Ornament-making-potluck on Beacon Hill. Thanks Tess!

I love that you can get a bunch of people together with a bunch of crazy art supplies and a bunch of cool projects take shape!

[Mine's the flower, third pic down]

Gotta love browsing the spot-on wares at UGUiSU ...

New Reading & Looking & Getting Inspired Material





Thanks postal service! You are the best and always make my day.

Featured here are Around Fog Linen, a catalogue/look-book from the Fog Linen shop in Tokyo and Anthology, the new design/shelter magazine from Meg Mateo Ilasco and Anh-Minh Le.

A line of necklaces I've been working on while watching Arrested Development in it's entirety for the 4th (5th?) time. As soon as I figure out where and how I'm going to have them available to buy, I'll share with you!

Seattle's Urban Craft Uprising & some things that caught my eye...





1,2...Mou Felt from Portland, OR (my sister bought the necklace in gray)

3,4 Tako Fibers from Seattle, WA (crewel DIY kits, Fun!)

5 Slide Sideways Studio from Tacoma, WA (realized I knew one half of this duo, Jacqui, from high school and the early, early grim years of parks & rec soccer...). They do great work, very talented couple with great taste. I bought this print for a friend for Christmas.

Some shots from the (snowy) Madsen Thanksgiving...lots of Swedish influence, but not too much if I can help it (not a huge fan of pickled herring!).

It's hard for me to think of someone I'm more inspired by this holiday season than Esther Ramirez of Essimar. She has a great blog too, full of good ideas.

Some of my favorite 2011 calendars.

1. Best Year Ever by Melanie Linder
2. Calendar by Anek
3. Calendar by yellowlion
4. Hooray Hands by curiousdoodles (I already bought this for a friend for Christmas)

Looking to replace my address book with something more tactile. Like this!

Small address book box by MargaretAndWalter

What I saw on the beaches in the corner of the world...

We've gone from this...





...to this!! (very exciting for Seattle-ites)