Awesome Faux Food in its Many Forms...

Over at Diffractionfiber's Shop (a Chicagoan, yay!) you can find the neatest thing; foods you can throw on your couch - like eggs, bacon & toast, PBnJ sandwich, pie, peas, etc - all in pillow form, of course. They are just too cute. I love faux foods as it is. I teach ceramics and one of my favorite things to do is have a class where we create food. I like burgers myself:

We have recently gone to the Chicago Historical museum a few days ago. What better (faux) food to display than a Chicago style hot dog? Maddy had fun. Who wouldnt? You can be a hot dog!

Read More

Cream(er) of the Crop

I've been thriftin lately and have found a boatload of super cute creamers - no sugar bowls, just the creamer. Whats cool is a creamer does not need to perform only as a vessel for cream, thus making your coffee or tea the best it can be. They can serve as pencil , paint brush, supply holders, planters, decoration, collecting, and the list goes on and on. Here are a few Ive recently picked up and put up in my shop: The Speckled yellow one is a Mikasa creamer, the middle one is a Berggren (i found this on another site for $31!) and the last is the little Forest n Trees - of which i found 2! I love vintage and all, but I need this stuff cleared out! Im having a birthday sale! See my shop for details!

Read More

I want: Indoor Shoes

I would love some indoor shoes; they're better than hot sweaty slippers and the other shoes I wear, which I wear outside and step in God knows what to track inside the house. Etsy's Featured Artist is ElephantAndChickpea, and she makes these awesome indoor shoes. I think I may see if i can make myself a pair..Ive made ones for my kids, we'll see if I can make them for my large feet.

I've also made one of those Owl toys in the previous post for my Lucy - here is a pic of the finished toy ( I inserted an old wipes package from Target to make the crinkly sound) and her enjoying playtime with her new toy!

Read More

(The Good Kind of ) Noisy Baby Toys!

Over at Craftstylish there is a great tutorial on how to make them crinkly noisy toys that all babies mysteriously love. It really is mysterious. I will Make one for my 9 month old sweetheart, Lucie. She will love love love it! Thank you Craftstylish! You got me out of my creative rut. :)

Read More