Have you seen Vickie Howell’s new book yet? It came out in May and it is called Craft Corps – Celebrating the Creative Community One Story at a Time by Vickie Howell. Great title, nice book cover and with a cool logotype – plus I’m in it! It’s very exciting of course. Here’s the blurb […]
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Month: June 2010
Long-term Project: a Hexagon Quilt
This winter I started a new quilt project, because that is what we all should do in the winter. Nest, be cozy, start big projects and drink tea. Hexagons in progress. I’m using the hexagon shape and paper piecing, a slow hand-stitching process I like. I think this quilt will be in subtle pinks and […]
Happy Bee, happy me
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Happiness in little flowers
Each year the flock of wildwood windflowers makes me happy as they show up in the forest. Related PostsVideo | Views from my Creative Life The gift of 365 Beautiful Days filled with Happiness Five Favorite Topics to Read about Happiness is frequently contagious Video | Happiness during winter
My Diary as a Pillow
Smilla is the enjoying the beautiful weather right now. When it is too hot she prefers to stay indoors in the shadow though, under a table. Each night she sleeps by my side in bed. And sometimes during the day we spend time there too. I sit and write and she chooses the most busy […]
Big Brown Paper Doodle
I found a new black marker in a drawer. It makes a beautiful thick smooth line and is the perfect doodle instrument. Black is a great outline colour that I often use when I paint. Like I’ve said before, going big is hugely fun, and now I can add XL-doodle to my big list of […]
Tiny Chest of Drawers
Art is magic… But how is it magic? In its metaphysical development? Or does some final transformation culminate in a magic reality? In truth, the latter is impossible without the former. If creation is not magic, the outcome cannot be magic. Hans Hofmann I used to buy anything that was unpainted wood at thrift stores. […]