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Anyone else obsessed with blue and white right now? It has become my go to color palette, give me everything indigo please! I made this fun cup using an old tin can and a whole lot of perler beads. 1,232 perler beads to be exact, in white and midnight blue, woven together with fishing line. It makes a fun spoon holder or pencil cup, though the possibilities are endless. I made some a while back using plastic @talenti jars and I love using one for my sink scrub brushes because everything is plastic so I don’t have to worry about water damage. I’ll post some photos of those jars in my stories. For this cup design I was inspired by a beautiful twill pattern @hellohydrangea posted back in March. (I’ll post that in stories too.) I found Lindsey through @thecraftersbox and while I’m not much of a weaver, I find her work so inspiring for all sorts of projects. That’s actually one of my favorite things about @thecraftersbox, I find all these amazing new artists and makers to follow and end up so inspired, way beyond just their individual box. (Also, anyone else feel like there needs to be a bead weaving @thecraftersbox?) super excited to add this cup to my desk on Tuesday.Saying goodbye to this amazing lady today. Love this photo from when I was a very happy Halloween bunny, complete with carrot, probably around age 4 1/2. My grandmother helped my mom sew this bunny costume, and I loved it. You were and amazing lady grandma, you will be missed.Loving these late summer flowers.This week’s special project a block printed napkins! They are for a benefit dinner for a local forest, hence the leaf theme and the forest green ink color (it’s greener in person.) 🍃 I’m using @speedball_art fabric ink and two stamps I carved from their pink rubber. 🍃 I was only going to carve one stamp but then I was offered help printing the napkins (we need 44) and so I quickly carved up the second stamp (the more solid leaf shape.) I originally thought it would look like a sad second fiddle to the first shape but boy was I wrong! I almost love it more... 🍃 I had also forgotten how much I love block printing. This has me itching to crack open the block printing set I got from @thecraftersbox and block print these beautiful linen pillowcases I purchased from their marketplace.Summertime perfection.The yummiest smelling cyanotype of all ‘thyme’! 🌿 Clockwise from top left: thyme, rosemary, mint, parsleyAbout Me
Entrepreneur, small business owner, Science teacher, Architectural School graduate, proud crafter and mom to the best dachshund in the world.-
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