Ah, April Fool’s Day…. time for a little frivolity, right? Actually, YES! ‘Frivolité’ is what tatting is called in France. So, I am wondering if this is the reason why April 1 was chosen to be International Tatting Day. Makes sense to me! Will I tat in public? You bet. What will I tat? Well…. [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘holidays& holiday traditions& holiday crafts’
March 27, 2010
Artsy Blogger Links for March 27 2010
Did you remember that this evening at 8:30 it’s ‘Earth Hour’ ? (Link) We usually schedule a candlelight dinner and Scrabble by candlelight in honour of Earth Hour. What do you do? This week, as always, the Artsy Bloggers have some fun links for you: Beading Arts Does the beginning of spring lift your spirits? [...]
March 22, 2010
Celebrate Springtime with adorable doodled paper eggs
I love making little presents that I can just pop in an envelope and mail to family and friends. Yesterday, I had a flash of inspiration…. well, really it was several flashes of inspiration that came together ever so nicely! Lately, I have been blogging about doodling, Link and Link , so that’s kind of [...]
March 14, 2010
Artsy Blogger round up for March 14 2010
Wow, has it ever been a busy week- I’ve been madly caught up in a flurry of transitional stuff as I shift gears away from writing the dear departed ‘hankering’ blog, and into getting Tottie up and running again. Oh my! a million things to deal with! Happily, the Artsy Bloggers group has grown! Hurrah! [...]
March 3, 2009
Happy Girl’s Day! It’s Doll Festival Day
Today, Tuesday March 3, is a day to celebrate little girls and to wish them hope and protection. In Japan, today is the day that elaborate displays of precious dolls are created…. Paper dolls symbolizing things that are unhappy are placed into boats and set afire, to take away the unhappiness… And, little girls are [...]
February 24, 2009
Mardi gras butterfly masks
Somehow, I don’t think that I will ever go to New Orleans for the real Mardi Gras, but that won’t stop me from celebrating in my studio! I made these Mardi Gras masks with all kinds of techniques and things that I love: Tatting, spool knitting, crochet, butterflies, Grandma’s vintage buttons, beads and other found [...]
December 16, 2008
What’s on your loom for Christmas?
It wouldn’t be a proper Christmas without at least a little weaving! My daughter and I are co-creating a present for her husband. I warped up my Cricket (love that loom!) and am weaving up the bands that she is going to use to make him a pair of suspenders. I wove about 20 feet [...]
