Stickyfingers - Necklace Edition

Happy Sunday!
Ready to make something? I've been in the mood for some fun and funky necklaces lately. Here are 3 cuties for you to choose from. Heck, make all 3!
Enjoy.

Got scraps? How about turning them into this cute necklace? Click here to learn how from MyCakies blog.

Even the most basic crocheter can handle this easy pattern from Crochet Me.
So lovely!

All this cold weather got your kid's driving you nuts in the house? Put them to work and have some fun with this Bread Clay Beads tutorial from the Queen.

Bright Idea!

How ingenious is this?
I go through over 10 ink cartridges a month at $20 a pop.
Box Lightbox you are so bright!!
To purchase your very own chic chandelier, or other super mod light fixtures
all made from cartridges, click here
What else could we make with ink empties?

iCANDY Foodzie Edition

Happy Friday everyone! This week it's all about FOOD! If you're a foodie like me and especially love hand crafted artisan foods (as if there were any other kind?) this iCANDY is just for you.

I first introduced you to a few foodie sites here. They are like Etsy, only completely dedicated to artisan foods of all types. I'm having a blast finding gluten free goodies for my hubby, so many choices. Here are a few yummy finds for Valentine's Day.
Happy EATING.

1. Valentine's Day Caramels - Have It Sweet, CA $12.00
2. Valentine's Petit Fours - Three Tarts, NY $33.00
3. Sugar Cookies - Elsylee Galetes Artesanals, FL $5.50
4. Vanilla Rose Marshmallows - Whimsy & Spice, NY $6.25
5. Razzle Heart Cookies - D'Lischka, CA $10.00
6. Love Raspberry Dark Chocolate Truffles - Hedonist Artisan Chocolates, NY $20.00

A Little Encouragement Please

Oh how I love Twitter! How else would I have known that my local Atlanta "artsy" friend Jessica Gonacha Swift, just launched this cute and clever Ocean Rodeo collection? Click here to read the launch on her blog.

I'm crazy for the vibrant colors, those little submarines and ....gosh darn it that sun on the beach! It's really just TOO MUCH! Yes folks, Jessica is an illustrator, meaning she actually dreams up this stuff, draws it out and thanks to Steve Jobs, makes it into stuff we can all enjoy.

Myself? I am a "wannabe" graphic design artist, stuck inside a medical sales rep's body:) Lord knows I've tried to draw, but it's just not one of my gifts. I can play with color schemes and do wonders with graphics, even manipulate a few shapes into my own graphics, but draw? I'll just leave that to Jess.

I've even commissioned her to design the graphics I use in my Notes For Baby-To-Be. She whipped these up especially for me and I just love them (so do my customers!).

One afternoon at my house, we were having a creative jam session of sorts and I suggested she start a new line, designed for people just like me, those who can't draw even a stick figure! Heck, I'd be happy to pay for whimsical, colorful and original clip art to use, wouldn't you?

The next week Shadow Juniper was launched. This was supposed to be a place where Jessica would offer digital files for sale. Everything from clip art to patterned paper. In fact I purchased her Circles pattern and came up with these and these.

However, as you can see she has forgotten about this little shop. OK, I know she has been extremely busy since she IS a "real" illustrator for crying out loud:) but today I ask you to

HELP SEND JESSICA A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT!

Let her know you want/NEED her to stock up her shop so you can start making some incredible things with her designs. Click the "contact seller" button in her Shadow Juniper shop and send her a message via Etsy.

Ahead Of Their Time

Mad TV predicted the launch of the iPad, years ago!!

I {heart} FONTS

I'm CUCKoo for fonts! A bona fide font junkie. I love everything they do to make our daily surroundings, just a bit more interesting. I love how they evoke certain emotions and can really make or break an advertisement, logo, website, poster or even an event invitation. I can't even drive down the street without looking at a new restaurant or store sign and playing a game of "guess that font" with myself. Perhaps worse than texting while driving?

I'll never forget the first time I realized I had better get myself checked into FONT REHAB. A few years ago I went to the Yellow Daisy Festival, here at Atlanta's Stone Mountain Park. I couldn't take my eyes of the event logo (pictured above) which was plastered all over the festival. Don't you just love that combination of yellow + pink, plain + flirty fonts? I became a woman on a mission and did everything I could do to find that font, even emailed their ad agency (no luck). Then while scouring my favorite place for free fonts Dafont.com, SWEET JESUS! I FOUND IT, click here. I've incorporated that font proudly into my line like here and here. I still love it, but am on a constant search for my next favorite.

Each week I look forward to seeing my Font Shop Newsletter sitting in my inbox. How great is this? An entire website and blog dedicated to, what else? FONTS! It's like a bar that's open 24 hours for a drunk like me. Today I'd like to share with you some of my new font favorites, actually worth spending a little $$ for. Oh, and how do I manage all several hundreds of my fonts? How can I do a side-by-side lineup/comparison when I'm drumming up a design? All font junkies need FontViewer, and it's FREE.

Top 10 New Font Favorites

1. Louisiana
2. Acanthus Open
3. Bisque
4. Lubalin Graph
5. Estilo
6. Verveine
7. Liza Pro
8. Borjomi Decor
9. Absolutely Fabulous
10. Ventura

The Poppies

Yay!
I made it to the finals for PoppyTalk's
The Poppies Awards
for the paper category
THANK YOU!

Click here to cast your vote for
InkSpot Workshop as your favorite for handmade paper goods.
Wish Me Luck!