DIY music box

The Curiosity Shoppe is selling a music box mechanism for which you punch the tune yourself; they suggest Modest Mouse.

Chalkboard table

This was the result of a before & after on Design Sponge today. I don't know how I feel about the idea of mixing chalk with food, but I really dig the hand-drawn place setting.

Pretty knives

I covet these knives so hard. Here are instructions on making the knife rack (isn't using an Ikea item in a DIY how-to akin to using Ramen in a recipe? Not that I don't love Ikea or Ramen), and from what I can find, the knives are called Shun Komachi  (but they don't look quite the same). They have been sold at Williams-Sonoma and TJ Maxx.

two interesting websites

magcloud.com - publish your own magazines without worrying about the publishing

ponoko.com - accessible product manufacturing based on your own designs

Found in ReadyMade magazine.

Secret passages!

People build secret passages in other peoples' houses for a living. Beware the cheesy music on their website. Found at blog.makezine.com.

Floating ships

This lady has ships hanging from her ceiling. Hot. I also dig the cardboard castle found later in the same post.

Caravan Playhouse

My children will have one of these one day.

Steven's Happy Accidents

A dude explains his bright and cheery home stylings. Just kinda happy.

Triangle flags

These triangle-flag garland things are showing up everywhere. And I like them, though I could do with a little more color than those pictured.

Ashley Thalman Photography

Beautiful wedding/family portraits. The bride is the sister of a friend of mine, and I don't know the family but I think their photos are fantastic.

(Ashley Thalman used the Photoshop actions found here)

Web Advertising 101

http://www.designspongeonline.com/2009/07/biz-ladies-09-advertising-your-business-online-the-basics.html

For when the time is right.

Upholstered toddler bed

http://www.designspongeonline.com/2009/07/diy-project-upholstered-toddler-beds.html

Instructions to make an upholstered toddler bed, if ever the need should arise.

instructions

Originally from "Recovering Lazyholic," I found these here.

paper whoa

These are made of paper. PAPER.

Love and life

This reminds me of what I once saw written on the bathroom wall at the Alley Cat in Foco: "I love you the whole wide world." (source)

We Are the Friction

I covet this book.

Slobbovia

Slobbovia: an elaborate text-based RPG. This article at Play This Thing! blows my mind.

minipops

Minipops. "Famous people drawn really small."

David Byrne plays a building

David Byrne of The Talking Heads turns a building into an instrument. Incredible.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1D30gS7Z8U

Kate Pruitt's own collection

http://katepruitt.blogspot.com/

Kate Pruitt collects pretty things. Some of my favorites:

Giant animals by artist Florentijn Hofman.

Tree photos by Myoung Ho Lee.

Kate Pruitt's own wire birds.

This photo by Andrea Galvani.

And the mention of the Flickr group, Make Something Cool Every Day. Gotta check that out.