I just wanted to clarify… I know that I said they were completely handstitched but they are MOSTLY handstitched.. lol! The pumpkins are sewn by machine to make the round and all the details are added in by hand stitching (instead of gluing). I will show you how it’s done when I do the UStream video next week. The “pattern” for this came from Fiskars online. My Ustream channel will be located here: The Inky Smiles Craft Lounge I…
This week I’ve been having some fun shopping for fabric and drawing up patterns for some ideas for future projects. I have all these ideas rolling around in my head and I’m trying to stay off the computer and actually DO some crafting 🙂 It’s fall and I am so ready for the colors and textures and crisp cool air of fall, but it’s been in the 90’s this week. Yes, I know we live in a desert, but it’s…
For all my beautiful and wonderful sisters! Thanks to Beverly for posting this on her FB profile yesterday! Quoting Bev .. “Love this song Shaggy, but where’s my big and beautiful white women represented? LOL!” It’s a catchy and uplifting little tune. I hope you enjoy it! ~Inky Smiles! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mILsx_c-vXw&fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6]
So I’ve had this hankering for the past several weeks to SEW something.. something other than paper…. Poor Bernie (my Bernina Activa 240) has been staring at me from where she’s been sitting on the floor in my studio and I swear if she had puppy eyes, she’d have been using them… LOL! ANyway.. yesterday I was perusing the internet and came across a fun little project on the Fiskars website. Oooh La La! I found me a project.. and…
I just woke up from a Sunday afternoon nap and remembered I needed to post about the Where In The World photo guessing contest and a blog candy winner… Here’s the photo again: There were several guesses and you are all right.. it was taken in Yellowstone National Park and that is the Firehole River. This photo is looking back towards the Upper Geyser Basin (which is where you would find the Old Faithful area). If you turn to the…
I have been on a much needed vacation with my sweet husband in one of the most beautiful places on God’s great earth. We just returned home this evening and I couldn’t resist starting to edit pics. Can you guess where we went? Bonus points if you can tell me where EXACTLY this is in this great place we vacationed. 🙂 Leave me a comment and your guess and I will draw a name on Sunday for a fun little…
Hey friends! Just popping in to let you know that I have changed the way I do comments here at Inky Smiles. For the longest time I had the word verification… but if you’re like me, that’s really annoying and you don’t usually comment when you have to go through the extra steps of word verification. So I took that feature off Inky Smiles’ comment form. For a while it was ok, but then I was getting the ickiest comments…
Hi Friends! It’s been a busy few/several weeks here at the Inky Smiles house. We’ve been CANNING (tomatoes, peaches, cucumbers). ‘Nuff Said. LOL! However, I did find some time to spend in my studio and play around with some crafty things. My friend, Jeanne, had a birthday last week and I had this little gem ready and waiting to be sent to her for the longest time. I cut out butterflies from misc papers from my stash and placed them…
We’ve hit MONSOON season here in Utah. The weatherman has said we’d have “monsoonal moisture” the last couple of days and today… well, yesterday we had gale force winds and a doozy of a rainstorm and this afternoon we’ve had even more incredible gale force winds and one heck of a hail and rainstorm. This wasn’t just a downpour… it was an angry rain… it came down and pelted the flowers and plants in my garden and caused a great…
I ran across this quote today. I’ve been really thinking about “the important things” and what I focus my energy on and have been trying to redirect some of that limited energy on some very important things. “We become so caught up in the busyness of our lives. Were we to step back, however, and take a good look at what we’re doing, we may find that we have immersed ourselves in the ‘thick of thin things.’ In other words,…