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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!

I first saw these cute crocheted letter pillows on the blog Swiss Miss. I think they are cute…and they work perfectly with my love of letters {“g” being my very fave…yes, I have a favorite letter}. Visit Laura’s Left Hook on etsy to check them out, as well as her other crocheted goods {I also like her Tawashi Scrubbers}.

Joanna Mendocino creates wonderful whimsical little ceramic pieces for her shop Pretty Random Objects. I first saw her work on the fantastic blog, Creature Comforts a little bit ago. I’m going through a little ceramics phase these days. can’t seem to get enough. Isn’t that little bird vase the sweetest thing ever?!!

Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend!

It’s that “gifts for dads & grads” time of year, and I tend to ignore indie finds for guys. And, what makes these glasses only for the boys? Not a thing! Anyhow, These repurposed bottles are from local Chicagoan, Windy City Glassblower. I learned about them from the wonderful blog Down and Out Chic a little while ago. Many bottles-turned-glasses out there have been just cut and sanded, but Nicholas Paul uses a mighty amount of heat and fire to form his bottles. Scary-cool! I love the buddha glasses!

ps. He posts a link to Chicago Hot Glass on his site…and I really really want to take a beginning glassblowing class…

I love these pillows from North Carolina based, SOWN. I love the interesting pieces cut out and paired with other fabric. It gives them such a modern feel…but they still look cozy enough to curl up with! Really quite fabulous.