The Make Lounge

Beautiful buttons!

close up, originally uploaded by lilfishstudios.

Would you just look at these vintage finds! This is a detail shot from a gorgeous button bouquet, made by lilfishstudios.

ADDED: It gets even better, look at her Flickr set of button bouquets!

Made at The Make Lounge: Metal Snap Frame Purses

We love seeing what students make with skills they've learned at The Make Lounge. Take these lovely bags Laura created after taking our Metal Snap Frame Purse workshop.

Head over to her blog, Well I'll Be Darned, to see more. Laura is also one half of the talented duo known as Lazy Soozan, so go have a look at their site as well! (P.S. The other half, her friend Lucy, made some purses too!)

All Hail the Lowly Toilet Roll

Amazing 'everyday art' by artist Yuken Teruya. (And to think my childhood forays into creative toilet roll reuse resulted only in falling-apart robots and shabby spaceships). [via Design*Sponge]

The Crafts Department: A 'Good Thing'

I admit it, I have a bit of a soft spot for Martha Stewart. In my 'former life' as a NYC-based journalist, I often wrote for three of the magazines in her media empire: Living, Weddings, and Body & Soul. While working on the first two, I had the good fortune to meet and work with many of members of Martha's talented crafting team. Their blog, The Crafts Department, feels a bit like picking their brains (well, not literally) with projects from the magazines (like these lovely felt slippers), behind the scenes posts and more. It's one of my (slightly guilty) pleasures.

Muppets & Bohemian Rhapsody

This clip has been making the interweb rounds for a while, but after happening upon it again today, I was reminded of just how much I love it. (It's especially clever the way Animal manages to sidestep the inappropriate-for-children lyrics bit).