Boring ass tan...

My living room was two shades of boring ass tan. Now it's Dutch Boy Ultra White.... or just "unmixed paint" as some would call it. But I sure did find a beautiful bright chartreuse for the window ledges.  After upcycling a vintage oval mirror into a chalk clock, this room's on its way.

She's crafty...

Took a tiny break from editing photos today to get crafty. Something about hot glue burns and the smell of spray paint renews the soul after lots of hours staring into a computer...

Vintage Boho

Found these images in a vintage crafter magazine, and they were too
wonderful not to scan and blog. Below: make your own gypsy bag
out of an old rug!

Sunday afternoon...

 1. another indian summer day, 2. Untitled, 3. the forever quilt beginning, 4. Rose Love, 5. Universe, 6. ., 7. Quilt top: mix & match, 8. living room, 9. Lucy (Crochet Chair Cover), 10. @LxFactory, 11. Nobody knows it but me when I slip., 12. My Living room, 13. L's room, 14. It's a sofa cushion & Quilt fort kind of morning., 15. of clay and wattles made

pink and yellow, pink and yellow, pink and yellow...

Amazing illustration by Alyssa Nassner




I'm completely enthralled with these upcycled quilt pieces by Drew Steinbrecher, totally works of art!

I'd like to see...

Hey! Illustrators and seamstresses, Spoonflower is running a contest for the best plushie design. Some of them are laugh out loud funny and some are just... weird. I'm pretty wild about "Crazy Rain" by My_Zoetrope. I can think of some pretty amazing artists and seamstresses on etsy who could ace this contest, because quite a few of the designs don't seem to be made by artists who've ever sewn before... weird, right?

I just ordered a plushie design from Spoonflower, and I'll be sure to take some photos of it when it's done. Here are some I found on flickr. This tattooed couple by Heidi Kenney are just soooo amazing, I had to get a yard to make the dolls for my sister-in-law who's preggy. Here's a link to Kenney's flickr account if you'd like to see some more inspiring plushies.

See?!! I LOVE them, can't wait to show you the final product. These images come from Danielle Thompson. See her beautiful blog here.

I'd also like to see plushies of:
Mexican Wrestling Unicorns
Tranny Lumberjacks
and perhaps a Tim Gunn doll...
What about you? What dolls would you like to see?

Upcycling Magic

For complete tutorials on how to upcycle your own vintage suitcases, click the link below!