Rescued Junk Mail Envelopes… what a brilliant idea. They are created by EcoMonster by turning that pesky junk mail inside out and revealing it’s inner beauty. Then of course embellishing with pretty tape and address label stickers. Get them here

Made this handsome fellow as a Valentines gift to Mr. Alan complete with a heart shaped log. A little random maybe… but lumberjacks are the new pirates and the fabric was calling to me in the store. A note on the back (in a cheesy wood font of course) says “I love you more than a stack of flapjacks. Wood you be mine?”

I want this girl to be my new bff… except I don’t think I’m cool enough and I’m not a very good friend. Anyway, she’s my new favorite thing to listen to… although everyone else has maybe already heard of her. Like I said I’m not that cool.  But Soko, if you want to be my bff I swear I’ll return your calls… and umm please don’t quit like you said you were on your myspace page because you’re way too good.

I’ve always had somewhat of an unhealthy obsession with girlscout uniforms.  Thanks to Lee Meszaros of  the etsy shop Leemeszaros I can finally earn badges again. They are all lovingly hand silk-screened, painted, and embroidered. These badges are also easily attainable unlike those pesky girl scout ones. Some of the awards are for:  Tooting Your Own Horn, Being a Black Sheep, Falling off the wagon, and Pushing the Envelope.

V-day key chains in the Peculiar Creation etsy store! Mr. Loooove is a handsome Devil with a stunning mustache and eyebrows, while the i <3 u key chain is a perfect gift for your internet lover.

So… I just blew all my money on an Epson film scanner and I’ve never been happier! Now I can take wonderfully blurry, grainy pictures all I want and no one can stop me. Here is a shmorgusboard of photos from my beloved Holga… I couldn’t choose.

A cupcake forest with knomes and deers oh my! Okay, so I was obviously very excited that I had a good excuse to use all my vintage cake decorations at the same time. I took a million pictures of my over the top creation to share with you

cake decorations were purchased at: THEPLASTICHUT and  Bake It Pretty

It’s that time of year again… time for Christmas crafts! My etsy shop has been keeping me busy this year. I’ve been making quite a few mushroom Christmas ornaments. Also, I made this nifty tree skirt for myself by sewing some yarn script onto a felt circle. who wants a boring old red and green tree skirt anyway right? … or a green tree.

Oh yes, I certainly have lotsa love for wiener dogs… especially ones in sweaters. My fellow wiener dog loving friend Leizel agrees. That’s why I made this set of prints for her housewarming. The dogs have a woodgrain texture (if you haven’t noticed yet… I’m a sucker for woodgrain, I just can’t help it).

Made a painting the other day of a lovely sleepy tree (having good dreams of course). I used acrylic paint on cardboard to make the sky and outline of the tree. The tree itself is the cardboard showing through. Tissue paper makes the leaves, and a constrction paper smile. I’m pretty happy with how it came out. Simple and cheerful.