{ Crafty } Etzcetera Magazine

Etzcetera Magazine.

Need some crafting inspiration for the cold winter days?  Here is a free online craft publication from Australia.

{ Journals } SMASH books for all life little bits …

I am just in love with this new product from K&Company.  I have kept a variation of this kind of “everything/art journal” type book for a long time in various journals like Moleskine’s, but I think these books  — six variations — are really fun too.   And all the little doo-dads they are selling for them make them even more enticing.  40 pages and it comes with its own marker/glue pen.

 

Check out the SMASH products here.

 

{ Anthropologie } Summer window decor

Photos: Anthropologie facebook

The creative minds at Anthropologie are at it again with the summer window displays.  As always using recycled or simple mediums in clever ways.  The above is done apparently with tissue paper circles.  Stunning.

{ Crafty } Mustache man Coffee Cozies

Photos: Scissor Quirk.

I think that these beverage/coffee cozies are the cutest things!  Kind of a Mr. Pringle face meets vintage mustache guy!  Hopefully she will have them up in her store, Bubbly Shnooks, soon this month.

{ Journals } Art journaling class with Ms. Moss

The new preview for Mary Ann Moss’ new class, Full tilt boogie is up:

She has a beautiful way of taking old albums and various pieces of paper, empherma, wall paper, and travel memorabilia and combining it all into amazing journals.  I have had a lot of clicks on my blog regarding her last class, which I took, Remains of the Day.  I am sure this will be similar, but with a fun twist as you can always expect for Ms. Moss.

More details on June 1st and the class begins June 17.  But, as she says on her blog, “FTB will be ongoing and open indefinitely.  You can revisit the videos and pdf’s as often as you like for as long as you like. (providing you don’t lose your password!)  Start immediately or watch the videos and let your ideas simmer for as long as you want.  No stress or guilt allowed.”  That is what I love about her classes, you can go at your own pace and look back at them time and time again.

You can see all the details on her blog here.

Photos: Mary Ann Moss, Dispatch from LA.

{ Crafty } Adroable Bird Cage Lanterns

Photo: The Bride’s Cafe.

How cute are these?  And they give you the DIY instructions how to make them too!  They would look so cute at a shower or in a baby’s room as a mobile.

{ Crafty | Holidays } A sneak peek….

Remember this tree skirt I was in love with from Garnet Hill?

I finally started working on my version.  Here is a sneak peek …sorry, for the camera phone pix.

I have sewn down about five flowers,… only about 100 or so to go. Will post the final project if/when it gets finished.

{ Crafty } Fireside snuggling …

by myimaginaryboyfriend.

I think this birch firewood pillow is adorable!

{ Crafty / Holiday } Anthro + Pam Garrison = INSPIRATION

pam garrison

I literally gasped when I saw Pam Garrison’s interpretation of a felt garland from Anthropologie.  Where has this been all my Christmases? The white nontraditional holiday colors go perfectly with my Christmas design colors and …as you can tell from my posts, I seem to be obsessed with all things felt this year (will have to do a whole post on that).   The odd thing is, we have been in Anthropologie a ton this season and I have not noticed their garland at all, I wonder if it wasn’t in all of them?

From what I can tell you take a long strip of felt and you hang each leaf you have cut out (which look like the have a round area atop the leaf with a hole cut in) and hang them each on the felt strip. I love the way she added the felt balls and colored leaves and extras.  As much as I would love to do this project this season, … this might be something I hold off and do throughout the year in 2011 and put out next Xmas.

Last year Anthropologie inspired me to wrap presents using felt circles…. gotta love all their uses for felt.

{ Crafty Holidays } Ice lanterns

DesignSponge DIY ice lanterns

We are having a party here this weekend and I have always wanted to do these ice lanterns on the walkway (if its cold enough, which I think it might be this weekend).

There is another good tutorial from Chez Larsson as well.  Basically you need two buckets, one bigger and one smaller, and some water, and you are good to go.

More pretty lanterns from here.