to alleviate some boredom & help soak up a little creative juices!
I found some great REALLY, REALLY heavy card stock @ the thrift store (.99) a few weeks ago. It's been sitting there, mocking me, making me question how I was going to use it. Then I was looking through some of my old DIY/Bargain Decor/Flea Market Magazines & saw a picture of a hand-stitched lampshade. It.was.gorgeous!!
So, I've been thinking about doing some stitching on this heavy paper. I finally found the time & the energy last evening after the girlies were in bed & GP was watching AI.
I pulled a little ceramic blue bird off my wall & traced it onto a chartreuse colored paper. Took some bright aqua colored yarn, a large blunt tipped needle & went to "work".....
I found some great REALLY, REALLY heavy card stock @ the thrift store (.99) a few weeks ago. It's been sitting there, mocking me, making me question how I was going to use it. Then I was looking through some of my old DIY/Bargain Decor/Flea Market Magazines & saw a picture of a hand-stitched lampshade. It.was.gorgeous!!
So, I've been thinking about doing some stitching on this heavy paper. I finally found the time & the energy last evening after the girlies were in bed & GP was watching AI.
I pulled a little ceramic blue bird off my wall & traced it onto a chartreuse colored paper. Took some bright aqua colored yarn, a large blunt tipped needle & went to "work".....
Then I sat & suffered enjoyed some American Idol....did a simple straight stitch to outline the birdie.
Added a little yellow yarn for the beak!
Then I got out my sewing box, and did a little free styling with some red & white thread!
It was fun, relaxing & a great way for me to use up some of my creativity!! I don't know exactly what I'm going to do with it, but I think it's pretty! I will come up with something. Never fear, I've got some more "crafty" ideas running through my little brain!
How about you? Crafted/fashioned/created anything lately? Leave me some comment love, and a link to something you've done lately (heck, something you've done in the last 10 years is fine too!!).
I am crocheting shawls for shut-ins and the elderly. It is for a ministry at the church. I am about half done with the first one.
ReplyDeleteI love that bird! I want to do this!
ReplyDeleteI shipped your package on Tuesday, so you should receive it soon. Let me know when you get it :)
The bird is so cute. I must admit I never considered embroidering on cardboard but now I will. What will you use it for?
ReplyDeleteI am doing something every day this february over on Thing a day. Here is a link to my TAD posts: http://eddieduckling.posterous.com/
Eddie
That's fantastic !
ReplyDeleteI adore !
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ReplyDeleteThat bird is adorable! I love the branch-like decoration - it's all reversed, like tree branches usually have birds in them, but this bird has tree branches in it!
ReplyDeleteI really hate buying pre-made cards so I've been embroidering my own cards for friends's birthdays, etc. There's a few posted on my blog: http://theo2go.blogspot.com/search/label/cards
(Apologies for the re-post, I wanted to make the link more specific.)