Yarnbombing: Guerrilla Knitters in Vancouver!

From the Vancouver Sun:

Vancouver’s urban landscape has become the target of a worldwide craze that is taking knitting and crocheting out of granny’s kitchen and onto the street in the stitching version of graffiti.

From doorknob cosies to knitted tree wraps, the yarn graffiti is showing up in all sorts of public spaces — and in a soon-to-be-released book by Vancouver yarn bombers Leanne Prain and Mandy Moore.

While the term might carry some negative connotations and ‘guerrilla knitters’ may sound like a contradiction in terms, these stitch wizards mostly aim to bring smiles to the faces of passersby or to offer a gentle social or political statement.

What a beautiful and crafty way to make our streets a little prettier! I know I always smile when I see "found art" on the streets. Check out the Yarnbombing blog for more info.

10 Year Old Graffiti Girl in London

Don't you love it when young girls defy gender stereotypes and do amazing and awesome things? I just discovered a 10-year old girl in London, England whose colourful and kick-ass graffiti is gaining some serious respect.

The girl's name is Solveig and she frequently incorporates the first three letters of her name into her designs. All her works are signed and indicate her age at time of completion.

Apart from her talent for painting, Solveig is like any other schoolgirl and lists her interests as playing with Barbies and collecting Doctor Who cards. She has even tattooed someone (see links below for pics!)

Check out her story in the UK's Telegraph (including a photo gallery with 12 pieces of her work).
You can also see Solveig's Flickr Page to view more of her work.

How To Be Perfect: Photoshop Graffiti In Berlin

A recurrent topic of discussion amongst the Yeah What She Said ladies, and hopefully a big subject with all of you, is the issue of beauty advertising.

Some cheeky ad busting in response to the bombardment of misleading beauty advertisements has surfaced throughout the city of Berlin.These eye-opening posters are appearing courtesy of FTW-Crew, a small collective of street artist who aim to shed a bold light on just a few of society's most superficially imposed values (i.e. perfect hair, lips, skin, buttocks, etc.).

You can read a recent post from Bust Magazine detailing their latest "installment" of sorts, PhotoShop Graffiti right here.