I haven’t found much to grab my attention on Etsy for a while, but today I came across this sweet little ring from Etsy seller Gemmafactrix…

So, about a year ago or more, in an attempt to make myself less hung-up on formulating a clear idea of a finished product and tossing out my need to draw out my embroidery patterns in advance, I decided to make a pillow that was just one thread colour on a background of my choosing, and the pattern was to be determined as I went along. About 1/3 of the way into it, I got discouraged and stopped. So now that I’m not working, (thanks to my husband’s encouragement too) I’ve had time to pick it up once again . Anyway, I finished last week finally! It still has yet to be sewn into a pillow cover, but that will be the easy part!

Such beautiful clothes.

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This old experimental movie by a very young, lanky Jim Henson is amazing. He made it and stars in it. It is so beautiful; you really must watch it. I’m very sad I missed a screening in West Hollywood of a bunch of his old experimental movies which coincided with our anniversary this past Tuesday. Here are some screengrabs from Time Piece to compel you to watch it…

Some nice sketchbook work by Sarah King..

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This is such a lovely experiment…  More great work on their site.

Another beautiful eco-friendly line… But sadly not available anywhere in the USA.

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I love this necklace from Mended Veil. Not in my price range, but very lovely. Available here.

Our friend Noah turned us on to this site which sells vintage posters that were hand-painted by Ghanans after the introduction of video and video cassettes to Ghana in the 1980’s.  In order to lure more customers to the mobile movie houses, people would paint these posters after having watched the films, using oil paint.  As it mentions on the site, the artist had the freedom to make the images more attractive by adding things to the posters that were not necessarily in the films!

I have 3 friends who are expecting babies in the next several months, so baby presents are on my mind… I was at Anthropologie the other day and found these adorable felt puppets which are so remniscent of 60’s puppets. I felt inspired to try making something similar. If I actually do attempt and succeed I’ll post photos of the end result, but for now, take a look at these…