I was hoping to have the time and inspiration to create some user friendly crafts but- no luck. Instead my constant bird muse has enticed me to make wire bird ornaments that are impossible to duplicate. One of a kind is nice but not when you want to make a post of how to make something!
Here are some pictures anyway. The “hope” ornament is inspired by our new president elect.
You’ll find more on etsy.
Just kidding, we both copied calder it seems. I really love the new catalog on their site. This past spring I created a similar mobile with copper wire.
SO now that I have finished some gifts from last year maybe I can start on this year’s gifts. I have some fun ideas that I can’t wait to try!
This scarf is soft merino wool and it buttons on the edge so it will not fall off.
I’ve been meaning to make a post about holiday projects but have yet to start those well meaning gift projects. Instead I am finishing a project from last year, a scarf for my daughter. I found a tutorial online about how to make a pom pom- I’ll post her scarf when it is done : )
I’ve been busy in the studio- Yippee!
I am happy to announce that my illustrations were noticed by the folks at illustrophile.
The giveaway winner has been chosen and my little bird and baby have flown away. Michelle, congratulations.
Look for more giveaways in the future which will be easier to enter… I promise!
My family is going away on a trip for the coming week so this is what it feels like at home to pack while your children run around taking out all their toys and playing with the stuff you are packing.
If I was not packing (a chore to me) I’d think they were funny.
The following is a quote from an interesting article I found online: “Most animals – and human children under two years old – see their mirror image as another creature: they don’t realize that it’s really their own reflection. But elephants do. De Waal’s team discovered this with a giant mirror at the Bronx Zoo.
“The elephant had a big mark above its eye and walked up to the mirror and started touching it,” de Waal said, “so the elephant has that kind of self-awareness that you find in children over two.”
It turns out that elephants have an advanced sense of self, which means (in part) that they’re smart enough to be capable of really caring about others. The only other creatures thought to have this ability include apes … and human beings.Take capuchin monkeys: they’re not the brightest lights in the animal kingdom, but behind all that cuteness is the mind of a master problem-solver. Dave Peranteau works with capuchins for Six Flags in New Jersey.
He says they surprise him every day.
“And even on days off, the staff will call and say, ‘You’ll never guess what Jester did today,” he toldSmith.
For instance, Jester, a four-year-old male, taught himself to pick locks well enough to bust out of his cage.
“Not only did he let himself out,” said Peranteau, “but he wanted to have party, so he went around and let all of the other animals in the area out – birds, snakes, coatis, you know, you name it. Everything was out.”
But recent studies at Emory University have shown that capuchins also have the mental capacity to understand concepts like fairness, and sharing with their fellow monkeys. ”
find the entire article here.
When I was a kid my grandparents bought me comic books to encourage me to keep up with swedish. This book is in the comic book format… I love it still! The illustrator’s name is Zdenek Miler.
you can find one of these books in english here.
