The Wonderful World of Pinterest- May 2013

15 May, 2013 9:58 pm / Leave a Comment / My So Called Crafty Life

Happy Wednesday everyone! Today I am going to share with you some of my favorite pins from my Pinterest boards over the last month. I haven’t had a lot of time to spend on Pinterest lately. However, I did manage to add a bunch of outdoor party pinspiration as well as a healthy dose of cute animals, and some fun diy and home decor to my boards. Here are some of my absolute favorites:

From my board Party Ideas:

I just love this picnic idea! It’s so dreamy!

Love these colors!!!

I love the packaging here, it’s so fun!

Just beautiful!

From my board For the Home:

Love the shelving!

I love this kitchen! I based the open shelving on the top of my cabinets off of this picture.

I love the cabinet and the fridge! So cute!

From my board Tattoos:

This is so sweet! It means “smile” in Swedish.

So cute!

From my board Pets and Animals:

I just LOVE this picture!

So sweet!

This cracks me up! So true…

and from my board DIY Ideas I Love:

This is great for summer!

So stinkin’ cute!

I absolutely love this!

Aren’t they all just fantastic! I love Pinterest, don’t you! To see more inspiring pins you can check out all my Pinterest boards Here. I’ll be back next month with more pinspiration! Until then…

Happy Pinning!

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I Heart Etsy Fridays- Raw Bone Studio

5 April, 2013 2:09 pm / Leave a Comment / My So Called Crafty Life

Happy Friday everybody! Today I am very excited to share one of my new favorite shops on Etsy with you, Raw Bone Studio. Robin, the fantastic artist behind the shop, creates a wonderful array of mixed media fiber folk art and retro paper garlands! Her designs are whimsical and colorful, two of my favorite things! I love the folk art flower brooches and the vintage paint by number garlands. The sugar skulls are right up my ally too! Heck, I love them all! Here are just a few of my favorites:

Aren’t they all just too cute! I’m not sure I could pick a favorite, although I do just adore the brooches! To see more of Robin’s darling creations, visit her shop, Raw Bone Studio on Etsy Here. You can also find Raw Bone Studio on Facebook Here, and you can sign up for Robin’s newsletter on her blog Here. Hope you all have a fantastic and safe weekend!

Happy Shopping!

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The Wonderful World of Pinterest- March 2013

20 March, 2013 6:14 pm / Leave a Comment / My So Called Crafty Life

Hello Everyone! I haven’t done a whole lot of extra pinning this month. However I have found some very cool pins to add to my boards. This month I added an Easter board and I have enjoyed looking through all of the spring pins popping up all over the site! I am so looking forward to spring weather soon! I continue in the meantime to be ever so inspired by the wonderful content on Pinterest! Here are just a few of my favorite new pins:

From my new board Easter:

From my board Pets and Animals:

From my board Etsy Favorites: (These are all Easter inspired)

From my board Art:

From my board Tattooos:

From my board For the Home:

From my board DIY Ideas I Love:

Aren’t they all just fantastic! I just love Pinterest! To see more from these boards and more follow me on Pinterest Here. I’ll be back again next month with more fabulous pins.

Happy Pinning!

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I Heart Etsy Fridays- 2013 Calendar Round Up

11 January, 2013 11:13 pm / 4 Comments / My So Called Crafty Life

Hi Everyone! Today I have a special Etsy feature to help welcome the new year! I have compiled a few of my favorite calendars from Etsy’s wonderful artists. There are wall calendars, desktop calendars, posters, and tea towels. There were so many fun calendars to choose from it was hard to narrow it down! Here are a few of my favorites:

Check out this lovely Calendar 2013 Inspirational typography – dont count the days make the days count by Bear and Robot Here

Check out this adorable 2013 Funny Birds Calendar by ModernPOP Here

Check out this fun 2013 Farm Fresh Tea Towel Calendar from Emu Attacks Here

Check out this cute 2013 Jaunty Animals Calendar by Hello Small World Here

Check out this sweet 2013 Animal Calendar 11×14 Special Offer by NeikoArt Here

Check out this lovely 2013 calendar, desk calendar, desktop calendar and wooden easel by Good Frau Designs Here

Check out this adorable 2013 Business Cats Wall Calendar by Supah Here

Check out this cool 2013 calendar. hand drawn and illustrated. color. kraft paper. frameable. let’s hope it’s a good one. by Katie Vaz Here

Check out this sweet 2013 Calendar, Photo Calendar, 4×6 calendar, desk calendar, wall calendar, customizable by A Life Through The Lens Here

Check out this fabulous 2013 Calendar: “Declaration of Intention” New Years Resolution Hand Lettered 13×19 Poster by Emily McDowell Here

Aren’t they all just fantastic! I love them all! I hope you all enjoy browsing through these amazing Etsy shops as much as I did! There are so many amazing calendars, you’ll want to buy one for every room in your home! I wish you all a fantastic and lovely 2013!

Happy Shopping!

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Free Printable 2013 Calendar

3 January, 2013 6:49 pm / 5 Comments / My So Called Crafty Life

Hi everyone! Today I have a fun freebie for you, a cool printable calendar! It features some of my favorite projects and pictures from last year. I created this calendar to size to fit inside a cd case. You just take out the plastic part that holds the cd, remove the back paper, insert your calendar month and snap the plastic back in place. You could also hang these from a line of twine, or just pin one up each month to your favorite bulletin board. I created this calendar as a “thank you” to all my lovely readers! You guys are awesome, seriously! To save the pages you just click to open the pictures and then right click them to “save as.” There are two months on each 8.5×11 page. You will need to cut them down to the size you like. To cut them down to fit a cd case, they need to measure 4.625×5.375″. I hope you all enjoy!

Here they are:

Happy 2013!

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I Heart Etsy Fridays- Mama’s Little Babies

24 August, 2012 9:45 pm / 2 Comments / My So Called Crafty Life

Today I would love to share this awesome Etsy shop, Mama’s Little Babies with you all! Cheri, the owner and artist behind the shop, creates amazing Victorian inspired graphic plastic jewelry from vintage images. I love how they are so dainty and pretty, but also so cool and funky at the same time. The thing I love the most though is how whimsical the designs are! Who wouldn’t want a pair of black and white Victorian kitty hairpins! I just adore everything in Mama’s Little Babies Shop! Here are just a few of my favorites:

Aren’t they all just lovely! I just can’t pick a favorite, they are all so cool! To see more of this awesome jewelry check out Mama’s Little Babies on Etsy Here. You can also follow on Facebook, and Twitter.

Happy Shopping!

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I Heart Etsy Fridays- 3 Crows

27 July, 2012 11:26 am / Leave a Comment / My So Called Crafty Life

This friday I have a special treat for you! Today I am featuring one of my all time, tippie top, absolute favorite artists on Etsy, Sara Pulver and her wonderful shop, 3 Crows. I found Sara’s work a couple of years ago, and ever since I have been collecting her mini prints. I absolutely love the whimsy and character her paintings have! As most of you know by now, I’m an animal lover, a pet lover. I don’t discriminate, I love all creatures big and small, especially if they are furry! And I think what draws me to Sara’s work so much is that she really captures the personalities of all the animals she creates that in a way, to my fancied mind, they are perfect representations! All of the work in her shop is fantastic! It was very hard to narrow it down, but here are just a few of my favorites:

Aren’t they just fabulous! There are all kinds of items in the Etsy shop including original art and prints, cards, aceos, plush, a bit of her guy’s lovely woodwork, and custom pet portraits. One day I am going to commission her to do a portrait of all my pets. I hope you all enjoy all the lovely art! To see more of Sara’s work, check out her shop on Etsy, 3 Crows, Here. You can also find her on Facebook, and on her blog Here.

Happy Shopping!

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I Heart Etsy Fridays- The Fab Life of Roux

29 June, 2012 2:07 pm / Leave a Comment / mysocalledcraftylife

I have been meaning to feature this shop for a while now. This is an Etsy shop that my mom and I have together and have recently added art prints to. The Fabulous Life of Roux Toulouse is a children’s book that my mom and I created together a couple of years ago about a day in the life of my fantastic cat Roux Toulouse. Come along with Roux and explore his day. Find out what makes him and the life he leads truly fabulous. Everypage features a photo of Roux in his daily life, from waking up mom and dad to doing yoga, and pretending in the afternoon to dancing after dinner. Roux is a truly amazing cat. Even though all the pictures in the book feature backgrounds we manipulated in photoshop, Roux himself was never photoshoped or touched up. He is the best model we’ve ever had! This book makes a great gift for both kids and cat lovers alike. Here are some of my favorite art prints from the book:

And here is a little peek inside the book:

Isn’t he just adorable! I know, i’m biased. To buy the book and prints please visit the shop, The Fab Life of Roux on Etsy Here.

Happy Shopping!

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I Heart Etsy Fridays- Mochikaka

25 May, 2012 8:00 pm / 1 Comment / My So Called Crafty Life

This weeks featured Etsy shop comes all the way to us from Thailand. Mochikaka has two of my absolute favorite things in the world, cats and cute sewn stuff. Mochikaka is an illustrator and character developer and she loves cats and handmade, my kinda gal. She makes cute plushies, pins, key holders, and earbud holders all to look like adorable animal friends. Love them all! Here are a few of my favorites:

Aren’t they precious! My favorite is the gingham kitty key holder! To see more of Mochikaka’s work, visit her store on Etsy: www.mochikaka.etsy.com and visit her blog: http://iammochikaka.blogspot.com

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I Heart Etsy Fridays- Miss Bluebird and Oscar

17 February, 2012 5:08 pm / Leave a Comment / mysocalledcraftylife

As you all know by now, I have a small obsession for all things vintage and cute. So, naturally this weeks Etsy fave’s vintagey goodness should be no surprise on why Miss Bluebird and Oscar would be one of my absolute favorite shops in the wondeful world of Etsy. This lovely shop is brimming with cuteness!
Morgan, the awesome artist behind Miss Bluebird and Oscar, creates the sweetest plastic jewelry and hair accessories with wonderful vintage images. From sweet bluebirds, kittens, and fuzzy woodland creatures, to Parisien and nautical themed items, everything in this shop is truly adorable!
I will definately be slipping one of these beauties into the Easter baskets this spring. To see more of Morgans vintage inspired jewelry and accessories visit her cool shop on etsy here: www.missbluebirdandoscar.etsy.com