117 – Round Party Mandala

Now here’s a woman after my own heart. To celebrate her son’s 1st birthday (and because he’s round…her words), Leah decided to throw a “round” party, where everything about the party promoted the theme of round: including food, games, party favors, and decorations.

116 – Swing Mandala

Now here’s an interesting example of re-purposing something old (unused nuclear cooling tower) into something new (190′ amusement park vertical … More

115 – Hoot Mandala

National Geographic Your Shot member Karthik Vilwanathan waited 20 minutes to capture this great photo of an owl popping its head out of the … More

114 – Sea Glass Mandala

When I first spotted Jonathan Fuller’s art, I thought he used paper to create it. Upon closer inspection I realized that he uses sea glass he collects along the coastline of Cornwall in the UK where he lives.

Facial Mandala - Photograph by Mohd Irman Ismail,

113 – Sadhu Mandala

What a compelling photograph by Mohd Irman Ismail as part of National Geographic’s Photo of the Day. When I spotted it earlier this week I just knew I wanted to showcase it on MotD.

112 – Palmanova Mandala

And now for something completely different I give you a design map of Palmanova, Italy founded and built in the late 1500’s. From what I gather, they designed the city as a fortress with the intention of it being a Utopia.

111 – Thread Mandala

I found this cute wreath project on the Fabric Textile Warehouse web site. What a fun way to make use of old, neglected spools of thread…come on, you know you have a shoe box full of varying lengths of thread laying around the house somewhere.