Portland General Store
Handmade in Portland, Maine, Portland General Store's fragrances and skin care are rendered with natural ingredients and unisex scents like Tobacco, Moss, Wood, and Whiskey.
Handmade in Portland, Maine, Portland General Store's fragrances and skin care are rendered with natural ingredients and unisex scents like Tobacco, Moss, Wood, and Whiskey.
Nourish your inner hippie with this homemade NyQuil substitute brewed from ginger, green chile, citric acid, and a few secret ingredients (aka booze). If you've gotta sweat out the germs, you might as well do it naturally, right?
-Molly
For the coffee and sweater loving person who cares about the environment.
Part of Howie Woo's amigurumi bombing includes strategically making it rain cats and dogs. We can only imagine the moral implications of stumbling upon something this cute: Steal for yourself, or leave for others to enjoy? (Via Booooooom.)
Tomorrow is Shrove Tuesday, aka Pancake Day, but if, for some reason, you're cutting carbs, these look pretty tasty.
Call it culinary hyperrealism. A slice of dried plum for the burger, coffee buttercream for the cheese and raspberry jam, naturellement, for the ketchup.
-Molly
Pickles is a blog run by two of our crafty sisters up north in Scandinavia. Peruse the sewing projects and crochet patterns before whipping up a batch of treats to bring to knitting club. Sweet domesticity!
-Molly
From Cracow, Poland, Celapiu's Camouflage Foks is an animal-friendly way to wear a stole.
Sure, if you made tiny gingerbread houses to perch on the edge of all your guests' mugs, they might think you had too much time on your hands. They might also think you were awesome.
Stephen Loidolt demonstrates how to turn ordinary lights into something magical with a few old soda cans. (Hint: We're sure beer cans would work, too, if that's all you've got.)
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.


