Minimalist Hand-Drawn Illustrations on Ceramics

Martyna Kardach is a creator and the talented designer behind all the adorable things at Woodland Factory. She is obsessed with the wilderness, her work primarily depicts owls, foxes, bears, deer and other wild beasts. Her quirky, hand drawn illustrations can be found on a range of mugs, plates and gift items. Her designs in monochromatic colors are minimalist that are drawn with lots of fine lines and dots mostly on a subtle background which makes the illustration stand out.

5 Adorable Valentine's Day Box Templates

Valentine's Day is a fun day for kids too, they love to exchange cards with their friends and classmates. There is still time to make a cute little box for your child to collect their Valentine's day messages. There are many projects online with instructions with traditional hearts but I really like the idea of making your favorite animal box. Tiny Prints have shared tutorial to make five Valentine's Day boxes - owl, unicorn, panda, monster and rubik cube. On the same link you'll find template to make each animal box along with the instructions.

Tribal Art Inspired Doodles on Animal and Birds Images

Rohan Sharad Dahotre is a designer and an illustrator based in India. He is a nature and wildlife enthusiast, and loves illustrating animals, birds and all things wild. For the series "Animal Doodles" he searched on Google for animals and birds images and dressed them in elaborate costumes with his creative imagination. 

“The idea was to experiment with doodles of tribal patterns on photographs of animals in the wild. I have always found inspiration in tribal art and off late in African patterns and designs specifically" - via.

Make Towel with Ruffled Feathers Owl Applique Free Pattern

This morning I came across this wonderful applique pattern to make your own owl towels (or to be used for any other kind of your crafty project). This free applique pattern comes in two sizes - one to make 6'' tall owl and a larger 8 1/2'' size owl. The best part about the applique is that you can use the same pattern to make two different owls - side facing and front facing. When I saw this diy, I thought the owl appliqued towels will also be perfect as a Valentine's gift to your mother, sister or a friend. The instructions are pretty simple to follow, find them here.

Printable Valentine Treat Bags

Nancy Polanco is the author of the blog called Whispered Inspirations and a mother of two girls. She designed the templates for the lovely treat bags to send to her daughters' school to make it a special day for them. She generously shared the treat bags' template on her blog that can be downloaded and printed to make your own goodie bags. So, go ahead get them ready now and fill them with candy, pencil or erasers. You can find the templates in two designs - "Owl you need is Love" and "Hello, is it me you're looking for?".