Knitting Dragonflies

I found this stop motion tutorial on flickr, The Making of Origami Koi by MABONA ORIGAMI, website here http://www.mabonaorigami.com/ , full of inspirational images! This will make you take a second look at the blank piece of paper. Need a Mid Century Birdhouse ? I grew up in a ranch style house, and now my birds can also. Chris at Curbly.com show us how to make one! Don’t let your birds be homeless! Need a cute Mini Terrarium ? Jenny Ryan on Craftzine shows us how to make one using a Mason jar. Put a little mushroom in and a fairy and what little (or big girl) wouldn’t enjoy having this on her desk? A Copper Ring Tutorial from Karen Makes Stuff, stop and look at her blog, she has plenty of ideas you will be interested in. And for all of you knitters and spinners, take a look at the Knitty fall 2010 , and the Knitty spin close look at Navajo Plying   Knit Fast, Dye Yarn "Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass... it's about learning how to dance in

I’ve been playing around more with my water colors. I’m trying different looks to skies, ground and water. Just the basic things. Easier said than done. We have not been able to get away during the summer, due to my injury and other factors. So I guess my summer getaway is painting. Images of places I would like to be. I’m reading watercolor books, and visiting watercolor blogs. I tend to forget that I need the white of the paper left, at least some of it! So that is what I’ve been concentrating on. This was painted with the wet on wet technique. I should have used thicker paper or taped it down to prevent the buckling when it dried. I was playing around with trees and everything else was an afterthought. A chickadee on thistles Again, I think less would have been more, the background was added. I should have left it out. I was going for a blurry background, but…… Oops, overworked, I just kept going, I knew it was trash, ha A water bird, working on shadow

Sqeeee! I got a package in the mail. Jodi at Eternal Arts and Crafts blog had a giveaway of some lovely potholders . After a failed swap, she decided to have a contest for them. And I was drawn! Yay!! What a package! Not only did I get two quilted, vibrant potholder, but two skeins of Debbie Stoller Stitch Nation Yarn, which I have been eyeing, but hadn’t purchased. I’m planning on making a felted purse with them, perfect colors for a fall bag! Also included was a notepad, (for all of my lists), yarn bobbins, (which I needed), and some chocolate! Yum The potholders are perfect on top of my new range! See how pretty they are! They are the perfect compliment to my remodeled kitchen of black and yellow! Thanks Jodi! Stop past her blog, she has lots of good ideas and links!