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Dd gave me a calendar from last year thinking I might like to use some of the month's images in my art. She was right but I only used two month's when I got another idea. How about taking the calendar apart and making for 2012 using my own images? Like I did with my sketchbook here.
I made copies of my art plus two from jb and sized them to this format. Got a small calendar image from the internet and with my handy glue stick made a new calendar.
Dgd Alice asked for a pair of wrist warmers. I had maybe just enough red yarn for a small pair but built into the design a solution if I did run out. Almost at the end, I was shy indeed.
So I added the black stripe for the right hand. Hope she likes them!
Well, actually not very far! Just before the holidays I started doing much of my creative work in the living room. So the big move was from my bed to the downstairs. I use the glass dining room table and another smaller table near the sliders to the back patio. jb has again made the patio lovely and green. An inspiring view for me. The temperature is just right and the light even better. When an idea strikes me I jump up and walk two feet and begin.
I was imagining a dog like this at my feet.
Have been collectiong T shirts for awhile now. I converted the shirts to Tshirt yarn and using the bigest crochet hook I ever saw crocheted a rug. The size is 24" X 40" and would perfect as an accent rug in one of those all white rooms from Scandinavia. Alas my house isn't of that decor.
Looks nice here though!
This is the Journal's back cover. The original covers were a lovely design of cork and I couldn't bear to alter it so I just turned the covers over to the inside!
Thanks for looking. Have an artful weekend!
I get tons of inspiration from crusing the internet and recently saw a post (sorry can't remember from where) and the artist recommended taking apart a spiral journal and working the paper as single pieces. After completion she then reassemble the journal pages.
I found one of my old spiral journals that had drawings, shopping lists, notes to self etc and took it apart and began again. Today I will share the front cover and a few pages.
Actually I haven't been to Mexico in years but I crocheted this bag during the holidays...so IF I had gone to Mexico I could have taken this bag with me!
Much of the yarn I used is leftovers (aka scrap yarn) and the really great colors are needlepoint yarn.
As I changed yarns I didn't cut off the tails (aka lazy) so at the end I added the beads. The bag is lined.
