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Tagged as: crafts

because i’m an artist…

i’m borrowing the phrase from sasha, because, as she’s fond of stating, you can get away with all sorts of stuff simply “because you’re an artist”...

the irony here… i’m so not an artist :| as you can tell by my latest *masterpiece*.

i give you, “forsaken”...

i’ve always been fascinated by religious imagery in art, though i’m not religious… (this would explain the wall of crosses in my house, too. that, or i’m just really prepared for vampires!) it just happened to be what i saw after doing the original painting. (done with metal paints and a solution to rust / corrode them.)

the original image:

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Tagged as: crafts,imanartist,icantpaint March 17, 2010 @ 01:14 pm

janice lowry: assemblage artist

sasha @ hypnobird pointed me to this and i’m loving the artwork:

video about the artist, janice lowry:

you can see more at janice lowry’s website.

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Tagged as: art,crafts,videos October 26, 2009 @ 01:27 pm

flower pens and crocheted asshats

my aunt and uncle have been in extremely bad health. they’re in their 80s, so it’s somewhat to be expected, but it’s never easy to watch the people you love suffer. it was with a sad heart that i went to visit them recently, after my uncle was placed in a nursing home. wanting to get my aunt away for a bit, we took her out to a little mexican restaurant in new braunfels. we finish eating and she pops dessert for us OUT OF HER PURSE (pie!). PIE! (it was good, too!) then, as we’re leaving, my aunt goes to all the restaurant employees and gives them a flower pen that she’s made. she does this *everywhere she goes*. sweetest thing EVER.

the infamous flower pens:

it reminded me of all the summers that i’d spent at their home in canyon lake, texas (beautiful, beautiful area) and during those visits, i learned to love heehaw (pfft! she was gone!), square dancin’ (yes, i CAN acey deucey AND load the boat!), and crocheting. in all these years, i’ve never given my aunt anything that i’d crocheted and, wanting to send her something, i decided on a little donkey that i’d made not too long ago. yet, it needed ~something~... and thus, the crocheted asshat was borned!

so far, i’ve been able to refrain from passing these out to random strangers, but give me a few years lord knows i’ve had the proper training :D

and just cuz…

heehaw

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Tagged as: crochet,crafts,videos October 06, 2009 @ 12:02 pm

social media pillows are teh kewl

saw these recently and they’re absolutely ~awesome~

check out the rest on craftsquatch!

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Tagged as: crafts,awesomeness September 20, 2009 @ 12:04 am

this week’s collection of ZOMG I LOVE THIS STUFF

the bloggess and avery edison - best. websites. EVER. ...among all the other best sites EVERs. but srsly, i’m now declaring my undying love for both of them. forEVER. !!! do NOT miss “jesus and judas”. warning: slightly *cough* irreverent humor OR the time thebloggess scared blair from facts of life!

also, must see this movie:

another 25 websites to have fun with your photos - i’ve only played with a couple of these, but i’ll work my way through the list eventually!

then, seen on craftine: this AWESOME needlepoint graffiti! that is so f’n cool!

but, of course, you can’t do graffiti needlework without your very own: walls notebook - be your inner banksy! want. this. book.

and last, but certainly not least, this is COMPLETELY NSFW. unless you have a really cool boss. or work in the porn industry. or do gay phone sex for a living. ...in which case, this is probably more of a documentary for you…