Friday Five

This week marks two changes in my blog staples. I'm changing my Friday posts from a Friday Feature to a Friday Five. One subject, five wonderful handmade products. Oh, and be sure to stop by over the weekend to read another new weekly feature.

Today's Friday Five is all about the Olympics. I love to watch them, even though I'm not remotely athletically coordinated. For example, when I do the balance games on Wii Fit, it asks me if I often fall over while standing up. Yes, but since when is that a crime...

Let's start with beautiful Vancouver. One of the best parts of watching the Olympics is getting to enjoy the scenery. Canada is definitely on my list of places I'd love to visit someday. This lovely photograph comes from Shane Kelly (Vancouver Whistler Mountain Peak and Huskies, $25.00).

Next, let's look at an inspiring art carving from solamar7. This Inukshuk carving looks like a rock, but amazingly enough is carved in foam! Which means it will be lightweight and easy to hang on your wall (Believe Inukshuk Carved Styro Art, $42.00).


I'd like to end with some snowboarding. To me, it's one of the more exciting sports to watch. I loved watching both the men and the women's runs. If I could pick any sport to do, I really think snowboarding would be it, because it looks like so much fun. But I also know it takes balance, which I don't have... So I'll stick to watching it, and enjoying beautiful artwork like this one, found in Ussher Art's Etsy shop (Free Flow, $225.00).


Speaking of snowboarding, watching Shaun White the other night was exciting. The best part was when he had already won the gold before he even did his second run, and he asked everyone with him if he should just go down the middle. While I loved seeing his new trick, that would have been awesome too. From CraftinaT, a 5" felt Shaun (The Red Zeppelin, $39.00).


And finally, what better way than to support your future Olympic skier or snowboarder that with a shirt? From coup, a baseball-sleeve raglan shirt (Youth Olympic Hopeful, $20.00).