Burlap coffee bean sack ideas

Attention Ann Arbor crafty types! Did you know the Scrapbox has a giant box of burlap coffee bean sacks for sale? $2 a pop. I picked up a few yesterday and am pondering a variety of home projects. I'm sure you could score some for free around town somewhere, but this is much easier and supports a great local resource!

Wondering what to do with them? Here are a few ideas and links to how-to's:

Burlap/Coffee bean sack wreath

Coffee bean sack ottoman

Coffee bean sack planters

And if you want to be really ambitious, there's always this beauty:

Coffee bean sack upholstered chair

There's also a really fun Pinterest board chock-filled with inspiration for projects using sacks of all kinds.

So get thee to the Scrapbox (or maybe a local coffee shop near you)! 

North Fork Foodie Tour 2012

It's that time of year again: The North Fork Foodie Tour is coming! Above is the poster I designed for this year's event. Having worked on the Foodie Tour posters for the past four years, I was worried about coming up with a new concept, but worry not: Thanks so much to the talented illustrators, Jannie Ho and Fran Mason for that little kick of inspiration I needed!