When your mother asked who it was that ate the last cookie, or who it was who broke her porcelain music box, who was there to point the finger to? For those who don’t have unfortunate younger siblings, there were the Imaginary Friends who always were there for you to blame. With their cuteness and charm, how could anyone get mad at them, right?

Hello, Imaginary Friends!

Here at The Tiny Fig , I happened to stumble upon this adorable sticker set of Imaginary critters for you to stick wherever you wish! Relive those happy days with them once again and make new adventures!

Oh, and don’t forget to check the other stuff in The Tiny Fig’s site as well… a lot of cuteness to discover!

Life as a Rubber Stamp

This little bugger was waiting inside our mailbox last week, and boy, what a treat to find him! We still need to get a pool of ink for him to swim in, as I’m sure he’s raring for some action.

Props to Teresa at Tickled Pink Paper Ink, the quality of her product is amazing! Now we all know where to go for custom rubber stamps, in case our little monster needs a few more friends

We have a gang of friends that need your help! They need some names to live up to their Lucha Libre fame! Leave a comment with suggested names for one (or all), and those chosen will get a FREE Luchadores button pack! We’ll keep the contest open for two weeks, until the end of June. Goodluck amigos y amigas!

There is so much beauty with products that are handmade, and it’s really great having sites like Etsy to bring all these handmade goodness together!

I Kind of Like You Greeting Card by steppie

Inside the Card

Here’s a Greeting Card that I just happened to just stumble upon while browsing around Etsy. It totally made my heart melt! People ought to send more letters and postcards to each other via post mail, the poor mailboxes are now being dominated by bills and all that junk. I’d rather have more of these, please. And I’m sure you would too.

Go take a peek at Steppie’s Etsy where you can find this loveable hedgehog, pandas, ninjas and more!

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Feel free to drop by her shop, she features wonderful vintage illustrations and handpainted graphics on timber pieces. We especially love her Timber greeting cards and Sushibird tiles.

More at The Red Thread!

Received my Sewing Green book today, a lucky giveaway that I won from nonpareil blog and Pink Olive! Thanks guys!

After skimming through the pages it got me all excited on what I can come up next! I’ll have to admit, I’m quite an amateur with sewing, but the process itself is pretty fun! The books instructions seem pretty clear too, so I think I’ll be alright!

Paul's Pal Hobbes, a 2007 Project

Feeling a bit crafty yourself? Follow Molly’s step-by-step and turn felt into awesome Aquarium Magnets!

From sea to shining sea! Here is a dandy map of where our buttons have traveled here in the US so far:

The Bottle is Half Full

visited 21 states (42%)
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In our quest to make friends across the state lines (and eventually, the world), we will send a FREE surprise gift to new customers from far fetched places we haven’t met! Good up until the end of the month. Who ever said June Gloom had to be? Order a few buttons, and find out for free

We attended last Sunday’s festivities in San Mateo, and got totally flabbergasted by our first (and definitely not the last) Maker Faire festival. Special thanks to Audrey of the PR team for Maker Faire and Daily Candy for throwing that awesome contest!

It’s literally a Disneyland for adults (AND for kids), without the sappy characters and blatant capitalism (with apologies to Disneyland season pass holders, just exercising my first amendment rights). Most of the day we were gawking at all the stuff people created – from kinetic doo-dads, giant metal crab robots, and other randomness like watching ourselves in 3D being broadcast on a projector. I had to catch myself from squeezing Kat’s arm too hard and pulling it off in excitement.

By and far, my favorite parts were the Camera Obscura installation, and metal sculptures of polyhedra from Vladimir Bulatov. I’ve seen different iterations of a camera obscura before (of the pinhole variety), but this one totally blew my mind. I have never, in my life, seen an image reproduced in super high def, better than your 1080p HD that’s supposedly 21st century, and I will even say, better than what real life looks like. An image reproduced on a round piece of wood painted white, mind you. Very exciting.

I’ve always had a fascination with polyhedra (hello dodecahedrons), and squealed loudly like a schoolgirl when I saw the Bulatov sculptures.

So much awesomeness in one festival, my brain almost exploded!! See you guys again next year

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