Blog posts on Artfully Carin may contain affiliate links to products or services I think are awesome. For more information, see my disclosures page..Blog posts on Artfully Carin may contain affiliate links to products or services I think are awesome. For more information, see my disclosures page.. I bought some canvases on sale the other […]
Mixed media: Wash Day
July 9, 2010 By 16 Comments
I loved the background I made for the mixed media landscape a while ago, and quickly made some more while the paint combinations were still fresh in my mind. I just love blue and green together. The background is acrylics on on brown paper, with added gold flower stickers, crochet thread, scraps of background […]
Very Special WIP
July 7, 2010 By 16 Comments
You may have noticed my creative productivity being a bit up and down over the last few months. Well, I am now very happy to reveal that during this time most of my energy has been focused on a very special WIP… (that’s the head to the left, facing downwards) …a baby, due mid-January!!! We are thrilled […]
Artistic Mother: week 4 vision statement banner
June 30, 2010 By 22 Comments
This is the 4th project from The Artistic Mother by Shona Cole. It took a while for this to come together, I fiddled with it quite a bit, but am happy with how it turned out. I printed my vision statement on a picture of Aoife blowing bubbles on our back porch a while back. Above […]
Mixed media landscape
June 17, 2010 By 16 Comments
I am having so much fun in the studio at the moment. I’m pushing my own boundaries, stretching my comfort zone and redefining what art is and means to me. Mostly I’m learning not to apologise for anything I make. This piece was definitely part of that process. I had so much fun making it. […]
Artistic Mother: Aoife’s tote
June 15, 2010 By 14 Comments
Ever since I made my poetry tote Aoife has been nagging me to death to make a blue one for her. There was no way I would get any peace until I had made it, so as soon as I had all the fabrics I set to work! I used a mixture of new and thrifted […]
Artistic Mother: week 3 poetry tote
June 4, 2010 By 11 Comments
It seems I’ve found my groove again. Yay! I was so happy to be back crafting and creating again, I ended whipping this up in an afternoon (I prepared the fabric about a month ago, before I lost my groove), and really enjoyed the process. Yes, I Carin, enjoyed sewing! Wonders never cease! I have […]
Dreaming of drawing
May 25, 2010 By 15 Comments
Growing up, I was rarely without a pen or pencil in my hand. I loved drawing and would draw on any paper available. I thought they were all lost, but recently, during a clear out, I came across a bunch of drawings from my teens and twenties. Such a wonderful treasure to unearth, and very […]
Make your own luggage tag bookmarks
May 7, 2010 By 13 Comments
Love reading? Always lose your bookmarks, or have too many books on the go at the same time? Looking for a quick gift for grandparents or teachers? These bookmarks are very easy to do. We made them because I came across some ink stained luggage tags when I turned the office into a studio, but I […]
Artistic Mother: week 2 poetry journal
May 3, 2010 By 13 Comments
I loved making this. I use a lot of pretty notebooks and journals in day to day life, often paying a fortune for the pleasure, so buying a relatively cheap notebook and decorating it myself was a real treat. I will definitely do this again for other journals. I used two of my background papers […]
