Oliver Platt

There’s this amazing book, Art & Soul, which has portraits of celebrities with statements about art in their own hand. It’s a beautiful book. I’ve enjoyed going through it over and over again, so I thought I would do up a drawing/digital painting of portraits that I especially liked. Here is Oliver Platt. Kept this drawing a quick one.

“The arts? the arts!! the ARTS?!!!? Where do I begin? Where would we all be without them I ask you. (I for one would be living in a cardboard box)”

- Oliver Platt

Self Portrait

Back to my portraits, this time however, just one of myself.

Owl Eye Sleeping Masks

I had asked my sister what she’d like me to make for her when I first started crocheting, and she replied that she’d like a sleeping mask. After much thought, I finally found a way to make her sleeping mask much cuter than a plain oval mask. Owl eyes! An after-thought I had recently realized was that how cute it is that owls mostly sleep when we do… and that I made them to wear while sleeping.

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Jean Claude Van Damme

Whut whut!?

Yeah, my mother recognized who I was drawing but was all ‘It can’t be!’. It was suggested I draw JCVD and I said “why not” to the proposition. I need practice drawing men anyhow. So here he is, with a little artistic flare. I also made him look younger, I’m sure he’d appreciate that haha.

I’d totally wear that shirt.

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Natalie Portman

Hello all!

I’ve decided to continue this digital painting endeavor. Natalie Portman is such a talented and beautiful lady, mad props to her!

This time I’ve added a little bit of me into this one, the gradient is pretty wicked, in my honest opinion. Let me know what you think!

Sophia Loren

I decided to do a digital painting today. I’ve been struggling with just sketching and drawing digitally, so I figured maybe painting might treat me better. Turns out – went alright. Interesting how that works. I figured it would be harder…

Anywho – I chose to paint Sophia Loren. Class act.

ps. I seriously dislike drawing/painting teeth. They are horrid things!

Crochet Scarves

Don’t you think my model for things is cute?! She’s my dearest little dog, Katee, a miniature schnoodle (schnauzer poodle). I’m glad she’s so keen on helping me out and wearing things. She’s so obedient. Plus she looks so good in scarves…

Since starting my crocheting endeavors I have made plenty of scarves, the first batch (in which made lovely little gifts for all my friends) were on the simple side, consisting of mostly single crochet stitches or double crochet stitches. I have no since moved onto more fancy things and am journeying into the abyss that is experimenting with crochet patterns! Not including a scarf I had made with entirely of a very very long slip stitch crocheted chain, these are the two scarves I had made since!

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Upcycled Old Sheets Mat

Do you have piles of old sheets that you’ve grown out of liking? Or that have faded, been worn out in spots, gotten damaged in some way, and you don’t know what to do with? Well here’s a fun little project to upcycle those sheets! I went and found some old sheets from my childhood that no one uses anymore and turned them into a lovely little mat! I had planned on using it in my bathroom, but at the moment, my dogs have seemed to take a keen liking to it in the living room. This is a nice project to introduce you to making your own fabric yarn as well as crocheting. You can practice crocheting as a mat can be as simple as you like!

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Embroidery Flossed Earbuds

I saw this project on pinterest as a crochet project, but then decided that the friendship bracelet wrapping method would be much easier.

Look forward to a lovely DIY tutorial for this project in the near future. It’s a cute little project that you can do while watching TV or on the train/bus and you make a cute accessory out of your earbuds in the end!

Mending Torn Jeans Tutorial

Though I don’t run into the problem of holes in my jeans that I’m unhappy with, many people do, most of all boys! So, I am mending some torn holes in boys jeans today and showing you how.

I’ve got two pairs of jeans to mend today. One with an large, but rather easy to mend, rip in the thigh of the jeans. One pair with a ripped hole in the crotch, an area that is a little more difficult to mend. How boys have the habit of ripping holes in the crotch of their jeans is beyond me, but I will fix it.

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