Ahh, a painting of a painting. Is that like a movie about a movie?

Link: CLARE GRILL

“Bummer Monday,” said the mountain.

Link:  GARETH ROBERTS

Ramona curates one of the best Etsy vintage shoppes in town, and for our last Friday giveaway today, she’s offering a lovely floral skirt from her fall collection! This one’s a beauty…

Comment below to enter; winner will be notified via email on Aug 21st!

Link:  RAMONA WEST

Aimee Wilder is a textile/pattern goddess, and I’m so thrilled that she’s agreed to offer one of her pillows for a lucky DFM reader!

Comment below to enter the ‘Analog’ pillow giveaway; winner will be notified via email on Aug 21st [thank you, Aimee!].

Link:  AIMEE WILDER

I have a massive collection of tea towels, so today’s giveaway is right up my alley. Lovely Sam from Inklore fame is kindly donating three of her ‘Simplicity’ tea towels in Natural Stripe, which couldn’t be more beautiful in person.

Comment below to enter; winner will be notified via email on Aug 21st [thanks, Sam!].
[NOTE!: Sam is also offering 10% off to 'red thread' shoppers, and donating 10% of her shop sales toward Angelia. Please consider making a donation of your own!]

Link:  INKLORE

Sweet Etsy seller Alia is kicking off Friday’s giveaways with a lovely set of SIX vintage arrows. These are GOOOOOORGEOUS. Totally jealous of whoever snags this set.

Comment below to enter; winner will be notified via email on Aug 21st [thanks, Alia!].

Link:  SWEETSHORN

I’ve already received a few emails re: this post, announcing that a DFM reader’s brick-and-mortar craft/gallery space caught fire this weekend. I’m pulling together a fundraiser for dear Angelia, entitled ‘Save the Thread’ and would love for everyone’s help in getting Angelia and Red Thread Studio back on their feet.

Here’s how you can help:

1. SHOPPES:
Please post a discount on your blog and Etsy home description of your commitment to help Angelia. You can donate as much as you’d like percentage-wise, but I’d suggest 20% of sales for the month of August.

2. BLOGS:
Spread the word about Angelia’s fire with a link to this post, including the logo above. If you do post about the fundraiser, please email me so I can update Save the Thread’s blog with progress and press.

3. ARTISTS:
If you have extra wares, please consider sending them to Angelia’s gallery space. All inventory was lost, so she’ll be replacing quite a bit of items. Contact Angelia right here to coordinate delivery.

4. READERS:
We’ll gladly be accepting donations from anyone and everyone. If you stumble across a few extra bucks this week, please consider donating to the cause via Paypal right here.

I’d love to see this community stand together as one to save the tread, and in turn, make a statement about the role we’d like handmade/craft to play in our future. Thank you to all in advance, and check the blog for further updates.

Link:  SAVE RED THREAD

Shoot, snap and pumpernickel. Love this piece.

Link:  EARPH EXHIBITIONS

I’m either filing this under ‘Creepy’, ‘Good’, or ‘Creepy Good.’

Link:  JONATHAN EDELHUBER

If ever there was a gem’s gem, this would be it.

Link:  BEN WEINER