Stumbled upon artist Yoshihiro Moritake's online sketchbook, where you can download a desktop wallpaper version of each painting. Lovely! Click "Gallery", and then the arrow in the lower left to flip through the illustrations. 
Download and print these free calling cards at Creature Comforts, designed by the talented Susan Connor of SuzyJack paper goods. Use them for place cards or gift tags, too. Very pretty.
Some inspiring watermelon carving went on at the Craft Social. And then I find out that my mum is growing New Queen watermelons, which have orange flesh. Get out! Where can I buy one of these orange guys in Chicago? And then, what can I do to him? Here's a list of carving ideas with instructions for anybody who wants to do some surgery.
(Images from Veseys.com and Watermelon.org)
Tripwire Magazine has collected 45 free handwritten fonts you can download. You never know when one might be useful.
We oohed and ahed over Edwin Monfero's fruit sculpture demo. 
A shot of the room. With a couple guys there in the foreground making advanced paper airplanes. Way to represent, gentlemen.
Selecting paper requires extreme concentration.
Looks like this lovely woman is stitching something funny onto a dinner napkin.
Meet two of the four organizers, Megan Heep, center, and Megan Hall, right. Megan Heep just posted the instructions for this Green Clean Sample Kit project on her blog if you want to try it out. It was determined you must add the ingredients in the correct order, or you'll make cement. Oops.)
And last but not least, I give you: Mr. Jones! Yes, the engineer came to craft night because he loves me. He made a bunch of spiral bound notebooks with exquisite craftsmanship. What a guy.
Hey, creative artists and craftspeople in the Chicago area, would you like to share your work with others? Add your projects to the Chicago Craft Community Flickr pool so we can all admire your handiwork and say nice things about you.
Meet my new necklace made from two washers and colored epoxy. Turns out I like wearing toolbox contents around my neck— a little bit of DIY goodness to carry with me. I bought it right out of my own "Good Stuff at Etsy" widget in the sidebar over there, because even I am not immune to its irresistible widget magnetism. The necklace is from Etsy seller AdditionStyle.
How to screen print on fabric by Krissy at Kelly + Olive, left
Feed Your Soul is a little site offering free illustrations you can download, print, and frame. Contributing artists include Amy Ruppel (designer of Target's 2008 Christmas decorations), Marcy Davy, Gemma Correll, Tara Hogan, Jessica Gonacha, and Samantha Hahn. 
For a cheap way to display your pictures, try printing them on cardstock and hanging them on a clothesline like this from Olive at Etsy.
This little fabric envelope arrived in the mail one day, sewed by my mom and sized to fit my Etsy shop business cards. Awww!
Let's pretend you're planning an event and you need a way for guests with business cards to display them. Oh yeah, and you have no budget. I present to you: DIY business card trays. (Cardstock that's accordian folded and glued to foam board. Fancy.) 
I haven't done any glass etching since high school, but decided to monkey around with it a bit and make it a Craft Social project. Easy and fun. I hope to have a few more sample pieces done before Friday, if I get some spare time.
In case you're curious about how the bags in my Etsy shop get made, take a look behind the scenes. It turns out my niece makes them. Watch the video right here.
I'm pretty sure your next batch of cupcakes needs small orange flags, compliments of Michelle at Little Paper Dog. She designed them to celebrate the first anniversary of her Etsy shop. Download and print the cupcake toppers right here. (Or if you don't feel like printing, I think the insides of security envelopes would make cute patterns on flags, too.)
Download some lovely weed-themed, uh, I mean wildflower-themed computer wallpaper to make your desktop summery. It's available in standard and widescreen, designed by the talented Eleanor Grosch. Raid her whole collection of freebie wallpapers right here. Thanks, Eleanor!
Style Me Pretty has added to their downloadable gift box selection. Designed by Kathleen of Twig & Thistle, these little pink and yellow guys are available here. Or check out the wedding thank you box and the Love is Sweet box, too. Fans of DIY party favors, rejoice!
Clockwise from upper left: Nancy Ortenstone, The Poster List, LuAnn Ostergaard, Corrine Ellsworth, Rand McNally, Stefania Ferri.
Clockwise from upper left: Rob Dunlavey, Kristen Stein, Matte Stephens, Brent Nelson, Laura George.
Clockwise from upper left: Matasaburo Kazeno, Ron Jones, The Poster List, Bryan Collins, Lauren Hamilton, Jen Oaks.
