You’ve probably already read our story, but I’m going to include it again below so that those who are not familiar with it can read it. The time we’ve been waiting for is almost here! “A Charmed Life” will be auctioned off, starting Sunday, September 9 and ending on Saturday, September 15, on eBay. Search […]
It was a really big week when we went on vacation. First stop, the Poconos in Pennsylvania for Mike’s parent’s 50th wedding anniversary. Here’s Mike with his sister, one of his brothers, our daughter Dani, and his parents:
The area we stayed had lots of really interesting trails, waterfalls, and old ruins to look at. This […]
Elements of Architecture XXIV, free-motion machine embroidery into big, bulk hand stitches
Artist: Susan Lenz
Business name: Mouse House, Inc.
Location: Columbia, SC
Website & blog: and I have a page on the Vista Studios
Art by Susan Lenz blog
Vista Studios gallery page
Videos by Susan Lenz [Editor’s note: this blog is devoted to videos […]
Well, why not? Peter and Donna Thomas are on to something here. Plan to spend some serious time at their website…when you’ve seen one ukulele book, you have definitely NOT seen them all! Peter writes:
One day I thought to myself, “I love to make books and I love to play the ukulele. Can I […]
And it involved art. Well, kinda :)
Here is George’s blog post about it. This man is my hero!
Tags: Creativity, love-and-art, wedding-proposals
Exhaustion
These are just too cool! You’ve got to check out Peter’s site and get a sense of the size of these works…he’s got a quarter in some of the shots so that you can see the scale. It’s hard to believe how much he has packed into these tubes! Visit Peter and Lisa Luber at […]
Technique Tuesday!
Photoshop “stamps” are really easy to make. You’re actually using the Brush Tool, but instead of dragging it to paint with, you merely click it in place and your image is stamped onto the background. You can change the color of “ink” that you use, fool around with the opacity and blending mode, […]
Make Art Monday!
In the June/July issue of Quilting Arts, Jane Dunnewold has a really fun article on how to make what she calls “expanded squares”. I recommend getting the issue to read all of Jane’s tips, but the basics are quite simple: you cut out a black square, and then cut out pieces from each […]
Thunder Moon
In my usual fashion, this month I worked on the moon for last month! You can find links to more of the Bead Journal Project’s participants on Robin Atkin’s blog.
Click on “Bead Journal Project” under “categories” in the right-hand sidebar to see the past two months’ beaded journal page.
Tags: Bead Journal Project, bead-art, bead-embroidery, […]
Blue Moon
Artist: Peggy Dembicer
Business name: Fiber Options and Mixed Results
Location: Central Connecticut
Websites:
Peggy Dembicer
Flickr gallery
Peggy, your pieces have amazing color and vibrancy. How do you describe your work?
What others describe as an obsession, I describe as a passion to create detailed and intricate designs. I love to escape into my studio filled with looms, […]
Do not throw ANYTHING out!
Written by Cyndi Lavin [email] for b5media.
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