Friday Finds - Inspiration is Everywhere - Mast Brothers Chocolate!

The Mast Brothers from The Scout on Vimeo.You will just love these Brooklyn chocolatiers - the Mast Brothers - I'm even digging those...

DIY Upcycled Flea Market Finds - Door Handles

This week's tutorial had to be put on the back burner since I am still finishing up my tradeshow display that needs to ship out in...

Take 10 Tuesday - the lazy girl summer version where we get to 8 this week

1. Annie Leonard's The Story of Cosmetics - a must see! 2. On Perfect Timing - when things aren't happening fast enough at Tiny...

Friday Finds- Inspiration is Everywhere!

Designer Armin Fischer set out to create a mix of hotel and hostel and the result is Superbude (Supershack) a budget-hostel in Hamburg...

Vintage Rolling Pin Towel Rack DIY Upcycled Tutorial

I have been wanting to add a towel bar or two to my kitchen butcher block counter (which was originally a potting shed cabinet) for...

Take 10 Tuesday - the lazy-girl summer version where we get to 7 this week

1. What Lady Gaga can teach you about spreading your influence at Think Traffic2. 5 Creative Ways to Reach into your Online Community3....

Crafting the Intention for Your Business - a brief bit about why you may need to figure this thing out

"An intention synchronistically organizes its own fulfillment."— Deepak ChopraWhen I created Olive Bites I never really sat down...

Friday Finds - Inspiration is Everywhere!

SUCK UK Apron Cooking Guides - the cooking info is on the apron upside down geared to the wearer!This is reminding me of the baby...

Heating Duct to Amazing Mail Holder DIY Upcycled Tutorial

This is another easy-peasy summer project for an old metal vent.Why not turn it into an awesome little mail holder?The plastic diffuser...

Whining Wednesday - stuff that is stressing me out, will be stressing me out or had been stressing me out

1. The current stress - I am just a few weeks away from my first ever trade shows and I am suddenly realizing that I have a gazillion...

Take 10 Tuesday - the lazy-girl summer version

This will be my last full week of blogging before I take my blog down a notch for the rest of the summer with less frequent posts.Poppy's...

Cell Phone Safety or listen more, talk less

Now, I am a person who doesn't use a cell phone very much, because1. I forget to charge it and2. no one calls mebut hubby and I are...

Flea Market Finds Today - Hope everyone is having a nice weekend!

“One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach; one can collect only a few and they are more beautiful if they are few”...

Friday Finds - Inspiration is Everywhere

Forbes and Lomax invisible switch plates are inspired by 1930's glass plates, but with a modern twist- they give the illusion that...

Upcycled DIY Tutorial Golf Ball Keychain!

When I was a kid we were told that something incredibly toxic(yes, even more toxic than the gazillions of toxins we faced all the...

The Gift of Making Something or how to bring more creativity into your life - Part II

"If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it” – Albert EinsteinSo last week in Part 1, we talked about our intention...

Take 10 Tuesday - the lazy-girl summer version

1. Maintaining confidence in a competitive market by Lauren Venell on Design Sponge - this includes some great business networking...

GIVEAWAY Poppy'sWickedGarden Famous Poppy Longstockings and Book! CLOSED

AND THE WINNER IS MEEYEEHERE! #42 chosen by random.org (out of 287!)Poppy's Wicked Garden is the amazing shop of Poppy who makes...

Happy 4th of July! plus some green-grilling tips from Treehugger

HCAs form in meats and fish cooked at high temperatures when amino acids and creatine (a chemical in muscle) react. Another nasty...

Friday Finds - Inspiration is Everywhere!

Think artificial flowers have to be cheesy plastic disasters?Check out the amazingly intricate paper creations of Sascha Nordmeyer...