Photos by Tokketok
I was so excited to find out that Joke of Tokketok would be making more of these, and this time in a notepad form. Gold-foiled and on heavy paper stock, these colorful happy notes are a great gift for anyone who loves to spread a little cheer.
Have a super weekend!
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I’ve decided that today’s Gift of the Day needed a little extra attention. It’s that rad. It’s a whole new kind of camera, and it’s pretty amazing.
The Lytro Light Field Camera uses new technology that captures all the light traveling in every direction of the scene you’re snapping a photo of. This means your subject, the foreground, the background, and everything in between is recorded in focus, without you having to adjust anything.
You know those gorgeous photos with a shallow depth of field where the most important part of the image is in focus and everything else is a little fuzzy? Well Lytro lets you take the photo and then decide what’s most important (what you want to be sharpest) AFTER you take the photo. And if that’s not impressive enough, you can focus and re-focus the image again and again.
On top of the no-doubt-about-it greatness of all that, Lytro has a slim, portable form factor. Because of the technology inside, there’s no lag-time before or between snapping photos which helps you capture moments right when they happen, and not a split second later.
Have a go at it with the pics in this post. Click on an image and watch the focus shift. So cool!
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Hey pinners, time to jump all over this one. You remember our lovely friend Danielle, creator of The Jealous Curator? She was with us here on the blog back in December.
Well she’s collaborated with our friends at Blogstar and the awesome service Jack Cards for a contest that you’ll want to get in on.
Jack Cards, if you’re unfamiliar, is a service that helps you keep track of special occasions that are important to you and the cards you wish to send. It then sends you the cards addressed and stamped just in time to put them in the mail. So handy.
Danielle has designed the card above, but it still needs an inside message. Come up with something clever, pin the card, and add your suggestion in the description for your chance to win a year’s supply of birthday, thank you, and holiday cards! Pretty great, huh?
Visit Jack Cards for complete details on how to enter, and act quickly—the contest ends Sunday, April 15th.
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Triangle Tape from Seventy Tree
Pink Triangle Card from Lox+Savvy
Geometry Card Set by Satsuma Press
A little triangle love. Just because.
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What do moms love? Moms love photos of their babies. And what do moms use every day more than any other thing in their bag? Their phone. So doesn’t it make perfect sense to make mom a super cool case that lets her take her favorite faces with her wherever she goes? Of course it does!
That’s why we’re all over Case-Mate’s new DIY features to customize a case for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Best-Friendship Day, any day!
Use a single photo, or pick several!
Choose your layout using Case-Mate’s DIY Tool
In addition to decking out your case with a single photo, now Case-Mate’s easy DIY tool let’s you create collages, photo strips and other arrangements. Tell the story of a favorite memory—a big trip, an anniversary, a family photo session, a messy time baking in the kitchen—by recreating it on the back of her phone.
The DIY tool works with many many smart phone styles and you can upload images straight from your photo library or even right out of Facebook or Instagram—hello filters!
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A Painted family of nesting eggs, by BLANK
I recently fell in love with a store called BLANK, created by a girl named Danie, and filled with blank supplies to inspire you to make stuff.
Sadly, the store is in Australia and at this time does not ship to the States, but that won’t stop me from being inspired by her sweet ideas and encouraging you to visit the shop and get inspired too.
BLANK carries gorgeous gift boxes in fun bright colors, great gift tags, stickers, and other fun supplies.
Danie recently shared the painted wooden eggs shown above. Great colors, right? And they nest too!
Wooden Eggs from Wrapworks
To get your hands on something similar so you can paint your own, visit iUsedtoBeATree (they’ve got the nesting ones), Wrapworks (a mega awesome gift embellishment shop), or your local craft store.
(h/t that’s happy)
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As the saying goes, April showers bring May flowers, but why wait? Christen of the blog Two Happy Hearts shows how to adorn an umbrella with stenciled flowers.
This rainy-day DIY makes such a fun personalized gift and the sky’s the limit with how creative you want to get. Not the roses type? Try stripes, polka dots, tree branches, or do as the Portlandians do, and put a bird on it.
Check out Christen’s tutorial for the step-by-step and her suggestions for supplies to help get it just right.
Feeling inspired by this DIY? Is there a stencil or pattern you’d like to try?
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Color and creativity blossom like crazy in the Spring. Blogosphere you are an imaginative bunch! After rounding up these gorgeous DIYs, I’m now completely antsy and dying to get crafty with these awesome ideas.
For your Easter brunch hostess, your kids, your table, and by all means yourself, here are 24 fantastic DIYs to turn the incredible, edible canvas into a work of art.
