Ever since my experiment with felt I’ve been enamored with all you can do with it. How freakishly cute is this little sandwich by Myrtle & Eunice? I can’t really figure out what I’ll do with this once I make it, but that’s beside the point! I can imagine that this furry treat would bring a smile to my face every time I looked at it, and to me, that’s priceless. I’m heading to the fabric store shortly so I can whip up one of these swiss, lettuce and tomato sandwiches. Nom, nom, nom… See more pictures and get the complete felt sandwich recipe here.

Found via: WhipUp.

*Sad update to my Felt Rosette Pillow: Apparently a handmade, time consuming, 100% wool felt pillow is dog for chewtoy. See my precious little pups path of destruction here

I spotted this a while back on the always wonderful Graphic-ExchanGE. Transformer’s identity concept for a Moscow cafe is completely stunning. Just look at that place setting, it takes my breath away! All the elements work so well together, and I love how they’ve combined earth tones with bright silvers, so chic! Everything looks so rich and clean at the same time. Oh how I wish I weren’t 5000 miles away!

I finally had some time over the weekend to work on this pillow project by Anne Kyrrö Quinn. I’d been wanting to do this since I spotted it back in September. I’m thrilled that I stumbled upon Etsy’s How-To section and it’s my new go-to place for fun projects. I just love how this turned out and I highly recommend giving this pattern a go.

I’d say the project was fairly easy to execute but a bit time consuming. A majority of the time went to cutting and stitching the rossetts and probably took me about 6 hours total to finish. I’m still a fairly novice sewer so that could have slowed me up but it was the perfect task for a rainy weekend! I made my pillow a little smaller so that it would fit an insert that I’d already had and I’m thrilled with the finished look. I kept it simple with an off-white color and I think it contrasts with our chairs and other pillows well.

I’m completely loving these Smitten Sticks recently launched by Edyta Szyszlo and Vana of Le Papier Studio. Every time I see them they put a big grin on my face (no pun intended)! They make the sweetest addition to wedding photos and I can even picture these making their way into a few holiday family pics for a little added whimsy. Congrats to the two for a great launch and a fantastic idea!

Reader Jennette wrote in last week about the weight loss ads that run on our site and RSS feed from time to time. She felt that they were ugly and offensive and I agree with her one hundred percent.

A little background about advertising on T&T, with the exception of sponsorships all ads are run through Google AdSense. It’s not the greatest, but it’s the only ad network we’ve been able to get into and it pays for the hosting. AdSense is supposed to deliver relevant ads based on the content of your site but as you can see we don’t post about weight loss or back surgery yet we get ads for them. You can block sites you don’t want to advertise, but honestly between a full time job, Twig & Thistle, Etsy orders, the hubby and Tula, micromanaging AdSense has been pretty low on my list of priorities.

But the last thing I want when someone visits Twig & Thistle is to be confronted with ads preying on ones insecurities. I had my hubby look into it and as of last week we’re trying to filter out all the weight loss / get rich / diet suplement ads from our site and we’re going to start manually approving targeted ads before they go up on the site.

I spend a lot of time on Twig & Thistle and I strive to make it a place I’m proud of and one people can enjoy. I always appreciate it when someone takes the time to tell me how I can make their experience better. Do you have any suggestions on how to improve T&T? Are there features you’d like to see or kinds of posts you want more of? Just leave you suggestions in the comments or drop us a line through the contact page!