Playfully Grownup

Ways to wear Legos are as many as the ways to build with them. Case in point: DIY Lego headphones by Justin Lam at Instructables.

I'm off here (again) next week, this time prepping for our biggest local gaming con. See you on the other side!

A bit of countryside (and sheep) in a mason jar, a cute home dec project by Sarah Ramberg at Sadie Seasongoods. (At first glance I almost thought the sheep were pandas curled up to sleep!)

And Happy Midsummer! I'm having a week off to celebrate the summer season. (It's a really big thing here in the north.) See you later in the month.

Really amazing dragon hairslides by MPFitzpatrick at DeviantArt! I assume they're made from leather and painted, but not sure if other materials are involved.

Oho – a swanky swan boat bed for Elf-friends in our mortal world. I don't know how one might go about getting one of these, though – I can't even tell what material the bed is made with. Plastic??? That sounds like a sacrilege, though. (Kinda like that rug. Brr.) By unknown; found via Lushome.

Ooo – light-up mushrooms DIYed out of air-dry clay by Michelle at A Crafty Mix. Very neat. Dark academia, goblincore, Bueller, anyone?

If you're lucky, you could lounge on a lounging dragon bench. (If you know an astounding woodcarver, that is...!) This bench really is stunning. By unknown; found via sylvrshaddowe at Pinterest. Wait – is there a cat test driving the bench in the lower photo? Lucky critter!

I'm taking a few days off to lounge around and celebrate juhannus, this time with Dungeons & Dragons, in fact. Happy Midsummer to you, too, whether you have dragons on the brain like me, or not. :)

What an entryway this lion(!) newel post would make! Incredible CNC milling by Yura Tikhonovsky, found via Behance.

Wow: DIY burned wooden switch plate with a gorgeous peacock by Gina Michele. Steady hands required! (Brr, don't even want to think about heated tools slipping on your hands...) But seriously, this is gorgeous.

Clever: Rassen chopsticks curl into each other and slot in for snug storage. By Nendo. Great for travel, I'd expect.

For some reason I never learned to use hair slides (or whatever they're called); I just can't fathom them. These leaf ones are pretty enough for me to want to try again. Leather hair accessories by Andrea Adams at Beadmask. (This photo via her DeviantArt.) Exquisite!

A mouse hole door as an outlet cover – you don't have to be a kid to think it cute! By Lithuanian artist Rytis Zaveckas at Designerwood; found via Bored Panda on Pinterest.

Surely this dragon fireplace is custom work and as such, not inexpensive. But, dang, is it handsome or what, especially with the starry sky ceiling?! By unknown, found via Into the Forest Dark on Twitter.

“You rebel scum” – Yeah, deal with it! Stylish nerdy cuff links made from Scrabble tiles by Alexis Hejna at HoneysuckleRoseC on Etsy.

I've seen wide doorways decorated with corbels and/or beams before, but this takes the cake: such a bright cobalt blue cobined with the intricate shape is eyecatching and a pleasure to see. From the apartment home of LaToya Burton and husband Jeremiah Johnson in Australia; found via design*sponge.

Wow, a minimalistic Christmas tree with serious DIY potential. I see custom-cut lumber and guess a battery-powered light set or two. However, this one looks permanently installed; how to make it removable / reusable / storable is the question. By @52.home; found via DesignFetish.

Thar she blows! This whale nail brush looks more like a veggie brush to me, right at home next to the kitchen sink. Kikkerland via Amazon.