Crafty Round up: Little Odessa

I haven’t done a round up in a while. This week I have been working on a set of nesting dolls, and it prompted me to look online for some inspiration.
So this week’s round up is dedicated to the neighborhood just a few miles from where I live, called “Little Odessa” (a predominantly russian neighborhood [...]

Victorian Inspiration

I’ve been really feeling the victorian thing in my art lately. It’s mostly because I found a whole bunch of victorian ephemera in my stash, from when I first started working with paper and making cards and such.
So this week’s round up isn’t a tutorial, but a round up of Victorian Altered Art Inspiration.

Beautiful, eh?
She [...]

I felt you

This week’s round up is inspired by Felt! I have always wanted to learn at needle felting, to make cute toys for my little one. I bought a book on needlefelting while I was pregnant with my daughter, but of course, never did anything with it.
So I’m thinking I might try to really do some [...]

Eco Friendly Crafts

So this week’s crafty round up is going to be off the hook! I found so many awesome crafty tutorials!
My first find is a tutorial for re purposing ceramic floor tiles into decoupaged coasters.
Link Here
The next find is a whole slew of eco friendly craft projects! My favorites are the painted china and the fabric [...]

It’s Hip to Hook

This week’s round up is dedicated to my love of crochet. I mostly make hats in crochet, but it’s so fun to look at some fun patterns, and get inspired to create new things.
I get really inspired by more couture looking patterns, though it is hard to find these types of crochet patterns online.
Here’s a [...]

Favorites

For utter lack of inspiration, I shall be giving you some of my favorite tutorials, and projects. Sorry folks, but this is what happens when family comes to visit and you are deemed the cleaner of the home.

And one of my favorite blogs to read, for the simplicity and papery inspiration is Scissor Variations. I [...]