Web Wednesday

Web Wednesday's are back! In an attempt to get back into a regular blogging routine, I've decided to bring back my Web Wednesday blog post, about anything and everything that catches my eye on the wonderful web.

This week the theme is my new obsession; Washi Tape. For anyone that's never heard of it before, it's brightly coloured and patterned masking tape from Japan. 

Image courtesy of Nauli, check out their shop for loads of Washi Tape designs with Worldwide Shipping.

I recently bought some Washi Tape to brighten up my parcels, but there are so many other uses for it, check out some of the creative things people have been doing with it:

How pretty is this keyboard!

You can even use it to create artwork. 

Images above courtesy of Poppy Talk Handmade, Heart Handmade UK, Washitape.net 

I think I may have to start collecting a lot of this stuff! 

Web Wednesday

1. Mini Goals Chalkboard - by Mary Kate McDevitt 2. Bamboo Clock - by Decoylab  3. Record Player Clock - by Pixel This 

4. Aspiral Clock  5. RE_VINYL - by Pavel Sidorenko 6. Tube Clock - by Brando

I really like the concepts behind all these clock designs and I think they'd all look really striking up on a wall. I especially like the unusual design of the aspiral clock where the spiral face of the clock turns slowly over 12 hours, moving the small red ball inside it along the ledge to the middle. When it reaches the middle the ball drops through the hole to begin it's journey again.

This knitted clock is pretty cool too. It's made by Andrea Williamson.

Whilst looking at knitted clocks I discovered the '365'. It's a clock that contains a knitting machine with 48 needles, a thread spool and a roll of yarn. It's designed by Siren Elise Wilhelmsen to represent the physical manifestation of time through knitted material. One day leads to a complete round, while one year produces two meters of a complete scarf. 

Web Wednesday

Sorry for the blog silence last week, I didn't manage to do a Web Wednesday or a Folksy Friday, shame on me! I've been really busy working on some custom orders and doing such fun things as job applications and preparing for interviews. Yawn.

Anyway for this week's Web Wednesday I'd like to share this cool website I've just discovered. Uncommon, let's you take an iPhone or iPod case and customise it with your own design, simply by uploading an image from your computer, or you can choose from loads of existing designs in the artwork collection. Here are some of my favourite designs from the collection.

There are some really nice bird designs too:

Go take a look! I'd really like to get one made with a Minifelt design on. I had a play around with some photos to see what it'd look like, I think it'd look really cool with a repeating pattern...