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Flickr Favorites Friday 11.19.2010

This week is all about pencil rolls. Nice, bright, colorful, full-of-rainbows pencil rolls. I plan on making one of these for my daughter for Christmas, and where else would I turn but Flickr and maybe Etsy for inspiration :)

Oh, Fransson!

1. Untitled, 2. Colored Pencils roll, 3. colored pencil roll, 4. colored pencil roll, 5. colored pencil roll, 6. Colored Pencil Roll, 7. Colored Pencil Roll, 8. Buntstiftrolle, 9. 20PencilRoll1

Three Peas

heatherfish on Etsy

littlestitchesbylisa on Etsy

WIP Wednesday/My Creative Space

I found this adorable owl magnet on Etsy a few weeks back and realized it would make for a very cute embroidery project.


I'm having a whole lot of fun working on this and can't wait till its finished!

Flickr Favorites Friday 11.12.2010

1. Funfair Rainbow, 2. GRAFFITI_CHIPPENDALE_1005 - 6, 3. toy blocks in rainbow colors, 4. Colored Succulent, 5. 5/365,i love trees! :), 6. 水面彩虹, 7. Rainbow Lazy Daisy 004, 8. Rainbow Afghan, 9. Light Harp Rainbow, 10. my colors, 11. Stitched Color Pallette, 12. Rainbow Trout?, 13. Rainbow Cake - Wizard of Oz farmhouse cake cut, 14. Seventeen, 15. snowed in, 16. Rainbow Hurl

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It has been too long since I've done one of these, which is too bad, because they are so fun! A few things on my mind:

1. I've had Photoshop Elements for almost two years and have barely used it until recently. That is completely unacceptable. I've started to realize how a little photoediting can really perk up a photograph, and I'm going to start this more regularly. It's also fun to take a picture and take a little artistic license with it. That's what drew me to the succulent picture.
2. Now that cooler weather is upon is I've gotten the crochet bug again. I haven't done any since last winter and was worried that I wouldn't remember. Luckily once I got started my hands took care of the rest. I hope to crank out some stuff soon.
   
3. And that rainbow afghan above? To.die.for. So colorful and cozy.
   
4. I can't wait to start my crazy quilt, but unfortunately I don't want to start till I've got the stash I feel I need to work on it. Must buy fabric. And ribbon. And lace. And other pretty things :)
5. I'm soon to start a fun embroidery project. I found the most adorable button on Etsy and felt it would make a cute embroidery hoop artwork. Pictures to follow!
   

Flickr Favorites Friday 10.8.2010

I had intended to post one of these last week, but I've been so busily embroidering that most everything else I'd like to do for fun has been getting pushed aside. I fully expect blistered (or at least heavily calloused) fingers by the time I've finished this quilt.

Here is my weekly dose of rainbow love.


1. toy, 2. DSC03041, 3. Colors of play, 4. Paintbox Quilt :: Hand Quilted... and finished!, 5. In Rainbows, 6. Elaine's Rainbow, 7. DQS8 # 2 quiltie - 'Rainbow Girl', 8. Rainbow, 9. pencil roll, 10. doll quilt swap - round 9, 11. Fat Quarterly Quilt along- final layout, 12. Slow growth, 13. Tęczowy deszcz, 14. I heart 'Glee'!, 15. Orbit Brooch (rainbow), 16. Organized embroidery floss

So many creative rainbows this week. I'm looking for new projects to explore once this quilt is finished, and these certainly are getting my mind going. With the return of cooler weather I'm getting the crocheting itch again, so it might be time to start practicing my granny squares. :) Also, even though I've been embroidering until my fingers hurt and my joints are achy, I'm really loving it and am looking forward to beginning a project for myself rather than for someone else. Christmas is also just around the corner, so I have to start working on the present ideas I have going through my head. Too many ideas!