The Rubber Barber

Apr 09

Rubber Barber - make a mistake, give your eraser a haircut - fun!

Make a mis­take? Time to give your eraser a hair­cut! Rub­ber Bar­ber lets you play bar­ber while you work, slowly shav­ing away at the col­ored “hair” on cute lit­tle heads to cre­ate funky new hair­styles as you erase.

Rubber Barber - make a mistake, give your eraser a haircut - fun!

Give your lit­tle friend a faux hawk, a mul­let, a pointy beard, or just a clean shave… everything’s fair game until you reach the face, when you’ll finally have to bid your lit­tle friend adieu—or spare him and start on your next customer!

Avail­able as a set of four erasers from Megaw­ing.

Handmade Charlotte Stencils

Mar 27

Handmade Charlotte Stencils

Plaid approached us with a dreamy proposal–create a line of sten­cils that would be sold in all of our favorite craft sup­ply stores. We jumped at the chance, and with the help of craft sup­ply pow­er­house Plaid Enter­prises, our dream became a reality.

The sten­cils go on sale this week in Jo-Ann Stores and Jo-Ann Stores online. The sets are super afford­able and cost only $6.99 for the more than 40 sten­cil designs included in each set.

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Let’s Get This Party Started!

Mar 26

Telegram Invitation

Spring is here and we’re throw­ing an epic out­door party with Keep.com! The first thing we did was load up our Keep.com col­lec­tions with invites, sup­plies, party decor and every­thing else to make the soiree a mem­o­rable affair.

What is Keep.com? Keep.com is a visu­ally inspir­ing mar­ket­place. You’re wowed by hand picked fash­ion, food, and craft sup­plies, then you are one click away from the pur­chase. Whether your plan­ning a party or look­ing for your warm weather wardrobe, Keep.com lets you col­lect your finds and then invite friends and fam­ily to check it out. It’s like own­ing your own spe­cialty boutique.

Now let’s talk about this spring bash that i’m try­ing to pull off. I thought it would be cool to ask you guys to help me with the plan­ning by shar­ing with me your fav party sup­plies and web shops that carry them. You’ll need to sign up for Keep.com and basi­cally start keep­ing your super fab finds. You fol­low me on Keep.com and I’ll fol­low you. Let’s start sharing!

A great event starts with a fan­tas­tic invi­ta­tion. We found ten that will get the party goers run­ning to their cal­en­dars to save the date. DIY projects and pre-made cards by indie mak­ers all made the list. Where do you buy your invites? Let us know by Keep­ing them!

Join me as we take a look at some of the best party invi­ta­tions of the season…

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A Fun New Way To Print Instagram Photos

Feb 11

Origrami: A Fun New Way To Print Instagram Photos

Cre­ated by a hus­band and wife team in Aus­tralia, Ori­grami prints your Insta­gram pho­tos Polaroid-style or on a roll of film and ships them out in super fun & orig­i­nal pack­ag­ing. The double-sided prints include a photo on one side and the date and num­ber of likes on the other.

Origrami: A Fun New Way To Print Instagram Photos

If the photo is geo-tagged, they print a map of the loca­tion where the image was taken on the back of photo.

Origrami: A Fun New Way To Print Instagram Photos

If you choose the film roll option, your pho­tos will be printed on a 3-ft. roll of retro translu­cent film. How cool is that?

Origrami: A Fun New Way To Print Instagram Photos

For around $20, you get 36 prints with free world­wide ship­ping. Sim­ply head over to the Ori­grami web­site, con­nect your Insta­gram account and select the pho­tos you want them to print. Fun!

Handmade Valentine With A Hidden Surprise

Feb 08

Handmade seashell Valentine with a cold porcelain ring tucked inside, via Misako Mimoko on Etsy

Handmade seashell Valentine with a cold porcelain ring tucked inside, via Misako Mimoko on Etsy

We’re totally in love with this happy new Valen­tine from our crafty col­lab­o­ra­tor Mis­ako Mimoko. Hand-cut from vin­tage paper, the seashell card opens to reveal a cold porce­lain ring tucked inside. So sweet!

The hand­made kite Valen­tine is back in her shop as well, com­plete with a hand-embroidered Valentine’s Day mes­sage on the back…

Handmade Kite Valentine with a hand-embroidered Valentine's Day message on the back, from Misako Mimoko on Etsy

Handmade Kite Valentine with a hand-embroidered Valentine's Day message on the back, from Misako Mimoko on Etsy

Only a hand­ful of the cards are left in her Etsy shop and they’re going fast–sorry, we had to order a few for ourselves:)

Fab Tools: Sketchbooks With A Purpose

Jan 28

Magma Design & Fashion Reference Sketchbooks

I’ll admit that I’m a bit obsessed when it comes to sketch­books and notepads. Activ­ity books were never a chore when I was younger. This must have been passed down to my daugh­ter as well–I actu­ally have to stop her from fin­ish­ing my other children’s workbooks!

Here’s a col­lec­tion of amaz­ing sketch­books designed with a spe­cific pur­pose in mind for all the other OCD scrib­blers and note-takers out there.

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