Friday Five - June 7th, 2013

 1. Vegan Animal Cracker Truffles

Say WHAT??????  These look similar to the cookie dough truffles I posted here but with cream cheese and desecrated animal crackers.

I'm adding these to my must try list.

2. Adorable Felt pieces by Clairey Lou Creations

Check out these super cute felt creations in Clairey Lou Creations' etsy shop.

3. Milk Bottle Measuring cups from Anthropologie

It's cute and saves space which, as a condo dweller, is very important to me.

4. DIY Ice Cream Parlour Design - by Eat, Drink, Chic 

This week I had to design a summer newsletter for my work and I decided that "Old Fashioned Ice Cream Parlours" would be my inspiration.  A google search turned up a post by Amy Moss on her blog Eat Drink Chic.  She designed a "Make Your Own Sundae" buffet, which first, is an awesome idea for a party.  Second, her designs are beautiful.  Here are just a few pictures:

5. Popsicle iPhone Case

A theme started developing as I to began compile my list of five favourites.  I guess thanks to that newsletter I had summer on my mind.

I love how the popsicle stick can be removed or used as a stand.

Alex & Arthur

New Blog Design - Yellow

So you may have noticed that I made some changes to the design of my blog…I’m hoping no one saw the half completed version yesterday when I was only able to change half my buttons before losing my internet connection. 

The design has been the same for a while, plus it is spring so it was definitely time for a change.  I also wanted to change the colours of my blog this month to include the colour yellow because April is Daffodil Month.  It’s a campaign run by the Canadian Cancer Society that asks us to wear a daffodil pin in honour of those who have lost their battle against cancer and those living with the disease today.   I have my daffodil at work so I remember to put it on every morning in memory of my grandfather who died of colon cancer when I was six years old.

There’s an image of a daffodil pin in the left side bar of my blog, if you click it you’ll be redirected to the Fightback.ca website which explains more about the campaign and how donations help individuals affected by cancer.

Alex & Arthur

Crafting Space

I'm in desperate need of a space to sew, craft, paint and draw that's NOT my dining room table. I'd also like a space that's away from Arthur just in case I drop tiny bits of thing-a-ma-jigs or sewing needles. 

But it becomes a little tricky with the amount of space I have. I love living in Toronto but it's very expensive, so it's condo life for me. I love my condo, the security guards and residents are all sweethearts to Arthur, the walls are made of concrete so I barely hear my neighbours and it's right next to a tiny protected public park (no other buildings will be erected to block my view of the CN Tower).  The downside is that I really could do with more space and about half of the condo "walls" are made of floor to ceiling windows making it hard to insert selves.  I really need to figure out how to utilize the vertical space we do have.

I've been looking up tiny craft areas on the internet in hopes of creating my own work environment. I've started formulating a plan and I really hope it works out.

Here are a few of my favourite tiny crafting spaces.

Okay, I absolutely adore IHeart Organzing's closet craft room.  It's adorable and an efficient use of space.  Absolutely everything you need is available and well organized.

Check out another closet crafting room -- this one belongs to Laurana.  Hello kitty x2!

Check out this insanely cute crafting desk featured on Everything Etsy.

As mentioned, I have vertical space and the wall storage featured on Apartment Therapy would perfectly fit in the area I'm planning on using as my craft nook.

I'm actually quite excited to start designing my craft space AND to have a home for all my supplies.  Currently my button maker is shoved under one of the side tables in my living room and every time I need to make buttons, it's either on my coffee table or dining room table and both surfaces are made of glass -- yikes!

Do you have a lovely craft room to call your very own? Any tips I can use when I start organizing my space?

Happy Monday!

Alex & Arthur