Picture Pie

By Ed Emberley

 Amazing cut-outs you can create with circles.

It just takes construction paper, sissors, paper punch and glue.

 

Picture Pie is an creative inspiring book that shows you step by step how to make cute little critters. Published in 1984 it is a masterful collection of patterns, shapes, colors and creatures. Any person reguardless of age can make these cut-outs. Give it a try we had a blast.

My mother (who brought crafts into my life) actually discovered Picture Pie and started cutting circles of different sizes and glueing them together. My sister and niece joined the party. We had paper everywhere as you can see. Ed Emberley has many fantastic books. He is a cleaver creative genius. Visit his website it is amazing:

 http://www.edemberley.com/pages/main.aspx?section=home



We had a great time together making these fun critters.

Spending time together crafting is quality family time.

Awesome Skirt

This is an awesome skirt I made for my darling niece Melissa. It was super easy to make and it fit her great. She really liked it.

This lovely skirt has an elastic waist and a bow embellishes the front waistband.

At the bottom of the skirt is an 8 inch ruffle with a 1/2 inch rollover hem that is then edge stitched, so simple.

Perfect with a tank top. So sassy and summery.

The length of the skirt is just below the knee. It is not super short which is much more comfortable for her to wear. The fabric is from Joann Fabric and Craft. Quilter's Showcase is the name of the fabric manufacturer. Soft and comfortable is the best way to describe its hand.

I love sewing for my beautiful niece. Perfect to wear skirt back to school.

The Little Green Dress

Cutest Sheath Dress
The Little Green Dress

 

I made this dress for my daughter. She wore it t a wedding and looked fabulous. I used McCall's pattern M5425. It is a very easy pattern. The fabric made the dress. A Vintage satin weave cotton. It was over 30 years old. The fabric was faded in several places and I had to work around these areas. There were about 3 1/2 yards, just enough. This fabric is the most beautiful shade of green with a Chinese dragon floral motif. The dress slips over the head as there is no zipper. There is a casing at the neckline front and back that holds the sash. The sash is tied in a bow at  the center back of the neckline. This dress can be worn with the belt or without. The belt can be tied in several different ways. Green and Growing!

Can't go wrong with this LITTLE GREEN DRESS.

What do you think?

Little Pink Bunny

I made this Little sweetie for Melissa.

She liked it.

My Easel

These are pictures that I drew using an online drawing site. Queeky is the place I like to draw. There are many free sites to draw and publish your pictures. What is cool about Queeky is you can see other artists pictures and comment on them, as well as, follow their work. It is fun to be part of a community that only knows you by what you draw. There are artists from all over the world, young and old.

It took me a while to learn how to use the different tools and techniques and I have to say that I am still learning. It is easy to spend hours drawing. One of the features of the site is that you can replay the draw and see how the artist arrived at the finished product and that is really awesome to watch. I have received advice and encouragement from so many folks at Queeky.

Here are the titles of my drawings.

• Primerose
• The Purple Door
• Trinity
• Blue Ribbon
• Daffodil Sky
• Daisy Dear
• Daisy
• Gourd Pumpkin
• I Am
• Pink Hydrangeas

The drawing entitled I am is actually another artists draw that I changed from a man to a women and added pink highlights and blond hair. Another feature of Queeky. You can change an artists draw and make it your own. Cool Cool!

What do you think?

Glitter Bird

Little Red Glitter Bird

For Christmas I made the cutest glitter bird. I got the idea from Martha Stewarts website. Here is the Link: http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/glittered-holiday-crafts#slide_29

If you need an idea Martha Stewart has so many you have to find some that you like and can make. I like cute ideas that seem manageable. I also like to get results. That is, I like to get a cute usable craft from the project.

The glitter bird was a big hit at Christmas. I put some pictures together to make a slide show. Take a look. Martha was interviewed not long ago and said she made 100 million dollars from glitter. Cynthia McFadden interviewed Martha on Nightline.She really pushes it. If you watch her show or look at her website you will see glitter. Her craft merchandise is expensive but it's the best in quality and easy to use. Michael's and Walmart both carry her line of craft supplies. If I had a lot money I would like to buy all her products.

Take a look at the slide show I made of the materials used to make glitter bird.