Growth
My little Echeveria succulent is growing flowers! You know what that means…
Spring has sprung!
Finally…
I purchased at least one print for the studio.
It’s not even one of the ones I was trying to decide between, I just happened upon it. But, I’m so glad I did because I just love it!
It’s called Schismata and it’s by Justice of Photosynthetic on Etsy, a wonderfully talented photographer from Ipswich in the UK.
The description and inspiration Justice used helped to seal the deal for me.
“Another study of a man-made surface in a state of decay and deterioration under the forces of nature, ‘Schismata’ is dilapidated paint on steel, corrosion, a lichen bloom…geometric and organic in counterpoint. Striation, erosion, disintegration, reconstruction, protection, addition…and the process of destruction over which we ultimately have no control.”
Now I must go find the perfect place for it!
{ image credit: http://www.etsy.com/people/Photosynthetic }
Eyeing
I’m looking for some new prints to go up in my new “studio” and I’ve got my eye on all of these pretties.
1. I Can Feel You Breathe by zuppa artista
2. Searching The Forest For The Trees by Umber Dove Studios
3. Tye River Road by Dolan Geiman
4. When Petals Fall Like Tiny Stars by In Most Light
Now, to choose. Etsy sellers don’t make it easy, do they?
Look What I Made! – Recycled TP Roll Wall Art Sculpture
To make your own, follow this simple tutorial from Growing Up Creative.
I absolutely love this project!
In the tutorial, only the insides of the rolls are painted white. And I had intended to do mine that way as well because I do love the tan colour of the cardboard, but I found on our TP rolls there was some print from the manufacturer that I didn’t like so much. So, I opted to paint them all white.
After hours of trying to cover every nook and cranny with a paintbrush I finally realized that spraypaint would be much easier. And it looks much nicer. You can probably see in the top two photos that the paint is much more even than the bottom two photos that were done with a brush.
I’ve made about 3 different styles of these now and they look so cute when they are hung. I just love them. I’ve always recycled our old TP rolls, but this is so much more fun!
I’m sure they would be fun for kids as well.
A Lovely Union
One of my favourite artists Yellena James recently teamed up with Schoolhouse Electric Co. to create these stunning works of art.
I will take one of each please!
Read more from Yellena about the collaboration on her blog here.
{ photos: http://www.schoolhouseelectric.com/ }
Love this.
Allison Weiss – “I’m Ready”
Etsy Treasury – A Decadent Pleasure
Etsy Treasury – A Decadent Pleasure
click. comment. love. 
Included here are some wonderful sellers based in Ireland.
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Mary and Max
… is the cutest movie I’ve seen in a very long time.
I have a huge appreciation for all the work that goes into making a movie like this.
Mary and Max is a 92 minute Australian ‘clayography’ stopmotion film that took almost 5 years from script to screen to make. Each of the six animators on average created 4 seconds a day!
Max (my favourite Atheist) is played by Philip Seymour Hoffman and Mary is played by Toni Collette. There are plenty of other big names in this movie too.
Watch the trailer here:
Some other facts about the movie…
- 133 separate sets were created for the film
- 475 miniature props were made, BY HAND!
- 394 individual pupils were hand punched then had a white, sparkly dot painted on them
- 147 tailor made costumes were created
- 808 miniature Earl Grey tea bag boxes were hand cut, folded, glued, wrapped and airbrushed.
- 12 litres of water based sex lube were needed to create everything from tears to a surging jungle river.
Mary and Max is innocent but not naive, as it takes us on a journey that explores friendship, autism, taxidermy, psychiatry, where babies come from , obesity, religious difference, agoraphobia and much, MUCH more.
I highly recommend it.
More Christmas baubles!
These arrived today from the lovely Tanya of TanyaMac.etsy.com . A fellow member of the Crafty Ireland Team!
I adore them so! They are extremely well made and came beautifully packaged. I intend to put them up in my craft room, but she also sent me an extra bauble which looks gorgeous on my tree! Love them!
Go check out her shop for more beautifully handmade items. You can also find her here:
Blog :: http://etsyireland.blogspot.com
site :: www.arabella-invites.com
Flickr :: www.flickr.com/photos/cheekyurchin/
