Getting Inspired and Making Stuff

I picked up an Artful Blogging 'book-a-zine' over the weekend. I wasn't going to, but as I was flipping through it, I noticed that Amy Powers from Inspire Company was in it (www.inspireco.blogspot.com). Her blog is such a lovely place to visit. Anyway, in one of the other articles I saw a little person made from a spool of thread, a bead and a fabric 'yo-yo'. It was just too too cute!

I don't know if this happens to you, but I get an 'itch' to make something, and if I don't respond in a relatively short period of time I am sure I would break out in hives.

So, I used things that I not only had around the house (ohhhhh. do i ever have things around my house...) I only used things that I had on the main floor, not in my art room. No. I did not touch the sacred stash.

All that means is that this little person could soon be the head of a very very large tribe of little people.

So, I highly recommend that if you blog (you apparently do at least READ them) and you like to make stuff, you would LOVE Artful Blogging.

Since I am reading "The Borrowers" by Mary Norton, I think of mine as a borrower of sorts.

She is a spool of thread, one star anise, a bead with a face colored on with colored pencils and makeup, the hair is a scrap of tea-dyed cheese cloth, the hat is a thimble, her arms (they still need a bit of work) are paper covered wire, the buttons are cloves, her shoes are buttons - two for shoes and one small one to keep it all balanced, she is holding a stalk of lavender, and a small lavender flower serves as a shoelace (that was a happy accident). It is all held together with jewelry glue. I like jewelry glue, as it is quick drying.

I did go to World Market tonight to buy more star anise, which they sell for 99 cents. I dug through every package on the rack, and none of them had truly whole ones. Oh, well. I'm sure I have SOMETHING here that I can use.

Oh! And as an added benefit, my little borrower smells WONDERFUL.