Craft Night December 16, 2009

So we ladies brought food and planty projects to work on! A.P, with a little help from R.P, continued to work on her cloth book. J.P worked on a beautiful felt picture, inspired from a family wedding invitation. I mostly chatted and worked on applique owls....I wasn't very productive...We also had two new people join us!  Welcome K.S and M.F! K.S worked on a very delicate blue and black baby blanket and M.F came to learn to crochet. All of us had a few pointers that were hopefully not too confusing!

Craft Night December 16th

Hey you gals! I am looking forward to craft night this week. I know it is short notice, but if anyone wants to bring snacks or baked goods they may have kicking around....let's do the worst thing possible...sit around, craft and EAT! Please, no extra work, as I know everyone is getting ready for Christmas, only if you feel like it! Aside from food...I found a really neat post about what to do with left over toilet paper rolls from http://www.designspongeonline.com/, a home design website and blog. This would be a great project for kids!

Craft Night and the Big Trade

It was so wonderful to arrive at Creative Minds night number 2 (so sorry the first night didn't get blogged...) and meet new faces. Our group is growing for sure! Even little R.P. participated by letting us know he was still there once in a while! Now, another thing to add to my list of must brings next time is a CAMERA! There was so many awsome crafts going on. A beautiful handstitched Advent Calender, S.J, awsome tree ornaments J.P (and thank Sally Ann!). M.L and C.G, you guys were crocheting fiends! The knee trick for sizing hats has really helped and yes...that is your almost finished hat there M.L. A.P, that little boy of your is so lucky to have such a beautiful handmade book. Sooo nice! And thank you so much for the wool! I love to scatter it out on my big wood table and imagine all the different color combinations! Ahh...Bliss....I can't wait until next week! See you all then!.

Some Easy Stamping and Printing Tutorials

Links to tutorials (clockwise)

1. Acorn Lino Print  Scroll down the page a ways

2. Bird Screen Print with Stencil

3. Leaf Stamp out of Silicone Caulking

4. Potato Stamping

5. Rubber Stamping

Oh My! Urban Posture is Brilliant!

Urban Posture

Remember those wooden coasters that were haunting my dreams? Well here they are! A perfect example of printing on wood. Check out their website and blog for beautiful wood broaches, tea towels and postcards with simple designs that have big impact.