Hot Finds: A new look for the printed word

With e-books and Kindle taking over the market place, what will we do with all our printed books? I personally will be leaving mine on the bookshelf, but others have transformed them into art.  Here are a number of Etsy artists who have used either the entire book itself or pages from it.

Kenjio

anca gray

thee paper girl

carambatack

GatheredTogether

brownpaperbagart

Paperfaerie

blenda studio

DIY: Spruce up that cubicle!

I have to admit, I'm really excited to have my own desk at my new internship even if it is in a blah cubicle.  One way I've added some much needed color is with this hummingbird garland.  All you need is patterned or colored paper (check the scrapbooking section of Michael's), a stencil which can be easily made with cardstock, and thread/string.  At a past job, I also made turtles, snowflakes, lilies, Eiffel towers and bats for co-workers which were hung from the shelves on the cubicles.