7 posts tagged “crafts”

I'm all set up to work on this necklace again today out on the patio. It's a hot day so I hope I don't end up coming back inside in ten minutes.

I joined a collective of blogging artists where we are supposed to create a new thing each and every day and post about it. The blog is here: http://createaday.blogspot.com/ So far I've posted something every day since I started on Jan.1, 2008.

Blueheartpapercollage

I just made 2 new groups on VOX. One is for Etsy artists and is called Etsy for Everyone. The other is a group for Polymer Clay Artists. Please join up.

http://pcartists.groups.vox.com/

http://etsyforeveryone.groups.vox.com/

Lucet_cord

Today in Etsy chat we were talking about Lucets. A lucet is a pronged fork used for making square cordage. They are usually made of wood but can also be made of metal or bone or plastic. I made one out of purpleheart a few years ago and I thought I would share a photo.

Lucet

Today I finished four projects for displays. One of them was a scrapbook page for a wedding. If you want to read more about it, here is an article I wrote about it.

http://hubpages.com/_l6f64eotqm13/hub/Making_a_Wedding_Scrapbook

The purse is knitted with a crochet strap.

The Amigurumi elephant is crochet.

The Baby Booties are knit.

And the artist is tired.

sammiches

I keep coming up with more creative ideas than I know what to do with. Maybe if I write them down, I'll free up my gray matter a little.

1. Get my licensed cartoon characters together and start putting them on my craft projects.

2. Design enough rubber art stamp line drawings to order an original sheet of rubber stamps.

3. Use the custom stamps and stamp into hot melt glue, polymer clay, and other uses.

4. Get a flickr pro account because about 800 of my photos are no longer visable.

5. See if I can hook up my boyfriend's flatbed scanner so I can start selling ACEO's and drawings in my Etsy shop.

If I can't get his to work I'll have to save for a new one.

6. Get gourds ready for the 2 month display at the Buena Park Public Library.

7. Design  some free patterns for my website.

8. Design some felt finger puppets.

9. Keep working on my belly dancing wrist cuffs.

10. Sew for Spring.

11. Do more folk art paintings like the one above.

I love crafts and I love to see what everyone is knitting, sewing, painting, crocheting, forging, and spinning. So if you have something to show off, post away. Leave comments with links and I'll go take a looksie. You know you wanna.

calico cat drawing