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Thrifted Thoughts: Circular Side Chairs
Chairs with easily removable seats and backs make for DIY-friendly upholstery projects. I was immediately drawn to these small-scale, circular chairs when I saw them propped up high at a local reuse centre. A chair with these proportions is multi-functional. It could serve as additional seating in a living room that’s short on space, sit [...]
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Lia Fagan is the blogger behind Mod Nest & the designer behind Mod Pieces. Learn how to design outside the lines, visit her website.
art v craft: sewn textile canvases by laura amiss
On the heels of our conversation from last week, I thought the sewn textile canvases of illustrator Laura Amiss would be the perfect follow up. The pieces from this series are made using a variety of new and found materials and free hand machine embroidery. Now, if you had no visual reference for these pieces, and [...]
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Brittni Mehlhoff is the editor of the handmade blog, papernstitch, and is also the owner and creator of an exhibition site by the same name. If you are a creative entrepreneur, small business owner, or a blogger, join the growing community of 7,000+ Stitchers and sign up for Brittni’s free weekly biz tips + handmade picks.
Melissa Bryant: My Wire Empire
Inspired by textures & shapes, Melissa Bryant’s mixed media works combine traditional drawing skills with fabric and other textures that are scanned and layered in through the computer. The results are truly lovely in their economy of shape and line. My favorite series from her current body of work would have to be these landscape intersections. [...]
About the Author
Brittni Mehlhoff is the editor of the handmade blog, papernstitch, and is also the owner and creator of an exhibition site by the same name. If you are a creative entrepreneur, small business owner, or a blogger, join the growing community of 7,000+ Stitchers and sign up for Brittni’s free weekly biz tips + handmade picks.
if you can’t stand the pink, get out of the spring
oh my, i love me some cherry blossoms. i think it goes back to my coed days when the main drag of campus was completely ripped up and redone. and when it was finished there were about 20 brand-new cherry trees lining either side of the road and up the middle in the added boulevard [...]
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Tara Gentile is a business coach and blogger serving passion-driven entrepreneurs with fresh ideas about productivity, passion, and profit. She’s the author of the digital guide, The Art of Earning.
april stash bust :: interview with elsage
april is stash bust month! you can find more helpful articles on working through your craft or art supply stashes without purchasing anything new this month on dollar store crafts, craft leftovers, cosa verde, crafting a green world, glue and glitter, and swap-bot. today, i’m bringing you an interview with phoebe of >elsage, where you [...]
About the Author
Tara Gentile is a business coach and blogger serving passion-driven entrepreneurs with fresh ideas about productivity, passion, and profit. She’s the author of the digital guide, The Art of Earning.
