I also like to make wearable things!

I rarely am inspired to sew. My lovely sewing machine has made three curtain panels, a pillow cover and one incomplete apron. Poor thing.

With life comes inspiration! Now that my bestie has had her first baby, I am inspired to support her with some wearable and usable gifts. I think even the best intentioned gift can be frustrating when it just sits. I like things that have use if they are going to be any bigger than a book!

One of the books we bonded over was about motherhood. We've talked at length about our hopes and wishes for our children and how we want to raise them. We discussed this knowing full well that one can never know what to expect when your expecting, but we sure loved reading about it.

One ideal we agree on? Cloth diapers! What is an easy craft to make? Anything baby! Durability over cuteness! Diaper covers!

I'll start with the simpler patterns, and I'd like to work my way up to a stuffed animal. We'll see if this works out.

Keep Crafty!

Owl Love

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My love of all things owl has helped me find some wonderful new artists and oodles of inspiration.
 
Drop cap credit love!

For example, this paper art is blowing my mind!

I'll add more discoveries as I make them!

Keep Crafty!

Slackin' Off

I'll be honest... I'm tuckered out!

When I get home from work I'm too tired to clean up the craft room, and, really, even if it were clean, in these cold months I have no desire to be in there. When my husband and I are home together, I want to be home with him, not isolated in my wee room.

Now that the season is turning to something more pleasant, I hope to have some new work for you to enjoy.

I'd like to get work done on my scrapbooks. I hate having piles of photos and memorabilia in boxes. Why keep it if you don't enjoy it?

I'd like to try my hand at some illustration work and some stuffed animal work. My sewing skills are poor, but my vision is sharp. I'd like to foray into designing stationery using my illustrations.

I'd like to try to write a book, a picture book. I'd like to arrange my sculptures in a meaningful way using local history, and use my critters to tell the stories.

I'd like to get my owls on the "My Owl Barn" blog.

I'd like to get my stuff together and sell it at the Moss Street Market this summer. I won't show weekly since I like my weekends with my husband (we're not really newlyweds, we just really like each other!) and the tent cost would eat away at any earnings.

I'd like to get my Etsy shop set up and moving.

I'd like to create two new lines of Schnik that have the profits going to charities. One line for tsunami relief in Japan and another line to support the local animal charities.

And then there is the one thing that I love above all other crafts... being a singer. I'd like to try to have a cabaret show.

These first three are already in process, and the last one, well, I'll start work on that this April.

Let's warm up and keep crafty!

-LT

Helping Animals Helps People

http://drupal.animalrefugekansai.org/?q=en/node/11

Here is a link to an animal shelter that will be taking in the animals displaced by the tsunami in Japan. Many humans are unable to keep their pets with them in evacuation shelters, so this is a way to help the animals and their human compantions.

I will keep looking for links to update this entry.

I'm Not Alone! "My Owl Barn" Blog

I have fallen in love with this blog! I spent a good chunk of last night and much of this morning exploring the selections and the links to products, crafts and tutorials. Check it out!!

I look forward to more posts from this blog. Maybe one day I'll be the subject of one!

I sense a new goal for Schnik!