Originally published at Confessions of a Seamstress as a guest post. Today I'm going to teach you how to dye fabric using crayons! You can make something like this: It all began with Ukrainian eggs! A couple of months ago, I was excitedly talking to my art teacher about pysanky, in which eggshells are decorated with bright dyes using a wax-resist technique. This...
click to enlarge I have a really wonderful sister. A couple of days ago, I realized that I needed a few photos of a water fairy for the magazine. A fairy with wavy blonde hair, a white dress, and blue wings... I've made my little sister dress up in all sorts of costumes and pause in the middle of many games in order...
The St. Louis Catholic Writer's Guild was featured in the St. Louis Review, a publication of the Archdiocese of St. Louis! Yes, I know, you're wondering what I'm doing at a Writer's Guild. I'm an artist, right? Well, writing is still one of my passions (I wrote a novel when I was 13! It's absolutely horrible!). I do a lot of writing, although I...
Bow ties are cool. (I'm not going to stop quoting the Doctor until things stop reminding me of the Doctor. I should have made this cuff out of blue wire, then I could have called it the TARDIS Ear Cuff!) In case you haven't heard of ear cuffs before, they are basically jewelry for your ears that don't require piercings! They are comfier...
photo illustration by yours truly Today I interrupt your ordinary arts-and-crafts posts to say, "UNICYCLING SHOULD TOTALLY BE AN OLYMPIC SPORT! While I love the fact that unicycling is very unique I certainly wouldn't mind it becoming popular and having talented athletes explore the depths of what can be done on one wheel. I've been bit by the Olympic spirit, having watched every...
By this time, most of you have already begun the school year. I was going through my assignments from last year so that Mom could send in my transcript, and realized that I did a lot of doodling. In the spirit of being bored during class (yes, it does occasionally happen to homeschoolers!), I present... *great fanfare* Random doodles from junior year! Really, there...
