Urban Debris Artlog

Reindeer and Green Tree with many uses even tea towels

Click here to see a free download of a reindeer and tree.
 

You can use these for many things. Here is one idea for rea towels:
 

Suggested stich to use:

Happy Turkeys...I mean Thanksgiving and last minute placecard download

Did you forget in all your Thanksgiving preparations that Uncle Jimmy cannot sit next to your sister or else the cranberry sauce bowl will get thrown across the room again? Well, here you go! Click on the image to see full size. Print out these placecards and fill them out for your table to avoid and food and relative mishaps.

More Advent Calendars and the red car syndrome

Even though I am not looking for advents, I keep seeing them everywhere - in stores, online...Maybe it is the red car syndrome. You know, after you decide you are in love with the brand new shiny red car and are going to buy it, you start seeing red cards of the same type EVERYWHERE! Happens to me all the time.
Purl Bee Felt Advent http://www.purlbee.com/the-purl-bee/2008/11/20/embroidered-felt-advent-calendar.html

Flickr Pool Creative Advent Calendars http://www.flickr.com/groups/561389@N24/

Skip to My Lou http://www.skiptomylou.org/2008/11/24/stocking-advent-calendar/

Many listed on WIPKits http://wipkits.blogspot.com/2008/11/advent-calendars.html

Thrify Advent from {Crazy Life of Mine} http://crazy-life-of-mine.blogspot.com/2008/11/thrifty-advent-calendar.html

My absolute KIS favorite from d.Sharp via Design*Sponge http://www.designspongeonline.com/2008/11/paper-holiday-advent-calendar.html

One more from lobotome http://lobotomeblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/advent-calendar-fun.html

Free, Printer-Friendly, and Other Christmas Round Up

Yes, I know it is not Thanksgiving yet. Thanks for the reminder. But I just cannot help it, these are too fun for the December holidays!

Be Merry!

Ginger Girl Printable

http://www.leehansen.com/printables/craftpages/images/gingerbread-ornaments-girl.jpg

Scrap Sweater Snowman
http://dannyseo.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/11/eco-anthropolog.html

Felt stocking

http://www.canadianliving.com/crafts/knitting/knit_and_felt_a_christmas_stocking.php

Felt holly berry ornaments
http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/christmas_ornaments

Felt Dot Garland
http://www.craftstylish.com/item/26959/christmas-crafts

 

Felt Gingerbread Boy
http://rosehip.typepad.com/rose_hip_blog/2006/12/the_gingerbread.html

Advent Calendars

  Greeting Card Advent from Martha

http://www.marthastewart.com/good-thing/greeting-card-advent-calendar?lnc=b4995e998467c110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD

 

Vintage Button

http://www.craftstylish.com/item/22545/how-to-make-a-button-advent-calendar

 

Felt Pockets from Allsorts

http://allsorts.typepad.com/allsorts/2007/11/advent-calendar.html

Birds and Cones from RedThread

http://theredthreadblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/advent-calendar-tuesday-tah-dah.html

 

From flickr

 

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/carambatack/2050130381/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vendinha/2000206786/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joleensartisticendeavors/72717461/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthiesen/324842748/

Honey comb Paper Thanksgiving Centerpiece

I love those old vintage honeycomb paper turkey table decorations! Here are a couple from flickr
   

I looked around the web to see if I could find thew honeycomb paper to make my own and found some at Kamya http://www.kamya.com/honeycomb2.html
 

I am going to attempt to make one. Here are the images I am going to use (for you to download and try, too!) Click for full size.

 

8 Happy Ideas

Happy #1. feed the deer

Happy #2. feed the other dears (those human ones)

Happy #3. sit on the beach with your back to the world

Happy #4. hug http://www.myspace.com/freehugscampaign

Happy #5. share something
For you:
Download todolist_bird.JPG

Happy #6. listen to small things
http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/soundfx/Ambience.shtml

Happy #7. be nice
"Oct 5: Today is Do Something Nice Day. Go ahead, do something nice, anything nice. And, do it to, or for, another individual. It won't hurt......we promise. Doing something nice for someone almost always evokes a very pleasant response. At the very least, it results in a smile. More likely, that person will do something nice to, or for you. And, best of all, doing something nice just might be contagious. In keeping with the spirit of this day, set a goal to do something nice for someone. Perhaps, you can do this for several people. Then, sit back and watch the results!"

Happy #8. find old paper
http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/

Thanks to absolutely beautiful things for the idea for this post http://absolutelybeautifulthings.blogspot.com/2008/10/more-happy-ideas.html

Thanksgiving Flickr Faves

 

All images copyright original flickr poster.

For Dia de los Muertos - Memorial Photography

Yesterday, photojojo posted an interesting, fascinating article about Memento Mori, or memorial phtography. Memorializing a dead person in art is a custom that goes back centuries. Many times, no photos had ever been taken when the person was alive, so these after death images served as a remembrance.

Some of the photos are quite heartbreaking.

 

The article links to some sites that have collections or memento mori, which have images that might make for interesting artwork.

The article is here: http://photojojo.com/content/photojojo-original/memorial-post-mortem-photography/

Please do not follow the link if you do not want to say "I see dead people."