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Michael Arras creates his beautiful furniture in his Portland, Oregon studio. I love his “circles” tables {above, right}…they are available in many different finishes….The best part? The pieces are all VERY reasonably priced for handmade furniture. LOVE!

Wishing everyone a happy Monday! I’m proud to say that I survived the craziness that was BlogHer09…a convention full of energy and some fabulous women in the blogging community!

These bags and wall hangings from Woodroots are really lovely. Of course, the blues and greens called to me…but how about that red bag! Love it! Especially the little wooden closure…

She also has a shop called Woodrootlings, and her husband makes some great wooden ipod docking stations in his shop! What a talented duo!

I’m absolutely, totally in love with Texas based, Goodbloom’s fabulous flower prints. Just crazy about them. Love love love….especially the ones painted on wood. The artist, Holly, also has a lovely blog too!

That’s right, people, Kansas. Erin Leigh Heart always has something new and cute in her shop of handmade clothes…from Lawrence, Kansas! Right now, I’m loving the charcoal maxi dress {bottom, left}. She also has a great blog where you can see her newest styles when she adds them…

I love this project by Belgium based Art Mind. It is a series of babushkas with added textures to convey different feelings. Here’s how artist, Mitsy explains it:

“It derives from a project I did many years ago reflecting my self-portrait. I called it ‘how the outside can tell how you feel inside’. I started out with 9 feelings and then I suddenly thought of making 99 of them…”

I love the swirly “giddy” one above…You can see all of the babushkas on her flickr page…or check out her blog…she’s multi-talented, and has lots of crafty things to share…{including a rad scratch-off lottery-ticket tutorial}.