Happy Halloween everyone!

This Halloween I am kind of obsessed with mythological half human, half animal themes….

I like the idea of dressing as a animal human hybrid or ambimorph. Here is a little hybrid mythology to read.

Satyr: half human half goat

Minotaur: half human half bull

Horus: half human half bird

Anubis: half human half jackal

Dracena: half human half snake

others are: naiad, faun, werewolf, cyclops, harpies, siren, triton, nagas, dogons.

Here are some other great ideas for homemade costumes-day of dead, mummy and heidi klum as skingirl ala Bodyworlds. Every great dane should be a fairy.

Happy May Day! May Day marks the end of the unfarmable winter half of the year in the Northern hemisphere, and it has traditionally been an occasion for popular and often raucous celebrations.

I have been absent from blogging because of my busy schedule, but will now make up for it!

Beautiful Valentines Letterpress cards from Kirtland House, Blackbird Press & Elum Designs. Hope you had a lovely day, Happy Valentines!

Purchase one of these Bird Seed Heart from Nature Favors or make one of your own from a bird seed peanut butter mixture pressed into a heart shaped cookie cutter for backyard feathered friends on Valentines Day.

I love my book “Monday Hearts for Madalene” filled with creative heart shaped images created by Page for her best friend and lover, Madelene, every single Monday morning. When Madelene passed away of ovarian cancer just a year after the two women met, Page continued her love project, vowing never to stop creating a heart for her beloved each and every Monday. …..Lovely Valentine’s Day inspiration.

Sexy eco offerings for Valentine’s Day come from sustainable lingerie company Enamore & organic cotton underthings from Seattle based Sandmaiden. Warm up your February with organic B.sa.B candles and add sweet delight with a sampling flight of honey from Bee Raw Honey.

Creative wrapping can always take a gift to the next level, it shows that you put a bit more thought into it rather than had someone else wrap it at the store. But if you have the time, this D.I.Y. can use up some of your junk mail or piles of magazines you have lying around. I think when wrapping a gift it is important not to create extra waste in doing so. This super resourceful tutorial from How About Orange is the perfect way to stay green minding while gift giving. It could also work in a pinch if you find yourself without wrap, by instead using newsprint as wrapping and crafting one of these recycled magazine bows. Great job Orange!

The end results have a certain quality to them that you cannot get with store bought versions. They have a bit more patina and more of a soft matte finish.

I think I’ll try out the map version with my already hacked up atlas I use for collages!

additional photos from Katie’s Flickr set

For more recycled magazine ideas click here.

May this year return to you all the love you have shared with others.

May this year be filled with a fire that burns deep within igniting a passion to live your dreams.

………..A buck left this lovely antler in the backyard for the new year. Must be auspicious! This doe also frequents the yard.

Becoming a little obsessed with white Christmas trees. Purchased number one and now I want to create a little forest of them. It’s hard to refrain, they just look so minimal and mid century modern. I guess the trend is growing:

Wikkie

Goat Path

Macphail Studio

Apartment Therapy

Brigglslekehus

Living Etc.

NYTimes

Ferm Living

Martha

Bottle brush tree