captain underpants

I'll have more pics from this week in Minnesota after I have a chance to download them, but here are some on my SiL's blog of the newest nephew! (and I love the name--how many of you can guess which book inspired it?)

spinal

My friend Marge alerted all her readers to a nifty idea: spine poetry. I was enchanted and decided to give it a try with stuff on my own shelves (though I didn't limit the books to children's stuff).


Enter Three Witches

The Gathering

Righteous Discontent
"Wicked"

Catching Fire
The End of the Beginning
Curtain

tweetie

The dare this week over at Daring Cardmakers features one of my most favoritist things: birds!


I went with a chickadee, using a wall stencil to paint the bird. Inside is blank, as I'm not sure what I'll use it for yet, but it's so nice and sunny that it probably should be a get well-type card!

seedart

When's the last time you did bean art?

I wish I could remember, as it's pretty nifty when you think about it. That time might be as far back as elementary school art class!

I was reminded of it by this Etsy shop and really wanted to make some. Fortunately for me, we have a bag of old beans from a soup mix in the pantry (I was using them for pie weights, but now I have real pie weights), so I pulled them out and started playing.

This is just a basic layout to get the rudimentary colors set~I'll make the final one a bit bigger with more beans to show variations.

I had been thinking canvas, but Chip suggested I transfer it to a piece of wood, which sounds a little more folksy and fits the style. Now to decide the size of the final project...

store update

Happy Birthday Stamp n' Stitch!

Remember this?

We're celebrating turning two by having a party. With every order placed, you get a treat bag, just like you used to when you were a kid!

So take a moment to browse and order some stuff! Don't forget about birthdays, holidays or weddings that might be coming up in the next few months. Custom orders are welcome!

coloration

This submission for Colorful Monday is a bit of a mystery. The color this time is black and Chip suggested I get a picture of these little seeds (and their pods):

The thing is, neither of us remembers what they are! If anyone can help us out, we would appreciate it.

Update: smart folks have alerted me to the fact that they are nigella seeds. Check out the comments for a nifty link about them!