Bento for Kidlet
The ideal lunch is tasty, healthful, and graphically pleasing. Don't
underestimate the importance of this last one. Bento for Kidlet never does.
-Molly
The ideal lunch is tasty, healthful, and graphically pleasing. Don't
underestimate the importance of this last one. Bento for Kidlet never does.
-Molly
Transform your living room into a woodsman's dream with these log pillows, where the grain of the log is knitted instead of printed. Fort-building just got a lot more awesome.
Furry Puppet Studio in Brooklyn is run by Zack Buchman and Maria Gurevich. These two mastermind puppets of all kinds, write a blog, and offer puppet-building workshops. They even post pictures of how they build their puppets. No strings attached.
These miniature yetis fit perfectly in your pocket and are handsewn and customized to your liking. Saves you the trouble of having to carry a full size yeti around with you.
These feltidermy animals from GirlSavage make us swoon. They're cute, they're cuddly, and no animals were harmed in the making.
These 24 carat gold pets from Kvast are actual childhood toys dipped in gold. The loop is attached to the toy with tape or string, and then the entire pendant in glazed in 24 carat gold.
Miniature Rhino uses needle and thread to create tiny embroidered wonders such as custom constellations, for when your fingers aren't nimble enough to do it yourself.
Want friendship bracelets but don't have friends to make them for you? Well, that's sad, but you can go to Mix & Match It, where you can choose your colors and pay a 19-year-old college student to make them for you.
On Friday, July 3 from 6-9pm at Urban Outfitters South Miami store in The Shops at Sunset Place, Freedom of Expression brings together local artists and craftarians to help raise money for the Del Portillo Family, a local Miami family battling lung cancer. Also catch The Killer Moon (7pm) and Spinlight City (above, 8pm) as part of the good-hearted festivities.
Metallic banners are not just for celebrating birthdays, but also for celebrating breaking up, starting over and giving someone an ultimatum. Hooray!
Donning something from the All Of Our Lives 'Happy Bow Day' collection is a surefire way to get yourself invited to a mad tea party.
Paige Russell’s Green Space Travel Case gives the picnic lunch a twist with her briefcase-enclosed portable mini-park snack kit. It’s the perfect grassy solution for those summer days when you’re stuck inside. (via Design Sponge)
Imagine coming downstairs on a sleepy Saturday morning, flipping on the TV, and cuddling up with some comfort food?
Petit Lapin keeps it simple: The entire collection is small bunny pins, sewn from felt, and available for just five bucks each. They're kind of like rabbits, in that you might start out wanting one, but they're so irresistible that soon you'll have a whole family.
Pom Pom International is a non-profit organization that promotes pom pom making for world peace. They're collecting hand-made pom poms from all over, and sewing them together to create the biggest, yarniest, most colorful pom pom ever. A worthy cause, no doubt.
From the DIY-masterminds behind Hello Craft comes The Summit of Awesome: a weekend-long (Friday, May 1-Sunday, May 3), workshop-filled explosion of Indie Craft for the Business-Minded. An all-access pass is on the pricey side at $180, but at what cost miss events like lunch with Etsy CEO Maria Thomas and the Show of Awesome afterparty at Miss Pixie's (1626 14th St, NW)?
Cute Ability's Pet Gold Fish on the Go necklace is like Bill Murray and Gil in What About Bob?, but with less risk of spillage or animal cruelty.
Just when you think street-art's gone permanently snooze-ville, Faile goes and installs a hand-carved prayer wheel on the sidewalk. (Via The World's Best Ever.)


