cute.obsession: Pinterest

Admittedly, I'm a late adopter of the awesomeness that is Pinterest. I put it off as long as I could...but the idea of creating visual bookmarks was just too tempting. Now I'm officially obsessed an have already spent countless hours online liking and pinning things all over the place. Swoon!

My first few boards on Pinterest

I'm just starting to get the hang of it and hope you'll post your Pinterest handle in the comments section so I can follow your boards too!

My handle is, of course: imakecutestuff

See you there :)

crafty.cute: 52 Weeks of Mail!

Have you heard of it? 52 Weeks of Mail is a fun activity meant to rekindle the dying art of the handwritten letter. You informally commit to sending out one piece of handwritten mail each week to whomever you choose. I joined in because I wanted to encourage myself to make an effort to slow down for just a bit every week to purposefully write someone a note and mail it. Not to mention, my penmanship could use a lot of exercise!

This week, I was lucky enough to be a recipient of my awesome friend Kayce's second week letter...and it came by way of the cutest bat you've ever seen (she made it out of recycled t-shirts even!)

Click on the photo above to see the animated gif
What'd I tell ya? Cuuuute, right?

I should mention that the little orange "o" you see (click on the picture!) is actually a hole that reveals the texture of another piece of recycled t-shirt sewn inside the card! So cute I can hardly stand it! :)

Check out Kayce's shops for even more ridiculously cute work: NuetoMe and WorldofWhimm

Photo Poll (test)

Thanks for helping me test out the photo polling service at Polldaddy.com

The poll worked out great and is now closed.
Oh...and the winner is:

 heehee! Nice choice everyone!  
#2 and #3 in the polling:

 

Happy 99th Birthday to the Late, Great Gene Kelly!

I totally admit it - I LOVE Gene Kelly! 

I grew up watching all of his musicals with my mother and I'm guessing that had a lot to do with my "former life" as a singer, dancer, actor way back in the day :)

I love all of his movies, but my all-time favorite is "An American in Paris"

 

"Our Love is Here to Stay"

{swoon!}

One night not too long ago, I was watching Xanadu (yes. I'm not kidding ;) and sent out an innocent enough tweet on Twitter:

Soon after, Sister Diane replied and brought in Rachel to the conversation who apparently loves Gene as much as we do. Along the way we picked up Alissa, Stacie, Moxie and Tara and next thing you know, we're all participating in a super awesome Gene Kelly Craft-Along!

So, I ask you:

Are YOU a fan of Gene Kelly? 

Are you Crafty?

Join us in the Gene Kelly Craft-Along!

Rules: No rules! 

Deadline: No deadline!

Just a bunch of crafty peeps who love Gene Kelly 

and are making stuff in his honor!

Join the Gene Kelly Craft-Along Flickr group

Then post your craft blog link in the comments below

You'll be added to the list and when you're finished with your project, let us know!

He'd be so proud of us!

cute.sculpture Underwater Scene Loch Ness Monster Mini-Sculpture by PearsonMaron

I just love this! Between the one-eyed octopus, fancy fish, lurking Loch Ness monster and the playful water drops dancing above the whole tableau, this limited edition ceramic scupture by California artist, Adam Maron is a daydreamer's fantasy.

The whole thing measures just 3 1/2" x 7 1/2" x 3 1/2"! Cuteness!

Underwater Scene Loch Ness Monster Mini-Sculpture by PearsonMaron via Etsy

cute.art Island Scene Sailboat Automaton by cartoonmonster

Aaaaand...I'm back from the depths of "Flu-ville". Yikes. 

I sincerely hope you and yours have avoided that nasty bug
that's been going around. Not. Fun. At. All. 

All I could think of the whole time while cooped up in my house was 

WHEN am I ever going to get OUT of here!?!

Something like this would have taken the edge off, I'm sure...

 island scene sailboat automaton by cartoonmonster via Etsy

Their shop contains many other amazing moving works of art...be sure to check it out!

What's that? You want to know what song I'm thinking of right now?

Well...of course I'll share!

**Saaaailing...takes me awaaaaaay...

to where I've always heard it could be...**

You're welcome. heehee! ;)

cute.cute: Spring Bear by FeltLLang

Oh how I love this sweet card wallet...

The details and stitching are just so darned cute!

spring bear by feltllang

In only chose this one because I had to pick one for this post...

but seriously, I could have picked anything out of this shop!

Hmmm. Maybe I'll get this checkbook cover instead?

So Cute!