Megan's Iris Cross Stitch

This just in... a picture of Megan's cross stitch from Sunday's brunching and crafting!

Painted Panel

Megan and I got together for a couple hours this morning for brunch and crafting. I painted a canvas panel and she worked on a small flower cross-stitch. My panel is displayed here; unfortunately, I forgot to snap a picture of Megan's cross-stitch. This is the first panel in a series of three of four, to be completed someday.

Christmas Cards

Sometime during last year, Megan introduced me to embossing. I already have a million stamps, but they are so much cooler when you use embossing powder and a heat gun. We made Christmas cards this past year. Most of my cards had some embossing, ribbon, and holiday confetti. Here is an example.

Glass Bead Necklaces

I'm fairly inpatient and I like hobbies where you can achieve something in a relatively short period of time. I started playing with beads about 5 or so years ago when my sister and I made beaded hair pins, which we called "hair dinkies". As with most of my hobbies, I got bored and lost interest pretty quickly; however, as beading has become more popular in recent years, the selection at the craft store has expanded to include a large variety of very cool beads. I picked up the hobby again a couple years ago, and since, I have made tons of bracelets, necklaces, and earrings. Here is a necklace that I recently made as a birthday gift. Unfortunately, not everyone appreciates the the effort it takes to produce a nice looking piece of jewelry, though. :)

Wire for Jewelry

Last year I decided I wanted to start using wire, so I bought some neat little contraptions: a deluxe thing-a-ma-jig and a coiling gizmo, a book called Bead on a Wire, and a bunch of wire in various colors and gauges. Then, I proceeded to make this one bead (June 2007).

Using wire was a requires a little more start-up than I anticipated, so I haven't had much time to pursue it. I think the next wire project I do will involve making jewelry with glass beads. I am also interested in making chain mail bracelets with jump rings:

Introducing MyCrart

This is a blog about the crart that my buddies and I make, that's craft + art, not to be confused with crap + art. :) Each posting will describe a project that someone worked on and have a picture of the end product. I expect common crart contributers to be Allison, Richard, Megan, Stephanie, and me.