More amazing and inspirational creations:

Spoon & Ladle Chandelier, Shop Crazy

Plastic Bottle Chandelier, Casasugar

Spoon Chandelier and Toothpick Light, both Daisuke Hiraiwa

I’m just a girl wishing for the world

Red Eye from NYC last night, ya’ll. I know you feel me.

A few months ago on Facebook, I admitted my love/hate relationship with the Octopus Trip-tych at Plantation Design. I’m in love with it, but at $5000, I’ll just have to learn to love again.

Enter my fabulous reader Beth S., who has blown the game wide open.

For reference, here’s the $5K version:

And here’s the version that Beth painted:

Fabulous. (And she says it only cost her less than $2.)

You rocked it, Beth — thanks so much for inspiring all of us to question inflated pricing, and trust our own talent!

Um…yeah. This chick is doing some CRAZY cool stuff. Check her out at dollar store crafts.

My weekend will be filled with wire baskets and Mardi Gras beads — see you Monday!

via Everything Fabulous

How do you add style without sacrificing your deposit? Think wall to wall curtains…

via Images

via Modern Interior Design

via Material Girls Blog

I love a good re-purpose art peice, and I live for innovative lighting. Wish I’d thought of these…

Micro cassette lamps via Boing Boing

Used cassette tape lamps via OOO My Design

Ghost in the machine series by iri5 via Flickr