Rabbit Rabbit

A large rabbit made of carrots- all for a poster promoting veggie inks... you know I love it!!

Happy December!

{via the lovely swiss miss}

Need A Little Gift Inspiration?

As promised, here are a few gift guides to get you started:

Martha Stewart has a great guide provided by your favorite bloggers.

Design For Mankind just kicked off her gift guide '09. It goes until the 21st, so check it daily!

Handmade extravaganza over on the Poppytalk guide. Check this one often too.

The New York Times has excellent ideas.

Charles and Marie always delivers with great gifts for that hard-to-buy-for person.

The Curiosity Shoppe provides perfect ideas for the crafty.

Get those strange stocking stuffers that are always good for a laugh at Archie McPhee.

TreeHugger has an earth-friendly guide.

I've already bought a few gifts for my fellow nerds over on ThinkGeek.

Francesco Mugnai has some gifts for the even more dorky... (I'm not ashamed - this includes me)

More to come

Giving Thanks

We hosted Thanksgiving this year, and I'm thankful my first attempt at a turkey was successful! Our table was accessorized with napkins by inSaneity and the Banquet PopMat placemats. The hubby is anti-centerpiece, so I opted for a few unscented votives to keep it super simple.

Now that turkey day is behind us, the holidays are fast approaching! I believe this week will be all gift guide links and gift ideas, so stay tuned...

Until Later...

Have a fantastic holiday.

“I’m grateful for being here, for being able to think, for being able to see, for being able to taste, for appreciating love – for knowing that it exists in a world so rife with vulgarity, with brutality and violence, and yet love exists. I’m grateful to know that it exists.”
- Maya Angelou

{I realize the photo has nothing to do with the poem, nor does it compliment it, i just really liked both!}

Overwhelming Happiness

Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway! I really enjoyed reading each and every answer. Congrats to Rachel.

My weekend was fantastic, and I did everything on that list and more. How was yours?

Have a lovely Monday.


photo via Melade Gypsie

Friday Eye Candy

This weekend the hubby is working, so I'm using my time wisely:
Thanksgiving planning
Watch Jason Samuels Smith live with the sibling
Go see New Moon with my sister
See my Nana for coffee
Read a bit
Play Super Mario Wii
Work on our holiday cards

Sounds fun right? See you Monday.

{lovely photos today from Liz Ham, via Wiley Valentine}

Paper Artist Wednesday

If only I could walk around dressed fabulously in paper...


{Nichloas Henri}



{Yoshi, via origami tessellations}




{Doberman Studio, Papercraft Couture}



{Violise Lunn}



{via}

The Happy Book + Giveaway

Being a fan of happiness, I was thrilled to receive a copy of "The Happy Book" for review. It's filled with creative, thought-provoking exercises to make you happy! Basically, it's a scrapbook waiting to be filled with your own happiness.

A few of my favorites were:
"Name the last time you belly laughed"

"If you could have anyone (dead, fake or alive) to a dinner party, who would you have and what would you serve?"

"Who do you see everyday, but not really see? Do something nice for the bus driver, receptionist or barista."

Overall, it's a fun book. I might even give a few as Christmas gifts this year!

*Leave a comment stating something that makes you happy.
Next Monday (the 23rd) I'll have one randomly chosen and will send you a copy!

{my answer would be clean sheets- nothing beats crawling into a cozy bed that smells like fresh linen!}

Thanks to all who entered. This giveaway has ended - the winner is: Rachel!

Friday Eye Candy

Ethereal paper wings by Benja Harney for the Hermés holiday window display. Oh, how I would love to see them in person! Have a great weekend.

{via paperform}

Amazing Origami

Between The Folds was a very interesting film- I'd highly recommend it! I love seeing people who are incredibly passionate about what they do. All of the artists featured were amazing, my favorite being Eric Joisel. Here's some of his origami. (yes, origami... meaning NO cutting- only folding!)

Paper Artist Wednesday

Heading to the History Museum this evening to see "Between The Folds". I'm pretty excited about it.

Lena Wolff

Lena Wolff creates lovely, mixed media, nature inspired art on paper. Check it out!

{via Paper Crave}

Pretty Pictures

Stumbled across the Flickr stream of Amy Mortimer and noticed she has an Etsy shop filled with photographic fun!

{HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUDE!}

Friday Eye Candy

Lovely autumn styling for Dear Creatures.

Hope you have a great weekend. I'll be reading more of this hilarious book and listening to this happy song!

New Business Cards

Finally, some new cards! Upon photographing these I realized I need a camera upgrade... but you get the idea. I was pretty indecisive on the edge painting "is it worth all this?" The answer is yes, if I may say so- edge painting rocks. I've yet to master the process after many failed attempts, but at least I found a good resource to help me out in the meantime.

{600 gsm Crane Lettra is the stock- for all you paper nerds}