The bright idea

This is a blog for novelty ideas and items, a blog for everything creative and out of the box, to celebrate surpassing limits. All ideas belong to their respective authors, and not me, unless stated otherwise.

[pmamtraveller]

Cat with a fish bowl Brooch - 1900s

[jeannepompadour]

Gold filigree necklace, Kozhikode, India, 1850

[depsidase]

[evermore-fashion]

Almée Couture "Sacred Cranes" Haute Couture Gown

[pnglove]

[a-state-of-bliss]

Elie Saab Haute Couture Spr/Sum 2025

[dozydawn]

[depsidase]

[breige]

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Brooch, late 1800s, United Kingdom.

[iloveyousincethefirstlook]

[etirabys]

can anyone find me that mesopotamian clay tablet telling you to marry a party girl because she'll bring you joy

[mentalwires]

It's from the "Maxims of Ptahhotep", purportedly written by a 96-year-old vizier to pass on his wisdom to his son:

If you marry a good-time girl

A joyful woman known to her town,

If she is wayward,

and revels in the moment,

do not reject her, but instead let her enjoy;

joyfulness is what marks calm water.

[etirabys]

yay ty. Between the above and the links in the mentions we have 3 translations total

[fatsexybitch]

Happy Wife Happy Life is 4.5k years old

[recherchestetique]

A 1930s necklace , like shirt collar, of round brilliant cut diamonds with a briolette drop shaped emerald weighting 65.33 carats by Boucheron.

[frostedmagnolias]

Pendant

19th century

Germany

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[memewhore]

[nateconnolly]

Lies I have told children ages 7-9

I am five billion years old

My name is Snuffalufagus Bartholomew Von Maximus the Third

I'm in Kindergarten because after college they make you start again all the way back in the beginning.

[nateconnolly]

#being a camp counselor this summer opened my eyes to a whole new world of lying to children it’s awesome

The first thing you learn as a new summer camp counselor is that most children sincerely enjoy hearing adults tell them obvious lies. I think it comes in part from the inversion of the normal child-adult dynamic: they get to be the ones who tells us "no," and they're positioned as a person with important knowledge. This is good practice. I think children need a safe environment in which they can internalize the fact that sometimes, adults tell them things that are not true. That is a safety skill. So, it's fun for them, it's good for them, and it's a bonding activity. Whenever kids were hurt on the playground, they made a BEELINE for me specifically (as opposed to the other counselors, even when they were much closer physically). I attribute that in part to the fact that I was very approachable because I was The Silly Adult Who Lets You Correct Him.

The second thing you learn as a new summer camp counselor is that supervising small children as they cross the street is more stressful than being hunted for sport.

[giantkillerjack]

Every one of my little cousins LOVED it when they would tell me how old they were, and I would say like, "8???? No way!!!! You're growing too fast! You can't be older than 5!!"

[Giggling] "Nuh-uh! I'm 8!!"

"Nope, never happened. You must be 3 at most! Little cousins aren't allowed to be as old as 8 - it's against the law!!"

They'd track me down at family gatherings with big smiles on their faces just to loudly assert their age in the hopes that I would argue with them, which I of course did. It was great because the really little kids seemed to like it as much as the kids approaching 10 years old!

[detournementsmineurs]

"Necklace" with a snake bitting its tail as a symbol or eternity and the turqoise as a symbol of friendship and love (circa 1865) and "Brooch with Convulvus" in turquoises (circa 1845-50) presented in “A History of Jewellery: Bedazzled (part 5: 19th Century)” by Beatriz Chadour-Sampson - International Jewellery Historian and Author - for the V&A Academy online, march 2024.