I often wander the grocery store grumpily thinking about how stupid it is for people to freak out about paper or plastic grocery bags, it just seems like such a pathetic thing to focus on. Our country is AT WAR…
Boy and Girl Halloween dress up dolls!
Oh these are cute! Dress up boy and girl paper dolls just in time for Halloween!
Created by Babalisme. Great job! Also, check out her cute downloadable Halloween party invites!
Bazaar Bizarre Winter Show 2009 – Dec 12-13
The Bazaar Bizarre San Francisco winter show has been announced! You can check out all the vendors here!
The 2009 Bazaar Bizarre San Francisco (BBSF) will
feature 100 of the best indie crafters and designers.
DJs will provide entertainment and food from local
eateries…
Beer Goggles! hur hur
Beer goggles. Heh! and Ouch!
I think I may have posted about the wooden frames from Urban Spectacles before.
Made by reusing empty beer bottles, these goggles are a playful take on eyewear. Pick out your favorite beer, or even make the selection…
Dino Spiked Leggings Tutorial
I saw these spiked leggings on Threadbanger the other day and just about died laughing. They are AWESOME and HILARIOUS. If weren’t a respectable *cough Cough* lady I would totally make and wear these babies. As it is I might translate these…
The art of Furoshiki – Using cloth to wrap packages
I found this great visual explanation on how to use cloth to wrap gifts on a Japanese government website. You can use any square or rectangular cloth.
Furoshiki (???, furoshiki) are a type of traditional Japanese wrapping cloth that were frequently used…
Ready-to-Stitch ECO TOTE Model Citizen by Bonnie Rue Limited Edition
What do you get when you combine sublime stiching, bake and destroy and model citizen? Awesomeness, that’s what.
Introducing a new design in the Sublime Stitching line of exclusive, ready-to-stitch EcoTotes, pre-stamped with wash-out ink! This is a limited-edition design, by Bonnie…
Fail Harder
I saw this ‘Fail Harder’ sign on SwissMiss that someone made out of like 45 million thumbtacks. I need this sign (along side my Natalie Dee print out that says ‘I’m a Quitter!’ (which you can…
Crafty and tech-y – How to make a solar powered bag
I love this tutorial on how to make a solar powered bag so that you can recharge all your various devices during the day. Very handy for those out and about people who also forget to charge their phone or music…
narwhal necklace
Narwhals continue to be one of my favorite animals. Please to notice this cute blue narwhal necklace on Etsy.
Made by Cupcakes And Mace in New Zealand.
I also like the Running with Scissors necklace!
Jill Bliss – Flock and Flutter
Jill Bliss, and collaborator saelee oh has a 2010 calender called Flock and Flutter.
“seeking out small corners in the natural world suitable for habitation, we capture and compare complementary worlds populated by native and fanciful cut-paper friends.”
I think I see…
Wing earrings
Cicadas are horrible creatures, once, one flew up and hit me in the face and it was supremely horrible and I am emotionally scarred for life. It hit my face with a big wet THUNK. EW!
But their wings are certainly…
Regretsy.com – I am cracking up.
Oh lord. Forgive me for I think this is hilarious and I am a mean person. Regretsy.com, all the things you wish you never saw on Etsy.com plus snarky comments.
You can follow regretsy on twitter.
P.S. the condom pillows can be…
I have died and gone to cute beer heaven
I didn’t even know there WAS a cute beer heaven but I guess that is the genius of packaging design. It takes you to a place were cute fat owls look at you with big…
Instructables free felt Pop Tart pattern
I ate a cinnamon pop tart everyday for breakfast for a long time. my mom would put it in the toaster and then wrap it up in a paper towel and I would take it to the bus stop with…
More altered shoes! Custom Fluevogs
Fluevogs are my favorite shoes ever. I posted today about how I had my CeCe boots altered to fit my wide calves.
For some serious awesomeness check out these altered Fluevog’s Lily Darling shoes! They were inked by Halle Riddlebarger from Village Shoes…
Altered Shoes
I’ve been seeing altered shoes around recently including from a woman here in Oakland who does not have a web site apparently. How can that be? websites are pretty much free at this point.
Hippy of Doom on Etsy has some…
Giant cupcake building in Visa ad
I do wish this cupcake building were real. But it surely isn’t. I mean, it juts out into the sidewalk, has no windows, no door and the…
Tiny Dark Wings and a wing round up
This is my wing round up post. Stuff with wings, wings for stuff.
Tiny dark wings necklace by locallibrary.etsy.com. This necklace is simple and beautiful. You can read more about local library in her Etsy featured seller article.
This tiny baby bird is looking down…
How to photograph your indie crafts
There is a lot of talk about how to display your hand crafted items for sale. It’s important that first glance at a photo of your crafts. If your photo is too visually cluttered people can pass it by and…