Look What I Found!

With my job as a blogger and social media professional, I spend a ridiculous amount of time on the internet every day...and let's be honest, every once in awhile, I get distracted and click here and click there, and then BAM! I am somewhere totally different, discovering some cool new story, product or idea. Here are some of the coolest finds I have come across recently, and am totally smitten with!

British designer and artist Bethan Laura Woods created these amazing teacups that have a pattern in them that becomes darker every time you use them. She treats the inside of the cups in a way that causes them to stain more in some spots than in others. Each time you have another cup, the pattern is revealed a little bit more.

Images from www.woodlondon.co.uk

 They even begin to develop a specific pattern that is unique to the user and the way they drink their tea. How genius and artsy is that?!

Image from www.woodlondon.co.uk

 The next amazing find I came across was this Moody Couch from designer Hanna Ernsting.

Image from www.hannaernsting.com

I swear, this is the most perfect napping couch I have ever seen. You can pull it and push it and shape it and mold it into the perfect little nest for whatever you mood is. 

Images from www.hannaernsting.com

It may look a little like a couch you have in college with a slipcover that doesn't fit, but I don't care, I would buy it in an instant because I am already dreaming of the incredible naps I would be able to take all snuggled up in this couch.

Next up, one of the most inventive things I have seen in a loooong time. Who even thought this up? Meet the Stampy Digital Camera. It gives you the option of creating a rubber-stamp version of your photograph, so that you stamp it onto any sheet of paper or surface. 

Image by www.yankodesign.com

 How nuts is that? I didn't even know that was possible, but I would definitely buy one. Would you use this? Also, is it just me or is that a weird Drew Barrymore look-alike?

Image by www.yankodesign.com

Not sure that I totally understand how it works, but its a pretty ingenious idea. Brilliant, I tell you!

And my last "cool find" of today, these itty bitty teeny tiny pencil sculptures from artist Dalton Ghetti. These miniature works of art on the tip of a pencil, blow my mind. Talk about attention to detail! How do you even begin to make something that small...and not break it? Considering you can break pencil lead from just writing too hard, this is most impressive to me!

Images from www.oddstuffmagazine.com

 Dalton, a carpenter, has been making these mini sculptures for 25 years now, and only uses three very basic tools to make these – a razor blade, sewing needle and sculpting knife. And what makes this all the more impressive, is that he doesn't even use a magnifying glass! 

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 This interlocking design took Dalton about two years, and amazingly enough, it wasn't made from two sections of graphite, just one. WHAT?! Most pieces only take a few months. Check out more of his designs below...the shoe!! Is this making anyone else's jaw drop? Wow. 

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And there you have my latest cool finds. What have you found lately that is just too cool not to share? xoxo