Jennifer makes colored pencils not look like colored pencils anymore.

LINK: JENNIFER MAESTRE

Juliana knits pothole covers in Paris. Officially awesome.

LINK: JULIANA SANTACRUZ HERRERA on FLICKR

Leslie Wayne created this beauty out of oil paint and wood – the perfect pick-me-up for a dreary Monday morning!

LINK: JACK SHAINMAN GALLERY

Nathalie creates large-scale portraits with nothing more than strips of recycled tissue and tracing paper and pages from old books. The close up shots are just as mesmerizing as the portraits themselves. Insane talent!

LINK: NATHALIE BOUTTE

Artist Cecilia Paredes has urban camouflage down to a science, much like Clemence Floris, Rachel Perry Welty, Liu Bolin and Annie Collinge. Love this trend!

LINK: CECILIA PAREDES
[thanks, jill!]

edit: Melissa just sent over a link to a Gotye music video that is urban camouflage at its finest! Enjoy!

Femke’s latest collection was inspired by the Mayan predictions that the world would end in 2012. Enter: apocalyptic fashion. Craziness!

LINK: FEMKE AGEMA

Eva’s project “On Tension” is a textile designer’s answer to boring room dividers. It also happens to be my answer to the most awesome thing about today.

LINK: EVA MALSCHAERT

Sivan photographs hanging laundry in every country she visits. Such a simple concept, but the result? Beauty in the everyday.

LINK:  SIVAN ASKAYO

This series make me feel like hosting a tea party and learning to make art – all at the same time. Instead, I’ll more than likely feast on crumpets for dinner. That counts, right?

LINK: KAREN TO

This piece from Ida is everything I love about art: movement, interpretation and a bit of wonder.

LINK: IDA EKBLAD