Oh Joy

I saw this adorable cake topper picture on the blog, Oh Joy!. See what pipe cleaners, ribbon, and lace can do! Here is also a link to make pipe cleaner creatures, very cute!!

Voprak

For beautiful photos of Russia see Voprak's LJ blog.

Kitty Craft

Surfing the net, I just found this amazing online store in the UK called, Kitty-Craft Japanese Zakka & Craft Shop. It is a crafter's delight!

Diane Duda

This is the self taught, mother of three artist, Diane Duda. Her work is fun and she uses parts of old books (my favorite) sometimes. Just being at the library book store, I satisfied my fix for 1950's books.

Alicia Bock

Alicia Bock's gerber daisy

Self Portrait Challenge

This photo was posted by Michelle Caplan on the web blog called Self Portrait Challenge. It is interesting how people see themselves through photography.

Jaime Ursic

Jaime Ursic reminds me of one of my favorite artists, Mark Rothko. Her paintings are so simple and full of feeling.

Paper Dolls

Paper dolls are wonderful. I recently found an envelope of paper dolls I played with when I was little. I remember my mom helping me cut them out and how delicate they were. Yesterday, I bought a birthday card for someone with little paper dolls that punched out. I bought one for me too! These dolls are from Demarco Designs.

Silvia Stella

Illustrator, Silvia Stella, draws playful figures and has a musically pretty myspace.

Color Blok

Web sites with animated movement is childhood Saturday morning all over again! The above illustration is from Color Blok, where there is colorful still and motion illustrations. Another fun place is Zefrank.com that has a huge list of things to create with the click and swoosh of your mouse, flower gardens to snowflakes!

LockWasher Design

This makes me want to go to a thrift store or a junk yard (or my garage!) and see what I can put together. I am sure I could make nothing as cute as LockWasher Design. I love the whole recycling idea and the creativity of these robots!

Jackson Pollock

After seeing a Jackson Pollock's painting at a museum, I saw his genius. This is a fun sight to try your own splatter painting -- http://www.jacksonpollock.org/

Elio

The artist, Elio, at work.

Letter Pressed

More Letter Pressed genius! See the evolution of the above Presston Plush at the Letter Pressed Blog. Not to mention two artist series letter pressed card packs from Letter Pressed are traveling via the Post Office from sunny California to me in cloudy New York. Yeah!!

Una Flor de Papel

In an attempt to become more one with nature (mmm), this year we got a surfing calender with the phases of the moon as a major feature. Today, I saw this calender by Cecilia in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She features the calender on her blog, Flor de Papel. How cool is this! It organizes and simplifies the whole moon phase thing.

Luis Santi Jr.

Web sites get more exciting all the time! Luis Santi Jr.'s web site is the magic of flash and graphic design - purely enjoyable at every click. This picture is Luis's favorite cologne which he lost while on a California trip. A delightful story he tells in the text part of his site. Check it out -- Phatterism.com

Cherokee Wisdom

Two Wolves

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a
battle that goes on inside people.
He said, "My son, the battle is between two
"wolves" inside us all.

One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret,
greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false
pride, superiority, and ego.

The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility,
kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather:
"Which wolf wins?"

The old Cherokee replied, "The one you feed."

Snowflake Builder

Check out this Snowlake Builder link I found on Dub and Sam's blog. Hours of FUN!!

Thilde

Too cute!! This tag pillow for a textile stimulus is from Thilde. They have adorable bunny dolls too.

Gone Fishing

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Katy Davis at Gobblynne Animation made the 2D film for the new song by the band Second Person called "Gone Fishing".

Smitten by Stephanie

There are so many cute illustrations on the web. This little piece of illustration eye candy can be found at Smitten by Stephanie.

Lindsay Chambers

Lindsay Chambers is showing at the One of a Kind Show in Toronto. Her work is just wonderful (I have just wonderful adjectives). Check out her website for her descriptive words as well as art.

Paper Lamp Shade

These lamp shades look wonderful, though I wonder about their ability to be a fire hazard. Yasutomo.com gives the origami instructions on how to make the folds for the shade. Now to make it fire proof, mmmm?

Postmarks

Another great project involving a camera, art of life and words, and the internet can be viewed at the website called, Take Me With You.

Heather Bailey

Someday I am going to make a quilt. I collect patterns that I want to try. Today I found this site by Heather Bailey that has free down loads for quilt patterns and quilt binding directions. How cool is that!

Christine Shanks

Go . . . . . STOP
Christine Shanks camera catches what our eyes do as the car goes zooming down the road.

City Scapes

This picture is taken in Kiev, Ukraine. The Live Journal Community, City Scapes, has photos people take all over the world. A vacation right here at my computer!

Diane Fayt

This ceramic artist is my find for today. Diane Fayt has as interesting story about herself as her creations.

This book is also inspiring. Not only the concept behind the book and the art inside the book, but the construction of the book its self is very interesting.

Places to go . . .

This was emailed to me a long time ago. Pretty cool, huh.

Hyper Bunny

These tummies made by Hyper Bunny are too cute! They are knitted and hallow so you can put your treasures in their tummies. I plan to give the one I bought to my cousin filled with things she will like for Christmas (shhhh, don't tell her!). She'll love it! So, of course now I need to get one for myself!!

Libraries

Libraries are one of my favorite places to go. This web site has some awesome photos of libraries around the world. I think this library in Paris is the one used in the movie Va Savoir. I think I've watched Va Savoir a million times, and I hope to watch it a million more! It is a beautiful movie. Back to libraries -- so much information, so little time.

Sintra, Portugal

This photo was taken in Sintra, Portugal. I found this photo posted in Live Journal's Community Color Theory by spacedlaw. This building is dream come true.

Wishes & Heros

This picture by Wishes & Heros is as adorable as the entire blog, Wishes & Heros. The crafty creations and illustrations on this blog make me burst with cute 'wow' when I see them! Everything is just perfect.

Letter Pressed

I really, really love letterpressed stationary. These cards were designed by Kathie Olivas and printed by www.letterpress.com. I saw these limited edition cards on myspace and they even arrived with the cutest letterpressed calling cards!--just wonderful

Triple-milled Soap

I love triple-milled soap! The ad for this Enjoy triple-milled soap says, "You will never go back to drugstore soap." It is true. This brand comes in heliotrope scent - how wonderful is that! This is on my blog list to souvenir.

lupilus.blogspot

More retro groove with this picture by Lusi. The smoke from the chimney and the house break through the rain, they are safe from what ever falls. I want to see inside this house.

Laura Osorno

I finished the 'big' update and decided to surf around flickr. I found this wounderful picture by Laura Osorno. It reminds me of the 1970's and sunshine, not sure why it just does.

Jane Jenni

This is my night owl mug from Jane Jenni that I found on one of my surfing internet cruises. I'm up late tonight, or early this morning, working on a beccabags.com update. I'm so excited! It is looking wonderful! Hopefully later today it will be up and running, but now I should put the night owl to bed.

Hello! Lucky

These blue birds on a wire letterpress cards can be seen at Hello!Lucky. They have more adorable stationary for every occasion, and a beautiful web site.

Mary Ink

Mary has super cute retro graphics at her web site, www.maryink.com.

sleep

It is a rainy day and a good day for a nap. This bed by Oly Studio makes me want snuggle away to dream land.

kissui

kisuui.net

mirror

This lovely mirror is from the Mirror Lady. It would be wonderful over my sofa, but for now it is on my blog.

Justin Clayton

Red hats are my favorite. See more of this wonderful artist on this video at his web site, www.justinspaintings.com

The Paper Place

Wonderful, beautiful paper to spark your creativity on Queen St. West in the big TO. The Paper Place is a favorite place to stop while in Toronto.

pencil case

Every time I rearranging the sewing room, it feels like a new era. This 'era' started off with denim jeans. My muscial inspiration is from a CD of songs that arrived with the zine Broken Records. This case is now the vault for my $$ and credit card. It is too pretty to take the money out of it. Well, maybe some money slipped out ;)

Up coming show!

Here I am with my first cold of the year - in June, ugh. Enough whinning though. Our first show is coming up the end of July, so I have lots of ideas to bring to reality. Now to load up on vitamin C and some sleep.

mascot

The beccabags mascot! I found this doll on a clearence (shh, don't tell her!). She has no mouth, so she's quiet - like me.

procrastination

Why does putting things off feel good? It doesn't feel good later when things are not done. I should be cleaning up, sewing, sleeping . . . but here I am surfing the internet, and enjoying it too. There are lots of beautiful and colorful things and little bits of information to spark my creativity here on the WWW. This beautiful blog is my find tonight. I edited this picture yesterday during my procrastination session, it was very 'important' thing to get done - and it got done ;)

fun with photoshop

Another little icon. I should be sewing, but here I am playing the computer instead.

trouble

This is the picture for the beccabags update, however publishing problems persist. I hopefully will have everything straighten out soon.