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Blue Bird And Her Friends

A Baby Lock embellisher is a very inspirational toy. 

Look  these creatures were born from thin air... or I want to say... from thin wool.

Needle Felted Wool

Experiments from colorful wool 

(brooches)

This exotic blue fish lives well on thin air... 

This green heart needs much kindness...

as its heart-shape is a little bit imaginary

It is a bit transparent also... as an open heart is used to be.

And finally some spiralwork with a dash of gold and lilac.

Deep Deep Blue

Dreaming of holidays

and deep blue seas

as they go together...

So it's no wonder that my newest silk scarf is full of 

blues and full of greens greens and a dash of turquoise...

and bubbles, waves...

Ohh, lovely days by the sea...

Inspiration-Postcards from Sri Lanka

Avocados

Oil on canvas 14x19 cm 

Avocados... Hmmm... fresh start for a new life. Yummie, isn't it? 

New Beginnings?

18x24 cm 7x9.5 " Oil on Canvas Panel

A friend of mine started a new life a few weeks ago. 

She changed her eating habits. She lost kilos and gained energy. I see her progress and happiness. 

"Wouldn't it be nice if I change my painting habits?" I thought.

May be it could happen to me as well.

May be I can loose needless "artistic kilos" and gain new energy. 

Let's see... 

How about a fresh new beginning... a  healthy banana day?

Hello Spring! Wreath Tutorial

Hello spring! Where are you? I am here waiting for you... yes, I know... it's still January...
Well, if you are a little bit impatient, like me...
here is a spring wreath to make....

What you need:
-styrofoam wreath
-handful of wooden flowers
-colorful fabrics
-hot glue

Start with a styrofoam wreath: cut out strips of fabrics and cover the surface of the wreath, you might want to glue the ends of the strips

Cut out small strips of fabrics (mine strips were 2x16 cm,  0.8x6.3")

and make a knot on each in the middle

Hot glue these small strips to the surface of the wreath,

create layers enough to cover the entire front suface,

add the flowers as well 

End result: color and texture for your wall or door.

Enjoy!

Abstraction

Sometimes  scarfs want some unindetified-abstract patterns on them.  Just because they want to be colorful and eye-catching and conspicouos...  but no...  not so much... They want to be a little bit elegant also.

And dyes and wax make perfect work together on them and those patterns become harmonious. A dash of blue in the reds and yellows... colors just blend and wax is strict to stop them. And they end up as a colorful silkscarf, ready to play along a new life. 

Pink Love

If you want to see the world in pink...

and you are in love with stripes also as I am...

then this is the perfect silkshawl painted by me. (45 x140 cm)

And more to come...

6 Fingers

It is so cold here... Look what is on my needles...

From these lovely yarns...

 6 fingers :-)  4 more to go...

Addiction of Handkintted Socks

How to be an addict of handknitted socks?

First I would like to state that there's no economic reason to knit socks. It consumes time and expensive yarns and it takes 2 days to figure out how to knit a sock, and there are so many variations and it seems no chance to choose the best one... 

No such a reason that makes reasonable to knit by hand... so it is perfectly pointless.

And beyond all reasons if you want to heat up your longing...

I share how it happened to me:

1. You need to put in hand some fine yarn and play with it in your fantasy.

If you see or try on a pair of handknitted socks, you are on the way to be hooked.

2. You need to look through wonderful pics about handknitted socks. Those Scandinavian ones are good enough for that purpose... believe me...

Try these here  or here or... here  these last ones are not socks I know...

but guess what... if you know how to knit socks ... you might want to knit mittens or gloves...

3. You need time... to put these together... one hour, one day, one week... who knows that?

4. BUT finally you want YOU WANT to knit a pair of socks, beyond all logical reasons... like me.

And then an other one... like me.
Welcome in the club. My name is Aniko and I love love love these socks...

Yarn frustration

Create os recreate or what??
Sometimes things don't seem to go according a plan. According my plan. It is easy to throw it out, recreate, cut into small peaces... but it is a crochet.
And this piece just  that doesn't want to be altered, upcycled or recreated... but I love the material so much, that I don't have a nerve to trash it.

So what's gonna be now?
Frustrating...

I have to go back to basics. I have to follow my yarn back to the beginning... :-(

Dear reader, would you help me? At the top of my frustration I don't find the proper expression in the dictionary: What is the word for  when you want to ruin the crochet? (Not atomic level... I want to keep the yarn for a future project,  he-he-he)

Flickr Favorites-Crochet

1. Rainbow Necklace, 2. Completed Beach Bag, 3. sunhat3, 4. Psychedelic Circle Jacket

Until a few years crochet for me was about 'dull table covers'. Tiny hooks and eyes you know those small round  ones you put into the china cabinet. I wondered the huge work... BUT ... they were a bit colorless for me. And a few weeks ago when I saw ArtMind's blanket I thought... wow, this is a different approach to crochet and I LOVE, LOVE this approach. Since then I find wonderful and colorful crocheted garments and patterns and my enthusiasm is growing big.

How about freestyle crochet? Wow. Yummie.

There is a collection of  Flickr Favorites here at ArtMind's. Have a look! Have fun!

Cactus Monday

               This is a small journal page I drew as I had  looked through my cactus photos.
               It was hard to look into the flowers' heads they were so shy.


               More cactuses are here at Terri's Cactus Monday.

My Creative Space-Illustration

This week is about illustration. 

I plan to collect piles of big and small drawings and paintings for a future book.

Half of this future book is ready - I mean the text side.

So I want to draw and paint illustrations like these above.

70 or a little bit more are needed...

Oh, my God!

It is huge...

Want to share your creative space? Hop over to Kootoyoo to play!

Mixed Media

Mixed Media Experiment on paper

Acrylic, embossed paper, ink

(24x32 cm)

I spent a creative week at a magical place and I painted a few experimental pictures.
I was suggested to title this one: Blacks of a Spirit
Well?
I don't know.
This title is a bit murky...

Face Challenge

Are you in? 

The challenge and more faces are at Susan's.

Have fun!

Creative Space- 35+

My creative space is in the garden. 

It is 35+ degrees C (95F)... best temperature to dye...

if I can stay somewhere else... a cool place.

My freshly dyed wool pieces are on the sun and I am in the shade. 

Looking back this scene on my monitor... well it is a little bit strange...

not very well designed... but I hope the colors are going to be nice.

For more creative spaces pop into Kootoyoo's place. It's fun!