Nob Hill: Inspiring Creativity

Recently, I have felt a slight lag in my general creativity. To remedy this problem, Dena, Krista and I walked around Nob Hill this weekend and just "looked" at things in the stores, in the hopes that my craftiness (and theirs) might be inspired. I thought I would share a few of my inspirations. The first place we went was the most inspiring, but I didn't get pictures. It was the cool paper store, and I decided to make a paper quilt or a series of wooden disks mounted with beautiful papers to hang in my house.

Dangling paper circles. Simple, colorful, light-catching.

A mirror edged with driftwood. Would be fun to make, but not fun to clean.

The niftiest felted purse ever. it was one piece of felt with a crazy zipper. I am not sure I am geometrically-minded enough to figure out the shape of the felt.

An intricately carved and painted cupboard. I cannot hope to attain this level of craftsmanship; I just thought it was beautiful. Little boxes. They are actually a bit too cutesy for me, but they could be adapted.
A pillow. I would make it out of overlaying pieces of cut felt with a cotton twill backing. I would make my own fun abstract design. Check out the fantastic and unusual construction of this bag. I will knit and felt one long piece of fabric and then fold it for this effect. A classy and unusual bag. I am not sure yet how I would adapt it to my own skill set. Isn't it cool though? Nice paint job on this cupboard/closet. More great painting techniques used on this sideboard. All of this will keep me busy for a while, I am sure. Any other ideas would also be appreciated!