Card, Envelope and Box Templates

Templates for cards, envelopes and boxes. http://www.ruthannzaroff.com/mirkwooddesigns/templates.htm From Mirkwood Designs.

Card, Envelope and Box TemplatesTemplates for cards, envelopes and boxes. http://www.ruthannzaroff.com/mirkwooddesigns/templates.htm From Mirkwood Designs.

What is Christmas

What is Christmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvvE7Uxb8Ts

Merry Christmas

Very cute Christmas card video from Donna. http://badaboo.free.fr/ (I'm dreaming of a white Christmas)

Christmas Card 2007

I finally got my one Christmas card that I send every year out to Ed so my Christmas shopping is done. Becky helped me make a couple of Christmas cards out of a picture of Bosco with the reindeer antlers that Jeanne gave him.
I didn't think about envelopes so I ended up having to make them out of magazine pages using these instructions:
http://www.tammysrecipes.com/calendar_envelopes
I altered them a little bit to make them neater, cut a curve in the flap and trimmed the sides on the bottom and cut the corners on those.
I think they turned out pretty well.

Knitting Book, Paint by Numbers & Quote Jar

Software to create your own "paint by numbers" canvases.
http://colorwheelco.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TCWC&Product_Code=2100&Category_Code=SW
Quote Jar and Picture Jar (I think you could combine them) at Decor8
http://decor8.blogspot.com/search?q=quote+jar

Merry Christmas (or What Not to Get Your Wife for Xmas)

glumbert - How wrong will he get it this year?

Boy Who Moves by Echolation

Really amazing kid, Ben Underwood, blind from the age of 2 who maneuvers by echolocation, like a dolphin. He makes these clicking noises and can walk down the street, identify objects, skate, have pillow fights and hit people across the room. He can also play video games just by sound. Really very, very cool news story.

And Yet More Inspiration

Post it note art
http://ffffound.com/image/ebdca38275195b0dcf7e7bfaf3d9882bef0cd800
Bicycle with Boots as Wheels
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2007/10/gallery_o_strange_vehicle.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890
Sculptures from rolled up newspaper
http://myhumancomputer.blogspot.com/2006/12/i-brought-it-out-for-air-yesterday_04.html
Cute little scroll bar cursor
http://www.b3tards.com/u/f377488502e24adaf32a/scrollbars.gif
Cute little mini sculpture out of an Esc key (they just added feet)

More Inspiration

Solar Panel Ship
http://eightsolid.com/the-solar-sailor/
Pock-it - like a post it note, but different. It's a pocket.
http://www.yankodesign.com/index.php/2007/11/28/pock-it/
Cute Ad in the shape of an iron.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/186/481660343_6cbc87ccc2.jpg?v=0
Great Idea for a Window Shade
http://ffffound.com/image/c791566af78a51753681f3a5d698dadbfb07a7d3
Fun IAMS Ad on the back of a car
http://www.frederiksamuel.com/blog/images/iams_tail.jpg
Automatic Calendar Shredder
http://www.oomsa.com/node/754
Good Quit Smoking Ad
http://adsoftheworld.com/files/images/print_demonio3a.preview.jpg
Nice improvisation of those bullitan board ads where you pull a little tag off with a phone number.
http://www.serifpublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/dr_mullally_-_teethpreview.jpg
Very clever.
Cute Fence
http://charliegower.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/19/fence.jpg
Cute picture on a tea bag
http://www.flickr.com/photos/waldopancake/131798712/
Nice Paint Job
http://ffffound.com/image/bccece7e78bea975a8742a68ba135c5d6e854c75
I like this concept for a light out of a box
http://ffffound.com/image/
950f198d48db00f864780f8c57fa51fd36142df6?c=76831
Great Bench
http://www.monoscope.com/2007/10/edaw_wooden_benches.html

Inspire Me

Inspire Me Blog
http://szymon.tumblr.com/page/21
@tumblr.com
Cool Idea via Inspire Me
Wall Cleats
http://www.oboiler.com/plugs/cleat.html
Cool Wall Graphics
http://ffffound.com/image/3894e208f464a7be5f409ca2bf775ff49344b9f0?c=68453
Insect Lamp/Light
http://ffffound.com/image/6e36d23c3f2c1e8158a92b55bcf2b31fc41e0f66?c=106846
Book Mark Light
http://www.yankodesign.com/index.php/2007/11/05/midnight-bookworms-rejoice/
Light Switches
http://pan-dan.blogspot.com/2007/11/rabea-reufsteck.html
Toilet Paper Sculpture
http://swissmiss.typepad.com/weblog/2007/11/toilet-paper-ty.html
Cool Furniture
http://www.animicausa.com/animi.html
Cute Cup Idea - could be cut out of a magazine and glued on or drawn
http://www.thecoolhunter.net/ads/WRIGLEYS-WINNING-SMILE/
Cool Magnetic Shelf
http://www.moormann.de/en/moebel/shelves/magnetique.html
Funny Signs
http://eightsolid.com/24-very-strange-funny-signs/
Tote Bag With A Footprint
http://nanigashi3.blog40.fc2.com/blog-entry-233.html

Lots of Mugs

Lots of coffee mugs. Looks cool. Easy, fun way to decorate a kitchen wall.
http://ffffound.com/image/c9e2fd5f470ec9ecb1119f969c36ebbe567035ca?c=270352
8 rows of 15 cups across.

How To Make 3D Pictures and the Glasses Too

3D Pictures

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/
807300/cool_3d_pictures_from_any_digital_camera/

3D Glasses http://www.metacafe.com/watch/807306/
make_3d_picture_glasses_fast_and_easy/

Website program for making 3D pictures

Baby bouquet out of Booties

I knew this had to be out there somewhere. How to make those baby shower bouquets out of booties.
http://www.plan-the-perfect-baby-shower.com/baby-sock-rose.html
I think it would be fun to just do one as a decoration on top of the gift box too.
Now I just need to find one on how to make them out of onesies.
And, I'd not heard of this one, The Diaper Cake.
http://www.plan-the-perfect-baby-shower.com/diaper-cake.html
Other ideas elsewhere on the same site.
http://www.plan-the-perfect-baby-shower.com
OK, apparently the guy who owns "The Baby Bunch" was on Martha Stewart and showed how to make the big bouquet. Looks like there is a video too. If the link won't work, cut and paste it or go to http://www.martastewart.com/ and run a search on "Baby Bunch Bouquet"
http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/
menuitem.3a0656639de62ad593598e10d373a0a0/
?vgnextoid=b554932aa64a5110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&autonomy
_kw=baby%20bunch
After watching the very short little video I'm feeling pretty confident. Looks easy.
I think I like little sprigs of baby's breath tucked in with the "roses" rather than the little silk roses. They seem, to me, unecesarry and take away from the concept.