An easy-to-make board that displays your jewelry while storing it.
DIY Board to Store and Display Jewelry
Entwife Sculpture: How Inspiration Drives Creation
Getting stuck with pink and brown inspired me to make an abstract interpretation of an Entwife.
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Amazing Dinosaur Puppet
A short video of a talented puppeteer with a homemade dinosaur puppet.
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The Value of Persistence
When I get worn out by life, I like to stop, take a breath, and remind myself that the key isn't to getting everything done at once. It's in showing up repeatedly, showing up anyway. Half an hour writing every day gets me farther than occasional marathon sessions ever could. Fortunately, others before me have... Continue Reading →
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Why Make Things?
It's easy to think our beautiful creations are a waste of time, but they're not.
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What a Design Class Taught Me About Creativity
How a design class for quilters taught me an important lesson regarding advice-giving.
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Playing With Watercolors: Keeping Hobbies Fun
After a month of drawing orchids, I've decided it's time to focus on painting with watercolors. As soon as I had the idea, my inner perfectionist started making a list, convinced that I must study hard and learn everything there is to know about watercolors in order to do it right. Fortunately, I came across... Continue Reading →
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Embrace These Creative Stumbling Blocks In Order To Finish
Back in 1999, I took a quilting class with Ruth B. McDowell to learn how to design pictorial pieced quilts. At the time, I was struggling to find a way to make representational quilts without using applique. While I learned what I hoped to in her class, making the quilt I designed taught me some... Continue Reading →
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Drawing Orchids Daily: The Power of Habit
I want to get better at drawing. I can see scenes from the stories I write clearly and would love to illustrate them myself, but it takes a lot of skill and experience to draw from the imagination. The only way to get better at something is to do it regularly, to practice. Inspired by... Continue Reading →
