Wednesday, July 3, 2013

afternoon stitching

 
Whatever I'm doing my little guy wants to do it too. So when I saw this super adorable beginner's stitching kit by Lemon Tree Studio, I knew this would be a great way to have him stitch beside me while I work on my embroidery. He loves the plastic canvas shapes...and is so tickled to be using a real needle.

 
But the owl lace cards are too adorable for words. He keeps his little drawstring bag of stitching right next to mine so that when he sees me stitching, he gets busy with his project too.


 
Isn't he an adorable stitching companion? 

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

sandbox treasure hunt

Thanks so much for your fabulous suggestions for summer fun. So inspiring!

We were also inspired by this idea we found in the June/July issue of FamilyFun Magazine:

Fill 1 ordinary sandbox...


Add a Bucket of Bling...



 
Equals hours of treasure hunting:
 

 
(Sticking out of tongue improves treasure finding odds greatly.)

Monday, July 1, 2013

technique toolbox

My friend Claudine is sharing all her best techniques in her new online class over at Big Picture Classes. You'll learn clever tricks including creating a faux tintype image transfer, how to make art with Elmer's glue and a plastic bag and even creating a gesso chalkboard!


Best of all, Claudine provides this super adorable printable to assemble which will house all the techniques on handy little recipe cards. Isn't it adorable?


Technique Toolbox is your chance to brush up on more than 20 mixed-media techniques with nationally known collage artist and illustrator Claudine Hellmuth as your guide.

Technique Toolbox consists of 25 instructional videos and 25 professionally designed "recipe cards" that outline each technique. You'll file these printable recipes inside an adorable handmade toolbox you'll create in class. And that's not all! Claudine has invited 20 fellow artists (me included!) and crafters to create exclusive projects with her techniques, giving you plenty of ideas for creative, real-world applications—from scrapbook pages to wall décor.

To read the rest of the class description and to register click here. I'll see you there!