DIY Postcard Journal / Calendar
Share Pin It Need a new calendar for 2012? Don’t buy anything *. Make one yourself instead. Like how? Here’s an idea: perpetual postcard calendar / Asley from ‘Under the Sycamore’ showed this really sweet perpetual calendar / journal idea last week at designsponge.com, and I want to share it with you today, as it’s [...]
Stamps :: 10 Useful Ways
Share Transforming old artwork with a fresh new layer is easily fixed with some artistic use of stamps. However, this is not the only way to make stamps useful. There are many around-the-house & craft uses of stamps where they proof to be oh so handy. 10 Ways to Apply Stamps Usefully 1. Instant [...]
Stamping :: Simple Painting Technique
Share Once you start stamping, there is no stopping, is there? That’s what I found at least. Last night I was preparing for this weekend’s art demonstration. I was using some watercolor paintings in the category ‘misfits & unfinished works’ as the base for some fresh Spring artwork to bring along. What did I do, [...]
Native American Art Residence :: Call for Artists
Share I get a lot of artist opportunities in my mailbox, but only from time to time share them with you all on the blog. This is a unique opportunity to reside on a Haida North American reservation, to be inspired by this great and ancient culture and to contribute to the local community there [...]
Recycled Sock :: Fine Art
inspiration to great and artsy ways you can recycle socks, …. beyond making a sock monkey… (although we’re including a free tutorial to make such a sock monster as well.)
An Upcycler’s Take on Kitchen Storage
Share “matching redefined” Embarking on a project to make or find some unusual upcycled kitchen storage? Introducing Rupert Blanchard, woodworker in London. Really, he is a designer and craftsman with internationally inspiring taste,and here’s an example of (unfinished but already great) work by him: a completely recycled kitchen. Unusual Upcycled Kitchen Storage You [...]
Call for Artists – Art Residency in Banff Centre, Canada
Share Now that Vancouver has been so in the news lately for the Olympics, I thought to share with you another art opportunity that is open to us all. This Call for Interests is at one of Canada’s most beautiful places, Banff. In winter it is like Vail, the ultimate sky resort. In summer, it [...]
Free St Patricks Day Crafts Templates: Prancing Leprechauns
Share For this coming St Patrick’s Day, I thought to make a bouncy Leprechaun Marionette to see him dance his way to the end of the rainbow. Because I can hold him by the string, maybe I can see where he actually goes and find my pot of gold. Ha ha. This an easy crafts [...]
Call for Artists: Art Residency Program in Greece by European Biennial
Share The European Biennial Network (EBN) is an active collaborative association in contemporary art. EBN aims to promote interaction and collaboration between contemporary art Biennials in Europe. It aims to utilize the knowledge, experience and wealth of information accumulated by organizers of large-scale periodic art events, in order to support the communication and mobility of [...]
Craft & Art Instruction :: Books I’m Currently Reading
Share Today I thought to share with you the books that I like reading / am getting inspiration from / am currently plowing through. Most are related to projects I am either doing right now, articles I am planning to write, projects that are coming down the pipeline, and then of course, good old food [...]
Which Craft is Right for Me?
Share Diana discovered the joy of pottery after suffering a terrible divorce. Taking a seat at the wheel with a lump of clay, she felt an immediate release. Her mind cleared and her heart rate slowed down. She was able to relax in a way she hadn’t for weeks. “Better than therapy-and medication!” she happily [...]
