I hand-stitched some little wool felt shoes for Annabel’s waldorf doll, Nora.
aren’t they sweet? The shoe pattern, felt, and red & white striped socks are all from Weir Dolls & Crafts in Ann Arbor, MI. Everything that makes up Annabel’s favorite doll has come from this shop, they have the best doll-making supplies and such friendly service! My only change to the pattern was to add little snaps for the strap, hidden behind the button – instead of cutting a buttonhole with my scissors. The three piece pattern was easy enough that Annabel could have made them herself, and we are going to work on some moccasins next!
We joined a few of our favorite sites (Wikipedia, Craigslist, Etsy, Minecraft, Reddit, Flickr & many many more) in the black-out yesterday to protest two very fucked up pieces of internet censorship legislation trying to make their way through congress right now. Censorship is un-American, un-Constitutional, and just plain ass Wrong.
Don’t you love it when someone takes something cool you’ve worked on and makes it like, 300% more rad? These napkins are truly the best form of flattery!
These are so much cooler than anything I could have ever thought up, Olisa rocks! I especially love the neanderthal bling she made, I can imagine him saying “Yo” can’t you? I hope her Pops enjoys many spectacular cocktail parties with those napkins, I feel honored to have been a teeny weeny starting part of them
When I saw a call for a “Somerset Style” valentine diorama swap, I knew I’d have to join and make one for my daughter, too. These two little shadow boxes are made from a vintage heart-shaped candy box that was given to me in a previous swap, a bunch of odds and ends, and some vintage papers from Roy’s collection. Every last bit is recycled!
Roy was a local retired concertina player who passed away some time ago. I happened upon a large box of sheet music and vintage papers at my favorite thrift shop a few years ago, and paid $2 for the lot. Each sheet has Roy’s name carefully written in the corner.
He played at the VFW and hand-copied and wrote a lot of his own music – mostly about romance & love. He adapted a lot of popular songs to the concertina, too. I love to daydream about Roy playing his concertina love songs.
