friday link love: September 3rd, 2010

I’ve got two weeks worth of awesome links for you today… there is a wide variety, so enjoy!

• These star cupcakes (seen above) from inchmark are so sweet and clever. They were made for a space-themed birthday party, but I think they would be a big hit at a Labor Day party, too! (Labor Day is a US holiday happening this weekend, for all of our international friends.)
• Speaking of cupcakes, I am intrigued by these five different potato chip cupcakes on Cupcakes Take the Cake.
• Another Labor Day worthy treat: adorable “poptarts”-on-a-stick recipe from The Family Kitchen.
  • For all ATC creators: The Richmond Art Gallery is currently requesting entries for their huge upcoming 5th Annual Artist Trading Card Exhibition. Anyone can submit 9 ATCs which will be exhibited in the show, and then you will also receive 9 ATCs from other exhibited artists after the show is over. Read the official info page for more details. What a great opportunity to have your artwork shown in a real gallery!
  • IndieSmiles.com is celebrating its one-year birthday this month by holding a donation drive and photo contest to support the ASPCA (the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). Everyone who donates $5 to the cause is eligible to enter the photo contests with a chance to win big prizes.
  • This is so cool!! Sketch Swap – It is a web application that let’s you immediately swap a digital drawing with another random sketcher from anywhere in the world. It is an anonymous process and you never know what kind of drawing you’ll get in return! Plus, you get to see your swap partner’s drawing unfold just as they drew it. Fascinating.
  • Wow! Check out this amazing art made entirely from envelopes.
  • I think this Doodle Diary reviewed on CraftyPod looks adorable and so fun. …and she is giving away a copy! Comment on the blog post to enter.
  • If you like crafting flowers, this round-up of over three dozen flower tutorials on Oopsey Daisy is an amazing resource!
  • I love this sweet strawberry pillow tutorial on the purl bee.
  • Remember those cute bacon bookmarks I linked to on August 20th? Well, you can now get bacon fabric created by the designer Mollie Johanson, of Wild Olive! She doesn’t even eat bacon, but she sure makes it look adorable!
  • So wild – geeky nail art.
  • Check out this wonderful craft blog, Naughty’s Hidden Stash, written by our own, NaughtyElf. It has some fabulous ATC and altered art inspiration!
  • Four more new, cute blogs I discovered recently: Wolf and Willow, oh, hello, friend, Make Do & Send, heartmade.
  • These two awesome reviews of Swap-bot made my day: 6 Reasons I Love Swap-bot by Swap-bot user, fuzzington, and If you craft, you should swap by Swap-bot user, CraftySmurfette. Thanks for the awesome write-ups!</ul> I am so excited for the long weekend, but I have already packed it full of activities! What will you be doing this weekend?</ul>