DIY: Embroidered Owl Burlap Canvas Tutorial

I like cross-stitch because it looks great on anything and it's very simple to embroider, so I was naturally excited to find this tutorial. Allison who is a crafter shared this simple and a sweet tutorial on creating an embroidered owl artwork. The tutorial comes with a printable template which can also be used to make cushion covers or kitchen towels by embroidering or painting over the x's in the design. For creating a wall artwork you'll need a burlap canvas, a needle, yarn and the template. To download the template and for the complete tutorial go here.

Freebie: Desktop and iPhone Wallpaper

Today's freebie are these lovely wallpapers to decorate your desktop and iphone by Milli Jane who is a talented illustrator. Click here to go to her website where you'll find over a dozen designs of wallpaper to update your gadgets available for free download. Her style is cute that consists of geometric shapes and a fresh colors palette. I have hand-picked few of my favorite wallpapers to share here, you can find more on Milli's website, follow the link given above.

Dogo Store: Owl Shoes Galore!

Dogo Store is a design company based in Turkey. They have over 3,500 design products ranging from clothing, pillows, bags, shoes and adding new ones day by day.

You really can't miss the collection of shoes offered on their website which come in ten different styles suitable for all kinds of occasions and to match almost every outfit. I find flat shoes comfortable in the summers and was excited to find that they have lots of them in quirky and cool illustrations such as owls, cats, city landscapes and characters from "Alice in wonderland", "Hansel & Gretel" etc. And yes, they ship internationally to over 40 countries. To know if these shoes are available in your country and shipping details go to their website through the link above.

Midnight Owl

"Midnight owl" by Angela Pérez Castrillón.

Printable Owl Box

Rob Ives maintains a wonderful blog where he regularly shares dozens and dozens of paper craft ideas and model making tutorials. While browsing through his amazing projects I came across this tutorial for an owl box. You can get the template from Robives.com for free to make your own owl box. Once you have downloaded the owl template, go ahead and follow the instructions on how to fold, cut and glue the several parts together. The ready owl will make an adorable box that you can fill with candy to give it to a friend or a small gift for a special one.