Hacking or Upcycling furniture has become the cool thing to do, no longer are you hoarding Grannies old things you are simply restoring them. Finding old pieces of furniture is a little harder than it used to be but when … Read More...
Clear Toy Storage Bags (with drawstring closure) | Make It and Love It
Here’s what to do with all those clear bags things like sheets and comforters come in! I ALWAYS save those until I get sick of storing them and then I start up saving them again because they seem so USEFUL. … Read More...
Mechanical Iris Greeting Card
ModMischief on Instructables gives us this tutorial for a mechanical iris greeting card. I love paper crafts with moving parts. This one is inspired!
Chicken and Waffles Embroidery by WizardsPaw on Etsy
‘m getting a kick out of the offbeat embroidery by Wizards Paw on Etsy. This chicken and waffles one (who doesn’t love chicken and waffles? no one!) is no longer available but click here to see this genius upskirt embroidery! … Read More...
DIY Antique Chair Reupholster Tutorial | Poetic Home
I love the transformation of this old chair to new shiny velvety loveliness. Check out this insiders tutorial on how to do a pretty easy looking rehupolstering job.
Read the comments too for some more good tips.
I just died and went to heaven – Miniature Garden Furniture
Who knew that you could get tiny garden stuff of a tiny garden?! Every possible thing you might need to a tiny garden is on this website. MOST excellent for creating all those indie terrariums you young folk are making … Read More...
Insane art formed by carving books with surgical tools – Karan Arora’s Posterous
These amazing books carved with surgical tools have been crafted by Brian Dettmer. You can read about his process and see more of his sculptures here.
Insane art formed by carving books with surgical tools – Karan Arora’s Posterous… Read More...
Cute graffiti cross stitch pattern
Oh man, I want this! Clearly this is destined to be an heirloom of the Stitchalicious house.
You should check out all the amazing work by Jacinta Lodge on her website here.
You can buy the pattern in her Etsy … Read More...
Soft Sushi Toys « Julie K in Taiwan
Julie K in Taiwan shows us some cute sushi plush toys she made from a kit bought in Taiwan. I want to find one of these kits! The key seems to be using terry cloth for the rice. In searching … Read More...
The Beast in Boston Harbor by alternatehistories on Etsy
Alternate Histories on Etsy creates these detailed historical drawings. This one shows the horrific events during the beasts attack on Boston Harbor. For west coasters you can take a look at this drawing of Bessie the South Bay Behemoth attacking … Read More...
Beautiful wood by uncommon on Etsy
These wooden flowers are by a husband and wife team on Etsy. Their shop is called uncommon and they have it filled with wonderful wooden accessories, ornaments, wall decor and more. If my cats wouldn’t destroy these gorgeous wooden flowers … Read More...
Chalkboard World Map by dirtsastudio on Etsy
The items in the Dirtsa Studio Etsy shop are creative and adorable. I clicked in to the shop to look at the cute scrabble tile pillows but then saw the science dissection pillows and this great chalkboard fabric wall map. … Read More...
Stunning Animal Portraits Drawn with a Bic Pen
okay, this is more art than craft but still… how amazing are these lovely detailed drawings done with bic pens? I will never diss the lowly Bic pen ever again. 🙂
See more at This is Colossal: Stunning Animal Portraits … Read More...
STAY VOCAL: ReUse Apparel.
This is a really interesting business. Stay Vocal rescues used t-shirts by turning them inside out and printing on them and reselling them. That’s a great idea! The t-shirts that can’t be rescued whole get cut up and hemmed for … Read More...
Free printable Star Wars Valentines
Artist Katie Cook has the cutest Star Wars Valentine’s available for free download at starwars.com.
StarWars.com | Star Wars Valentines.
and you can visit her Big Cartel store here.
Anatomical Cross-Sections Made with Quilled Paper by Lisa Nilsson | Colossal
A friend linked to this on her FB page. How gorgeous are these anatomical cross sections made from quilled paper. I wasn’t sure what quilled paper was but the article defines it as “rolled pieces of Japanese mulberry paper”. Beautiful! … Read More...
the pothole gardener | A guerrilla gardening blog…
Someone in East London is creating the best little guerrilla pothole gardens. It’s the props that real makes these special.
Read the blog here: the pothole gardener | A guerrilla gardening blog….
Read more about guerrilla gardening
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Hello My name is Missy…: Illustration Friday – Twirl
Valentine’s Day is sneaking up on us. I love this entwined cat tails illusion by Missy aka sugar cookie on Etsy.
Hello My name is Missy…: Illustration Friday – Twirl.
Feminist Ryan Gosling
Hey girl, I love this needlepoint pillow you embroidered for me. heeheeeee.
Quick Keiran has an Etsy shop and is taking special orders.
SF Bay Area Etsy Street Team: Savvy Entrepreneur: Build A Plan For Success
I posted a link to an article about the Do’s and Don’t of selling on Etsy a few days ago. But what do you do BEFORE you start selling? You need a plan! The SF Esty Street Team blog, run … Read More...