You would think by looking at my last two patterns that I’m addicted to ice cream. I swear I’m not, but the bizarre holidays calendar that I use thinks that all ice cream holidays should fall in the summer. Weird, right? Said calendar informed me this week that Read more…
On Tuesday I released these three weird little circles, and today I pretended it was two days before Christmas and I was finally getting around to making ornaments with my kids. Now I’m craving eggnog. This is a super quick and easy project and looks fabulous hanging from your healthiest Read more…
Earlier this week I released the half art doll digistamp, and today I turned digistamps, vellum, and clipart into little shrines to all things holy. Or at least all things that make me happy, and that’s close enough to holy for me! Materials: Half art doll digistamp Dura-Lar matte finish Read more…
Greetings, Mr. Bond, and Happy Easter. I’d like to introduce you to my minions. OMG AREN’T THEY CUUUUTE!!??!
Aaaand now you know why I don’t write screenplays anymore.
As Cindy showed us last week with her funky new keyholder and Ann showed two weeks ago with her pull toy turned salsa dish, with a little bit of effort, a tiny bit of cash, and a whole lot of winging it, you can turn simple toys into something unexpectedly awesome and useful. As you saw on WIP Wednesday, I bought some cheapo wooden peg games and little fairy dolls at the dollar store, and today I spent the afternoon turning them into wall hangings that can be used to display your favorite art or photos.
Over Christmas, while I was in Michael’s, I saw this “Wooden Pull Toy” (it’s actually MDF, of course), and after exactly three seconds of deliberation, I bought it. I’m not sure why. I don’t have a thing for turtles. I don’t have a thing for MDF. I don’t even have a small child who needs something to pull. Whatever my reason, I’m glad I bought it, because for the month of February, we’ll be altering toys and giving them grown-up things to do – like hold salsa for a party or beads for your latest project!
When Ann came up with her fabulous idea for portable marker storage out of a photo album, I was excited by the possibilities. Then I was paralyzed by the possibilities and couldn’t decide what to-go project I couldn’t live without. I needed a photo album full of acrylic paints. I needed to bring all 90571095710 of my Prismacolor pencils to the dentist. I wanted to glue the lids of Twinkling H2O pots and take those with me even though I only use them about every 32nd fortnight. I was driving myself crazy with indecision. (more…)
Two weeks ago, Sarah floored us with a jaw-droppingly remarkable bone cathedral chalkboard made from a frame and skeleton garland. The rest of you were, no doubt, awed and inspired. Me too. Then Ann rolls in with a corkboard and the awe and inspiration grew to gargantuan proportions, similar to their talents.
Inspired by their awesomeness (and also required by Wonderstrange Law) I dug around for a frame, some garlands, and an idea. I finally settled on trying out a product I have looked at several times with interest but never actually used, Krylon Looking Glass . This is a spray paint that can be applied to an ordinary piece of glass (like in a picture frame) to transform it in to a mirror.
As you may know, we’ve started a new practice at wonderstrange: On the first Friday of the month, one of us introduces a brand new project, and for the next three Fridays, the rest of us put our own spin on the idea. On October 7, Sarah kicked things off with her insanely cool Bone Cathedral Inspired Chalkboard, which at heart was a project with three components: 1) a picture frame; 2) a garland of plastic skeletons from the dollar store; and 3) extreme awesomeness. After some consideration, I settled on this variation: Instead of a chalkboard, I would make a cool cork board with a two-headed skellie centerpiece. As for the extreme awesomeness, I just had to cross my fingers and hope for the best.
I am sure I have mentioned this before, but Halloween makes me all tingly in my special places. Like my spleen. And my inferior vena cava. Probably also my skeleton, which is convenient since I’m going to show you how to make skeleton-covered displays reminscent of the Bone Cathedral in Kutna Hora. (more…)