Inspiring Masterpieces Made From Books

I came across these gorgeous works of art through an intro to Guy Laramee from the Abduzeedo website. Aren't they seriously awe-inspiring? I'm intrigued enough to try my own hand at this, but it may be a disaster :) Check out more beautiful landscapes created from old books, below!

Cool Gifts for Men

The gift-giving season is here and there's just enough shipping time for some online gift shopping. Although there are plenty of satisfactory gift items in malls and other stores, one perk about buying handmade gifts is that they'll be pretty unique. For those who are hard to shop for, I did some hunting on Etsy and found these pretty cool items! :) What do you think?

Sign Geekery by LukeLampCo

For the man child?

Reconstruct Your Old Clothing (part 2)

In continuation of last week's Part 1 involving reconstructing shirts and such, Part 2 focuses on sweaters. Some of these projects I found are so cool, I'm kind of tempted to scour Goodwill and other second-hand stores for high quality fibered sweaters, but that would defeat the purpose of me purging my closet and getting rid of stuff. Sometimes, the internet is not good for me.

Alpaca Wool Sweater Handbag, via The Inadvertent Farmer

Something Edgy: Beat Up Creations

Picture Day Series

Several of my Etsy friends are supporting the Recyclers Guild Team by joining their contest, so I'd like to show some support as well (and it was easy, because the BeatUpCreations shop has so many interesting/eye-catching items!) I'd also like to mention that Angela, of BeatUpCreations, is a fellow team member of mine from the Indie Free Spirits team :)

Mary Was a Little Lamb

BeatUpCreations uses orphaned and unloved antique plates and transforms them into new modern portrait plates. She also makes one-of-a-kind creations from recycled and forgotten items.

You can see her work and learn more about her here:
Etsy: http://beatupcreations.etsy.com/
Website: http://www.beatupcreations.com/
Blog: http://www.beatupcreations.blogspot.com/

Now, for a few of my favorites :) Enjoy!

Princess Chihuahua