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To counter the creepiness of last week's creepy Craft Rock Friday , today's music video is full of bright, cheery, poppy, rainbow colours -- and the sound to match. Plus, oodles of typography made from found objects, which always makes me happy. This is Softlightes ' "Heart Made of Sound". <p><br><br><br><br><br><br>(Thank</p> (Thanks for the link, Dan !)

My friend Monique got hitched this past summer up on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, in a beautiful setting that was both rustic and elegant. Monique , Rachael and I made tissue paper flowers for the archway where the ceremony took place. They turned out beautifully, and suited the gorgeous day (and the gorgeous bride!) perfectly. The photos above and below are from the wedding. We looked up paper flower tutorials for weddings, and tried a variety of techniques, in the end drawing inspiration from several of them, as well as making up variations of our own. I thought I'd share the links to paper flower tutorials that we found, in case you are looking for paper flower tutorials for weddings, parties, or just to pretty up your surroundings or brighten your day. Flowers using paper or card stock...  Rolled paper flowers tutorial by Jones Design Company Paper flower tutorial by A Little Hut  Paper poppies tutorial by It Happened Like This  Ranunculus flower tut...

SUPER excited to say that my wedding is featured on Poppytalk today , as part of their Real Weddings series featuring couples who tied the knot in DIY style. It really was the best day ever, being married to the love of my life while surrounded by friends and family. Not to mention the sunshine, lemonade, garden games, bunting galore, BBQ, pie and dancing! :) Lots more pics over on Poppytalk!

If you're in Vancouver and in love (and looking to get hitched this year...), stop by Indie I Do this Saturday. My friend Vincent Perez will be there, showing his fine, fine letterpress wares. Vince is the mastermind behind Everlovin' Press as well as the muscle: he prints each and every card by hand on his early 1960s model Vandercook proofing press. You can see more work by Everlovin' Press Tumblr and Facebook . Indie I Do | January 28, 2012 | Heritage Hall, Main St, Vancouver, BC | More Details

I simply adore Elsa Mora 's work. She makes magical little things with beads, felt, embroidery, papercuts and more. Her brooches are colourful and lovely... This one in particular caught my eye. Inspired by a vintage brooch she saw on Etsy, Elsa set out to recreate it using seed beads in place of jewels -- with beautiful results. See more photos and explanation for this project on Elsa's blog . Also definitely worth a look is her tutorial on making a brooch using a papercut and polymer clay . Using this technique, she crafted this super cute fox brooch . I'm looking foward to trying this out soon!

Every now and then you come across something that is truly unique. I've never before seen anyone paint in 3D... Japanese artist Riusuke Fukahori paints fish on layer upon layer of poured resin, building up each fish slice by slice. The results are incredibly lifelike, even after you know how it was done.  For more photos, check out This Is Colossal , in this Flickr set by Dominic Alves and on the artist's site . All photos above from Dominic Alves (CC).

When it's cold outside, I just feel like being completely surrounded by wool all the time . Or, at least that's what I was thinking until I saw this video. Today's Craft Rock Friday is wooly, wild and downright weird. There is a thing as too much knitting... That's when knitting goes bad . Here is Seventeen Evergreen 's "Polarity Song". Be careful in those thrift shops!

Remember these lovely photos from Ikea's Homemade is Best cookbook? ( Was this ever available in English? / Are there plans for that? )  The photographer for that project, Carl Kleiner, has done more beautiful aerial work for Ikea, this time focusing on tableware. I love how familiar objects can be transformed into elegant, almost abstract patterns . You can see more photos from both project on Carl Kleiner's portfolio .

Photo from Etsy.com Today Etsy posted a nice profile of textile artist Jenna Rose , working in Hamilton, Ontario. She does lovely work. And I have to say, I'm envious of her! I have a scarf that I love made by Jenna Rose - with a green bicycle print on it - that I picked up at Agnes Jean in Squamish, BC.

This video is all over the internet... and well it should be. "The Joy of Books" is a lovely, magical work by Toronto's Type Books . (Bonus points if you spot Hoopla amongst the shelves!)