FREE BLOG BACKGROUNDS!

If you dig my blog's background, you should definitely go to Simply Chic Blog Backgrounds. She offers some awesome free blog backgrounds, along with great instructions on how to install them properly. They are mainly for blogger blogs, but you could probably modify them to fit other blogs as well if you have the know-how. All she asks in return is that you spread the word about her site! So that is what I'm doing now. So again, a HUGE thanks to Simply Chic Blog Backgrounds for this great new look for my blog!

Heart Handmade

Literally, handmade hearts that you can wear! These adorable brooches are recycled from vintage fabric. While I'm personally no fan of the mixture of chocolate and mint flavors, I'm 100% for the mixture of these colors! This wonderful design is by pouch and is quite affordable at $4.50 a brooch.

Cyber Monday Sale from EtsyNJ!

The EtsyNJ Street Team is having a cyber Monday sale coming up! There are a TON of great deals from Etsy shops located in New Jersey, and my own shop, ShutterKate, is among them. So check out all of these great deals and get going on your Holiday shopping on Monday, December 1st!

At my shop, any purchase throughout Cyber Monday (December 1st) will get you a free knitted key fob like this one currently for sale in my shop. These make GREAT stocking stuffers!

Speaking of Bowls...

bowl by earthmamahyde

I love cloth bowls. Their wonderful textures and decorative qualities make them entirely appealing to me. On top of that, this one happens to be made from an old flannel sheet, turned into cloth yarn and crocheted into this beautiful bowl! The colors are perfect for this time of year. I kinda wanna live in it...

Map Your Meal

With a metro map bowl!

Ok, maybe you shouldn't put food in it, so much as decorate your place in an awesome way with it. Here's the down-low on the bowl:

This decorative bowl is hand molded from paper pulp made from recycled waste paper—in this case recycled paper packing material, with a copy of an old map of Washington DC lining the inside.

Check this one and more out at picapicadesign.

Re-mapped

Envelopes made from surplus map pages! Annarubyking adds her own art and style to these, to give them that extra eco-appeal.

Micro Madness

Dioramas are taken to a new scale with this micro mini tiny city by sparklerama! I would have DIED for something as cute as this as a kid. Let's face it, mini = marvelous...
Extra props for making this out of an old matchbox!

I've got the pinkish blues...

How about you?

Butterfly in a Teacup. diorama by lapomme


3 Cleaning Cloths by EcoKate


Psychedelic fish flannel napkins by WeeBeaks

If you're a fan of our little feathered friends, you might just really dig some of these eco-friendly handmade items:

Squeal for Teal

I'm in love this this color. This has been true for so long that I'm almost positive my love for it will never fade. Tell me you don't love it too...I dare ya.