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Woodish Loveliness

1. ACEO- She wore Beauty Brown - Original fabric/colored pencil on wood art, 2. Live stump, 3. rabbit companions flee scene, 4. Green Room Sketch- print of original drawing on wood, 5. powerful books, 6. Wood slice

I know I said I was going to get out the rotary cutter this weekend but I got a bit carried away with some organic stencilling.

Claire's gorgeous spray job & the promise of that wonderful patchwork skirted girl as well as Anna Laura's recent Mary Jane shoes have been racing around my already jumbled brain for a couple of weeks. Then I came across this mud stencil.

The recent wood obsession - a simple stencil design of my muse & I was away.

The Mud Stencil genius has a how to on his blog here.

This is what I did -

Cut: the stencil. I used a laminating pouch. It worked really well. I probably should have left it there but I laminated it. It buckled a teeny bit but there was no way I was going to cut it again. I just went for it. I told myself it would need to be tough to handle the mud!

Next: mix the mud. I just dug up a bit of dirt from the garden & mixed water in until it was sort of a bechamel sauce consistency.

Stencil: the design onto the timber. I used spray adhesive & that did the trick with the first stencil.

I did a couple more onto watercolour paper which worked OK but I didn't wipe the stencil or reapply the adhesive (& I got a bit too confident). I probably should have done both those things (& kept my ego in check).

All in all I'm pretty happy with the way my organic stencil turned out.

Here's the how to for my wrist cuff. This cuff makes an excellent gift & is a fairly quick & easy project.

You should be able to pick up vinyl off cuts from your local hardware or flooring shop.

Obviously you could stitch text or basic images using the same technique. Just be careful not to make your design too detailed...you'll drive yourself crazy.

How To Make a Wrist Cuff - faux wood & embroidered.View more presentations from kootoyoo.

- You can pick up the print friendly PDF tutorial here...
how to make a wrist cuff

I'm planning on doing more "how to" posts this year. I've made myself a rule ... but it's a bit early to say if I'll stick to it. I really enjoy making them & it's all about keeping me motivated.

OR maybe you'd like to come to a HAC workshop to make it with me? If I get enough interest I'll go ahead.

Date: Saturday 6th February 1-5pm
Venue: Balwyn TBC
Cost: $55 includes all materials & refreshments
Email: to register your interest kootoyooATgmailDOTcom with HAC 6th February in the subject line.

Well my family of Matryoshka is finished.

I'm pretty happy with the result. I embroidered the faces before I glued the fabric & the embroidery to the timber matryoshka.

They look pretty good with the exception of the small who looks like a cross between an evil warrior & a pineapple.

It's really hard to embroider on a circle so small. Next time I'll do the embroidery before I cut the circle. I've begun a new obsession thanks to this project - Wood.

I've been looking at woodish loveliness as well as some truly magnificent art over at Geninne's Art Blog. It is one of the most special places I've visited. Do yourself a favour & go here. To see her beautiful birds on wood follow this link & scroll down to the 2nd of February.

High 5 to Pip for this.

5 favourite thoughts, which turned into clicks, which turned into more thoughts from this week.

1. It's all about the pincushion & as a result I've found...
2. Namolio ... just beautiful, beautiful pieces.
3. Crochet doilies. I'm really quite obsessed - I think it was the refashion of the chair...
4. which leads me to wood & specifically the burning of wood.
5. I've been thinking about cushions for my couch too. Check out this lovely space.

I think it's finished. I haven't used the white...I thought maybe it might be too much. What do you think? It was made using the off cuts from the e.a.t lights I made for the kitchen last year.

Yesterday I worked on this in the sweltering heat & ate my weight in Cyclones & Lemonade Icy Poles.

I'm planning more of the same today. I've got some more faux wood embroidery plans & a "how to" for this cuff on the way as well.

mean it.

I like it over there - they get me thinking & just at the moment I'm really enjoying the free flowing thoughts & ideas at make & meaning.

More faux wood embroidery. I'm obsessed...I'm breathing, dreaming, running & "zoning" this stuff. I love it!