friday link love: May 8th, 2009

There has been lot of good stuff to see out in the crafty interwebs this week! Here is a random selection of general craft fun and some Mother’s Day stuff for your clicking enjoyment:

• First and foremost, that adorable Ernie the envie stuffie you see above was created by Swap-bot user, KawaiiFiend. What an amazingly accurate and realistic portrait of Ernie in felt – and super-cute to boot!! Love it.
• For Mother’s Day: Mother’s Day corsage tutorial on Craft:zine, Mother’s Day craft ideas for kids on Woman’s Day, Mother’s Day craft projects from the world of Martha Stewart, and finally, a very pretty free Mother’s Day door hanger download from Twig & Thistle.
• These cute pincushions could also make a quick and cute Mother’s Day gift: Free Bitty Bug pincushion tutorial from goody-goody.
• Speaking of free – and of something you could use for Mother’s Day – Creature Comforts has some lovely, simple cupcake tags free for download .
• I am loving Ali Edwards’ words of wisdom on how to work through creative fear. Inspiring!
• Ok, I have posted about this site before, but lately it has been cracking me up more and more: Craftastrophe. The site writers, Sam and Karen, post about really odd handmade items that they find all over the internet. Sometimes I feel really bad reading the site and laughing at another person’s hard work and creativity… but there are some crafts out there that are extremely bizarre!! … and funny.
• New York swappers: I am planning on attending Monday night’s (5/11) Etsy Labs event in Brooklyn. It is from 5 – 8 pm and it is going to be all about cupcakes! I had a lot of fun at the last Etsy Labs I attended, so I would definitely recommend it. Make sure to let me know if you are going to be there and I will bring you some Swap-bot goodies. (Email me rachel [at] swap-bot.com.)

Have a great spring weekend, everyone! xoxo