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February 26th 11:53 :22 pm by
jocelyn
I think I was looking at Craft’s blog when I stumbled upon a great tutorial on how to make beads from recycled newspaper. Today I decided to give that tutorial a try and I’m partially through the process. The beads take several days to dry so it’ll be a while before I can paint them, hopefully by the 29th! Yikes! Anyway, I boiled the water with the newspapers inside and waited for about an hour and then rolled the beads, which took about twenty minutes or so.
While I waited I made some more shrinky dinks:
a black cat with big yellow eyes (in honor of my ever-so-curious feline companion Phoebe who modeled for me), an owl and a friendly heart.
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Crochet amigurumi
Wool wrist cuff (fastens with gigantic snap)
Filigree brass, glass and wood necklace.
Magnets, glass and paper.
Gift tag
Paper box
Pouch (made from two pockets off an old wool coat and other wool bits)
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February 19th 11:59 :17 pm by
cneu
The inspiration for this badge: in the ’70’s, my grandparents lived at 40 Prospect St, and my Grandmother collected owls. She also had some pretty large flowered wall paper in citrus tones.
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This is a cooky owl. I started out by sketching out little owls and cut one out to use as a base pattern, but decided against it. I ended up looking at my favorite pic and then just free-form cutting out the owl pieces. Then, I hand embroidered the owl onto a bas fabric using different decorative stitches. I found the perfect beads to use as the feet in my bead stash and used bugle beads for his beak. The eyes are the same button but I decided to turn one right side up and one right side down. I think I am going to use this in a purse….maybe patchwork this into the flap…not sure yet. Just needed to do something crafty for the challenge *smiles*
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February 10th 7:09 :53 pm by
Lu
So the shrinky dinks are my new muse - how odd. I made my owl necklace this evening. I have never made anything like this - and I came up with the project on my own. Out of the ether and into my brain. It’s been a long time since I was awake enough to come up with a project idea AND figure out how to execute it AND follow through. This month I have done it a bunch of times. Crazy cakes. Thanks Thing-A-Day!
I have been wanting an owl necklace for awhile, but I could not find the right one. So I made one. The owl is a shrinky dink I made, and I hung it behind a magnifying glass pendant. I also decided to create a double chain. I have a bit of tweaking to do to the chain - I think I need to adjust the length. I can’t wait to wear it!
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I was trying to finish a book I was reading yesterday (Pillars of Earth by Ken Follett - it was very, very good), so I did a little sketch, ’cause it was quick and didn’t take any kind of preparation. It’s the first real sketch I’ve done in probably more than a year, so it kind of sucks. I based out off this photo of an owl. In retrospect, maybe I should have gone for something with a little less texture (i’ve never figured out how to draw feathers. advice anyone?), but I like owls 
Anyway, I left my laptop at work yesterday, so I couldn’t post this till I got to work (shh! don’t tell my boss!)
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February 06th 7:14 :41 pm by
jocelyn
Well, today I did everything free hand by cutting into the felt and just letting the forms emerge. I knew I wanted to do an owl themed card holder, and today the owl came alive for me. I even gave him a little branch to sit on. He was a joy to make.
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Yikes, day 5 already? I cannot believe I have actually made a thing a day for five days in a row — that is crazy *smiles*
I have to keep this posting short cause I’m sick *pouts* Here’s what I made today:
I also made this, but do not like how I chose to pleat it. So, I will be finding someone to give this to due to its imperfections.
I also started working on this last night and then again tonight:
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February 05th 9:32 :54 pm by
tracyc
