Tissue paper pom-poms

Recently, I've been seeing these really cute tissue paper pom- poms EVERYWHERE. They were originally featured in Martha Stewart Living 2006 (online instructions here), but 3 years later, I still want to make a bunch for no purpose at all.

Anthropologie felt pendant lamp

When I saw this felt pendant lamp in the latest Anthropologie catalog I was super excited and seriously bummed at the same time. Don't you hate it when an idea that you've been toying with in the back of your mind materializes (in a mainstream catalog no less!) before you even have a chance to gather the rough materials? I'll probably go ahead and make my version of it anyway, since the $398 price tag is just too painful.