Jurrasic Frames

Whether you are new to the blog or not, you should know by now how much I love plastic dinosaur crafts! Nothing like a little prehistoric molded plastic to perk up your decor scheme and these awesome picture holders from "ideas to live the DIY life" are no exception (link):

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Aren't they just lovely? I like the idea of using one as a note holder by the front door or maybe even use a chubby dino as a spot to hold your grocery list? Sounds like fun to me! 

Maybe Leslie and I will even find time to do a little dinosaur crafting while she visits me for the next few days! She's arriving today with Neal and baby Jean and despite my work and craft show schedule I'm sure we'll have time to fit some fun in there! Wish me luck at the market today and happy Sunday!

Friday Find: Crazy Couture

Well Sarra - today's post is for you! Etsy's Crazy Couture does the most wonderful crafts by turning plastic dinosaurs into succulent pots! Hooray! Here are a few hanging out in their natural habitat:

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Well aren't those darling! Heck, I even manage to not kill many of my succulents so maybe these would be just perfect for me. Let's look at a few more shall we?

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Yup. I'm in love. I think these dudes would be perfect on a desk (if, well...I had a desk job) or maybe just strewn out around my already populated with little fake creatures house. Perfection! What do you think?

Somebody Tasty!

Life has caught up with me recently and I haven't been scheduling blog posts ahead of time like I usually do.  Instead I've been throwing together posts with whatever is currently tickling my fancy the night before and hoping it is somewhat entertaining to you lovely blog readers out there! Today is yet another one of those posts and when searching for silly dinosaur crafts I came across this (which isn't actually a craft at all...and just an image...):

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Oh my! The lovely illustrated works of Gemma Correll never fail to disappoint! I love following her on instagram and seeing what silly (and marvelously entertaining) things she comes up with next! Strangely enough it turns out that she drew the "who invited the herbivore" tshirt I oogled over yesterday! How about that?  Funny how I don't seem to put things together and after seeing it was her print - I totally recognize that charming drawing style. Oh what a small dinosaur loving world! Any thoughts? Eaten anyone tasty lately?

Hungry Threadless Dinosaurs

Apparently it's dino week here on the blog, and since I've been seeing so many fun illustrations of eating dinosaurs I thought I'd share my three faves you can purchase in tshirt form from the ever popular online shop Threadless! Let's take a peek:

1) Who invited the herbivore?

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2) Know your dinosaurs

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3) Omnomnomivore (my person fave)

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Hehe! What a great combination of cute, silly, and prehistoric! It certainly makes me want to do a little online tshirt shopping but for now I'll stick to enjoying these gems in online form! What do you think? Which do you like best? Are you a graphic dinosaur tshirt enthusiast?

Meet Penny

It's official. I've gone dinosaur craft crazy in the last few days. Sure I've always been a fan of turning plastic dinosaurs into creative amazing things, but after Jana from Studio 3 Twelve commented on the dino garland the other day, I've become head over heels and fell in love with her Pinnieasaurus! Behold:

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Isn't she sweet? Her name is Penny, she loves sewing - but cursing her genetic shortcomings her tiny little limbs make reaching the petals all too difficult. Instead she's determined to be the best sewing helper and conveniently holds pins! Check out more of Penny on Jana's blog (link) because hopefully you're drooling over how fun she is too!

Cindy and I have been planning a large dinosaur glitter project (which is exactly as it sounds - find a giant dinosaur, cover him with glitter) but now I'm thinking I need to work some use into said dino. I do really love the pin cushion idea since I'm always up for an extra hand and encouragement when I whip out the machine but I'm a magnet pincushion girl so I doubt I'd be patient enough to voodoo my poor Pinnieasaurus' back each time I used a pin. Hmm...I'll have to keep brainstorming on that one  but in the meantime am so so happy Jana shared her creation with us! Hooray! What do you think? What would you like your dinosaur to help you with?