Video: Flô di Pá

Flô di Pá | Primavera 2011 from Flô di Pá on Vimeo.

A fun stop-motion type video from Flô di Pá, an indie Brazilian bag company promoting recycling. Thanks to Marisa from Omiyage for the tip!

Skater Shades

The latest experiment coming out of Portland's Shwood workshop. Check out how they made these one-of-a-kind sunglasses using broken skateboards! Love them. Via Honestly WTF.

My Bearded Pigeon {100% Organci}

My Bearded Pigeon is the grown up brand of crafter Cath Young from children's brand chunky chooky.  Cath lives with her husband, daughter and big old dog on a few acres on the edge of the small green town of Bellingen on the Mid North Coast of NSW, Australia.  Fun fact:  Her home was featured on the Etsy blog recently, you can have a look here.

Cath makes these exclusive atlas (and photographic) cushions using 100% certified organic cotton.  All pillows are available for selected countries, cities and continents or you can get them all in a giant organic world map cushion cover which is twice the size of a standard bed pillow.  Visit  My Bearded Pigeon online:

shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/mybeardedpigeon?ref=seller_info

website: http://www.mybeardedpigeon.com

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/My-Bearded-Pigeon/118932898176775?ref=hnav

twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/mybeardedpigeon

poppytalk handmade:  http://www.poppytalkhandmade.com/table51

Junk Mail Stationery for the Unconsumption Project

Junk Mail Stationery from Yellow Owl Workshop on Vimeo.

This is pretty rad.  Have you heard of Rob Walker's new Unconsumption Project yet?  He asked a select group of artists to create a project re-purposing existing items using his Unconsumption logo - the idea is to essentially create something cool and "new" from something you already own.  Anyway, I came across this fun video from the folks at Yellow Owl Workshop where they created a project to turn junk mail or scrap paper into personal stationery. They also then made a downloadable template for it.  Click here for the details!

 

Weekend Project: Tin Can Hanging Planters

I came across this crafty little DIY project idea yesterday which combines two of my favourite things, recycling and decoupage.  Wabi-Sabi Wanderings created them which I'm thinking would be fun hanging under a veranda outdoors for the summer.  Click here to see.

I've started to write family style-related posts for the parenting site, Babble; here are my posts for this week if you're interested:

• 10 Awesome Summer Craft Projects for Kids & Teens
• Giant washi tape for your walls
• New Fall 2011 Collection from West Elm
• Summer DIY's You'll Love
• The Best Affordable Art Online

email save-the-date sampler

{ email save-the-date by pinklilypress }

thinking of emailing your wedding save-the-dates? a sane, eco-friendly, affordable way to go. (we did!)

here are a few etsy shops that will design one for you, some with entire email wedding invitation suites.





{each photo links to its shop}

tortoiselovesdonkey: green (literally!) wedding favors

{ my little valentine terrarium }

good lord, would you look at the tiny plant. talk about a cool, interesting favor or placecard or whatnot. you can customize the tag and get an air or "dirt" plant in the teensy terrarium.

plus i'm in love with the other stylish options in test tubes and pyrex and concrete.





more at tortoiselovesdonkey.etsy.com.

noaki: vintage + art deco wedding jewelry

{ golden feather bracelet }
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from the mailbag: LA-based noaki's delightful work breathes new life into one-of-a-kind or limited edition vintage and art deco pieces. they have an airiness and lightness to them that's hard to pin down: the same pieces could see a summer beach wedding or a glittering winter affair. then of course there's the eco-friendliness of repurposing and rehabilitating old gems and metals. east coast meets west coast... these are fresh modern takes on classic designs.





for more info see noaki.etsy.com

beetleandbloom: upcycled florals

{ umber combination -- hairpiece and ceramic flower dish }

here's something gorgeous for fall or winter weddings -- with meticulous, phenomenal packaging and an incredibly reasonable price.

seriously, this shop is full of beautiful perfect things, made with recycled, upcycled, and creatively reused materials, which makes them -- yes! eco-friendly. most come in some sort of handmade box, which is just as beautiful as what's inside. plus jessica loves custom work and can make blooms with your color theme. check out the sold items as well.

bravo!




more at beetleandbloom.etsy.com

xoelle: upcycled and eco-friendly ties

{ paisley bow tie -- freestyle and blue }

xoelle (get it? kiss-hug-elle?) (ok, i didn't at first either, but i like it!) makes *great* ties by reusing and repurposing vintage neckties and fabrics into new ones.

plus she's in pensacola, which is very close to where my sister lives, and i am totally nephew-obsessed this week. gaga for nephew. nephew-o-rama.

back to the ties! check these out:





ok, ok. so that last one is an adorable baby blanket. what can i say. nephewpalooza.
more at xoelle.etsy.com!