wanted

My husband brought home this sweet little hairy succulent today from Wanted. He's bought stuff from there before and keeps telling me that it's my kind of store. It's close by and I always end up walking by it but have never stopped in. That will change very soon, I'm sure.

nothing is original

Via Swiss Miss. I love Jim Jarmusch.

book autopsies

After seeing this link via swissmiss, I was in a state of visual swoon. Oh my! How beautiful.


From the article, "Brian Dettmer carves into books revealing the artwork inside, creating complex layered three-dimensional sculptures."

But enough about link browsing, I've got so much holiday stuff to get to! Candy making, cookie baking, grocery shopping, gift-buying, oh boy! One week to Christmas!! Yikes.

crafty tutorials

Wow, 2 really great tutorials found on my blogroll this morning. The first comes from The Small Object on how to sew up some great no see-thru curtains.


The next tutorial is from How About Orange about how to stretch your own fabric to make wall art. So easy!

an early birthday present to me

It's my birthday next Tuesday and I decided to do an early splurge. Happy birthday to me!


Yesterday I purchased these two lovely prints from Green Chair Press on etsy. I had been coveting a couple of her typography prints for months now and decided that there was no time like birthday time to spend some cash on me! Seriously, how great is etsy? Pretty much most of my best purchases in the past year have been from various etsy shops. I love it.

Now I've got to get to work and start creating some new cards for my own etsy shop to make up any cash shortfall!

home sweet home

I love Alyson Fox's artwork & illustrations. But I think I love her house almost as much. Via Design*Sponge.