“Want me to knit you a bacon scarf?” Diane asked, and unwittingly launched my search for arts and crafts with a bacon theme. She said she could probably “fake up” a pattern. Thinking back, I’m not entirely sure whether she planned to knit it from the actual fatty meat product. In which case, er, [...]
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weaving
Nowhere is Tracy Porter’s sense of colour (and sense of humour) displayed as amusingly as in her Rhapsody line of dinnerware, reminiscent of Majolica but with a quirky style that’s totally original — as the hand-painted earthenware Monkey Pedestal Bowl clearly shows!
As exotic as he is enchanting, this dapper monkey charms us with his fabulous [...]
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whimsy
Asian-inspired home decor is very hot right now, and you can’t go wrong starting out with simple lines, natural colors, and maybe a Shoji screen in the corner. But it’s the right artwork or accessory that can really set the mood for an Oriental theme.
Here are five of my favourite recent finds, in no particular [...]
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wall art