Hello and Happy Friday! Lisa here. As some of you may know, in my other life, I’m a yarnie and bookbinder. I’m also a big promoter of the craft site Etsy, and I have a little shop there where I sell my journals. I’m far from being the only fantasy-loving craftie on the site, though, and I wanted to showcase a couple of the fun things people make, inspired by the very kinds of stories we love here.
Firstly, a journal from a fellow bookbinder… this is, yes, a Vampire Diary, by repaper.
It wasn’t exactly inspired by the show or the books, according to the listing, but personally I can’t help but thinking about a Salvatore or two when I look at it. I think the toothy look of the binding and the bits of red “blood” are especially clever. Fun!
Secondly, some Summer Fairies yarn by WeirdAndTwisted.
This yarn shop is fab. I also really like her handspun that’s inspired by Hagrid’s coat on Harry Potter. This fairy yarn is lush and perfect, though… it definitely looks fairy-worthy.
This next listing is reverse-engineered by BoopieCreations from the new movie Alice in Wonderland, which I just reviewed on Monday.
You can see just how close this knitter came to the originals, in the picture here. You can also find a lot of Twilight knits on Etsy, of course!
And lastly, because I was so excited to run across it…
This is a lovely necklace by cynthial11 that’s inspired by Maggie Stiefvater’s Wolves of Mercy Falls series, shown with a cover of Shiver, one of my favorite books that I read last year. The sequel, Linger, is due out in just a little over a month (July 20th!) and I can’t wait! You can read our interview with Maggie right here.
I just love seeing how people can take inspiration from myths and stories and create beautiful things—or recreate, as the case may be. Are any of you crafters? What inspires you?
Isabelle
thephoneix
Lisa Asanuma
Tales From The Hollow Tree 
June 21st, 2010 at 6:50 am
Hello there 🙂
I just wanted to thank you again for featuring our art yarn, which was hand spun by my best friend and shop partner Twisted aka TrashQueen. We both get our inspiration from mythology, fairytales, fantasy books, music, nature, and the large variety of seasons and holidays. There’s so much to discover, to re-think, and to create/recreate, and there’s so much more to learn. I, for my part, am absolutely fascinated by mythology and fairytales and I often find how little I know and how much more is out there. It’s a wonderful adventure 🙂
While reading your post, I noticed that I already know (and that we had already hearted) your shop, you have wonderful journals and I would have hearted you again if that were possible 😉
All the best to you,
Weird of
Weird&Twisted
June 23rd, 2010 at 12:23 am
Oh thank you so much! You’re also a long-time hearted shop of mine!