loving the cute off-ers

Hillary and Amy are having a “cute-off” to inundate each other with cute (japanese) inspiration. They’ve been on a little hand carved stamp kick.

Now, this is cute:

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The printmaker in me is itching to cut some stamps. I’ve got the carving tools and some speedball safety-cut, and now I want to find some fabric ink. I’ve got a project in mind…

UPDATE:
I drew little pictures and got all ready to make them into stamps, but I have no lino cutting tools. None. This printmaking major, the one who spent two years in the printmaking lab cutting things up to print them has no cutting tools in her newly reorganized art room. So back-tack buddy. This is a good idea after all!

Pocket Journal with Pen

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These are super simple paperback journals. They look artsy and hip, but are so inexpensive that they don’t have that preciousness factor that makes you too scared to write in a journal for fear of messing it up. And they each have a matching black ball point pen! I’ve been carrying these around everywhere, taking notes on every book I read, and toting one in my purse for on the go sketching. The cover is folded so that there is a pocket inside the front and back, and it stays shut with a velcro flap. You can carry one everywhere too! $5.00

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Quilt monday

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All my quilt books are posted for sale. I’m pretty excited about them. I love the texture of the soft crinkly quilt with stiff hand torn pages. I’ve always loved drawing on Barry’s engineering paper(it is my favorite color–green), so I added a few pages of it to each book for quilt or knitting pattern designing.

It seems like I’ve been working on photos all day. I had to get my camera manual out so that I could figure out what has been wrong with all my pictures. Everything has been turning out too dark. Now I know all about “exposure compensation.” I’m much happier with my pictures now :)

Quilt Books

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Little quilts made into books! Machine pieced and quilted from muslin and other cotton scraps over cotton batting for great texture. Heavy natural colored drawing paper for pages, with a piece of light green engineering paper here and there so that you can jot down ideas for knitting or quilting (or whatever else) designs. 5″x7″–big enough for sketching and journaling, small enough to fit into your bag and take anywhere. Held closed by natural elastic. $15.00

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