leather work

halloween is not quite upon us but a masquerade ball can be held any time of year! tom banwell makes incredibly beautiful leather masks, headdresses, headbands, and cuffs which can be found in his store on etsy.

store: tom banwell designs

leather mask prices: $19.50 - $84 

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"vintage" posters

fro, a graphic designer from la, designs amazing posters and prints. a lot of his work is inspired by films, but he recently did a really cool mario bros set.

all posters are for sale on his blog and are about $25 to $45 each.

look again!

etsy isn't just for "girlie" crap, you know. you can also buy a lot of awesome accessories for your tech stuff. i picked the ones below because at first glance, it seems like something else. look again and it's actually a sleeve for your phone!

1. gameboy iphone cozy ($25), 2. laptop sleeve ($40), 3. cassette iphone case ($20)

4. recycled shirt ipad sleeve ($55), 5. felt ipad case ($55), 6. camera cozy ($24)

etsy stores:
1. yummy pocket -handmade iphone, ipod, and ipad cases

2. flak eater - wwII military inspired messenger bags and accessories

3. Crank Cases - iphone, ipod ipad android cases

4. finders&keepers - unique objects for everyday life

5. les petits chantons – felt sleeves for accessories

6. plushism - custom handmade love

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black apples

i fell in love with emily winfield of the black apple many years ago when they were just simple portraits of big-eyed girls. but it's been nice to see her grow! today she does all sort of stuff including notebooks, postcards, pins, recipe cards, and her prints.

store: the black apple

prices: $5 pins - $30 prints

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cake stands

with food, taste isn't everything. you most likely see it before you eat it so good presentation helps! (i keep thinking about cake stands because we went to abbot kinney a few wekends ago and saw a shop that was filled with beautiful things, including cake stands. wish i had taken pictures!)

here are some beautiful cake stands from burlap + blue. they sell other things too, like coasters and wreaths, but i love cake so... :)

store: burlap + blue
prices: $15 - $40 (cake stands)

modern jewelry

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i love jewelry. so a lot of my etsy posts will probably be featuring jewelry designers. sorry!

arosha luigi taglia actually has two stores: arosha of contemporary jewelry and sleeks, where he sells items made from handmade silk. both modern and simple, but very different in materials and feel. the items here are all from arosha.

etsy store: arosha
prices vary

finger puppets!

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melanie of sweet melly jane makes the cutest finger puppets. well, she makes other stuff too, but i especially love her puppets!!

etsy store: sweet melly jane
prices vary

Infographics!

I love the infographics done by Danish designer PETER ORNTOFT. They are so unique and not overly done.

cargo collective

i love beautiful things. seriously. anything that i find "pretty" or whatever, i love. postcards, knick-knacks, ephemera, jewelry, art, photography, fashion, music, color, packaging, typography, architecture, infographics, prints, everything. that's probably why i have so much damn stuff.

anyway, i've recently re-found cargocollective. which is a " is a web publishing CMS and community-building platform" kind of like flavors, but expanded and catering to those who have lots of photos and such.

a few of my favorites using cargo (and yes, this is a bit heavy on graphic design):

alconic,  rob clark,  joe bauldoff,  always with honor,  mark weaver,  frank chimero,  milika favre,  jungeun kim,  elr*y

learn something

from friends i learned that there's also word of day toilet paper (tho i can't actually find it online). and there's  whatyoucando365 which has daily short videos encouraging you to do simple things to make the world a better place. and tho i just discovered it, there's also a learn something trivial daily site too: learnsomethingeveryday. in and of itself, that might not be worth mentioning, except that the delivery of said facts is too cute!

felt & feathers

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of all the world's talent, i think it's fair to say that etsy.com has more than it's fair share of talent. (awkward sentence, oh well). laura of larisa71, for instance, creates the most beautiful bib necklaces and brooches suing mostly felt and feathers. and for incredibly cheap too!

etsy store: larisa71
prices $10 - $20