#crafty things

[valtiere]

This blanket is a monster. I had no idea how big it was going to turn out. This is it on a king sized bed. Not the best photo but I was so excited to finish it I just had to share. Tomorrow, assuming the weather is good for it, I'll get some better photos in the sun.

[ghostweaver]

I don't know why, but it's so funny to me that most people who post their weaving have the same kind of angles to their video, and most of them, if not all of them, hide the chaos that's going on at the back of the loom. It's the same idea as "never ask a fiber artist to see the back of their project" with the embroiderers, or really any other craft where ends have to be managed. I know I'm guilty of it too; let's be honest, there's nothing glamorous about looking at the tangle of... 'creative' solutions to my ongoing tension struggles. But hey, for anyone curious, here's a peak behind the curtain on my latest project!

Here's some pictures too, to make it easier to see the chaos.

It's one of those things that I think is important to remember; behind every work of art is a not-so-glamorous process that you REALLY just have to trust. Everything seems so perfect when you see it online (at least in a crafting context), but it's important to know that it doesn't have to be. You can have things go wrong and still end up with an amazing product. You can have the weirdest solution to a problem, but if it works it works!

Never be afraid to mess up and work through it, even if "working through it" is messy in its own way! That's all part of the fun, friends! Trust the process, things will work out!

[caruwa]

🌿Eupackardia Calleta 🌿 Calleta Silkmoth, 20cm

https://www.instagram.com/caruwa

[fashiondailymag]

american folk art museum (NYC) last weekend !

photos : brigitte segura

[onyxonline]

You’re welcome

[thewillowoaklady]

I make beaded stuff! I'm currently working on bag accessories and charms, ornaments, keychains, suncatchers, bracelets, and jewelry.

More will be added soon!

Check out what's finished here!

Ebay, Etsy, FB Marketplace,

I also sell photos here-

Redbubble, Istock, Adobe Stock, Shutterstock

update 9/6/2024- Finally got the latest necklace listed!

[vervainandmoon]

I had the urge to put some charms on my boots. Here's the finished look.

[ra1nbowsquirrel]

Yes, my vanity is stained pink beyond repair; but! Nisse! I like making little clay figures, and a while ago, I made Tontu from Hilda. Just thought I'd go ahead and post him.

[chaoticdesertdweller]

Felt moths by themagicalbat.com 🍓🍉

[softcherri]

my favorite local corner store 🥫

[valtiere]

Showed my work to family and the response was, well, let's just go with less than enthusiastic... Not unkind, but it left me feeling like a child seeking validation, which is stupid. I'm not, I'm just (apparently) really bad at reading people. I don't pick up on the subtleties so if someone says they like a thing, I share more of it, not realizing that maybe they were just being polite.

Take this blanket (pattern: cosmic cal by Helen Shrimpton), for example . A while back, I gifted it to my mother only for her to immediately give it away. If I'd realized she wouldn't value it, I'd have kept it for myself. And yet still, here I am, trying to share things with people who clearly are not interested. 😒 Am I a hopeful optimist, an idiot or just a slow learner?

Rhetorical question, by the way. This really is just a long winded way of venting into the void and saying, sod it. From now on I'm going to do this stuff for myself. My art. My enjoyment. The way I should have approached it from the start.

Edit: thank you to everyone here who has commented, liked or reblogged my work. It warms my dark and brittle soul to see that people *do* like what I do. I know I'm just bitching here about how the people close to me don't seem to care about it, but I know there are many, many other people who do and that matters to me. I appreciate you all. 💕

[tincanstarkid]

Getting the hang of this crochet thing

[caruwa]

🌿Caladium handembroidery (2020)

https://instagram.com/caruwa

[severelyderanged]

[manchasama]

Screams and screams and screams and screams I have been on a Journey for this guy!

Yes I am That Guy who can't help but do them all in order and both regular and shiny. But this is for fun and bulbasaur line is one of my favs so it's no burden.

So after I'd "finished" (not ironed but fully beaded) the regular ones, I started working on the shinies. And I was Not Happy with the colors. It was too dark!

I had actually done the bulbasaur before, so the second one was just going to be for me to work on improving my ironing. Ivysaur was new, and I was already realizing I was not happy. But I did the entire big venusaur in the colors I had before I threw in the towel and said No. I Am Not Happy With These Colors.

Thus began my Quest to basically buy every shade of green available trying to find ones that worked. I un-did and re-did the big guy SO many times. And okay, to be fair I re-did the bulbasaur first, and I was really happy with the new color choices! I thought I had the big guy in the bag!

But. Every color I chose. Was the Wrong Color. I re-did the body so many times I probably made about ten of them no lie. I re-did the flower when I got brighter orange/yellows. I re-did the leaves and promptly HATED the choice. And I kept re-doing the body because nothing was gooooooooooooooood.

Well here he is. Done. (You can see part of ivysaur next to him, see how dark it is? I still have to redo that one, but it's a good contrast to see.) And he is fantastic and I think I'm finally satisfied. Also there are no more shades of green to be found so I have to be satisfied sometime lolol.

Now I have another problem. I bought so many new shades of green, I want to re-do the regular versions as well for better color matching. I never did iron them, so I can, but....they are already on the tape. It is a HUGE PAIN to re-do (I did it on the big guy, because I knew ironing such a big one I wasn't happy with was going to be a waste. It took so looooong).

*sobs in artist pain*

(Still having fun :)