Friday Finds - Father's Day Goodies!

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1. abercrombie & kent extreme adventures
2. streamline fly fishing kit
3. buckyballs magnetic building spheres
4. into thin air
5. best made co. pocket ax
6. leatherman juice tool
7. RC desktop forklift
8. fossil watch
9. sperry top siders
10. xenotees father's day t-shirt set

Another weekly stack of goodies brought to us by photographer and extreme stacker of all things stackable Kella MacPhee
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What's Your Racquet? - Tennis Racquet to Cork Board DIY Tutorial


Recently I picked up a couple racquets at a local flea market.

I had seen some tennis racquet mirrors on Apartment Therapy some time ago and I loved them, but knew working with mirrored glass would definitely be seven years bad luck for me, so thought I would try a similar kind of thing with cork.

So here is an easy, peasy tutorial to turn your old racquet into a cork board message center.

You can make them with or without a fabric covering - I am making these two as a gift and this fabric is perfect for the tennis nut I am thinking about.

You will need:

1. racquet(s)
2. cork
3. fabric
4. cardboard
5. paper
6. staplegun
7. scissors
8. screwdriver
9. glazier points


1. Create a paper template by making dots along the inside edge of the racquet
2. Adjust your template until it fits perfectly inside the racquet
3. Use the template to cut the cork and a piece of cardboard
4. Iron your fabric and using a staple gun wrap the fabric around the cork and cardboard; secure tightly
5. Using glazier points (used in framing) and a screwdriver secure the corkboard into the racquet



Note- those framed prints in my livingroom (top photo) are by the amazing f2images!

1. Vintage tennis racquets at BrightWallVintage
2. Art for Dogs by StrayDogArts
3. Short white skirt by LaBronz
4. Tennis ball cufflinks by QA Create
5. Tennis ball bath bomb by Layla
6. Cats Playing Badminton Brooch by Bramble and Bear
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Take 10 Tuesday - Some Stuff You Don't Want to Miss

1. Love this Tea Cup Bird Feeder tutorial at Cap Creations.

2. Crafty Pod has a great podcast on Creative Commons Licensing with Martin Ertl and Kim Werker

3. Opportunities You Should Turn Down at ArtBiz Blog

4. What Would You Keep, If You Had to Pay to Keep It post over at Productive Flourishing.

5. Kaboodle announced designer/writer/blogger Mary Andrews (AKA MaryMary of Etsy) is joining them as a guest editor where she will be blogging about all things Etsy- she also makes the coolest pocket knife necklaces if you haven't seen them.

6. What's Your Label? - interesting post and follow-ups from Tara at Scoutie Girl.

7. 8 Great Videos to Inspire You to Draw More on Michael Nobbs blog.

8. 9 Easy Steps to an Organic Garden at the Daily Green

9. Crafty Business Resource List over at One Pretty Thing (thanks for the tweet Piddix)

10. If you haven't seen Spruce Home's process video on Etsy's blog - you have to check this out - it is one of my all-time favorites! These girls are flippin' amazing!
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