Elf Skittles

Now who doesn’t want to bowl over those cheery little elves?  Here’s a pretty simple project inspired by the French handmade bowling pins that we bought from Reform School last year.  You could vary this project to create gnomes, fairies, farm animals, monsters, your family…whatever! Supplies: 36″ dowel rod, 1″ wide (for 6 bowling pins) …

Etsy Finds Friday

Serving Bowl, $150 from Red Riot Pottery. Paper Nesting Dolls .pdf from Fantastic Toys, $3. The Verna Reversible Bag Pattern from J Stephens, $6. 19/20 Limited Edition Print from Geninne’s Art Store, $25. Vintage Wooden Soldier Bowling Pins, $32 from the Saturday shoppe. Crazy Kitty Plush from Puncezilla’s Toys, $25. Layla Fancy Face zippered pouch …

Reform School

We’re vacationing in sunny California and had the chance to visit Reform School in L.A. today.  Our five-year-old picked out these super cute little French bowling pins.  The three-year-old selected a fuzzy knitted plush modeled after The Lorax.  Not available on the site, but so adorable.