From the monthly archives: January 2012
For my latest pattern (Reversible Smocking Hat), and for many of my Christmas gifts I had to make a pom poms. I actually have not made pom poms enough before to decide on a way to make them. There are several different methods. Here is what I tried first.
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I don’t know about you but I wait anxiously for the mail when a package is coming. Especially if it is from my favorite yarn dyer. Not to belabor the point but…SKEIN YARNS is amazing! Here is the exciting package I got a couple of days ago.
The lighting [...]
Every once and a while…well probably more than that I have an idea which seems a little absurd. This is one of them. The result was a really great bow tie ring. You could use the tutorial for the bow and make a clip or a hair tie also.
Supplies:
Glue Gun
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I have had a lot on my mind during this the first month of 2012. One thing I have been thinking about is simplifying. I am ready to make some changes. Isn’t leaving a simpler life a hugs aspect of what art and creativity are all about? Artists are those who stop facing the grind [...]
My daughter Fiona is two and a half and crazy about dressing up. She manages to look as if in costume in her regular clothes, due to her pairings and color combinations. I adore her creativity and wild personality. For Christmas I decided I would make her a dress up box…well I didn’t make the box [...]
I have started hand writing letters in an attempt to create some authenticity in my communication with my friends. I have been growing increasingly tired of the flat and impersonal form of communication. Email and facebook and all other forms of electronic communication lack something that the hand written word expresses. I have been using [...]
Since my Courage to Draw post a few months back I have been sketching consistently in my journal. It is amazing how sketching helps me write and vice a versa. The more I draw the more I write. To help me stay inspired I have printed out several images off of various free [...]
Looking back at my recent posts I have done a lot of DIY recently, and I have not said a word about knitting. I have been working on a few projects.
I have been drinking tea in the afternoons lately as I knit. I have a small collection of tea cups. [...]
One of my favorite Christmas gifts this year was from my friend Allyson. These tea light hangers are such a great purchase and work really well as hanging terrariums. I have recently had a love of mint plants. They are so hearty and I adore anything that you can grow from [...]
Happy New Year!
I started off my new year by making a collage of a some of the latte art I have been pouring…still not nearly perfect but fun all the same to see them all together. I used my iphone4 to take all these photos and the apps Diptic [...]
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