I came upon a flickr set from Friday Feltz containing this miniature vignette of needle felted creatures.
Introducing Filipe Melie
Felip Melie is worried
Filipe fights the White Eater
Filipe bests the White Eater
Bravo, Filipe!
The White Eater is genius.
See more creations here.
Lisa Snellings makes adorable, mildly creepy creatures called Poppets.
Where did the “Poppet” come from? According to the artist:
The two-inch Poppet sculpture was originally to be the pawn in a toy-themed chess set. Not far into this project I decided it was the wrong time to make a chess set, possibly the wrong universe and that there were too many chess sets already.
But I liked the little pawn.
Love the inscription…
There are other little sculptures as well…
See more in her Etsy store and on Poppet Planet.
The Various Et Sundry Etsy shop posted this design that caught my eye. I’m tempted to get this shirt:
And although I hate to be so predictable, I obviously like this one:
Some of the designs are just plain random and strange (in a fun way):
The shop is worth a look for fans of unconventional T-shirts.
I’m about to say something that might make me very unpopular: I’ve never done a thing for St. Patrick’s Day. I appreciate the idea of a cultural celebration, but perhaps I associate this day too heavily with those who use it as an excuse to get rip roaring drunk and puke on their own shoes…or someone else’s shoes.
But, since people seem to get very into this holiday, here are some goodies I dug up for the occasion.
Let’s bring on the crafts!
For a nice relaxing sleep after drunken festivities…
Just because you’re paranoid, doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you…
I wonder if these were mass produced, and there are a bunch of people walking around brandishing one of the most irritating grammatical mistakes in the English language:
(If [your] not able to make a grammatically correct button, fake it!)
I wish I had come up with the idea to slap a label on five green jelly beans and market it as a holiday novelty (at 800% profit per package).
Mmmm…tastes like psychosis.
Have fun…be safe…
I don’t have my camera USB cable at the moment so I can’t upload the fantastic ceramic toothpick holders I was given (among other amazing atrocities) for my birthday by the wonderful Stephanie and Matt. So until I can show my new acquisitions, I present Daisy the CowVintage Creamer:
The product description is awesome:
What better way to put a smile on your face first thing in the morning than to pour your milk from this little bovine sweetie! (And bake a batch of Chocolate Chocolate chip muffins?)
ADORable! With her BIG, beautiful blue eyes, and red lips! She has a cute little cow bell around her neck and sweet daisy’s on her front.
Sweet Daisy stands 6.5 inches tall. She is almost “perfect” condition, with the exception of one teeny chip along one of her horns (female cows can have horns, right?) I have taken a brown marker and touched it up, so she’s as good as new!
Ah Daisy, with your dead eyes and oddly rectangular mouth…there is none other quite like you…
I really love discovering unique puppet makers, so I was psyched when Vlad sent me a link to Mad Geppetto’s “monsters, murderers, movie stars and malcontents.”
Tor!
More on his site.
I will definitely be keeping an eye on the Candyspotting Etsy store after seeing this (currently sold out) little collection of laser cut geeky love cards.
So well done!
There are other fantastic designs in the shop as well. See for yourself here.
I came across this series of awesome plush sea creatures by Lara Crooks a while ago.
I absolutely love this one:
See the rest of the series here.
Artist site (with many other types of work)
Here are a few Regretsy favorites to commemorate the special day tomorrow.
This card evokes profound gratitude in me…because I know I will not be receiving anything remotely like it. And that’s a beautiful feeling.
I really don’t like to poke fun at anyone’s craft skills (or lack thereof) because I’m the first to admit that not all of my projects are winners, but…this closely resembles my nursery school Valentine efforts.
I wasn’t ready to see this next one. Go ahead and read the description, then click on the uncensored version if you dare.
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