Stickyfingers - Adult Halloween Edition

Happy October everyone! It's now time to put away your bikinis and get ready for some spooky fun. This week's Stickyfingers is dedicated to adult Halloween party fun, compliments of the Queen herself, Martha Stewart. Stay tuned, next week I will feature fun Children's Halloween party projects. Have fun and go make something!

Can't have a party without these. Invite your friends in the Halloween spirit, click here.

How about some not so traditional pumpkin carvings? Look great as a centerpiece or on your front porch. Click here for easy templates.

Witch's brew doesn't have to mean beer. Impress your guests with your mixology skills using these scary recipes.

iCANDY - Holiday 2009 Edition

This week's iCANDY is a day late but well worth the wait. I'm tooting my own horn today and featuring InkSpot Workshop's Holiday 2009 designs, just launched on October 1st. I was so lucky to have a day of sunshine and am so pleased with the pictures that I just had to share. Enjoy and have a great weekend!

1. Pinwheel Wreath Blue/Lavender

2. Pinwheel Wreath Pink/Orange

3. Pinwheel Rudolph

4. Reindeer Role Call Green/Lavender

5. Reindeer Role Call Pink/Red

6. Penguin Santa

Holiday 2009 Official Launch

I am thrilled to officially launch

InkSpot Workshop

Holiday 2009

Filled with tons of color and whimsy!

come see for yourself, click here

Hot Off The Press!

Come and get 'em!

All new for you, InkSpot Workshop desktop calendars are now stocked in the shop. As always, you will get 12 months of fresh, modern and whimsical designs to liven up your workspace. They also make great gifts

Hurry, these are a limited edition meaning limited supply.

My personal favorite!

Stickyfingers - Fabric Edition

Happy Sunday to all of you creative types! This week's tutorials are all about using fabric. Whether you sew or not, don't worry these are all super duper easy! As always, I aspire to inspire so go and make something! Want to be featured in Stickyfingers? just send me some pictures of your finished projects, looking forward to seeing them:)

Here's a great use for your leftover fabric. How about making your own Fabric Flowers Garland? Kayte Terry gives you the steps here over at Creature Comforts.

Now that the kid's are back to school in full swing, how about making them a special Notebook Lunch bag? Kate Pruitt, offers up an exclusive here for Design Sponge.

Even if you don't sew, this Fabric Yo Yo tutorial from Heather Bailey, offers up some simple stitches anyone can master. Make It and Love It shows you some cute uses for these little gems.

500 Colored Pencils

Everyone knows I'm ALL about COLOR! I get super excited when I see pastels, chalks, magic markers, paints and colored pencils at artist stores. I vividly remember Mrs. Kindee's 1st grade class where she had a small set of 6 fat magic markers, each with a unique scent, blueberry was my favorite.

I have a small arsenal of artist's supplies, although I can't draw my way out of a paper bag, similar to a woman who doesn't cook but loves cook books. I did draw some flowers a few months ago with some colored pencils and I must say they turned out better than I thought they would. Not to mention it was something fun to do with my 3 year old that didn't involve Lightning McQueen.


Then I stumbled upon the 500 Colored Pencils program, from Social Designer. Can you imagine having 500 colored pencils???? How clever is this? It's a subscription and here's the way it works... you or your BFF can get 25 different colored pencils a month for 20 months! at just $1.32 a pencil, what a steal. Each color has it's own unique name like Coral Gable, Smoked Salmon and Jessica, these were all incredible shades of pink by the way.

Are you asking yourself.. where would I keep 500 colored pencils? No worries, they have that all figured out for you. Whether you want desktop storage or modern wall art, they have just the lucite container to suit you.

I'm thinking these are the keys to unlocking my inner artist!

iCANDY - 55th edition

Happy Friday and welcome to this week's edition of iCANDY. No particular theme this week, just some super cute and delicious items I found from my Etsy favorites. ENJOY!

1. Micro Tiles - Element Clay Studio, NC $200.00

2. Apricot Jalapeno Jelly {yum} - Mirasol Farm, WI $6.50

3. Lever Du Soleil Earrings - The Bijou Babe, MD $188.00

4. Doppio Espresso Cup/Saucer - Of Mine Design, CA $14.00

5. Linen Crochet Ponytail Holder - Namolio, England $8.75

6. Hand Knit Scarf - Fringe, CA $74.00