Not a craft, but I thought it was funny...

F'in around in photoshop

New TOOLS!

I think all of my bead working tools are lost in my parents garage somewhere. Being the impatient person that I am, I just went ahead and ordered some new ones. I got a bunch of watches and jewelry from my friend Leigh (her mother passed away and left her with a huge box of QVC gems!), so I am going to take them apart and make some new things. I'll get to work on them right after my mini-Valentine-vacation. Check back to see what I come up with!

Bird Illustration Note Cards

I made these illustrations a while back. A few months later I made them into assorted colored note cards for Christmas gifts. I used assorted shades of green, and one paper call Thai Gold, I think they turned out really cute. I printed little bird inspired quotes next to each illustration, to bad when they were on my 24" computer monitor they looked nice and big, but when printed you need a magnifying glass to read them! Oh well, lesson learned!

Plarning

My mom taught me how to make yarn from plastic grocery sacks (plarn), and then crochet them into larger sacks. This particular bag is half finished. I decided that about every four rows I would skip a stitch leaving a gap large enough to weave a colored strand of plarn through. It takes a long time to make the plarn.

Fat Little Animals

I think I'll make a book out of these illustrations for my nephew Bjorn. (Click on the image to see a larger image)