Serena Smith, glass artist of Oregon, caught my eye on Etsy a few years ago with her gently rounded feminine figure beads, all earth mothers and goddesses, and floral beads that are tiny fantastical garden gems... [read more]
Forget the traditional parterre Herb Garden, if you can’t keep herbs alive! Goths, ghouls, and any gardeners with a sense of humour about their plant-growing failures will enjoy a decorative Herb Graveyard instead. (more…)
Most of us don’t make a habit of stalking a furniture maker on Facebook, but here’s one you may want to make an exception for.
If you’re already a fan of craft artist Vincent Thomas Leman’s “abstract traditional” style — the heart of the practical yet whimsical Dust Furniture — you will know exactly what I mean. If not, you soon will be craving the warped and wonderful pieces for yourself. Each piece is handcrafted with skill and good humor in the husband-wife team’s studio in Valparaiso, Indiana, USA.
Don’t forget to keep an eye on their Etsy outlet, if you’re on a budget, to catch the occasional sales on handcrafted “prototypes, web exclusives, extras and sometimes, mistakes…” and the occasional surprise deal you’ll find hard to resist.
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This whimsical Girl with Ladybug Necklace vase goes very very very high on my shopping list (the one I keep for when I win a lottery) and already decorates the…
Only a soul that's devoid of joy can fail to love a good sock monkey, or to smile at that goofy knitted-primate face and gangling limbs. More fun yet, when…
Jackie is a medical technologist in Upstate New York. Her full-time day job is working in a hospital lab, but that's not where her heart is -- she's hiking in…
Part handbag, part animal (and I do mean, Animal... Do you recall the crazy-wild drummer from the Muppets Show? Like that) -- here's an accessory with a difference.