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January 31st, 2009

Stuffed – New Stampington & Co. Magazine

Stuffed magazine published by Stampington and Co., pieces on front cover by Susan Mitchel (Sweet Pea of It’s a Whimsical Life)

 

I just bought an issue of the new Stuffed magazine published by Stampington & Co. The publisher also publishes a variety of beautiful magazines [...]

January 25th, 2009

Tagged- Six Random Things About Me

 

I have been tagged by the very talented and equally sweet Danish bear artist, Tina, of Tiny Bears to tell six random things about me.

 Ok, here goes – 

Ever since I was a kid, I have been a board game fanatic.  I love the graphics used on [...]

January 22nd, 2009

My Japanese Craft Books I – Reconstructing Clothing

ISBN # 978-4-7966-5419-7

I just received another wonderful Japanese craft book in the mail. The aesthetic sensibility of these books in general is so appealing — clean and beautiful with lovely color schemes. The writing in the books is in Japanese, but there are clear how-to diagrams making the [...]

January 2nd, 2009

Kool-Aid Dyeing – A Simple Mohair Dyeing Tutorial

Photo above:  Mohair samples before and after dyeing – These have been dyed with different colors of Kool-Aid – They were dyed with (left) strawberry, blue raspberry and a small amount of grape, (middle) cherry and orange, and (right) strawberry

 I have been doing some Kool-Aid dyeing lately and really love [...]