Thursday, September 24, 2009

Morgan's Box



This is Ruthie and this is the box she made for her friend Morgan:


Aside from the wonderful hand-painted stripes and hand-drawn name, I am so impressed with how classy a simple cardboard box can look. What a great way to repurpose material and what a wonderful gift for a friend. Well done Ruthie!

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Sundays are Lovely



I spent my Sunday afternoon at Sky Dive San Diego. What did you do?

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Creation ~ In Progress

A few shots of the class at work:


More to come as our creations continue!

Saturday, September 5, 2009

School is Back in Session

I'm teaching an elective (called X-block at our school) for any students who want to craft or D.I.Y. We meet three days a week and the students are working independently on what ever they're passionate about. This little notebook lunchbag was so back-to-school-y that I couldn't resist posting it as possible inspiration for some of the kids who still may not know what to do as their first project.

A lot of the students have already posted their projects in the comments section of my post below entitled "What are you Working on?"

I am going to emphasize using available resources this semester for our crafting and DIY projects, especially on repurposing items for something new. Do you have any examples of repurposed items that have been given new life? I'll post great examples here from time to time to show you my inspiration. Here's one that I thought was wonderful:


This is via Design*Sponge. It is a filing cabinet that has been repurposed as a planter. Brilliant! and beautiful!!

Thursday, September 3, 2009

What are You Working On?



I've been wanting to make a cloth pennant/banner for quite a while. This is one from Sweet Jessie's Shop on Etsy.com. I'm going to start with a paper pennant first in a fall theme for a craft swap I'm participating in.



I also want to whip up some of the boxes I mentioned in this post for some of the new teachers at my school.

What are you working on?