Protect Yourself...

“A new idea is delicate.

It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn;

it can be stabbed to death by a quip

and worried to death by a frown on the right man’s brow.”

— Charles Brower

My Crafty Abode - Art at the Fabric Store

Fabric is wonderful!

All kinds of fabric.

I especially like this piece of fabric.

It was from a bolt I found several years ago at the fabric store and I thought the painted design was so pretty I had to buy it. It spoke to me. I didn't know what I was going to do with it but I got it anyway.

It is sheer and the design is big so that limited a bit what I could make with it. I thought about adding it to a duvet cover but that didn't feel right.

So I decided to hang it from a decorative curtain rod like a piece of art. It is in our bedroom and I think the colorful design really stands out against our cream walls. It also looks a little like I could have painted it.

I attached a strip of black and while plaid ribbon across the top for stability and then sewed sheer red ribbon pieces, embellished with a variety of vintage buttons.

Tied to the rod it became a unique, affordable piece of art.

Courage

Creativity takes courage.

- Henri Matisse

(When I was younger, in an art class...the teacher compared my painting style to Matisse.)

Find Yourself...

“The creative is the place where no one else has ever been.

You have to leave the city of your comfort

and go into the wilderness of your intuition.

What you’ll discover will be wonderful.

What you’ll discover is yourself.”

— Alan Alda

You Have Control

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning,

but anyone can start today

and make a new ending.”

- Maria Robinson quotes

Helpful Jewelry Tool - In your Sewing Box

When you need to measure while you work...

I found it helps to attach a section of a dressmakers tape to the front edge of your work table.

I just used decorative upholstery tacks to pin it up. Now when I need to measure the length of a jewelry piece I am working on, I can just hold it up to that.

Get Stimulated...

“When we engage in what we are naturally suited to do,

our work takes on the quality of play

and it is play that stimulates creativity.”

– Linda Naiman