this isn’t exactly the quilt i want to make but these are pictures of the fabric i want to use. or fabric like these to make a simple rainbow colored quilt. the images are squares so when i play around it is squares if i make it i will do random shapes probably lots of [...]
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the quilt i want to make
Posted in art, craft, creative, sewing on March 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Days like today.
Posted in art, craft, creative, family, tagged art, craft, creative, family, overwhelmed, toddler on March 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Overwhelmed–IMG_1342 Originally uploaded by tsgentuso Watching a toddler has a cycle. it goes from surprisingly easy to being almost overwhelmingly hard then back again. today is a hard day. dmitri knows how to push chairs around now to reach surfaces previously beyond his reach. right now he is playing with our answering machine earlier he [...]
creating a space to create
Posted in art, craft, creative, family, tagged art, sewing on March 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
i have been working on creating a better space for creating. we have a studio that has been robs office but is now going to do double duty as robs office and my studio. it is a small 1 room building next to our house that has more stuff in it than what fits in [...]
Dmitri is artsy and crafty to!
Posted in art, craft, creative, family, tagged art, creative, drawing, toddler, toddler art on March 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
number 5 Originally uploaded by moonfroggy i think this might be dmitri’s 5th drawing but i’m not certain. maybe it is his 7th? i wish i had gotten a photo of him in action for this one because he was so into it. first he stood at the table drawing and i looked down at [...]
a pillow to roll around on
Posted in art, craft, creative, family, sewing, toy, tagged pillow, sewing, toddler on February 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
i made my first pillow today. it is filled with organic eco wool from sheep that live in my state who are treated very well and the fabric is a fantastic linen cotton blend i have had around for years. later today or tomorrow i plan to make a pillow case for it. tree loves [...]
quail stationary
Posted in craft, etsy, stationary, toy, tagged etsy, pinwheel, stationary on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
i need to assemble the pinwheel and get some photos. i guess i ran into a snag. i don’t seem to have any pencils with erasers or pins. once i get pinwheel photos the stationary will be for sale.
day dreams of the future
Posted in craft on January 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
this morning rob took dmitri out so that i might sleep in. sadly i found myself unable to fall back to sleep and instead i started to day dream. i thought about where i would like to be in the future. how we hope to eventually by land and how right now it seems to [...]
check out crafty crow
Posted in craft on January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
a nifty contest is happening over at crafty crow. go check it out.
Pay it Forward Crafty Challenge
Posted in craft on January 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
so this was posted on one of my favorite blogs and i have secret hopes my good friend who posted this before me will comment here and i suspect she will since i think only 2 people read this… anyhow here it goes How it works: 1. Be one of the first 3 people to [...]
the problems of creativity
Posted in craft on January 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
i have been playing with inkscape and having a lot of fun. but whenever i get into something i also get insomnia. when i was pregnant i got into the Beatles and then i found i couldn’t stop analyzing their songs when i tried to sleep so i stopped listening to the Beatles and the [...]
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