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Hands and Heart Embroidery Project

My Valentine's day Project. It is written, if you fancy yourself a crafter, you must create a project for every occasion:). Since we are in the season of Love, I have decided on a project that showcases my love for hand embroidered motifs. [caption id="attachment_667" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Hand/Heart Illustration"][/caption] I started the project by doing a simple illustration (in Adobe Illustrator) of 2 hands making the shape of a heart. I colored them then printed them on 100% cotton fabric - I use an Epson Workforce 1100 printer. Next, I carefully cut around the the outline of the image and...

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Man's Best Friend

Sitting on my Favorite chair. Look at these precious pups, don't they look like they are saying "I am ready for my close up"? I was flipping through my illustration stash - looking for some inspiration to create an house warming gift for a friend. I came across these dogs that I had 'sitting' around for ages. I don't remember what my inspiration was for drawing these dogs - I think I did them because they were cute, or maybe, I did them as coloring pages for a niece or nephew. Anyway, my friend loves dogs more than she likes...

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Li Bien Ornaments

Last year I did my annual after Christmas ornament shopping and I came across some gorgeous ornaments in my local Pier 1 Imports store. They are called "Li Bien". It's a Chinese phrase that means "inside". The Li Bien ornament showcases the  age old skill of inside painting, which originated in the Qing Dynasty. It has been a respected Chinese art for over 200 Years. [caption id="attachment_594" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Collection of Li Bien Ornaments"][/caption] Each ornament is delicately hand-painted through a tiny opening in the mouth-blown glass. [caption id="attachment_595" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Ho, Ho, Ho"][/caption] This Process requires great skill and...

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Add Color to Your Rental Home - or Any Home

The Reggae Argyle Collection My friend is moving into her new condo the beginning of next month. Like most rental homes, the walls are painted 'rental beige' and the landlord is insisting on keeping the 'neutral' color. Note to landlord - beige is not a color, its a shade - at least in my opinion. She decided that she would inject some color into her rental decor by adding fabric to the walls, adding some colorful throw rugs, put up some window curtains and add some vibrant throw pillows. She asked if I would design some pillows that would (1)...

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Don't Play With Your Food

My brother is a farmer, he has goats, cows, sheep, rabbits, chickens, pigs...all is meals are fresh and organic, 85% of the food he eats comes from his farm. A few weeks ago his daughter call to complain about an issue she was having with her dad. Apparently, she had 'adopted' one of the goats on the farm, it was her favorite pet (don't know why she needed another pet - they have several dogs, birds, cats, fish, turtles and the list goes on).  Anywho, her pet goat went missing and turned up as the entrée at a party that...

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