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! [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘mixed media’
March 6, 2010
Artsy Bloggers Links for March 7 2010
The Artsy Bloggers group is very dear to my heart, and so I am happy to be able to maintain my connection with them by posting the weekly roundup here on Tottie Talks Crafts. Creative Dreamer It’s March…June’s Irish….and she invites you to celebrate with a HUGE month long blog give away….come join in! faith-and-begorrah.html [...]
May 2, 2009
Artsy Bloggers for the Week of April 27, 2009
This week, there are just a few Artsy Blogger’s links. BUT…. I have been a very busy bunny over at hankering for yarn, posting lots and lots of how to videos, so you might want to mosey over and check ‘em out! Creating backgrounds for artwork Cyndi has rounded up all of her favorite posts [...]
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 [...]
February 19, 2009
Story People
Recently, Tottie Tomato heard sounds coming from behind the Story Door. (The Story Door is a magical little door in my studio where all kinds of wonderful things happen). At first, she couldn’t see anything…. But then…. Someone popped out of the door! and then someone else jumped out from behind the Story Door! Tottie [...]
February 6, 2009
Some handmade books – 1
I am inviting people to a Green Challenge of making a handmade book that has big envelopes or plastic sleeves to hold their sketches, notes, clippings, pdf’s etc. See: Challenge posting Just for fun, I thought that I would post a few pics of some of the handmade books I’ve made over the years: Here [...]
February 5, 2009
Hand made GREEN book Challenge
On the Spool knitting group on yahoo, we’ve been talking about paper vs pdf patterns. Several of the clever women there have said that they print out their pdf’s, slip them into plastic sleeves and pop them into a binder. The patterns never get lost that way. WELL! That has inspired me! I LOVE making [...]
December 24, 2008
Weaving Words
I love weaving words into inkle woven bands. In this picture, Tottie Tomato is wrapped in the words of Dame Julian of Norwich’s prayer: And all shall be well and all shall be well and all manner of things shall be well… I love this prayer and say it allllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll the time………. To pay homage [...]
