Welcome, 2016!

Here are a few links for the first weekend of the new year:

I love these tiny crochet teddy bears that Noreen Crone-Findlay has been making.

Maria Popova at Brain Pickings selects her 15 best books of 2015.

Apparently nostalgia for cassette tapes is now a thing.

Etsy has launched some cool city guides that list area boutiques that feature local artists and crafters. It’s pretty limited now, but I would love to see it expand.

UGEARS makes elaborate working mechanical models from wooden pieces. Very neat.

Chris Maynard transforms real bird feathers into delicate and amazing sculptures.

Video of the Week

I enjoyed this stop-animation short about a girl who discovers a world under the sea.