Category: Crafty Stuff

FunFun Flea Market Finds!

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I thought I would show you some of my recent antique/flea market finds!
Here’s a nifty owl that simply screams “70’s”:

Anything that screams 70’s makes me happy, what can I say?

Hankies are also happy things, so long as your not blowing your nose into them.
Here’s one for my bunny collection:

And oh, look…it’s LARD!

You don’t see honkin’ big packs of lard anymore.
Gee, I can’t imagine why.
Nowadays, they just insert the lard directly into your processed foods…no fuss, no muss!
I like stuff like this package from the past not only for it’s absurdity, but the graphics.
I will put it into my Dubois 5+10 area (a shelf of similar things).

How cute are these little guys!

Yeah, I know it’s not anywhere near Christmas, but I picked these up for my mom.
Are you reading this blog, Mom? DON’T LOOK!

Here’s something for the fall:

This will be the ideal thing to wear to the annual Apple Fest, oh yeah!

And last but not least (and not even last)…

FABRIC!

Sweet piles of vintage scraps destashed by a hoarder…let me hoard thee now!
That’s all for now…
I think I’ll be taking a blog break while summer is still here.
Plenty of time for this in the fall (not really, but you know what I mean!)

There’s Just Something About Balsam…

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Do you know what I mean?
These little balsam-filled pillows that you get in souvenir shops throughout New England.
The smell reminds me of childhood, as do the seemingly unchanged graphics and notable heft of the balsam needles.
Happy, happy summers!
These 4 particular pillows are sitting on a box I made for my cat Georgia. It’s sort of her “couch”. It was my attempt offering her a better place to sleep than my scanner or my keyboard.
I am happy to report that it works about one third of the time.
The other two thirds of the time she spends on my scanner or my keyboard.
Personally, I’d rather nap with the balsam pillows!

Etsy Update!

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After finishing a big batch of artwork, I like to kick back and unwind with some heavy-duty crafting. Don’t you?
Well, that’s what I have been doing the last few days- taking a crafting break. Doing this periodically keeps me enthused for other kinds of art.
So, I added a new Scrap Shack to my village- here’s The Hope Library!

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This was inspired by my hometown library, but doesn’t look a darn thing like it. It’s an “homage”, I guess.
Here are the four shacks I have made so far:

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All can be seen in my Etsy shop, Recycle Rabbit.

I have also recently come into possesion of hundreds (maybe even thousands) of discarded designer fabric samples, courtesy of my Uncle Larry. He seemed to think that I would come up with something to do with them all. Touché! He knows me too well.

I designed some little velcro purses with vinyl stitched details (some of the fabric samples were vinyl).

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Fun, fun, fun! I do like getting to combine all the different fabrics into something cohesive.
These are available now in my etsy shop, too.
Etsy is a blast- if you haven’t gotten hooked on it yet, check it out.
Very addictive.
Don’t say i didn’t warn you!

Scrap Shacks

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scrapshcak2.jpgI have been having a lot of fun playing around digitally with my ephemera and fabric collections, sort of searching for new elements to morph into my illustrated art. I am not sure what I am searching for, but I discovered in the meantime that I REALLY like to make little houses.I guess they combine a lot of things I like in one form. I have been making them in small numbers, giving some away, and I listed a few in the etsy shop, too. All the house innards are made out of recycled cardboard, like cereal and gift boxes. The fabric roofs and bases are all made out of small scraps of fabric that I repurpose, either from old stuff or the detrius of other fabric projects. I really like the idea of making things from nothing.scrapshacks1.jpg

Recycle Rabbit is Back!

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Paradoxically, the busier I am, the more compelled I am to craft stuff. It helps me work out aesthetic issues, somehow, and gets the mind moving in another (though related) direction. Be that as it may, I have reopened my Esty shop, Recycle Rabbit!

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I have some fun new things that I am working on that will end up in the shop, but for now, check out the batch of Pillowstrations!

Visit Recycle Rabbit by clicking here!