Handmade gifts are always meaningful, but infusing your gifts with symbolic meaning takes them to the next level. Enter a wonderful animal-filled resource in the form of Spirit Animals: Unlocking the Secrets of Our Animal Companions by Stephanie Iris Weiss (Chronicle Books). This delightful little 5×7 book is a veritable pocket companion of animal symbolism […]
Nothing says costume faster and easier than a great mask. Etsy crafter 1handmadebyheather has eight fantastically furry animal masks in her shop. Choose from rabbit, bear, owl, fox, badger, lion, eagle, or wolf.
Australian crafter Louise Elliott has adorable, cheery cloth animal and doll kits available on her site. Each Animal of the World is adorned with ethnic patterns from its country of origin. There’s Boris the Russian bear, Danilo Donkey from Portugal, Chandra Tiger from Bengal, and a whole zoo of others. Louise also offers begging-to-be-colored coloring […]
Some of you guys must knit, right? (Come out of the closet, boy knitters.) I’m always looking for weird knits – I love this star-nosed mole named Cris (short for Condyluria cristata). It’s one of Fawn Pea’s Free Pattern Friday shares and it looks like a quick knit that would make a great holiday present. […]
I’ve been curious about raising praying mantises for a while; according to Wikipedia, there are 2,000 species of mantids; only 20 of them are native to the United States. I’ve heard of people using them for a natural pest control, but apparently they’ll eat beneficial insects as well as pests, and will even eat hummingbirds! […]
Unlike a lot of other chair mods I’ve seen, these actually look cozy. This photo was taken at the 2007 California State Fair. (Via Cute Overload) And if white fluffy animals aren’t to your taste, here are a couple of other takes on the genre from Moss, designed by the Campana brothers.
Next time you’re wandering around west Texas, don’t shoot that feral pig that wonders into your path. Instead, adopt him and gain a cattle-herding, 400-pound friend. But please don’t feed him pizza with pepperoni on top: that’s just creepy: First to expand pig training to fill other traditionally dog-powered activities has my never-ending respect. Pig […]
