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A Gift! Eco-Wrapping

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A dear friend who Will adores presented him with a gift wrapped in a beautiful fabric she had left-over from a sewing project that was held together with a pretty re-used ribbon to boot. My wheels are turning with the possibilities this “scrap” of fabric has to offer now that it is in my hands! I could make something out of it (if I allow myself the time, that is), or I could use it to wrap a gift that we will be giving to a friend of Will’s next week.

This is how I like to wrap gifts too – with objects on hand. It can be anything really. Well almost…

The last wrapping project we did was put together with IKEA newsprint that came inside furniture packaging. I lightly crumpled it then had Will help me paint it. It was fun and super cute. We used Will’s art supplies.

AMy wheels are turning with the possibilities this “scrap” of fabric has to offer now that it is in my hands!)

How do you wrap?

Oh Bananas!

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I love bananas. They are good on toast, in smoothies, as an egg replacer in recipes, and, oh! banana bread! mmmm. Then there is the simple elegance of eating a banana straight out of the peel.

I was shocked to discover the dark side of my dear beloved banana:

In the comments section on a blog called 101 Cookbooks in a post about Banana Chip cookies, I saw an article link to the The New York Times article called Yes, We Will Have No Bananas

Beautiful Soaps From NYC

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Heart and Dart Teacrafted Soaps makes beautiful soaps and sells them Etsy. They would make perfect gifts, guest soaps, or just to have for day-to-day pleasure for yourself.

When reading their shop announcement on their Etsy page, I saw that they have a blog, and being blog obsessed I headed over. On the blog I found a little secret:

They are having a SALE from now until June 24th, 2008. 20% off all soaps when you enter the code “CARFARE”. Sola, one of the creators of these soaps is needing to raise some cash to commute to a potential opportunity she has coming up. You can read about her opportunity and the SALE on the blog.

Support handmade products and a commuter in need! Why not start out with ordering the gorgeous Victorian Sampler Set? (You get to choose the 3 bars.)

Gilbea’s “Get the Look”

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Etsy sends out a daily email called “etsy finds”. I have subscribed and am a loyal reader. This usually gets me lost in Etsy land for quite a while. It’s a viral trail.

Etsy Finds features different people who do the “finding”. Once a week it is GilBea’s turn and her theme is “get the look”. Each week she picks a different celebrity to inspire her search through the lands of Etsy where she comes up with several outfits to create the latest celebrity’s look which are entirely composed of handmade (or vintage) treasures from the Etsy community.

From the Etsy email (which is truncated) there is a link to her blog where you can read a full post about why she picked who she did this week, as well as a few thoughts about the celebrity, pictures of the outfits she used as her “finding” inspiration, and finally videos on how to achieve the look of the hair and make up.

I am not into recreating these looks but I always read her posts and click into several of the Etsy finds she links to because I find it another interesting way to discover new things that I would not have come across myself. It also further feeds my curiosity about what people are into and what they are making.

Here is my favorite find of the day related to Gilbea’s “Get the Look” inspired by the character Carrie Bradshaw:



Ladies’ Necktie with vintage 1940′s jewel by LOEY