Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: August 2010

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Desktop wallpapers can serve as an excellent source of inspiration. However, if you use some specific wallpaper for a long period of time, it becomes harder to draw inspiration out of it. That’s why we have decided to supply you with smashing wallpapers over 12 months. And to make them a little bit more distinctive from the usual crowd, we’ve decided to embed calendars for the upcoming month. So if you need to look up some date, isn’t it better to show off a nice wallpaper with a nice calendar instead of launching some default time application?

This post features 50 free desktop wallpapers, created by designers across the globe. Both versions with a calendar and without a calendar can be downloaded for free.

Please notice:

  • all images can be clicked and lead to the preview of the wallpaper;
  • you can feature your work in our magazine by taking part in our desktop wallpaper calendar series. We are regularly looking for creative designers and artists to be featured on Smashing Magazine. Are you one of them?

So what wallpapers have we received for August 2010?

Superstar

“Has “the man” got you down? Feel like nobody sees what a superstar you are? Well keep on shining all day long with this retro-tastic wallpaper!” Designed by Brennan Gilbert from USA.

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Viktoria

“A little wallpaper for all the Germany supporters during the World Cup.” Designed by Ricky Linn from USA.

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Aves Lacuna

Designed by Kyle Wheaton from Buffalo, NY, USA.

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Symbian World

“Scene from Symbian World.” Designed by Anna Alfut from UK.

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Piranha fishing

“Gone fishing in my little row boat.” Designed by Natalia Shishina from Russia.

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Simple Beauty

Designed by Dovydas Vystartas from Lithuania.

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Photography

“Hello from Singapore! This photograph was taken when I was walking along The Orchard Street, where you can find lots and lots of luxury goods. Hope you guys like this colorful wallpaper – Enjoy!” Designed by Juanita Ooi from London, UK (Originally Malaysia).

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Strawberry

“I love this work!” Designed by Agnieszka Pluskota from Poland.

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August Sentense

“Just motivating sentence for August :)” Designed by Temeshi from Poland.

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A Square Meal

“It’s August and we love picnics — it’s a great way to get your friends together and enjoy the weather! Being an integrated marketing agency, we know that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts… in marketing AND in sandwiches! These orange creatures are here to remind you to never forget the finishing touches and that no sandwich is too big-you can always use a ladder!” Designed by thunder::tech from USA.

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Girls Just Want To Have Fun

“Inspired by Cindy Lauper’s famous song.” Designed by Irene from Spain.

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Summers Freedom

“A photograph to express sheer freedom a lot of people experience at the height of summer — “Summers Freedom” — in this case, the two enjoying a summers evening are Sasha Bell and Rosanna Bell” Designed by Olivia Bell from England, UK.

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Photography

“This photograph was taken in the beginning of 2010, when I was enjoying my winter holiday in London. I believe all of you knew that the winter temperature dropped a lot this year — freezing and raining all day long! I was lucky enough to sense a short few hours of sunny day in the winter.” Designed by Juanita Ooi from London, UK (Originally Malaysia).

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The Salt March

“August 15th is India’s Independence Day. Depicted here is the Salt March of 1930 which triggered the Freedom Movement in India. The Salt Satyagraha campaign was based upon Gandhi’s principles of nonviolent protest called satyagraha, which he loosely translated as “truth-force.” Jai Hind!” Designed by Pixel Pundits from India.

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México 1963

“Harmonious life in México City in the 60′s.” Designed by Aki from México.

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Hot Balloons

“August is one of the hottest months of the year. August is melting.” Designed by Kari Andresen from USA.

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I Hate Mondays

“Mondays are a freelancer’s nightmare. I’ve always wanted to cry out in all despair “I Hate Mondays!” Anger! Despair! Rivers of fire! Damnation! Let them all out for all the world to hear and see!” Designed by Bogdan Lazar from Romania.

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Come Sail Away

“Fillmore-style illustration featuring the lyrics to Styx’s song “Come Sail Away”" Designed by Allison Doty from USA.

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Love knows no bounds

“The message of this wallpaper is Love knows no bounds. Race, age, sex, (level in the food chain :)) it all doesn’t matter as long as you love each other. My boyfriend is 16 years older then me and some people just think we’re not supposed to be together because of the age difference. Next week we’ll have our 9 year anniversary… So for the cat and the mouse: as long as the heart is bigger then the hunger, they’ll be fine. ” Designed by Nicole Bauer from Germany.

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SinGiNg SuNFloWeR

Designed by Pietje Precies from The Netherlands.

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Cherry

“I love this work!” Designed by Agnieszka Pluskota from Poland.

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Cows

“Hopefully this August you’ll have some time to take a drive/bike ride through the countryside. If not, here’s a typical highway view from my part of the world. Maybe it will inspire you to get outside and enjoy the August weather, or at least do some cow tipping.” Designed by Dan Sweet from USA.

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Chocolate Dream

Designed by Sasha Bell from England, UK.

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Summer Cat

Designed by Marina Nozyer from Russia.

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Happy Independence Day

“15th August is the only important day in August for us to celebrate (Indians), so I decided to create a desktop wallpaper on the same theme. I hope you all will enjoy it. “HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY” 2 all the Indians.” Designed by Meghna Sharma from India.

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Focus Footprints

“Maybe some abstract sort of meadows? Maybe some abstract sort of meadows?” Designed by Philipp Lehmann from Switzerland.

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Glowing Dark August

Designed by Vincius Ervilha from Brazil.

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Climate Change

Adopted from Marek Denko’s work by Luciana Passaro from Italy.

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Sleep. Surf.

“Peak of the summer gives you endless opportunities do sleep late, miss all the cooked meals featuring healthy vegetables, go offline and just hit the water. Peak of the summer is the reason of calendar absence. Ignore the clock and be good at it. Longboard models courtesy of Nunosk8.” Designed by Antonio Hadrovic from Croatia.

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Nature’s Dream

“Nature’s Dream wallpapers created with Scribbler Tool and Photoshop.” Designed by Silvia Bukovac Gasevic.

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Leaves in The Rain

“A fresh green leave to keep you going without getting unorganized! Good morning.” Designed by Melle Wynia from The Netherlands.

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One Mad Cookie

“August has always seemed like a month of strange & creative thoughts for me, so whenI recently read that August 4th was National Chocolate Chip day I couldn’t help my mindfrom pandering thoughts of cookies with personalities. I thought if I was a cookie Iwould probably be pretty upset if someone took a big bite out of me, so I decided toexpress this in my design.” Designed by Jennie Waterous from USA.

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Splash

Designed by Emily Shirley from USA.

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Watch out for sharks

“Inspired while playing with Photoshop vectors, for all of you who like minimalism and blue. Oh, and don’t get eaten by a shark while you are enjoying your vacation.” Designed by Lucijan Blagoni from Croatia.

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Into the Hole

Designed by Manish Jinwal from India.

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Color Emotions

Designed by Gints Stikans from Latvia.

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Do we need to say more?

“August, as the summer is at its high most in the northern hemisphere, most people go out for vacation (at least in the US). So, do we need to say more?” Designed by Phidev Inc. from USA.

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Geometric Summer

“This is how I see my summer. Simple, geometrical, layered, yet full of color: beach = sand + sea + sun. Cheers from Spain and have a great summer ;-)” Designed by Antonio Bustamante Mirayo from Spain.

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Freedom

“August 15th marks a wonderful day in the history. India, the largest democratic country in the world got freedom from British invasion. It was 1947 when our great freedom fighters got us the ever lasting success and made our lives flourish forever. Since that day, August 15th of every year is celebrated as Independence Day in India.” Designed by Neelam Asrani from India.

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This too shall pass (Persian Calligraphy)

“”In niz bogzarad” means This too shall pass , life is like that…” Designed by Soodabeh Amirakbari from Iran.

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Smashing Team

“A simple tribute to Smashing Magazine’s team.” Designed by Kalyne Nobrega from Brasil.

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The King Of Pop

“Michael Jackson inspired a lot of people, especially all of us here at Bright Oak? Creative Studio. His birthday falls on the 29th and so we dedicate this Smashing Magazine wallpaper to him and all of his fans around the world. Happy Birthday Michael!” Designed by Bright Oak from USA & Switzerland.

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Independence Day

“15th august is the independence day of India so I am showing few heroes who sacrificed their lives for their motherland. There are endless number of men and women other than I have shown in the wallpaper. The wallpaper I have designed is a Tribute to all our freedom fighters.” Designed by Aditya L from India.

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Over the Bridge

“Sometimes we are so close to fulfill our dreams that it only takesa few more steps to finally reach them.” Designed by Jany from Italy.

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Sunscreen Novice

“Avoid black in summer.”Avoid black in summer.”" Designed by Kate Jones from UK.

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Freedom

“Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves.” Designed by Pooja Taneja from India.

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The Traveller

Designed by Surreal Illusions from England, UK.

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Watching Universe Twirl

Designed by Andrei Verner from Russia.

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Sand Between My Toes

“It’s still pretty hot in the UK, but after reading comments in July’s wallpaper feature, I picked up that in Australia, it’s “winter” – so I thought why not try to do a beach shot which can be interrupted and doesn’t scream “summer”! I hope you like this simple beach shot – hopefully a nice change! Ps. the legs in this shot belong to Rosanna Bell ;) Happy August!” Designed by Olivia Bell from England, UK.

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Join in next month!

Please notice that we respect the ideas and motivation behind artists’ work which is why we’ve given artists full freedom to explore their creativity and express emotions and experience through their works. And this is also why the themes of the wallpapers weren’t anyhow influenced by us, but designed from scratch by the artists themselves.

Thanks to all designers for participation. Join in next month!

What’s your favorite?

What’s your favourite theme or wallpaper for this month? Please let us know in the comments! And have a smashing August, folks!

The Smashing Editorial loves high-quality content and cares about little details. We also believe that content and design are crafts worth sharpening.

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    i like the design concept, but i still wonder how can a sea bird be kept in a bird cage, it would have been good and complete it was a pet bird.

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  2. 102

    Strawberry, Singing sunflower and Over the bridge, in that order :)

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    Prasanna Jathan

    August 3rd, 2010 4:00 am

    My personal favorites are, Independence day wallpapers. Thanks to Pixel Pundits, Meghna, Neelam Asrani, Aditya and Pooja from bottom of my heart.

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  4. 104

    “Hot Balloons” caught my attention. Very sunny and creative!

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  5. 105

    summer cat is just dreamy ♥

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  6. 106

    Many great choices as usual. Why do the non-linear calendars start the week with Monday and put Sunday last?

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    • 107

      Most European calendars start the week on a Monday because it is the start of the workweek. Sundays are usually part of the weekEND. The International Standards Organization (ISO) calendars start their weeks on Mondays.

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  7. 108

    Thanks – cows on paper made my day!

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  8. 109

    I LOVE the styx one! great design and great song! i love retro feel of the font

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  9. 110

    Very good calendars for independence day thanks

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  10. 111

    No more interesting wallpaper this month….

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  11. 112

    Some wallpapers are very good, some wallpapers are just good

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  12. 113

    So true! This month they are really great! Looking forward for the next set!

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  13. 114

    The collection this month is really good.
    It looks like the main theme this month is the Independence day, all the designs are fairly different for this topic but I liked Aditya L’s design most because it doesn’t use the common colours you would associate with India, instead the colours are more earthy and represent the topic of sacrifice and struggle best.
    My favourite wallpaper on the whole list is ‘Come Sail Away by Allison Doty. The vectored image and bright colours represent summer really well. Looking at her website she looks like a very talented designer.

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    • 115

      Thank you so much Vikesh and Nikki! I am glad there are some other hippie kindrid-spirits out there! And thank you so much for your kind words about my website Vikesh :)

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  14. 116

    My favourite is Sasha Bell’s “Beach Time”. The colours of the sun and the sky remind me of those glazed biscuits I used to eat as a kid. Very nice.

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  15. 118

    calendars are very good tq so much

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  16. 119

    Very nice collection as always.

    Thanks to smashing magazine and all the designers.

    Special thanks to all the Indian designers who made the stunning wallpapers for the independence day.

    Salute ! Jay Hind!

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  17. 120

    Where’s the QC for these things? Looks like people just shit them out so they could say they had their desktop posted on SM.

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  18. 121

    “Love is in the Air” is one of my favs this month. What font is that?

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    Bradley Herman

    August 4th, 2010 2:18 pm

    Can’t help but reiterate, great collection as always! Everyone in our office has a calendar background from Smashing Magazine each month. We love them!

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    Excellent, especially happy to see lot of Indian Independence day… wallpapers……keep going..

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  22. 125

    I cant find the options to download the free wallpapers since last month. I need help, where do I go to?

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  23. 126

    These are superb..some great kitschy ideas here. Thanks for compiling this!

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  24. 127

    Did anyone else notice the people cutouts left behind on Over The Bridge? People are playing in the water on both sides of the bridge.

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      Bright Oak™

      August 7th, 2010 9:00 am

      Just saw those. Pretty funny.

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    • 129

      When I first saw this picture I really fell in love with it. I’ve had this as my desktop for most of the month now but wish I hadn’t noticed the ghost images in the background. They’re very distracting and blemish what is otherwise an excellent photo. It also leads you to wonder — what were they doing there in the first place? They almost have the appearance of something that’s been cropped out.

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  25. 130

    Nice one, ones again. But is there any change for a windows7 theme like there used to be?

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  26. 131

    I am not impressed with the use of the Bleeding Cowboys typeface in Emily Shirley’s piece- a good overall design (the composition is very nice) but that font is very, well, amateur.

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  27. 132

    I downloaded Sand between my toes, Into the hole and girls just wanna have fun.

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  28. 133

    Amazing Collection
    Loved the Salt March and the climate change

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  29. 134

    The wallpapers are absolutely wonderful. But its so strange to see that there isn’t a single one with 1376×768 resolution? Its the most popular size used in almost all the laptops available today in the market.

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    Stephen Vrany

    August 7th, 2010 1:52 pm

    That’s A.W.E.S.O.M.E – thank you guys!

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  31. 136

    Beautiful stuff! :) Already using Nature’s Dream! :)

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  32. 137

    Wonderful August collection! My favourites are Summers Freedom, SinGiNg SuNFloWeR, and Summer Cat. In the end, I picked Olivia Bell’s Summers Freedom because it evoked childhood memories of carefree, summer days when the world is a child’s toy and the most wonderful summer companion is your best friend. Fabulous work, Olivia!

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  33. 138

    Classical Good

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  34. 139

    Mmmmm…. Chocolate!

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  35. 140

    Olivia Bell, you are the best:)

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    Summers Freedom Is Astonishing ! Excellent Bell Sisters !

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  38. 143

    very impressive!

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  39. 144

    Singing Sunflower I love sunflowers, the theme is very august appropriate! :)

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  40. 145

    Leaves in The Rain and Symbian World are my top faves this month.

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  41. 146

    Es una excelente idea para poder disfrutar del arte del mundo entero al alcance del … mouse!!! Felicitaciones. Mi favorito es Holanda.

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  42. 147

    thank you.

    대한민국 화이팅.

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  43. 148

    I love these threads, very nice wallpapers each month! :D

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  46. 151

    i just love ‘Leaves in the Rain’. it’s simple but no tedious. i love those natural things. thanks for giving out so many wonderful designs!

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  47. 152

    i want to know how can i download the whole wallpaper every month.

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  48. 153

    awesome!

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  49. 154

    Why no 2560×1440 resolution? It’s so hard to find nice wallpapers for my 27″ iMac.

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  50. 155

    This blog is amazing! Congrats!!!!

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  51. 157

    Simple Beauty is lovely – can the designer correct the calendar?

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  52. 158

    i love summers FREEDOM

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  53. 159

    In the calendar “Girls just want to have fun” pls chek Wednesday’s spelling.

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  54. 160

    ^_^ nice!

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  55. 161

    The best one it’s from Brazil, of coarse… =D
    “Glowing Dark August”… very sexy…

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  56. 162

    Thanks for all but i dont know the first one like that ;
    efilmseyret com i see it here

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  57. 163

    Love the “I Hate Mondays” wallpaper. It’s true and relates to how Mondays are the worst day in the week x)

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  58. 164

    hi aditya i would like to use your visual on indian freedom fighters for an ad for a food festival. Pls let me know if ud permit. call me on 8290847671

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    My too : )

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    Yeah I really hate Mondays :P

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