Oh dear me, these LED Firely Baby Booties are too cute! The complete tutorial is over at Etsy. Charming.
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Upcycled vinyl records and bakelite
Tikibrighton (A.K.A. Cecile Gilbert) is doing some great upcycling of vinyl records incorporating them with bakelite to make some very modern jewelry pieces. Love this necklace and earrings.
Toilet paper rolls into wall art tutorial
What a great idea for upcycling cardboard toilet paper and paper towel rolls into a fantastic piece of wall decor! The How-To Gal has a complete step-by-step tutorial over at her blog.
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Roadkill Rescue
Gosh dang it. As if I didn't have enough interesting/inspiring/hilarious/fantastical blogs to read, I've found another—Roadkill Rescue. Beckie Farrant is doing amazing upcycling of furniture and home decor items. So many ideas, and so little time!
Talk Like a Pirate Day—save 15% on T-shirts
In honor of "Talk Like a Pirate Day" Zazzle is offering 15% off all T-shirts (not just pirate ones.) It's today only, so take advantage of the savings. Enter this code: AAARRRGGGHHH during the checkout process.
Swallows are still swanky
Birdies of every type have been wildly popular for a while now. I find that I'm particularly drawn to swallows. Must be those fancy tail tips they sport like fins on a vintage Cadillac. Anyway—back to the point—here are a few examples that are charming:
1. Sweet Swallows birth announcement at Tiny Prints
2. Double Swallows Save the Date postcards by Fa Fa Tin
3. Green Swallow purse by LaLoriHandbags
Latest paper purchases
I love going to garage sales and antique stores to look for vintage paper goods. Here are my latest finds that I can't wait to pore over. A 1922 edition of "The Ladie's Home Journal," a postcard from China Town in San Francisco circa 1920 and a post card book from Hollywood withe the Homes of Movie Stars from the 1930's. I confess I bought the last item just for the Shirley Temple card. I'm a sucker for movies from the 30s and 40s. Illustration was king back in the day and I find it so creative and beautiful. I get tired of the photoshop world we live in now where every shoot is nitpicked to death and things changed to suit someone's idea of how something "should" look rather than the way it actually looks. Pardon the rant, but we art directors do get frustrated.