Embroiderist extraodinaire, local Okie and fabulous gal, Amy Bendel, of Sew Wabi Sabi, has been featured in an interview with Feeling Stitchy...a blog all about embroidery. They have tutorials and feature all kinds of cool crafty chicks and their work. Get to know more about Amy and her stitchery...and learn how to get started yourself.
MORE COOL EMBROIDERY LINKS:
+ Jenny Hart (Sublime Stitching)
These fabulous crafty chickies organize this website so the rest of us can find cool indie shows around the country and beyond to sale our goodies...it also helps us to promote what we are doing at The Girlie Show. The Indie Craft Show Database is your connection to crafting events of all sorts. It is a user-driven calendar of craft shows, trunk shows, festivals, any anywhere else you can buy or sell totally awesome handmade goods. Best of all, it's completely FREE to list an event or browse the listings.
They also have great articles and resources on "Craft Show Success" for those new to the scene. We so love these girls at Indie Craft Shows!
My Little Mochi shares her tutorial for making this adorable fabric box. It's a snap...easy directions and so so cute. I use these to hold all my jewels and you can make them to match your decor. Love it! Make one too!
And, check out My Little Mochi's blog...such a cutie!
This lovely lady gives reviews, articles, features, rant and raves on all things design related and found on etsy.com. So, if you are looking for the coolest things possible on Etsy and don't have the time to search around, go to Best of Etsy for the insight.
Check out this cool tutorial from Fluffyland! Make your own Starburst wrapper bracelet or a purse or a hat or whateva you want. This reminds me of when I was a kiddo and made these with Wrigley's gum wrappers. Anything will work...just try this technique. Thanks Fluffyland for sharing your How-to!
MAKE THIS TOO!
This is another example of how to use recycled objects to weave very cool products.
Tiffany Tomato's tutorial shows how to make a basket out of plastic bags. Excellent! We love this!
HANDS-ON JEWELRY EXHIBIT - CALL FOR ARTISTS
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This innovative approach to the exhibition of art jewelry will coincide with Framing · The Art of Jewelry (on view January 19 - May 11, 2008), an exhibition of selected works from the forthcoming Metalsmith: Exhibition in Print 2007, curated by Ellen Lupton. Together, the three exhibitions will provide multiple ways for audiences to consider the art jewelry object: in print, in a museum exhibition and through interaction.
Eligibility: open to international artists and designers
Media: art jewelry/mixed media
Entry fee: $15
Jurors: Rebecca Scheer, Rachelle Thiewes, Namita Gupta Wiggers
Deadline to apply: 5pm on August 15, 2007 - this is not a postmark deadline
For further information contact Kat Perez, Curatorial Assistant: kperez@contemporarycrafts.org | 503.223.2654
We have a winner! We are proud to announce that Jessica Beethe, local artist extraordinaire and just all-around cool chick, is the recipient of the first official Girlie Show $1000 scholarship!
Jessica is a senior at Oklahoma Christian University school of Art + Design as well as a partner in local design studio, Red House Studios.
Her paintings and illustrations demonstrate the depth of her conceptual thinking and ability to translate the whims of her imagination into palpable expressions of emotion and feeling. She describes her work as “a journey down the hole of humanity, focusing on the female’s inner form from a surface glance; their mysteriousness and grace coupled with nature’s animalistic turmoil.”
Jessica is a dynamic individual who is going to contribute much to the Oklahoma art scene – and we are proud to be a part of making it happen.
Congratulations Jessica! You rock!
