Heartful Handmade Blog

navigate the handmade revolution in custom shoes

It's been almost three years since I first told you about Sara MacIntosh, the cobbler behind Sara's Shoes in Chicago.  Well blog posts have a way of getting buried, relegating their still-relevant information to electronic purgatory.  So I have done a fresh review of Sara's Shoes to kick off a series on handmade shoes I'll be doing at Heartful Village.  I chose to start with another look at Sara's because she's added some styles since my 2008 post.  And she's started a school for budding cobblers.  The school is very timely.  Interest in handmade products is growing daily and more and more people are joining this quiet revolution in craft, thought, and attitudes about consumption.  Like most artisan fields, the cobbler trade took a hit over the past few decades, but Sara is doing her part to help it rebound.  You can follow this link to the new Sara's Shoes review.

an artistic and painterly iphone case

I like this iphone cover so much it makes me want to run out and get an iphone.  The photograph used to create this water color set case is so realistic that I'd probably put a rubber band around the case to keep the brush from falling off.  And put the whole thing in a plastic bag to keep my purse clean.  As an artist, I'm glad it's not based on oil paints because I'd have to advise you to open a window for vintilation when using it indoors. 

This case is made by Crafic, in Los Angeles, and they've got lots more cool iphone cases that will make you smile every time you use your phone.  And that smile will be passed on to all the people you call, not to mention all the people who see you talking into a paint set.  So I guess Crafic has figured out how to make the world a better place, one cell phone call at a time.

Crafic has lots more unusual smile and warm feeling inducing iphone covers, and their site breaks them down into descriptive categories.  This case is from the artistic collection.  The retro collection has this fun cassette tape case.  I love this peaceful yellow leaf from the green collection.  And this wall carving from the ancient texture collection is beautiful.  There are several more collections that I didn't tell you about.  All the cases in every collection are unusual and eye catching.  So click on over to Crafic and check them all out for yourself.  This one is $17.99.