Posted in Postpartum Info, tagged infidelity, marriage, New York Times, postpartum depression, Radke-Yarrow, Shirley Glass on December 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
For the past 4 years I’ve made a point of buying the New York Times the Sunday before New Year’s Day. That’s the day that the magazine pays tribute to those lives lost in the past 12 months with “The Lives They Lived” edition. Most of the people featured are well-known names, but many are minor [...]
Posted in I Am A Sewing Machine, Making Art with the Little Lady, Making Crafts!, My Art Projects, You Must Be Kidding!, tagged I Am A Sewing Machine, Janome, middle school, sewing machines, Singer on December 30, 2007 | No Comments »
I’ve been using this ancient Singer my mom found at a yard sale forever. It jams, it sputters, it rattles. I get very angry with it.
My new machine! She’s a Janome Magnolia 7330. Not too fancy, which suits my pretty basic needs, but she has some cool stitches, auto-back stitch, does three kinds of button-holes and [...]
Posted in My Art Projects, Ye Olde Etsy Shoppe, tagged art, art process, bear, painting, Ye Olde Etsy Shoppe on December 28, 2007 | No Comments »
This is the drawing I referenced in the Betsy Walton post. It’s called “Be Mine” and is 4″ x 6″. I had fun doing the black lines for the feathers and rocks, plus I like the ambiguity of the image and title. I put it in my Etsy shop.
I love making little drawings and paintings. [...]
Posted in Making Crafts!, tagged Dog Tired Motherhood, felt, head injury on December 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Not as big a bump this time, so we didn’t do our normal panic and rush to urgent care. Tony and I are slowly earning are parenting stripes. Mogs is doing fine. She and I got to cuddle for a long time in the rocking chair. Life with a toddler is never boring.
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On a side [...]
Posted in That Lady Can Paint, Sew, Sculpt..., tagged art, Betsy Walton, creative process, gouache, painting on December 27, 2007 | No Comments »
I came across Betsy Walton’s work on Etsy last week and also found her website. She does intricate gouache paintings that are full of layers and delicate lines. I just love them and have found them to have influenced my latest drawing (which isn’t quite done). It can be very informative to study art work that [...]
Posted in Making Crafts!, tagged felt, handmade, I Am A Sewing Machine, leather, thimbles on December 26, 2007 | No Comments »
I found that I never, ever used the little metal thimble I’ve had for ages. If I struggle to get my needle through thick fabric I would rather bruise my thumb or use a bit of cloth to pad it. The metal thimble was just too awkward and bulky to use. Last week, I looked up how to make my [...]
Posted in Making Crafts!, Ye Olde Etsy Shoppe, tagged Buy Handmade, embroidery, felt, handmade, soap on December 26, 2007 | No Comments »
loved participating in the Buy Handmade challenge. I wanted to share my favorite handmade gifts that I gave and received this Christmas season:
This scarf for my mom is made from silk and linen which I hand embroidered. If I had more time I would of loaded it up with feathers, but I think it turned out well. [...]
Posted in Making Crafts!, My Art Projects, Ye Olde Etsy Shoppe, tagged art making, crafts, visitor, Ye Olde Etsy Shoppe on December 25, 2007 | No Comments »
What a great day I’ve had. First of all it snowed. It never snows on Christmas in the northwest and it finally did today. It was more of a symbolic snow in that it didn’t stay for long, but it was white and fell from the sky on Christmas—so great. Also, I received not one but [...]
Posted in Making Crafts!, My Art Projects, tagged art, craft, felt, paper clay, twig on December 22, 2007 | No Comments »
The little Solstice friend I made today from felt, paper clay, buttons and twigs.
Posted in Making Crafts!, My Art Projects, tagged art making, art process, crafts, fiberart, selling, snail on December 22, 2007 | No Comments »
My fiberart piece, She Moves Slowly, has moved to the westside to live at my friend Jen’s home. I am a little sad to see her go. She has been my talisman since I’ve come back to artmaking. I wasn’t sure why I was making things, only that I needed to be making them. I would remind myself to just keep [...]
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