Feelin' Rustic

This box and many other beautifully crafted wooden boxes, sculptures and frames {made by SixthandElm} are in her etsy shop.

I love the woodburned type on this photo box. I would be much more likely to feature this on my coffee table than a typical photo album.

Texan Etsian: Leah Duncan

Some wonderful delicate line work and soft color palettes from this Austin-based designer/illustrator Leah Duncan.

Happy Vegetables

This reusable vegetable bag really caught my eye today. Wonderthunder's entire shop is full of screenprinted goodies.

Letterpess for Mom

Lots of great choices for beautiful Mother's Day cards on Etsy. Mother's Day is May 10, so send your sweet mama a sweet note!

1. smockpaper
2. smockpaper
3. afavorite
4. sycamore street press
5. dutch door press
6. two hand design

I Want This.

So pretty. Made by florabond.

As Justin Put It...

...profoundly appropriate.


Made by buttonempire.

Pinch!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Here are a few green goodies from Etsy to spread the Irish cheer.

my Irishman loves this bicycle clock

a sweet Irish babushka with Russian roots

for the stylish Irish

if you forgot this year, make sure you have a little touch of green for next!

Sunday/Friday Favorites

I completely forgot about Friday favorites this week. Good thing I'm not a professional blogger! Last week's favorites are a combination of flickr & etsy. Enjoy!

This is the funniest lunchbox I've ever seen. An example of truly maximizing potential of the relationship between a product & its use. Made by OnesandZerosFashions.


Completely out of my price range, but I absolutely love this vintage lace dress.


There's an amazing story behind the folks who made this wallet.
Transit Antenna is a mobile living experiment: seven people living and working while traveling the roads of North America. Bob, Dawn, and Taylor Snead, Jamie Self, Seth Gadsden, Josef Kristofoletti, and Amy McBrine live on a retired city transit bus, called Walter, that we converted into an RV that guzzles straight vegetable
oil. By dumpster diving for grease, we're reducing our carbon footprint and avoiding the diesel pumps.
Over the next two years, we will create writings, photographs and videos about our road experiences and our collaborative projects, and post them to our website for your enjoyment.


Another favorite from yodraws' photostream.


This polaroid by sarina cass has been on my favorites list for awhile. The little bit of pink in the corner set against the gorgeous green-blue water is so great.

Aliette prints

Love this set of prints by French graphic designer, Aliette. The color gives it a great fantastical feel set against the subdued color palette in the background.

Natural Sculptures

I really love these clay sculptures I found while browsing flickr today. I think I like them best as pictured here, scattered among some moss. Can I have a little backyard garden to put these in? Made by Harper Reed (awesome name, right?). Check out some of her other creations on Etsy.

Friday Favorites

I'm going to try to start making posts within certain categories throughout the week that I keep coming back to when I think of things to put on my blog. I think I'll start a regular Friday post about my week's favorites on Etsy because there really is just so much great stuff on Etsy. Here's this week's!

this little guy is precious, felted and stuffed with wool.

love the big bold type and vibrant color of this tea towel

i love this letterpressed journal. a great price for a beautiful place to jot down ideas and thoughts.

lovely letterpressed calendar full of woodland creatures

yeehaw, i love being texan.

delicate but fun

i really don't think i could handle wearing this, but its so original and quirky, i love it.

it's almost springtime, which means beautiful greenery and flowers everywhere! i love any kind of ornamental type, especially initials/monograms so i think i might try this idea out for myself.



That's it for the first Friday Favorites! Enjoy :)

More Etsy Baby Gift Goodness!

i had so much fun looking for baby things that i decided to post a few more pictures of some handmade and vintage items that would make fantastic baby gifts AND support individuals rather than corporations! hurrah!

under $50

i love typography AND animals, so you can be sure my future children will have something like this beautiful letterpress print in their nurseries. this wonderful print is from seller sycamorestreetpress



look at this super cute long-sleeved onesie from seller orangerhinokids. (if you're freaked out about the price, it's because it's on american apparel)



under $25

and how freakin cute is this little guy from seller LullaLoo?



and this beautiful alphabet print (prints for every letter!)from seller lindsayart



under $10

sometimes these toys look kind of creepy, but i think this one from seller kennywonderful is pretty cute



under $5

this adorable knit cap with ear flaps from seller warmandfuzzybaby will keep baby nice and warm.

Vintage Baby Gifts!

i'm getting to design the birth announcement for a family friend's new baby girl, Camille so i decided to check out Etsy's vintage baby items and found these adorable cards that i just couldn't pass up. so now i have some design ideas AND a unique present for the new little one!

i LOVE buying gifts on Etsy. for christmas this year i'd really like to take the handmade pledge and i encourage you to think about it too!