We are surrounded with the practical necessities of what we need to survive and enrich our lives. I really feel we should try to include beauty in the mix! I decided to create a blog featuring a variety of practical yet beautiful and joyful articles to live with. Many of them can be customized with your personal names and sayings.

Using my original photographs and designs I have created so many products for my online stores, Bebop's Place and Bebop's Weddings, and want to share them here. I am also constantly amazed at the fantastic products available from the rest of the Zazzle community and plan to showcase some of them as well. I am hoping viewers, in discovering this blog, will enjoy and possibly purchase some of these lovely items.

Monday, March 31, 2014

Helix Nebula, Galaxies and Stars Samsung Galaxy S3 Cases

A gorgeous outer space lamp design from HightonRidley showing our universe in all its beauty. How would it look with your initials? Click to personalize and find out...


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Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series A fantastic colour-composite image of the Helix Nebula (NGC 7293). It was created from images obtained using the Wide Field Imager (WFI), an astronomical camera attached to the 2.2-metre Max-Planck Society/ESO telescope at the La Silla observatory in Chile.

The blue-green glow in the centre of the Helix comes from oxygen atoms shining under effects of the intense ultraviolet radiation of the 120 000 degree Celsius central star and the hot gas.

Further out from the star and beyond the ring of knots, the red colour from hydrogen and nitrogen is more prominent. A careful look at the central part of this object reveals not only the knots, but also many remote galaxies seen right through the thinly spread glowing gas.
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Zazzle Minx Nails from ValeriesGallery: Pink Starburst

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A pretty design of pink and white starburst against a black background

Pink Starburst

Pink Starburst

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Zazzle Clipboard from marcia s.: Clipboard, Black and Red Stripe, Base...

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Clipboard, Black and Red Stripe, Baseball Coach - This clipboard is a unique and fun thank you gift for the baseball team coach! The black and red stripe pattern with white lettering is very bright and eye catching. It is decorated with baseballs. Your coach will love it! Sample text has room for 3 lines, which can easily be modified or deleted. All Rights Reserved © 2014 Alan & Marcia Socolik.

Clipboard, Black and Red Stripe, Baseball Coach

Clipboard, Black and Red Stripe, Baseball Coach

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Zazzle Postcard from AngelArts: Postcard of Covadonga (Asturias)

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Postcard of Covadonga (Asturias)

Postcard of Covadonga (Asturias)

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Zazzle Poster from Portraits Naturally: Stiltwalking Galah

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This wildlife poster features a cute pink and gray galah (roseate cockatoo) grasping a couple of sticks as if walking on stilts in front of a misty green background.

Stiltwalking Galah

Stiltwalking Galah

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