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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Sketching #52
I often sit down at my sketchbook and wonder whose dumb idea the current word is? Then I remind myself it was mine and resolve to find a better word for the next week. This one actually formed in my … Continue reading
One World One Heart Winner
OK, girls and boys, I am here to announce the winner of the one World One Heart blog go round/ blog project/ whatever it is called. First, my goal was to get new blog readers, so I hope some of … Continue reading
Sketching #51
In addition to this post being about a creative prompt response, since it has hearts, it will also be a Valentine’s wish for you! Here are some of the designs I was working on. What I wanted to draw was … Continue reading
Teaching a Young Sewist
My nephew made this monkey with my guidance. I first showed him how to use the machine to make the tail. Next, I made him pin the body pieces together and then I let him sew them on the machine. … Continue reading
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Creative Prompt #54: Whisk
Definition: A whisk is a cooking utensil used in food preparation to blend ingredients smooth, or to incorporate air into a mixture, in a process known as whisking or whipping. Most whisks consist of a long, narrow handle with a … Continue reading
Amish Abstractions at the DeYoung+
Mom and I had museum day last Friday. We first went to the DeYoung and saw the Amish Abstractions exhibit. This is an exhibit of Amish quilts from the Stephen and Faith Brown collection. I could look at Amish quilts … Continue reading
Beach Town Finishing
Last Saturday and Sunday, I had a lot of time for the first time in several weekends to work on quilt projects and I completely tanked in that department. Most of the time I sat around and couldn’t figure out … Continue reading
More Inspiration Tuesday
Mark Lipinski pointed me to the Nesting Simply blog and I found these wonderful cupcake photos. Isn’t it a fabulous idea to frost them in different colors? Very creative. Enjoy and let these photos inspire you to make something fabulous! … Continue reading
Inspiration Tuesday x2
I saw this at a Coffee Bean coffee shop last week and thought that the design would provide good inspiration. I saw these branches on the ground when I was at the DeYoung last Friday in the park in between … Continue reading
Book Review: An Artist’s Book of Inspiration: A Collection of Thoughts on Art, Artists, Creativity
An Artist’s Book of Inspiration: A Collection of Thoughts on Art, Artists, Creativity by Astrid Fitzgerald My rating: 3 of 5 stars This work is mostly quotations organized into themes. Each chapter has a different theme and the quotes fit … Continue reading
Various and Sundry Sunday
Our Internet connection at home slowly came back up over the course of the week. Hooray! We had one computer working early in the week, but the WiFi wasn’t completely up and running until Thursday. I wasn’t sure if I … Continue reading
Joining the Behemouth?
I joined Amazon Associates to see how it goes. If you don’t have another way of searching Amazon, please use the search box in the sidebar. I will also be adding some specific search boxes for books that I review.
Odds and Ends
Here are some miscellaneous things that came my way. The fabrics were free giveaways at the retreat thanks to Debbie. I couldn’t resist the pink ice cream fabric. I can’t wait to cut up some pieces of it for Cathy’s … Continue reading
Creative Prompt #53: Magnify
Enlarge something in appearance, not in physical size (Wikipedia) Look at small things Magnifying glass Look at things carefully Microscope Magnify the problem Big Starting a fire See the Creative Prompt page if you have questions about this project. Post … Continue reading
