Because books and bottles aren’t just staples to perfumers
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The strange art of the taxidermied diorama
I would say that most of the time when I’m working with dried herbs, it usually involves dumping them in water and stirring a lot. While I’m aware of the art of the pressed flower, I’ve always been a bit blank as to its practical applications. Sure, people put them in bookmarks and use them [...]
Der Froge
My first pet was a frog. I named him Lowe, since he hatched around Halloween, and “Lowe” seemed like the least freaky term as well as being more original than Fido or Max. My mother and sister persisted in calling him “froge.” 1 My mother always assumed that I felt guilt over eating frog [...]
Origami and other things I have yet to try
Among the arts that I am puzzling at giving a try to are the paper arts: specifically origami, and paper cutting. The end result would always be something I fragrance and burn, making it all essentially another sand mandala: I’d spend possibly hours of effort making it only to let it blow away in the [...]
Picture post: Art displays
When I was wandering around Minneapolis Art-a-Whirl one of the things that struck me was along with the actual creations themselves, there was also a great deal of creativity expressed through the methods chosen for display. Especially interesting to me were the collections of odd pieces for a sort of dioramic collage; they’re floating around [...]
A few fun reads in the craft and green world
Over at Treehugger:
Giant Rat-Eating Plant Discovered
From Crafting a Green World:
Crafty Ways to Reuse Milk Jugs
From Craft Gossip:
Itchy Cure Bath Recipe
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Etsy: Why you naughty fantasizing feminists!
Sara Mosle must have wanted to stir up some controversy, and so she picked Etsy to talk some smack about. Unfortunately, she got so lost in being condescending and not doing her research, she actually buried the few valid points she had. As a favor not to Mosle, who deserves a job at [...]
7 thing I enjoy
Just for the heck of it, I thought I’d share 7 things I enjoy taken from my Etsy favorites. These are all things I might buy, given the opportunity.
I would absolutely love it if one of these decal artists could make a decal of the Minneapolis skyline – I actually would like to put [...]
A quick tour around the craft world
Etsy is taking its annual survey of its shoppers – if you buy on Etsy, stop by and share your thoughts on your experience.
Speaking of Etsy, at long last they’ve introduced their advanced search.
Over at Craft Gossip, they’ve announced that the Bead Museum needs your help.
If you’re looking for some ideas for marketing [...]
The Organizing Continues…
This weekend has been fraught with interruptions, but just to keep you posted, I’m in the middle of organizing my studio. The theory is that if I have a well organized space, I can get smelly goodies out to folks a lot faster, and create more new stuff quite efficiently.
- hey, it’s a theory. [...]