Apples Of My Eyes » bead http://www.applesofmyeyes.com All the things that make me happy Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:21:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Shrinky Doodle Dinks http://www.applesofmyeyes.com/2010/01/shrinky-doodle-dinks/ http://www.applesofmyeyes.com/2010/01/shrinky-doodle-dinks/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:54:21 +0000 RaShell http://www.applesofmyeyes.com/?p=464 So, this is how it works in my house… I take out my “craft” thingies, and 3 seconds I’m getting mobbed by my girl squad, asking “Can I do that too? Can I have this paper? Can I use your markers?..” Which is pretty cool, and I hope they will share my “oh, I can make anything, if I feel like it” attitude :) But, they are also like a hurricane (or rather, 2 hurricanes) leaving path of distraction in their wake, which is the main reason I do most of my ‘crafting’ when they’re already in bed ;)
Among the debris left after my daughters’ creative endeavors, was this pile of shrinky dink plastic, from which they carefully cut out their pieces and left big chunks unused.

So, one quiet winter evening, I set up on a mission to make something out of nothing, so to speak. Here is how it went. I cut the leftovers into random shapes, smoothing sharp edges (or sometimes making them) and punching holes as I went. Then I proceeded with doodling on these shapes (some are kinda matching, but mostly it’s as random as the shapes themselves)

After all pieces were cut, punched and drawn upon, I colored them with bright pencils and metallic pens before laying them all out on a lined pan, just so:

The results are very cute, I think. They are rather small (see them next to a quarter), but bright and funky. I’m not sure what I’m going to do with all of them (I’m not meticulous enough to be a good jewelry maker, unfortunately)… we’ll see. Maybe they will magically appear in the Wearable Doodles section of my Doodlage Shop with hand painted wooded beads.


I am quite happy with how these little gems came out and that I saved from being wasted some of the expensive shrinking plastic. How do you make good use of your crafting leftovers? Share, please :)

]]> http://www.applesofmyeyes.com/2010/01/shrinky-doodle-dinks/feed/ 1 Four Seasons http://www.applesofmyeyes.com/2009/10/four-seasons/ http://www.applesofmyeyes.com/2009/10/four-seasons/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:55:09 +0000 RaShell http://www.applesofmyeyes.com/?p=247 I am always strongly inspired by the change of weather… Fall is definitely one of the most dramatic seasons around here. Bright, bold colors, crisp cool air and smell of leaves is almost euphoric ;) So, of course, year after year, as soon as the leaves start to change, I begin drawing them on every surface I can get my paws on :) And even though this year’s autumn certainly sucked big time, weather wise, it was not an exception, in terms of my artistic inspiration. I started with a leaf/berry covered rock, which actually made it into Etsy’s Twitter Picks Gift Guide: fall leaves foliage etsy painted rock doodle Then moved on to the large wooden beads. These beauties feature all 4 seasons: fall summer winter spring seasons etsy painted rock doodle And now I’m getting ready for winter. Large collection of blue/silver doodled rocks ( just like snowflakes, and no 2 will be the same) is coming right up. Here’s a little preview: winter snowflake etsy painted rock doodle

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