousseff, Michelle Obama or Sarah Palin, on the window of an office-supply store. The mosaic is made from multi-colored Post-Its.38 POINTS

This one wasn't much different than some of the bead work I do, except it was in a hot window and I was pressed for time. Not to mention, that if I"d used full sized post it notes, the mosaic would have been 4x bigger! So I cut the ones I had into quarters (only the top two sections had sticky stuff though …) and did it that way. Even so, it was around 4 feet by 4 feet. Staples was really nice about letting me do it, and I now have enough left over post it notes that I should never have to buy any ever again.

I picked Michelle Obama, but it looks more like Mariah Carey to me!



They were a real PIA to remove as well!