GARDEN PARTY

Buffet party + random sketches

I'M ON A BOAT

Sketches from a boat day-trip.

The water was so blue, this is what my camera picked up. It's pretty close to what I saw except I should have used less exposure.

OUTSIDE THE WINDOW

Another digital work via iPad. I should have pushed the light a bit more.

PADDED ENVELOPES

Why make padded envelopes with bubble wrap made out of plastic? Why not pad envelopes with paper? Here's how I did it:






Make an envelope out of thick paper, like a paper bag from the supermarket, or use a pre-made one lying around the house.

I used this template from Country Living and modified it to my dimensions, but any will do.

Tear out and crumple old magazines, paper, newspaper, etc. I used a page and a half here. Tape the corners and the sides of the paper on the envelope making sure the paper has lots of slack to pad what ever you put inside. When you add padding to the bottom flap, leave space in the margin or you won't be able to glue the envelope together.

After gluing the flaps together (I did it with a glue stick) and making sure to add lots of pressure to make the glue stick, it's done! A padded envelope made with scraps lying around the house.

INTERLOCKING CROCHET

This is interlocking crochet to THE EXTREME!! I saw interlocking crochet in a book at the bookstore and I thought the concept could go farther than the patterns in the book. I made these bags inspired by Hawaiian quilts. It's reversible.

FLORA

I'm volunteering/interning/I don't know at my local museum's art school. I made some sketches of their garden. There is so much wrong with them, but I'm also learning so much. I should've done stuff like this years ago!

BON DANCE 2012

Bon dance sketches, but none of dancers. And--ahhhh--markers!

LACE LANYARD

Lace lace lace lace lace. This is a lace lanyard. I really like the camera straps you can find in Japan that are made of leather-like material, patterned cloth, and lace. There's a good balance of texture, color, and pattern. Yumm. It inspired me to make a lace lanyard.

CROCHET COLLAR

I'm thinking of getting back into Etsy. Maybe I'll man up and deal with shipping.

SUMMER NEGLECT

Soooo, what have I been doing these past few months? Finding a summer job, going to a wedding reception, playing Pokemon Conquest, going to Bon dances, feeling the urge to buy and learn how to play a shinobue (Japanese flute). It's so easy to neglect the internet.

This is from Maui when I went to the wedding reception. The wind was whipping the sand EVERYWHERE. I used oil pastels, but it's difficult to mix the color you want. (I really like the female in the foreground's colors, but she ruins the composition!)