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Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone. Hope you’re all wearing some green so you don’t get pinched! In honor of the day, I’ve got some St. Patrick’s Day printables for you. Perfect for last minute crafting, they’re all printable from your own computer, and the perfect way to bring a little festivity to your day!

1. Lucky Pillow Box – stuff with your favorite St. Paddy’s day Treats. Think lucky coins, green m&m’s, or irish cream truffles. {Free!}

2. Lucky You Cupcake Toppers – 4 styles for you to print. {Free!}

3. Favor Box and Candy wrapper kit – Wrap your fav candy bars with a little irish flare. {$5.00}

4. Modern Sham-rock Stationary Set – Why not write all your notes today on these fun note cards. {$6.00}

5. More Cupcake Toppers – cause I love cupcakes, but you can also use em as napkin rings, wine charms or pins. {Free!}

6. Leprechaun Treasure Hunt – follow clues from a leprechaun to his hidden treasure. {$3.99}

7. So Lucky Stickers – Print them out on sticker paper and have fun sticking them to your friends and family all day. {$5.00}

Awhile ago I posted about carving your own rubber stamps. Today I came across a really cute idea from Just Something I made. Cathe took a wallpaper seam roller and a rubber band, and made this fantastic rolling pendant stamp. What a great way to decorate cards, envelopes, packages, or any number of things.

Head on over and check out her tutorial so you can start rolling pendants on everything!

Not everyone has time to make their own Valentines, but that doesn’t mean you can’t support handmade. Here are some of my favorite Valentine cards on Etsy.com.

1. You know what I love more than Bacon? | 2. Like a fat kid love cake | 3. I love you more than Xbox | 4. Crazy bunnies in Love | 5. I love you so much… | 6. You’re the cheese to my macaroni

7. Octopus love | 8. I (blank) You. | 9. I ♥ you | 10. blank mini note cards

This Valentine’s Day instead of giving into the commercial craze of the holiday, show someone you really love them, by giving them something handmade. Here’s a few simple card ideas to get you inspired, they’re quick and easy, and feel extra special cause they’re handmade!

Stitched Hearts | Stars & Hearts | Paper Hearts | Button Heart | Puppy Love | Love

It’s been a little hard to snap back into the swing of things after the holidays. I had a fantastic couple of weeks off, but I could feel the impending work looming all weekend. Yesterday seemed to hit all at once, and I just couldn’t get organized enough to blog, and get everything else on the list done. After a couple weeks off, relaxing and chilling at the beach, it was hard to ramp up to full speed.

For those of you that are also having a slow start to the year and haven’t picked out your 2010 Calendar there’s still time. Here are some of my favs…

Leah Duncan, illustrated calendar – This is wall calendar features 12 original drawings and is printed on Mohawk recycled paper.

Letterpress with walnut base – This simple, modern calendar is made up of 12 individual cards. Each month stands in a slotted base, hand cut from walnut wood.

Die Cut Calendar – This six-page calendar (2 months per page) features beautiful die cut patterns, and is printed on natural colored, recycled and FSC certified paper.

Pillow Calendar – An alternative to your typical wall or desk calendar, this pillow calendar is printed on a 250 thread count cotton blend and has a Poly-fill insert.

Birch Wood Critter Calendar – This calendar is printed, double sided, on 6 pieces of Eco-friendly sustainably harvested yellow birch wood.

Hand-drawn and Printed Calendar – Printed on super duper heavy French cardstock, this calendar features 12 hand-drawn cards bound with a metal bulldog clip. (poster version also available)

With the holiday season fast approaching here’s a great little tutorial on how to create a bow from a magazine page. Cut strips of paper, twist them into loops and stack them together… Jessica show’s you just how easy it is.

Now you can make recycled bows for all your gifts.

Talented illustrator Anna Bond, has finally opened an online shop. Rifle Paper Co. is chalk full of goodies, from greeting cards, to personalized stationery, art prints to invitation templates. It’s brand new so they are still working out some of the kinks but definitely keep this one bookmarked!

Looking for some last minute Halloween decorations? Here’s a quick project I designed that you can download for free!

Print the pdf onto card stock, cut out the circles and thread them along a piece of ribbon or string. Feel free to use the pieces any way you like. Spell out “Happy Halloween” across your mantel, or sting individual circles from your ceiling. You could even shrink them down, attach them to toothpicks and use them as cupcake toppers! The sky’s the limit, so get creative.

- Download the Garland

The pdf contains 5 spooky illustrations, all the letters to spell “Happy Halloween”, and a few assorted patterns to break things up.

(p.s. feel free to send me photos of your finished garland!)

I love this Halloween print from Sara Harvey. You can see more of her great work in her Etsy shop.

Looking for a way to spruce up your next summer party? Check out this great DIY tutorial over at Once Wed. Yes, I know it’s a wedding site, but I think this project is perfect for any outdoor party, or indoor for that matter. Pick your favorite colors and punch out a design, then just string it up in some trees or across a table to add a little light to your night.

- See the whole tutorial and download the template