Hey friends!

Here are some interesting posts that I collected from the last week. We've got swimwear, affordable artwork, facial hair in many humorous affectations, a human sized nest...need I say more to draw you in?!

Read on! 

Gilbea has put together an awesome collection of Etsy swimsuit options for summer. Good stuff!

Outsapop Trashion is a fantastic blog with tons of inspirational how-tos and observations on fashion and innovation. This zipper collar is so avant garde and sleek, and an amazing reuse of old zippers. (You can check out her process in this flickr set.) This is trashion at its best! [Via DIY City Guides]

Hess & Hodi is a really great blog. Their mission statement states that they are a "virtual gallery dedicated to showcasing affordable (generally under $300) works of art. We curate our way through the affordable art sludge so you don't have to." They have such great taste, as this piece by burntcucumber can attest. 

Now this — this is something to talk about. Dutch artist Benjamin Verdonck has constructed a human-size nest on the side of a building in Rotterdam constructed out of "the crowns of twenty-three silver birches, one birch, one willow, two straw bales, one bucket of spit, three bags of sand, twelve buckets of glue, and nineteen cans of polyurethane foam." Let's hope he doesn't get evicted. [Via Apartment Therapy]

This one goes out to all the facial hair lovers out there. (I'm talking to you, Christine!) According to his site, John Dyer says that he has been "growing a beard every winter for some years now, and every spring, I try to see how many facial hair variations as I can check off from the chart of facial hair types." He's been able to successfully pull off 24 variations thus far! Check his blog to keep updated on what he'll do next. [Via Swiss Miss]

That's it for this week's edition of New From the Craft + Style Blogosphere. I'm really hurting for blogs to check, so leave your faves in the comments! You can also convo me to let me know if you've seen an interesting post out there on the interwebs!