Craftiness Abounds

Here is a sneak peek at the inventory I have been building for the launch of my new etsy store and design studio. Today I will be constructing tags, packaging and taking photos of all these lovely goodies. Vive la DIY revolution!!!

DIY in 2010!

I have been prepping to launch a line of handmade goods up on my Etsy shop. Here is a sneak preview of what's to come...

More Christmas Projects

Last night I made these hand made, hand printed books. Even made some sweet graph paper...

Christmas Shenanigans

So every year, I love to set myself up for possible disappointment by making everyone stuff for Christmas. This year is no different, as I have also decided to bake everyone goodies too. Well last night I tried to get most of the fun designy stuff out of the way. So here are some sneak peeks of what i was doing.

How to Make a Stamp for Handprinting, Part Deux

This is a stamp I made over the weekend. Its a method that was explained in the book Printing by Hand. I can't wait to make more and stamp on fabric! On the last page of instructions I show a couple of printing examples. Cheers!

How to Make a Stamp for Handprinting

My LOVE LOVE LOVE for printing stuff came with being a designer (of course) and taking this great class in college called "Exploring the Book." I learned a variety of letterpress printing techniques and picked up some great additional hand printing ideas from a book called "Printing by Hand," by Lena Corwin. She has a ton of great projects in there. She prints on fabric, which is something I am definitely going to work towards. I love the ideas in the book because I have very limited space, and all of them you can do on the kitchen table basically. So I hope the tutorial on making a stamp comes in handy, and look for more posts like this with crafty how-to's!