Craft Gossip

producebagsI 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…

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dressupboy
dressupgirlOh 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!

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banner1smallThe 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…

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beer
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…

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dinospikesI 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…

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furoshiki  - wrapping gifts in clothI 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…

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Model_Citizan_Eco-ToteWhat 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…

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Fail Harder

Originally uploaded by swissmiss studio

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…

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chargeI 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…

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narwhalNarwhals 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!

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jillbliss-ce970c-800wiJill 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…

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wings-cicadaCicadas 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…

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condompillowOh 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…

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hitachino nest beer

Originally uploaded by elphster

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…

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