a starry mix of sassy thoughts
I stumbled on over at , intrigued by her buttons. She sells them on ! Now…What Would a Button Girl Do? (WWBGD?)
You have to check out her . Her is an indication of how special her buttons and other pieces are. Quite inspiring…makes me want to make a dress or sweater around one of these. Her blog is …and you can take a peek at her studio.
– or other fun get togethers. I love photobooths. If I ever have the perfect spot, .
This is so cool. Rob got this amazing little package from a former student of his – and it’s art – the whole process. She made them, now he has to distribute them. Read all about it on Rob’s blog -.
I’ve always wondered what my buttons are doing when I’m sleeping. Now I know. Too Cute!
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We’ve had this easel for a year now, and I thought I would put the legs on it so it was off the floor. Izzy helped. We don’t do much around here without her helping me and less of me helping her.
We’ve spent the past 2 days inside. It’s super cold outside and it looks like Izzy has gotten a bit of a cold, after just getting over another one. Yuck.
So we play inside, draw chalk pictures and on the other side, marker pictures. The markers usually miss their lids, so I give Iz a cup of water and we get some really cool drawings. Usually it’s a picture of a cat and a baby and a mama and a dada (our family, minus the cat who died in October) Then she throws in a few stars. Lately some of the pictures have been her friends. She does love to draw, all the time with anything and on almost anything. I noticed the other day some small green circles on our stove. That’s why we have washable markers and crayons.
Cliché but true, I think. There is nothing that can replace being creative and productive together. Here you can read the .
I am eager for my (almost) 2 year old to learn to sew. I have wonderful memories, soul filling moments in time of creativity and accomplishment. I remember sewing with my mom, first it was counted cross stitch and probably a bit of embroidery and I can imagine sitting next to her while she sewed curtains for my room. I do remember picking out the fabric for them, once it was a tiny print of red, blue and yellow flowers.
I feel like sewing has always been a part of me. I have smatterings of memories of sewing and making clothes for myself. Mom or Dad would take me to the fabulous sewing center (which I think is now a bowling alley or a billards hall) and I would spend hours looking through the pattern books, picking out a pattern, then another chunk of time going through all the fabric bolts and remnants until the perfect fabric had been chosen. I felt like I had gotten to spend the entire day there (perhaps it was only an hour?). Then to get home and lay the pattern out on the fabric and cut it out. Pin it together and sew. And not go to bed until it was finished. I remember doing that quite a bit. I would stay up and make a second skirt and if my back could handle it, I would cut fabric for another and consider sewing it together. But I probably had to go to school the next morning and I would reluctantly shut the light and go to bed.
After getting accepted into Art School and spending 4 years studying Fashion Design (or as some would put it 4 years of sewing), I knew that I wanted to keep it for myself. It was something that I had been doing all my life for me, and I was not about to do it for anyone else. I did go into the fashion industry, but worked on the textile side and at times, dabbled in the art direction of the marketing of apparel.
I still sew these days (although not as often, I have a munchkin that would prefer my undivided attention), and my husband sews too. It’s worked it’s way into his art. Soon, Izzy will sew and we can work on projects together.
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I was soooooo excited to find a package in the mail today from one of my swapmates. This is the first of I hope to be a few more. It’s a beautiful gold and silver ornament. Sequins are attached with eyelets to gold paper. The dangle is a beautiful beaded spiral with a drop. It’s going to look great on the tree when it reflects the lights. The packaging was clever, wrapping paper with snowflake motifs that matched the sequins on the ornament. Thanks !
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I have been running to my mailbox every day now for two very important reasons:
1. I have been eagerly awaiting ornaments from the (things don’t get mailed until tomorrow anyway…but a girl can dream!)
2. The first issue of .
I am a lucky girl, Craft arrived yesterday. It’s a little late because I subscribed to it a day or two before it hit the newstands, and well, you know how rags are – they don’t arrive for another 4-6-8 weeks after you pay for them. I have to say, I love it. I love the size of it. It’s smaller than your “typical” magazine – which helps make it special. Oh, but the pages inside are really, really wonderful. I haven’t even had it for 24 hours, and I can’t let go of it. For me, this is a sure page turner. The projects are clever, the writing is quick and the people are fabulous.
I love the robots on the cover, I love the knit boots, the LED clothing (I want to make a tee for the Iz – she’d LOVE IT, and probably never take it off), the whole bazaar section hilighting cool stuff like my all time FAVE fabric store,
Needless to say, I’ll read and read and read this issue until it is memorized, try out some of the patterns/projects and wait patiently for my next issue which will arrive in a few months. Thanks Craft!
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So I’ve posted a few pictures of my ornaments in progress. I am so happy with them – I am going to make them for all my holiday cards. So – if you want in on the mailing list – email me with your address and I’ll put you on the list. I was always looking for a project that would help me go through my stash – and this is the one. The ones that go out with the holiday cards will be a bit smaller – they’ll need to fit into the envelopes…
So I’ve been perusing the , and I totally wish that I was on everyone’s distro list! The ornaments are all wonderful and would look GREAT on my tree and up and around the house. Hmmm could I make 390 more of my ornaments to trade for 390 more of their ornaments? Maybe next year…
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It took my a while to get to this point. I had sketched with the Iz’s crayons and paper while she was drawing. I had a bunch of ideas, but I really wanted to use materials on hand. I’m not sure when the image of this popped into my head, something triggered it, but I can’t recall. Anyway, I snuck into my studio (as many times before) and threw a bunch of scraps into a bag of recycled ribbons and other funky things I could find. I really have been wanting to use these sequins by the yard that I had used when I was working in NYC. The fabric I’m using is old, some of it from my thrifing, some of it from years and years ago. The vinyl must be 10 years old! I must admit – that after working with this and seeing the final result (not to be posted until they are received!), I want to make more! I love vinyl (ahem) and it’s fun to work with. I did have to iron it. I was a little nervous that it would melt and ruin my iron, but no, I was able to get those 10 year old wrinkles out of it!
Each piece of scrap that is being used has a story. In this picture:
The sequins as mentioned above, from my days doing textile desgin in NYC.
The beautiful pink cherry blossom print from a local thrift store. Quite old – it took me 4 washes to get the moth ball smell out!
The creme satin – from an aunt’s stash of scrap fabric – probably 5-6 years ago.
Green ribbon recycled fom many holidays ago.
The sweet mini butterfly/floral, a small and old piece of fabric found through a freecycle post.
I love it all – especially when there is a little history…
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