Love This! 2 Creative Sites

I'm always on the lookout for cool creative websites and images online. Every once in a while, I have to share my recent favorites...

Wants for Sale:
I was recently reminded of this site that I came across a few years ago, so I looked it up once again to see how it was doing...and wow, has it grown! It's such an amazing idea: two artists living in NYC (also a couple, which is so cute!) decided to start doing paintings of things that they wanted and charging the exact price of the object for the paintings--so that once they sold the painting, they had exactly enough money to buy the item. Not only did this idea work, but it took off! They are still around 4 years later, have completely expanded and even have a non-profit arm (so cool!) where they paint what they would like donated. Here are a few examples from their "wants" site:

"Pinkberry with Banana and Chocolate Chips," 12" x 12," $5.85 (SOLD)

"Snuggie (set of 2 with free booklights)," 16" x 12," $58.98 (SOLD)

"A Little Shopping in SoHo," 20" X 10," $2,500

How great is that? Then, once they sell a painting, they post it on their site along with a picture of the item that they purchased with the money from the sale. Brilliant!

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Don't you love it? I do--it's just so fun, and it's also great that you can buy a fun painting for $5.85 that's also a great conversation piece. Browse the site here...

Craftgawker:
Came across this site the other day and LOVE the idea! A blend between ETSY and a search engine, it displays images of creative DIY crafts with links to the craft blogs that show you how to make the item. A creative's dream site, plus, it introduces some AMAZING blogs. So much fun! Some of my favorites are below:

Spring Scrapbook Paper Tree from twogirlsbeingcrafty.blogspot.com

How to Make an Easy Dress (For Cheap!) from talk2thetrees.blogspot.com

Mason Jar Craft Storage from http://epherielldesigns.com

So browse away, and enjoy! I know I will...now if I can just find the time to devote to some of these crafts (and checking all of these cool blogs every day!)...

Also, will someone PLEASE teach me how to sew? Thanks :)

Enjoy your Wednesday, and try to infuse some creativity into it wherever you can!

Namaste,
Mary Catherine