friday link love: May the 4th… be with you!

Happy Star Wars Day, fellow Jedi! Also, Feliz Cinco de Mayo!!

Lots of links this week:

• For Star Wars Day: Check out the round-up of Star Wars crafts on Craftzine, including the adorable Chewbacca softie pattern from DrawPilgrim. (Seen above to the left.)
• For Cinco de Mayo: I will be extremely impressed if you make these very beautiful, very fun, but very complicated Pinata Cookies. (Seen above to the right.) They are sure to be a hit at any party, but man, they take a lot of steps to create!!
• Or, if you are going to be watching the Kentucky Derby this weekend, why not make some mint julep gelato?!
• For more yum, make these Mint Chocolate Chip Nutella Sandwich Cookies.
• And your S’more of the week: S’more Toffee from Created by Diane.
• Get luxe DIY tutorials on the blog, How Did You Make This.
• I like this very cool neon necklace tutorial on Creme de la Craft.
• What Does Making Things Mean? – the new free podcast from Sister Diane of CraftyPod.
• Why not join fellow postal mail enthusiast, Jessica of Miniature Rhino, in her Month of Mail project?!
• Flower arranging is a craft that seems to rise and fall in popularity. It must be on the rise now because Gwyneth Paltrow’s GOOP site just did this fairly extensive and very pretty tutorial on arranging flowers by vase size. Lovely.
• Oh noes… zoo lions trying to eat babies?!
• If you are in NYC, come check out the Spring Handmade Cavalcade in Brooklyn on Saturday. It is a local craft show with tons of great artists. (Plus, Swap-bot is a sponsor!)
• Only one more day to get signed up for the National Postcard Week Swap!
• And one more Star Wars Day craft: an ADORABLE mini Ewok from Wild Olive. So cute! </ul> Have a fantastic weekend!