Still playing with CorelDrawX6! Ultimately, what I want to do is make laser cut pendants based on my mandalas using Ponoko, and possibly some hair forks as well. Right now it's just getting used to the program.
I hope you enjoy this mandala using the heart posted the other day. Click on the images for larger versions.
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This morning we went to Value Village for their 50% off sale. TG was thrilled to find a nice big piece of black vinyl, and I picked up a lot of cross stitch fabric. We also found two short sleeved shirts in my husband's size since his current job allows more casual dress. I'm eager to see what TG makes with the vinyl.
In the near future if you read and get updates from feed or email subscription, you'll see a sponsored post giveaway, which I'm mentioning because there are actually two photos of me in that post! Since generally I'm extremely camera shy, my husband was thrilled that I let him take my picture. I hope you all really enjoyed the weekend!
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It all smells wonderful. My photo shows it on my towel, just taken out of my gym bag. The scent alone inspired some of the women I work out to ask me about it.
The skin prep cleanser is low-sudsing, and it's the start of the whole system, getting your skin clean for the rest of the products. The facial scrub has little beads in it that dissolve as your scrubbing, it's very soft and gentle. Nothing like the harsh scrubs that you may have used as a teen. The mask tightens and tones, while drawing out impurities.
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Above is the before picture. Me, without make up on a windy day. But the line on my forehead isn't from the wind or the sun, it's a concentration line. My mother had one too, and it's the reason I have bangs. When I was younger, I used a piece a tape on my forehead to remind me not to scrunch up my face when concentrating, since I haven't done that in a couple decades, the line took.
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Usually I don't post videos, but this one was too cute.
I loved Zombie Felties and Steampunk Softies by Nicola Tedman and Sarah Skeate, and I'm looking forward to Beaded Bugs by Nicola Tedman and Jean Powers. So I fully expected to love Zodiac Felties.
The tiny finished dolls could be sewn to pin backs, glued to magnets or have a small loop sewn on the back to add to key rings. They could also be used in a mobile.
It's the attention to detail that make these charming and inspiring.The dolls are hand stitched, with beads, charms and embroidery to add character. In this book, the representations are artistic, however since the shapes are simple you can modify the accessories to match personality with astrological symbol.
If you're a beginner at hand sewing, miniature sewing or embroidery, the beginning of the book shows good diagrams of all the stitches you'll need to know and talks about the tools necessary. The templates for the dolls are provided full size to scan and print or copy if you access to a copy machine. Because the shapes are overlapped, you'll need to make a couple copies of some of the pages. Otherwise you could trace them using tracing paper then use the tracing paper patterns to make sturdier templates using cardboard, which is the method I used. I keep the templates in envelopes marked with which pattern it is, and the page number.
I'm absolutely charmed by the planetary figures which aren't part of the astrological symbols as well. The sun is yellow and bright looking with tear drop pearl finish accents and pearly eyes. The moon has her eyes closed and hair accented by sparkling clouds.
At the end of the book is a background you can scan and copy to make cards to gift the finished felties. It's the same sort of pretty art that the rest of the book is photographed in.
I recommend this to crafters 12 and up because of the diminutive size of the felties and the tiny detail work.
Published by Andrews McMeel Publishing.
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Today I was playing with CorelDrawX6, and made this simple heart to color. There will be a mandala with the same heart later. Click on the images for larger versions.
