googly eye bombing

I love this growing trend of yarn bombing.  There’s just something delightful about seeing trees, parking meters & telephone poles covered in colorful yarn.  So it’s no surprise that I couldn’t help but to smile when I spotted these fanciful trees when I was in Birmingham last weekend.

I do believe this is some of the fanciest yarn bombing I’ve seen.  I love how the artist used zip ties for the bug antennae.

I must admit I wish I had the knitting skills or the patience to create scenes like these… but I don’t.  However I do like the element of surprise & that’s why I couldn’t resist stocking our stores this season with tins of emergency googly eyes.

Why you might ask?  Well, the same reason I like to see trees covered in yarn… it’s unexpected.

Only sticking googly eyes around your office, home or town is a little easier to pull off than knitting around a parking meter on a public street… and I’m fairly certain your newly animated objects will gain some grins from friends, co-workers & strangers alike.  I mean it’s hard NOT to smile back at these eye bombed creations :-)

It’s truly amusing how two little plastic eyes can add personality to the simplest objects.

The fun part is looking at things differently & seeking out what to animate next.  Lucky for you there are 40 eyes in each tin so you can spread a little silliness wherever you go.  So what are you waiting for… go forth & googly eye bomb your neighborhood!  We gotta feeling it’s bound to make someone’s day brighter.