I loved making the felt heart tree decorations last year, they added the Scandinavian touch I was after and looked really cute on the tree to boot, so this year I decided to make some felt star ornaments in the same style. Nothing says Scandinavian Christmas to me like hearts and stars. And despite my initial […]
Scandinavian style felt star card
November 22, 2010 By 8 Comments
It’s that time of the year again when I pull out the warm, fussy felt and play. I promised myself I wouldn’t make any Christmas cards this year, but since this felt star card (and its many sisters) started its life as a mistake made good, I think I’m excused. I was making some Scandinavian style […]
Art, Heart & Healing: week 3, part 3- empathy monster
November 19, 2010 By 16 Comments
Meet Ziggy. He’s an empathy monster made for week 3 of the free willowing course Art, Heart & Healing. Apart from the zipper, I only used things from my stash, which was great. I love it when I can do that. As I stuffed his body yesterday evening I kept thinking of him as Ziggy. I didn’t think that […]
Artistic Mother: week 5 butterfly reminder
October 6, 2010 By 8 Comments
It is so lovely being back in the studio after the summer break. The first project on my mind when I got back was the butterfly reminder from week 5 of the Artistic Mother by Shona Cole, even though I dragged my feet a little towards the end (until Trudy gave me some common sense, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Artistic Mother: week 1 backgrounds & art action plan
April 23, 2010 By 13 Comments
I loved making these backgrounds for week 1 of “the Artistic Mother”. They were so soothing to make and I can see many different uses for them. My mind is already full of ideas. My first project was making an art action plan as described in the book. Now I just have to start […]
