Thing-A-Day 2/28/10: Flower Pot

Thing-A-Day 2/28/10: Flower Pot

Today I made a flower pot out of another old plastic container. Punched holes in the bottom with a knife, then filled it with my new fern. Fitting end to February Thing-A-Day and welcome to Spring!

Thing-A-Day 2/27/10: Curtain

Thing-A-Day 2/27/10: Curtain

Today I made another curtain for my bathroom, this time for the other window. It started out as a skirt LOL.

Thing-A-Day 2/26/10: Dread Tube Wrap

Thing-A-Day 2/26/10: Dread Tube Wrap

Today I made a head wrap tube thingy for my dreads. It came out ok. It ties in the back. I think the next one will be a little longer, cover more of my locks.
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Thing-A-Day 2/25/10: Bathroom Curtain

Thing-A-Day 2/25/10: Bathroom Curtain

Today I made a curtain for the small window in the bathroom. It’s inspired by the reconstructed jacket I made a while back:

Thing-A-Day 2/24/10: Pink Scarf

Thing-A-Day 2/24/10: Pink Scarf

Today I made a new scarf.. Spring is less than a month away but really, here in northeast Ohio spring is more like 2 months away. So the scarf is much needed and handy. I LOVE the fabric, it’s so soft and fluffy!

Thing-A-Day 2/23/10: Lotion

Thing-A-Day 2/23/10: Lotion

Today I made some lotion. Had a hard time with the final mix, I think I used too much olive oil. eh, it’s winter still, can’t have too much olive oil!

Thing-A-Day 2/22/10: Kitchen Drawer Cosy

Thing-A-Day 2/22/10: Kitchen Drawer Cosy

Today I made a kitchen drawer cosy to cover the ugly gap when the ancient drawer fell apart.
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Thing-A-Day 2/21/10: Pink Apron

Thing-A-Day 2/21/10: Pink Apron

Today I made a new apron. I love aprons and use them daily.

Thing-A-Day 2/20/10: New Zine Cover

Thing-A-Day 2/20/10: New Zine Cover

Today I made a new cover for the 3rd issue of my zine, Positive Emergence
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Thing-A-Day 2/19/10: Pencil Fuzzies

Thing-A-Day 2/19/10: Pencil Fuzzies

Today I made pencil fuzzies, I love having a bit of soft fabric on my pencils when working on calculus problems. somehow makes it easier ^_^

Thing-A-Day 2/18/10: Hand Muff

Thing-A-Day 2/18/10: Hand Muff

Today I made a hand muff. One of my sons took over the blue mittens I made, so I made sure to use a girly color for this!! ha ha

Thing-A-Day 2/17/10: Spring Party Invitation

Thing-A-Day 2/17/10: Spring Party Invitation

Today I made invitations for our spring party next month. here is the cover

Thing-A-Day 2/16/10: Logo Update

Thing-A-Day 2/16/10: Logo Update

Decided to keep the color in my logo, just deepened the colors. updating on the site(s) soonish.
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Thing-A-Day 2/15/10: Upcycled Bag

Thing-A-Day 2/15/10: Upcycled Bag

Today I made a new bag from several different clothing items I upcycled. The green bottom of the bag is a handmade hat I got a few years ago, I wore it for a couple of winters but needed a change this winter. The two upper parts of the bag are from 2 different pairs [...]

Thing-A-Day 2/14/10: Gift Bag

Thing-A-Day 2/14/10: Gift Bag

Today I made a gift bag/gift box for one of the presents I got for my husband. It’s a nice bottle of vodka
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Thing-A-Day 2/13/10: Love Book for Brian

Thing-A-Day 2/13/10: Love Book for Brian

Today I made a love book for my husband. I got a little book to put love notes in and stuff for Brian for Valentine’s Day, and put a fluffy heart on the cover.
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Thing-A-Day 2/12/10: Pillow Scrap Sack

Thing-A-Day 2/12/10: Pillow Scrap Sack

Today I made a sack to put my sewing scraps in out of an old pillow case.

Thing-A-Day 2/11/10: Cowrie Earrings

Thing-A-Day 2/11/10: Cowrie Earrings

Today I made cowrie shell earrings.

Thing-A-Day 2/10/10: Cashmere Socks

Thing-A-Day 2/10/10: Cashmere Socks

One of my cashmere sweaters was getting raggedy at the sleeve elbows, to the point where patching it up would be noticeable. Normally I wouldn’t care but I decided to cut up the sweater and use the fabric for various things including a pair of cashmere socks. I’ve been wanting a pair for a while!

Thing-A-Day 2/9/10: New Bottom for Sink Skirt

Thing-A-Day 2/9/10: New Bottom for Sink Skirt

Today I made a new bottom for my denim kitchen sink skirt.

Thing-A-Day 2/8/10: Earrings

Thing-A-Day 2/8/10: Earrings

Today I made another pair of earrings. I wanted them to look like tiny earmuffs. I used the same material that I used for my mittens.

Thing-A-Day 2/7/10: Seed Packet #2

Thing-A-Day 2/7/10: Seed Packet #2

Today I made another seed packet, this time for my corn seeds. Thinking about selling seeds on earthystyle.com and my etsy as I have an abundance of seeds. I can’t possibly plant them all this year.
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Thing-A-Day 2/6/10: Seed Packet #1

Thing-A-Day 2/6/10: Seed Packet #1

Today I made a seed packet for my bell pepper seeds out of newspaper and tape. The seeds are very dry; I set this husk aside a couple of months ago.

Thing-A-Day 2/5/10: Red Button Earrings

Thing-A-Day 2/5/10: Red Button Earrings

I made another pair of earrings and I like these so much better than the 1st set I made on the 3rd. These were a pair of silver mermaid earrings I liked…added red buttons to them to make them pop. Learned my lesson about using too much glue so just used a smidgen this time. [...]

Thing-A-Day 2/4/10: Reconstructed Skirt

Thing-A-Day 2/4/10: Reconstructed Skirt

Today I made a skirt out the bottom of a denim sundress that was too short, and the top of a pair of fleece pants.

Thing-A-Day 2/3/10: Earrings

Thing-A-Day 2/3/10: Earrings

Today I made earrings. I had some sterling silver post earrings I never wore, so added buttons to them then put a little denim on top of the buttons. I think I used too much Gorilla glue, will have to watch it next time. Still, I like them!

Thing-A-Day 2/2/10: Mittens

Thing-A-Day 2/2/10: Mittens

Today I made mittens. I had some leftover fabric from when I made the kids; quilts this past Christmas and decided to use it for my mittens. This fabric is so soft and fluffy and warm. I put the fluffy side on the inside. The cuffs I reconstructed from an old jacket my sons used [...]

Thing-A-Day 2/1/10: New Logo

Thing-A-Day 2/1/10: New Logo

I’m doing <a href=”http://thing-a-day.com/”>Thing-A-Day 2010</a>. Today I made a new logo for my biz. or rather an updated one, I’m still using the hand-drawn flower motif but in shades of blue now instead of different colors. Will tweak in a bit.

Thing-A-Day Project Ideas

Thing-a-day is a yearly creative sprint that is held every February and brings together hundreds of creative minds. The idea is simple: sign up is open to anyone and participants commit to create one new thing a day every day for the entire month of February and post it on the collective blog.
Participants can work [...]

Artist Way Progress

Artist Way Progress

So I started the Artist’s Way again, as I’ve mentioned. Currently on my week 4…