Pretty Things

Wow! Here's some samples of artwork by Jen Stark. She makes these out of construction paper. See more here.

Found via metafilter.

Spats! Who Knew I Loved Them?!

I bookmarked a post from Ullabenulla a few days ago so I could keep going back and gaze adoringly at her find.

Spats made in Germany by Maide. Ullabenulla's post is here (with lots more spats including some incredibly ornate ones). She links to Maide's site as well. Her blog is one of my faves - full of beautiful things.

So now I need spats (and likely more boots to wear them over).

Everyone Else is Doing It..

So why not me?. Plus I love pretty clothes. My faves are:

This pretty lady with Wahlberg. Sometimes I hate that the only dresses that get covered are by the big celebs. Often you'll see someone in the crowd walking in in something stunning and wish that they'd stop the woman just to look at her dress.

This one isn't super stunning, but I love the pretty simplicity of it.

Reese's dress was such a wonderful color on her. And I have hair envy cause that cut is cute! Still can't say I have much respect for her as an actress (Pretty in Pink looks ungodly awful), but she can dress like no ones business.

I liked Nicole Kidman's dress. I can even handle the bow. She stood out so much from the other ladies because of that color. It was hard not to look at her.

And this one is my very fave! She looks like some kind of goddess in this. So pretty!

Hmmm...What Next?

Next project should be something different. It'll either by some Day of the Dead art with the skulls I made a while back. Or maybe try some of those cute headbands from Heather Bailey's site. Especially when I just recently got some fabrics that would be excellent for them.

The one in the back has bison. Too cute! Plus there's all sorts of great flickr inspiration as well. Here, here and here.

Plus I still have to figure out an appropriate project for a 10 year old boy. Hmmm....

Fruit Cat

Done! Here's the third and final softie for my trio of cutie pie lil nephews. The dilemma now is what to make for their older brother who's age 10 or so. Stuffed animals aren't gonna cut it. Hmmmmm.....

He's a fruit cat cause his belly and ear fabric have tiny little fruit slices on them.


I like how his tail came out.
He does appear to have a pretty serious lean going on though. Kinda like the Ed character in Ed, Edd, & Eddie when he runs (No I do not have kids and yes I'm probably too old to be aware of the finer details of cartoons. I have no shame). His head's a bit on the pancake side of things too.

And his his face. My husband picked out the eyes and nose.

My first Etsy purchase

And I can't tell you how much I love it. More than words could ever say. See it here. It's called Trailer Park Princess and its completely adorable and will soon be hanging in my apartment.

Color

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Originally uploaded by ManonManon.

Bad bad bad leaky roof, car problem galore, crappy day. So to cheer myself up I'm looking at pretty flickr pictures and envisioning what crafty things they could become.

This one......a quilt! A vibrant beautiful stripey quilt. Too bad I have no quilting skills. My mum is an excellent quiltress (and if that isn't a word it should be). I cannot send the idea her way though cause she's still working on my wedding quilt. And as that's almost a year and a half overdue (hint hint if you're reading this, mum), I should keep other ideas to myself.

I suppose its a good thing I haven't gotten it yet because there's still the leaky ceiling issue. It hasn't gotten my bed, but it would if there was a beautiful subtley colored Irish chain quilt adorning my bed.

Anyway, I love these colors much. Oh and some of the photographer's other pics would make delightful quilts. Like this or this. I like the idea of looking for more inspiration from random things rather than just other craftiness.

Or this would make a great embroidered piece or this a painting or this another quilt or printing on a skirt (from completely different photographers). I know that everyone takes ideas from the whole world around them, but I am enjoying this exercise of looking closely at pictures that appeal to me and determining what I could specifically do with each different inspiration.