i got really inspired by craft magazine’s “make space for crafting” series…so behold my home studio! this is where the action happens…in my own little world at least. soon the drum kit will be gone and i will take over zee livink room! here’s the flickr set of all the photos.
Categories: craft, creative spaces, interior design
i love the “KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON” world war ii motivational posters (which apparently were never actually used), yet spawned dozens of spinoffs…here are two of my favorites:
Categories: design, typography
Tagged: design, keep calm and carry on, poster, rock on
my friend Suki taught me how to needle felt the other day. it’s crazy! random pieces of fluffy wool, dish soap, and hot water — then you STAB-STAB-STAB the little piece of fluff until all its fibers intertwine.
so i tried out my new skillz making a bird nest pincushion and some lil acorns (special props [...]
Categories: craft
during my trip to portland, oregon i bought some fantastic feather earrings by marion max at an amazing vintage store rocknrose:
i was really inspired by them and thought i’d take a crack at making some feather earrings myself. mine are made from recycled leather, random beads, a broken necklace chain, and various craft feathers. ok [...]
Tagged: craft, earrings, fashion, feathers, jewelry, leather
another in a long series of deer-obsession pieces…a project for a snowy afternoon in Vermont: holiday nature ornaments. these look pretty nice even though they’re plastic and not glass. I used some scrap sheepskin but cotton batting would work too. Craft foliage and random little animals are so cute — if I had more globes [...]
Categories: craft, holiday, nature
Tagged: art, butterfly, christmas, craft, deer, globe, holiday, nature, ornament
i’ve been saving these cardboard craft cones…now i know why.
i took a lot of leftover scraps of yarn, buttons, velvet, beads and lace and glue gunned them onto the trees. they sit like a tiny mighty forest on top of my piano.
Categories: craft, decor, nature, sculpture
Tagged: beads, christmas, craft, deer, holiday, tree, velvet, winter, yarn
so here’s a little guy (about 12″ x 8″) I made from some old wool skirts, a piece of rust colored velvet, and upholstery pattern scraps for my friend kate sprout for her 17th birthday. All materials came from the ReSTORE in Barre, Vermont.
Tagged: eco, felt, nature, owl, plush, reuse, upcycled, velvet
So Dan Haley, Noah Hahn and I are out in PDX playing some shows as a trio…mostly as “Mister Casual” at the Laurelthirst Public House but also some Cosmic American stuff thrown in here and there. We’re packed in a VW bus which just today ran out of gas, so we got in a different [...]
Tagged: dan haley, mister casual, music, noah hahn, oregon, pdx, portland