I used to blog 5 days a week. And now literally years have gone by since my last blog post! So much has changed, including a lot on the backend of WordPress, it makes me want to give up, but I won’t. Instead, I’ll just start, knowing that I’ll get better if I just do… Continue Reading
The last things I’ve had time to make for this show are a bunch of “Shibori Shade” votive candle sleeves for some LED votive candles from indigo dyed scraps: Time to pack up the car! And make lists of what not to forget! Art, for Heaven’s Sake is 3 day event, with about 70 artists,… Continue Reading
Tadah! I’ve got 8 new bags ready for the show this weekend, in a new design I worked up the past couple weeks. They are 7.5″ wide by 9″ tall, all of them are made from indigo dyed cotton sateen, which patterns nicely with a wee bit of sheen. 4 of them have glue resist… Continue Reading
I’ve got some organic cotton tape zippers that I’ve been meaning to try to dye for a while now, I finally dipped one into an indigo bath a couple weeks ago and was happy to see that it dyes quite well! So I set about designing a small, cross body bag that would feature a… Continue Reading
Yesterday I showed you the improvisationally pieced pillows I made for my newly painted living room, here they are in situ: Ugh, it was really hard to get even decently lit pictures of them on the couches but they look awesome in there! Even more awesome is the coffee table hubby built for the space!!!… Continue Reading
Hooray! The pillows I wanted to make for the living room are complete! The lighting is hard in my living room, so I brought them outside to take some well lit pictures. Unfortunately, I set the basket with the pillows down on the hot tub ledge and one of the pillows JUMPED into the pool!… Continue Reading
After painting the living room, awesome hubby built a custom size unit to house all the A/V electronic bits needed for our entertainment needs: That bottom left shelf is for DVD storage, so I made four baskets that perfectly fit in that space and hold all our DVDs!!! I snapped a couple of pix of… Continue Reading
Something new and available at my Holiday Open Studio this weekend: Shibori Shades Votives! They are made with scraps of lampshade vellum and my indigo dyed fabric and use an LED votive candle! I think they’re cute, and a great way to use up scraps!!! Continue Reading