It was posted today! See the Stitchgasm on Facebook. (I'm not sure where it is on the main site, so I have to link you to it on Facebook.) I'm pretty excited and happy, etc etc etc and to be honest, having this happen and my first Etsy sale in one week is exactly what I needed. I've been having a hard time keeping my spirits up and got all doom and gloom. It's good to be reminded that there are good things going on too.
So! If you are a crafter or looking to start, check out Mr. X Stitch blog about the 1st birthday of the Mr. X Stitch site. They are having giveaways and other fun things. Good stuff! Check 'em out and start subscribing!
Friday, August 21, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
Craft-a-frickin-roonie!
Here is my little recap for the last week or so:
My Etsy hasn't sold anything yet however I think I have a few interested in "Ass, the other Vagina." I have a couple private requests also that I need to get started on. I'm excited about that because it's fun to make these but even more fun to know that people are going to put it in their homes soon. As soon as payday gets here, I am off to the crafy store again to get supplies. I'm geeked!
Speaking of stitchery, I finished my first photo-to-embroidery project. Here is the result and a comparison of the original photo to the cloth and thread result:
I felt pretty good about the overall end-product. This has been a complete learning experience for me and I see what I need to work on now. I have ideas for the next embroidery project already! I like the idea of taking my photography and doing something more with it. My ultimate goal is to get a gallery show. I think I'm on my way as *enter drumroll* I'm going to be featured in the near future on Stitchgasm. ACK!!!! This is exciting to me although most of you probably don't know what the fuck I'm talking about. See the following website: http://www.mrxstitch.com/ I am not sure what day it will be, but one of the people who works on this newsletter is a woman known as Beefrank. She is a witty, creative genius and her work makes me laugh a lot! You can see her work on Flickr by going to http://www.flickr.com/photos/beefranck/. If you appreciate humor, talent and witicisms, please check out her stuff! Also, subscribe to Mr. X Stitch via the site or Facebook. (He is also megacool and a Brit!) This stuff absolutely feeds me inspiration as well as making me laugh. I can't believe how creative people can be and it is freakin' awesome to see so many talented people out there producing so much stuff. Ok sorry, I got a little carried away!!
Add that to a confirmation email I received about enrollment in a free digital photography course and I'm about to implode! Whoopee!
All right, enough of that crazy shit. As always, I hope everyone is well. Catch ya later, tschus!
My Etsy hasn't sold anything yet however I think I have a few interested in "Ass, the other Vagina." I have a couple private requests also that I need to get started on. I'm excited about that because it's fun to make these but even more fun to know that people are going to put it in their homes soon. As soon as payday gets here, I am off to the crafy store again to get supplies. I'm geeked!
Speaking of stitchery, I finished my first photo-to-embroidery project. Here is the result and a comparison of the original photo to the cloth and thread result:
I felt pretty good about the overall end-product. This has been a complete learning experience for me and I see what I need to work on now. I have ideas for the next embroidery project already! I like the idea of taking my photography and doing something more with it. My ultimate goal is to get a gallery show. I think I'm on my way as *enter drumroll* I'm going to be featured in the near future on Stitchgasm. ACK!!!! This is exciting to me although most of you probably don't know what the fuck I'm talking about. See the following website: http://www.mrxstitch.com/ I am not sure what day it will be, but one of the people who works on this newsletter is a woman known as Beefrank. She is a witty, creative genius and her work makes me laugh a lot! You can see her work on Flickr by going to http://www.flickr.com/photos/beefranck/. If you appreciate humor, talent and witicisms, please check out her stuff! Also, subscribe to Mr. X Stitch via the site or Facebook. (He is also megacool and a Brit!) This stuff absolutely feeds me inspiration as well as making me laugh. I can't believe how creative people can be and it is freakin' awesome to see so many talented people out there producing so much stuff. Ok sorry, I got a little carried away!!
Add that to a confirmation email I received about enrollment in a free digital photography course and I'm about to implode! Whoopee!
All right, enough of that crazy shit. As always, I hope everyone is well. Catch ya later, tschus!
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Craftism
General brain befuddlement has prevented any new creativity as of late. I did however crank out a couple of things about a week or so ago:
I have a set of Hitchcock stamps that I collected years ago that I want to frame. That is what inspired the Hitchcock piece. The Super Bitch came from a book of cutsey patterns I bought. I also happened to find small frames at Wally World and this was an experimentation with small designs. I'd really like to put it at my desk at work but don't think it would be wise.
Lately I've been looking at embroidery and wanted to try it. Again I'm lost as to what to stitch. However I woke up last night with an idea and spent the day looking at the internet for tutorials on how to make the images in my brain come to the fabric. There are a few photographs I've snapped over the years that I really like and I've decided to make embroidery patterns out of them. Thankfully there are people out there in the crafty world who blog and make how-to videos for the internet. Here is part of the pattern I put together:
I'm afraid that I might start filling up the spare room with projects so I put up an Etsy store finally in the hopes of getting rid of some of them. You can find the store here: www.ndbex.etsy.com. So far I haven't sold anything but there is still hope in me to get rid of some things. I made them pretty cheap!
That's my exciting life this week. Tschus!!
I have a set of Hitchcock stamps that I collected years ago that I want to frame. That is what inspired the Hitchcock piece. The Super Bitch came from a book of cutsey patterns I bought. I also happened to find small frames at Wally World and this was an experimentation with small designs. I'd really like to put it at my desk at work but don't think it would be wise.
Lately I've been looking at embroidery and wanted to try it. Again I'm lost as to what to stitch. However I woke up last night with an idea and spent the day looking at the internet for tutorials on how to make the images in my brain come to the fabric. There are a few photographs I've snapped over the years that I really like and I've decided to make embroidery patterns out of them. Thankfully there are people out there in the crafty world who blog and make how-to videos for the internet. Here is part of the pattern I put together:
I'm afraid that I might start filling up the spare room with projects so I put up an Etsy store finally in the hopes of getting rid of some of them. You can find the store here: www.ndbex.etsy.com. So far I haven't sold anything but there is still hope in me to get rid of some things. I made them pretty cheap!
That's my exciting life this week. Tschus!!
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