The latest issue of Country Living showcased a variety of modern designers including Smock, Elum, and Caskata.

Victoria Magazine packed a ton of gorgeous marbles onto a single page

Martha Stewart showcased little gifts wrapped in a variety of Katazome-shi paper

Even West Elm used a few presents wrapped in lokta paper in their latest catalog.

I can’t wait to see what else I can find

Besides, the sidewalk at our warehouse is too small anyway.

Dark, jumbled, & piled floor to ceiling with furniture, these are the best kind of places. When we moved to Raleigh a few years ago we quickly discovered Garage Brothers (who we hear are in talks for their own reality show), located about a millisecond from our office. They have since opened a retail store a bit farther from us but the stuff in the warehouse is still what we love to dig through.

Since they were having a charity event Shelly and I used it as an excuse to head over there and see if we could find anything with makeover potential.

We had to search a bit and climb over a lot of stuff but here are a few things we found.

This huge mirror was only five dollars!!!

And of course we always find something to giggle over when we go…someone’s going to have a headache

but no worries, just swap it with this giant one.

And just make sure you don’t get run over while loading up your car

Luckily we made it out of there okay, car all loaded up, and ready to start some new projects.

So what’s your favorite place to go treasure hunting?

I’m fascinated with these spanish wave designs.

I’ve seen this type of marbling pattern before & always wondered how it was created. Laura tells us the pattern was supposedly invented by a drunken Spanish marbler in the 1800′s. It is produced by rocking the paper back and forth while making it. I think history shows sometimes great things come out of a slightly “altered” state of mind.

I also think this new aqua stone marble is absolutely stunning…which of course means I snagged a sheet for myself.

Using the same idea I did here, I popped the marble behind an old etching I had. Originally the print was framed in a basic white mat but because the paper is so yellowed from age I always felt the white matte was way to stark. Now with the aqua marble behind it I love it.

Now the yellow aging of the paper plays off the gold veining in the marble & instead of the etching looking old and dingy it has a gorgeous antique appeal.

We should have them up on Paper Mojo soon (I promise I won’t keep them all for myself).

These are not like any of our other marbled papers, go anywhere near them with a pair of scissors and we may tackle you. They were created as art, signed by Renato Crepaldi, and belong in a frame.

It may sound clique but the photos of them simply do not do them justice. The colors are more vibrate than any paper or marble I’ve ever seen. We had a one of them in a corner of our office and everyone that came in went straight to it continuously mumbling ”oh my God, that is so gorgeous”.

4 half pound scrap packs…

2 Japanese collage packs…

2 different glues, including the always popular Yamato Nori paste…

New Decoupage: Transforming Your Home with Paper, Glue, and Scissors & Expressive Handmade Books…

4 rolls of Washi Tape… & a few other goodies thrown in for fun.

If you haven’t enter yet there is still time. We will be picking the GRAND prize winner on Thursday (enter here)

Extreme amounts of lokta paper!!!

Can you guess what’s ours?

The marble paper of course

I guess the timing’s perfect, those new Agate Marbles I gave a sneak peek of yesterday are officially up online.

We should have them up on Paper Mojo soon, so keep checking the new section.