Snow Buddies

Go over to The Purl Bee and check out these darling little snowbuddies to knit for the holidays. Now, knitting is not my number one crafting event, but they are so cute I am tempted to get out my needles and start knittin' and purlin'.

Stitching Links

I was doing a little web surfing today, something I haven't had a lot of time for and found a couple sites I want to share with you. The first is Sublime Stitching blog which you might be familiar with. Jenny Hart has designed some very quirky embroidery patterns which can be transferred onto fabric. The suggested embroidery is very simple but it is the imagery that captures your attention. Pin up girls, intestines and other vital organs, roller derby babes are a few of the choices. My friend Susan has become a full out roller derby queen and I bought her the pattern a year or so ago.

Another site I came across was Radical Cross StitchSeriously Seditious Stitching. The author, an Australian, is interested in using stitching, a traditional women's activity, to make political statements. No matter what your political slant, I think you will find it interesting to see how the medium of stitching can be used for a purposes that goes beyond decorative and/or functional. To check it out, go here.

November Treat

In case you aren't a reader of Sew Mama Sew blog, I thought you might like to know about their third annual, month long, holiday inspiration posts. Every day in November they post links to great stuff to make your friends and loved ones for the holidays. Every day, new ideas! It is great. Each day has a theme, so far the themes have been wear, adorn and today is sleep. To check it out, go here!

Easy Halloween Project

I have discovered that my mom doesn't have any Halloween decorations, so I wanted to find something that we could make together that would be simple, cheap and quick. I was going for maybe not instant gratification here, but really quick gratification! On the Martha Stewart web site I found these cute pumpkin, cat and owl ornaments made out of colored paper and needing nothing more than glue, scissors and a pencil. Away we went and in no time had some decorations for the windows.

New Book

I recently celebrated my birthday and as a little gifty, I purchased the book Digital Textile Design by Melanie Bowles and Ceri Isaac. The book gives really clear ways to use Photoshop and Illustrator to create textile designs. After discovering Spoonflower I really wanted to be able to create some repeat patterns and voila! this book shows up while I am perusing the shelves of my local bookstore. I'll post some designs when I get it all figured out!

A Bouquet of....

...carrots anyone???!!!!??? I was doing a lot of cooking yesterday and lopped off some carrots from their stems and was left with this silly looking bouquet. Couldn't resist photgraphing it.

Daily Tiny Art

Here are the tiny drawings I did in the past week. I decided that having three dimensions on each piece just was too much to fit on a two inch square. So, I decided to eliminate the rubber stamp image, except you will find it on the first image...the hand is a rubber stamp. You will still find a border and a leaf image on each piece.

Day Four

Day Five

The cake was for my mom's birthday.

Day Six

Day Seven

Day Eight

Day Nine