{"id":474,"date":"2006-09-15T17:52:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-15T17:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/?p=474"},"modified":"2006-09-15T17:52:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-15T17:52:00","slug":"creative-inspiration-in-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/2006\/09\/creative-inspiration-in-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Inspiration in Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following pictures are photos of the inspiration items I brought back from our recent vacation to Las Vegas. At every turn, there were colours, textures, and designs to inspire the creative spirit. Yes, there is more to Las Vegas than gambling!<\/p>\n<p>The 2,000 hand-blown glass flowers on the ceiling of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bellagio.com\/pages\/frameset_flash.asp\">Bellagio Hotel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/1365\/2049\/640\/DSCN4381.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/1365\/2049\/320\/DSCN4381.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/1365\/2049\/320\/DSCN4382corrected.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/1365\/2049\/320\/DSCN4383.jpg\" border=\"0\"><br \/>The floor tiles of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.venetian.com\/attractions\/tours.cfm\">Venetian<\/a> reminded me of a Tumbling Blocks quilt.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/1365\/2049\/640\/DSCN4403.jpg\"><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/1365\/2049\/640\/DSCN4491.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/1365\/2049\/320\/DSCN4491.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Art on the ceilings of the Venetian.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/1365\/2049\/320\/DSCN4495corrected.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>A larger than life vase of flowers in the lobby of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldennugget.com\/\">Golden Nugget<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/1365\/2049\/640\/DSCN4522.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/1365\/2049\/320\/DSCN4522.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>An intricate design in the carpet of the MGM Grand. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/1365\/2049\/640\/DSCN4557.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/1365\/2049\/320\/DSCN4557.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/1365\/2049\/640\/DSCN4575.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the mascots from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mgmgrand.com\/dining\/rainforest-cafe.aspx\">Rainforest Cafe<\/a> inside the MGM Grand.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/1365\/2049\/320\/DSCN4575corrected.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p>A glass sculpture suspended from the parking area in front of the Mirage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/1365\/2049\/640\/DSCN4513.0.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/1365\/2049\/320\/DSCN4513.1.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Orchids on the walkway at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirage.com\/attractions\/attractions_rainforest.aspx\">Mirage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/1365\/2049\/640\/DSCN4505.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/1365\/2049\/320\/DSCN4505.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/picasa.google.com\/blogger\/\" target=\"ext\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following pictures are photos of the inspiration items I brought back from our recent vacation to Las Vegas. At every turn, there were colours, textures, and designs to inspire the creative spirit. Yes, there is more to Las Vegas &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/2006\/09\/creative-inspiration-in-vegas\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}