diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 90614b617e..6af7b5468f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 *.DS_Store
 tmp/*
-built_examples/*
+examples/*/stylesheets/*
+examples/*/*.html
 test/tmp
 test/fixtures/stylesheets/*/tmp
 test/fixtures/stylesheets/*/saved
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 5a312b2d7e..708296a78c 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -63,49 +63,22 @@ task :examples do
   require 'haml'
   require 'sass'
   require 'pathname'
+  require 'lib/compass'
+  require 'lib/compass/exec'
   FileList['examples/*'].each do |example|
-    puts "Compiling #{example} -> built_examples/#{example.sub(%r{.*/},'')}"
+    puts "\nCompiling #{example}"
+    puts "=" * "Compiling #{example}".length
     # compile any haml templates to html
     FileList["#{example}/*.haml"].each do |haml_file|
-      basename = haml_file[9..-6]
+      basename = haml_file[0..-6]
       engine = Haml::Engine.new(open(haml_file).read, :filename => haml_file)
-      target_dir = "built_examples/#{basename.sub(%r{/[^/]*$},'')}"
-      FileUtils.mkdir_p(target_dir)
-      output = open("built_examples/#{basename}",'w')
+      puts "     haml #{File.basename(basename)}"
+      output = open(basename,'w')
       output.write(engine.render)
       output.close
     end
-    # compile any sass templates to css
-    FileList["#{example}/stylesheets/**/[^_]*.sass"].each do |sass_file|
-      basename = sass_file[9..-6]
-      css_filename = "built_examples/#{basename}.css"
-      compass_sass = File.dirname(__FILE__).sub(%r{.*/},'')
-      engine = Sass::Engine.new(open(sass_file).read,
-                                  :filename => sass_file,
-                                  :line_comments => true,
-                                  :css_filename => css_filename,
-                                  :load_paths => ["#{example}/stylesheets"] + Compass::Frameworks::ALL.map{|f| f.stylesheets_directory})
-      target_dir = "built_examples/#{basename.sub(%r{/[^/]*$},'')}"
-      FileUtils.mkdir_p(target_dir)
-      output = open(css_filename,'w')
-      output.write(engine.render)
-      output.close      
-    end
-    # copy any other non-haml and non-sass files directly over
-    target_dir = "built_examples/#{example.sub(%r{.*/},'')}"
-    other_files = FileList["#{example}/**/*"]
-    other_files.exclude "**/*.sass", "**/*.haml"
-    other_files.each do |file|
-      
-      if File.directory?(file)
-        FileUtils.mkdir_p(file)
-      elsif File.file?(file)
-        target_file = "#{target_dir}/#{file[(example.size+1)..-1]}"
-        # puts "mkdir -p #{File.dirname(target_file)}"
-        FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.dirname(target_file))
-        # puts "cp #{file} #{target_file}"
-        FileUtils.cp(file, target_file)
-      end
+    Dir.chdir example do
+      Compass::Exec::Compass.new([]).run!
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/examples/blueprint_default/stylesheets/ie.sass b/examples/blueprint_default/src/ie.sass
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/blueprint_default/stylesheets/ie.sass
rename to examples/blueprint_default/src/ie.sass
diff --git a/examples/blueprint_default/stylesheets/images/grid.png b/examples/blueprint_default/src/images/grid.png
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/blueprint_default/stylesheets/images/grid.png
rename to examples/blueprint_default/src/images/grid.png
diff --git a/examples/blueprint_default/stylesheets/print.sass b/examples/blueprint_default/src/print.sass
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/blueprint_default/stylesheets/print.sass
rename to examples/blueprint_default/src/print.sass
diff --git a/examples/blueprint_default/stylesheets/screen.sass b/examples/blueprint_default/src/screen.sass
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/blueprint_default/stylesheets/screen.sass
rename to examples/blueprint_default/src/screen.sass
diff --git a/examples/blueprint_plugins/stylesheets/ie.sass b/examples/blueprint_plugins/src/ie.sass
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/blueprint_plugins/stylesheets/ie.sass
rename to examples/blueprint_plugins/src/ie.sass
diff --git a/examples/blueprint_plugins/stylesheets/images/grid.png b/examples/blueprint_plugins/src/images/grid.png
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/blueprint_plugins/stylesheets/images/grid.png
rename to examples/blueprint_plugins/src/images/grid.png
diff --git a/examples/blueprint_plugins/stylesheets/print.sass b/examples/blueprint_plugins/src/print.sass
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/blueprint_plugins/stylesheets/print.sass
rename to examples/blueprint_plugins/src/print.sass
diff --git a/examples/blueprint_plugins/stylesheets/screen.sass b/examples/blueprint_plugins/src/screen.sass
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/blueprint_plugins/stylesheets/screen.sass
rename to examples/blueprint_plugins/src/screen.sass
diff --git a/examples/blueprint_scoped/stylesheets/ie.sass b/examples/blueprint_scoped/src/ie.sass
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/blueprint_scoped/stylesheets/ie.sass
rename to examples/blueprint_scoped/src/ie.sass
diff --git a/examples/blueprint_scoped/stylesheets/print.sass b/examples/blueprint_scoped/src/print.sass
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/blueprint_scoped/stylesheets/print.sass
rename to examples/blueprint_scoped/src/print.sass
diff --git a/examples/blueprint_scoped/stylesheets/screen.sass b/examples/blueprint_scoped/src/screen.sass
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/blueprint_scoped/stylesheets/screen.sass
rename to examples/blueprint_scoped/src/screen.sass
diff --git a/examples/blueprint_scoped_form/stylesheets/ie.sass b/examples/blueprint_scoped_form/src/ie.sass
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/blueprint_scoped_form/stylesheets/ie.sass
rename to examples/blueprint_scoped_form/src/ie.sass
diff --git a/examples/blueprint_scoped_form/stylesheets/print.sass b/examples/blueprint_scoped_form/src/print.sass
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/blueprint_scoped_form/stylesheets/print.sass
rename to examples/blueprint_scoped_form/src/print.sass
diff --git a/examples/blueprint_scoped_form/stylesheets/screen.sass b/examples/blueprint_scoped_form/src/screen.sass
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/blueprint_scoped_form/stylesheets/screen.sass
rename to examples/blueprint_scoped_form/src/screen.sass
diff --git a/examples/blueprint_semantic/stylesheets/ie.sass b/examples/blueprint_semantic/src/ie.sass
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/blueprint_semantic/stylesheets/ie.sass
rename to examples/blueprint_semantic/src/ie.sass
diff --git a/examples/blueprint_semantic/stylesheets/images/grid.png b/examples/blueprint_semantic/src/images/grid.png
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/blueprint_semantic/stylesheets/images/grid.png
rename to examples/blueprint_semantic/src/images/grid.png
diff --git a/examples/blueprint_semantic/stylesheets/liquid.sass b/examples/blueprint_semantic/src/liquid.sass
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/blueprint_semantic/stylesheets/liquid.sass
rename to examples/blueprint_semantic/src/liquid.sass
diff --git a/examples/blueprint_semantic/stylesheets/print.sass b/examples/blueprint_semantic/src/print.sass
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/blueprint_semantic/stylesheets/print.sass
rename to examples/blueprint_semantic/src/print.sass
diff --git a/examples/blueprint_semantic/stylesheets/screen.sass b/examples/blueprint_semantic/src/screen.sass
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/blueprint_semantic/stylesheets/screen.sass
rename to examples/blueprint_semantic/src/screen.sass
diff --git a/examples/compass/stylesheets/compass.sass b/examples/compass/src/compass.sass
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/compass/stylesheets/compass.sass
rename to examples/compass/src/compass.sass
diff --git a/examples/compass/stylesheets/images/blue_arrow.gif b/examples/compass/src/images/blue_arrow.gif
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/compass/stylesheets/images/blue_arrow.gif
rename to examples/compass/src/images/blue_arrow.gif
diff --git a/examples/compass/stylesheets/sticky_footer.sass b/examples/compass/src/sticky_footer.sass
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/compass/stylesheets/sticky_footer.sass
rename to examples/compass/src/sticky_footer.sass
diff --git a/examples/compass/stylesheets/utilities.sass b/examples/compass/src/utilities.sass
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/compass/stylesheets/utilities.sass
rename to examples/compass/src/utilities.sass
diff --git a/examples/yui/stylesheets/screen.sass b/examples/yui/src/screen.sass
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/yui/stylesheets/screen.sass
rename to examples/yui/src/screen.sass