Felted Roses

How pretty!!!



I think these are some of the most beautiful things I've seen made from wool felt. Lily and Susanna a.k.a Crafts2Cherish really know their roses.








Lovely...

Blue LED Light Flower

I've been experimenting with some LED lights I got from IKEA and some 5-petal flowers I made from baby blue card stock, and the results can be seen in the following images.



The LED lights are battery operated with 10 white lights in a row. I glued 2 5-petal leaf flowers and then poked 10 little holes for the lights. Once they are lit, the glare of the LEDs is pretty sharp, so to diffuse it I used white tissue paper curled up in the shape of an abstract rose and glued to the smaller of the two flowers.






You can see how sort of eary they look in the dark. I think I'll create a few more just to see how they would look scattered about the room.

25 People, 25 Bucks, 25 Pieces of Art

Liz Noonan is an artist who likes to work with re-purposed materials, or what other people consider "trash". Her latest project is on Kickstarter and it's pretty amazing.
Check it out!



Liz basically needs 25 people to send her stuff they no longer need, but find it hard to let go (like old T-shirts, or plates, or any other item or series of items dear to them, but no longer useful).
She will then figure out how to arrange the whole and create a work of art.

I can't wait to see the results.

Good Luck Liz!!!

People Too

Today I found these amazing paper people creations on PeopleToo.ru. You can also see more paper creations on their blog.



I'm still in awe...

More Paper Flowers

Hi everyone!! I hope you've had a nice start of the year, and are on your way to fulfilling your New Year's resolutions :)

For my first blog post this year, I decided to go back to my love for all flowers made from paper.



I made these flowers some time ago from card stock (some petals were lightly tinted with ink and chalk), and also wire, silver, pearl and buttons for accents. I'm currently working on paper flowers with LED lights, so I'll post the results once they are ready. Stay tuned...



In the meantime, enjoy some eco-friendly flowers I found from one of my favorite Etsy shops: TANGLeAndFold. One of the things I love about them is that they are green - and so beautifully constructed from up-cycled magazines and books by Jonathan from TANGLeAndFold.