Kate Protage

I'm pretty much in love with Seattle artist Kate Protage's work. 

My favorite paintings belong to her abstract city light collection called "urban slice".

Felt Ball Garland & Wreath

I need to hunt down the supplies to make some of pom pom garland pronto! via Black*Eiffel

 

Love, love, love this felt ball Christmas wreath via the style files 

 Cute garland tutorial found via You Are My Fave

You can make your own pom pom balls with this tutorial via Pickles

Leg Lamp & Ralphie

Every year I throw a holiday party called "Elf Party", to bring in the holiday season and give everyone an excuse to watch my favorite holiday movie of all time. This tradition started out as simply having a friends over to watch the movie, & has grown to include paper mache movie characters (arctic puffin, snowman & narwal whale), costumes, jello shots, dance parties, & conga lines.

2010 marked the 5th year of Elf Party shenanigans, and my boyfriend and I wanted to do something to top last year. We decided to require our guests to be in Christmas dress code & we ourselves decided to create costumes from our other favorite Christmas movie. That's right, this year we dressed up as Leg Lamp & Ralphie. Putting our DIY skills to the test, we found a pattern for a pink bunny suit on instructables.com and I designed the leg lamp costume using a lamp shade, a flash light with Velcro, some fish nets & an old box.

We really had a blast this year... I can't say that I want to take on any sewing projects as major as this one anytime soon, but we were both really pleased with how our costumes turned out!

Felt Stockings

 

Check out these eco friendly stockings via rikrak

Nesting Finger Puppets

These DIY nesting finger puppets are so fun!

via Made by Joel

Birds & Crowns

How cute are these little cardboard children?

Images via  Zoé de Las Cases

"Where The Wild Things Are" Costumes... adorable!

I cannot get enough of these quadruplets in their matching "Where The Wild Things Are" costumes!!

via THE KIMBALL HERD

Delightful Finds

Bottled light tutorial via witandwhistle

These light boxes are amazing! via Apartment Therapy

Romantic patio lights via Apartment Therapy

A Whale of a Good Time

I adore whales. In fact, last year some friends and I made a GINORMOUS narwhal whale out of paper mache. 

I'm lusting after these etsy whale finds:

Pillow via ZenThreads

Lovely whale print via TheBarberShop

Nautical BFF necklace via iadornu

Love, love, love this nautical locket via kharaledonne

This print from Brainstorm Print + Design should be hanging on my wall.

Snow Day Finds

We are snowed in! Spending the day searching for pretty finds online. This swing is lovely!

 

 

Ashley Meaders is brilliant.

 Fabulous paper pom-pom tutorial via marthastewart.com