Green Apple of My Eye by Veronica Reis

Is this an INCREDIBLE dress or WHAT!  I'm tellin' ya, Veronica Reis knows what she's doing.  This has got to be one of the most attractive and unique dresses I've ever seen.  No accessories required!  This dress is a statement all on its own.

If only I had those looooong legs like the models wearing it...... I'd definitely smash my piggy bank against the wall and head on down to vrreis and get me one!

A Pincushion is a Pincushion is a Pincushion....right?

Well.... sure, but why get a boring one when you can have beautiful works of art to look at that inspire your innermost creativity..... right?

Here's a few pincushions that I would call "works of art"

Namolio's Shop: 

Contemporary Stitches Shop:

There is a tutorial for these cute ones on Craftzine.com

right HERE (I made me a few). 

They are made with plastic bottle caps,

so it's a good recycling idea:

I found these Miniature Patchwork Pincushions
at The Purl Bee:

I'd love to see more beautiful and unusul pincushions, if you would just leave me a link to them!

Paper Acorn Boxes

These just plain ol' made me smile!  What a great way to start a windy, chilly Friday morning.  Looking at beautiful creations such as these Paper Acorn Boxes are the sort of thing that gives me energy and inspiration to go and create more of my stuff! 

And even though we are approaching Spring in the Northern hemisphere, don't forget that the Southern hemisphere (Australia, South Africa and Argentina, just to name a few) is welcoming Autumn, and these cuties would be a great addition to your Fall wedding (they are totally customizable too, so you can chose other colors to suit your theme), or as party favors (filled with assorted candy!), or to put jewelry in and give as a gift...... or even just to decorate your home with!

Enjoy!

Love Birds

It's not Valentine's yet, and these are not exactly love birds...... but you can't deny that they are all lovely!! :)))

Up Cycled Bird Pendant

Blue Bird Necklace

Quilled Bird Pendant

Sycamore Street Press

Craft Wooden Birds

Textile Bird Brooch

Owl Banner Garland

Urban Paisley

Prince Design UK

Craft Hope for Haiti

The love is accummulating fast at Etsy's shop Craft Hope. 

An incredible $7,000 was raised in just 2 days by the crafty mamas behind the scenes.

Heres how it works and how you can help:

-If you are good a making stuff with your hands, you can donate some of your crafts to Craft Hope, and the proceeds of the sales will go directly to Doctors Without Borders who are working hard helping survivors in Haiti.

-However if you are not a crafty kind of person but still want to help, you could then go to the Etsy's shop Craft Hope and purchase something from there.

-Another way of spreading the word would be by embedding the following button on your blog or website, which is linked directly to the Craft Hope shop:

Please Twitter this post to help spread the word faster!!

Try Handmade Blog

I got wonderful and so exciting news today!!!  Erika, of the incredible "Try Handmade" blog has featured some of my work! Check it out!

Handmade Jewelry from Peru

A jewelry designer from Peru, Alida, of Alida Joyas has come to my attention recently with her unique style, which features mostly Sterling Silver combined together with Peruvian natural stones, leather, etc (among other material) resulting in simple, yet stunning creations:

  In one of her eye catching collections she has created jewelry using color pencil slices!

You can visit her online shop at Etsy right here:  Alida Joyas, or visit her blog ( alidajoyas ) to read more about her