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Public Domain Images and Free-Motion Embroidery

February 12, 2013by Shiyra 1 Comment

I discovered another wonderful source for free public domain images at Karen’s Whimsy with a very generous ‘Terms of Use.’ She allows these images to be used freely for personal […]

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Clip Art, Illustration, Illustration Resources, Sewing

Unique and free gift tags!

December 13, 2012by siobhanabonbon 1 Comment

While flicking through the multitude of christmas catalogues coming in the mail, I started cutting out the little christmas pictures I liked, I didn’t know why but I’m glad I […]

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Clip Art, Crafts

Collage

October 17, 2012by siobhanabonbon Leave a comment

I was twelve when I first ripped up mounds of magazines stealing all the models eyes. My dad never forgot it and reminds me often so I’m trying it again […]

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Clip Art, Crafts, Kids

Liam’s Pictures from Old Books

June 25, 2012by Shiyra Leave a comment

Liam’s Pictures from Old Books. This Website has some amazing engravings, including lettering and borders, from old books that are very beautiful and rare. The website is a bit confusing […]

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Clip Art

Shadowfolds in Fabric

June 18, 2012by Shiyra Leave a comment

Last week I received this book in the mail from my Amazon Wishlist (thank you Adam!). It is gorgeous and has some amazing fabric manipulation techniques called “shadowfolds,” a type of origami for fabric. These are […]

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Recycling Crayons

June 18, 2012by Shiyra Leave a comment

Whenever we go out to a family-friendly restaurants, they always give the kids those 4-pack of crayons which is great, but they get broken-up pretty quickly. I decided that I […]

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Crafts, Kids

Art session with Ruth du Plessis and Cris Gherman

June 16, 2012by ruthiedp 1 Comment

Well, this is my second time to write this post because I suck at computers, I swear I wasn’t meant for this century. Anyways… Last night me and Cris had […]

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Painting

Find a Use for Junk Mail

June 14, 2012by Shiyra 2 Comments

There are a couple things I like to do with the junk mail flyers, pamphlets, catalogs, and magazines that stuff my mailbox every week. Also, sometimes you will find a nice […]

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Clip Art, Mixed Media, Uncategorized

VintageFeedsacks: Free vintage clip art

June 1, 2012by Shiyra Leave a comment

This blog has some amazing free vintage clip art for download.

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Clip Art, Illustration Resources, Mixed Media, Recommendations

hitRECord

May 31, 2012by Shiyra Leave a comment

What Is hitRECord? “Hello, RegularJOE here. HITRECORD is an open collaborative production company, and this website is where we make things together. Writers, musicians, filmmakers, video editors, animators, illustrators, photographers, […]

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