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 ...
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 ...
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. 🙂
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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.… Read More ...
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 ...
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.
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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.
Our Turn: Feminism for Newbies: THIS. IS. THE. BEST..… Read More ...
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 ...
Crafty & Connected
All this talk about crafty business got me searching around for more inspiration. One of the things that often overwhelm the beginning indie crafter is social media. What is it? How do I use it and Why do I care? … Read More ...
Crafting in the Rain: Duck Tape Covered Boots
I saw this great tutorial for revamping some old boots from Crafting in the Rain on blogher.com yesterday. She turned some boring old black boots into cute new stylish boots with some 3$ duct tape!
See the post here: Crafting … Read More ...
Do you have a GIRL CRUSH?
I mentioned cargoh.com a few days ago as a great source of curated indie goodies. While poking around the site I noticed the GIRL CRUSH art workshops and tea party. This looks like such a fun idea. Imagine getting to … Read More ...
53 Brilliant knitted food patterns – mdolla
I came across this post of pictures of knitted food on mdolla. I really wish the pictures were linked to the sources! Even so it’s a great gallery to look through for inspiration.
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Lupin Handmade – handmade felt brooches & accessories – felt squares – SHOP
These beautiful and detailed felt brooches are created by Lupin Handmade. you can check out her shop here, her blog here and she also has a book that looks great called super-cute felt.
Pretty patterns – Victory Patterns
Victory patterns has some lovely patterns and you can download them. Yay for instant gratification!
You can look through flickr to see other people’s Victory Patterns creations.
Get the patterns here:
DIY – Create Your Own Bokeh | DIYPhotography.net
Tutorial for creating your own bokeh (blur) filters.
Here’s another post from DIYphotography.net that talks about other ways to create this effect.
really cute!!!
(image by joy_sale)
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