Tag Archives: creative life

Findings–07/01/16

Can you believe it is July already? Where does the time go? But, it’s also Friday, so I have a bunch of new links to stories, tutorials, comics and more about cross-stitch, embroidery, art and books. Here are this week’s … Continue reading

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Findings–6/24/16

It’s Friday! Time for “Findings,” my weekly round-up of links to needlework news, literature, art and more from my wanderings around the web each week. Here are this week’s links: Have you ever wanted to try tinting? The embroidery page … Continue reading

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Findings–06/10/16

TGIF! It’s Friday, and that means it is time for another Findings post, my weekly round-up of links about needlework, art, books, and more from my wanderings around the Internet each week. I’m a librarian, what can I say? I … Continue reading

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Findings–05/20/16

Findings is my weekly roundup of links about art, needlework and literature from my wanderings around the web. Here are this week’s links: Lizzie Kate takes us on a tour of Picture This Plus. I love seeing behind the scenes … Continue reading

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How I Travel with My Cross-Stitch Projects

This week I wanted to share some of my project bags and how I travel with my cross-stitch projects, even if I’m only travelling to work and back. I have seen so many fancy bags and travel cases online, including some incredible … Continue reading

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Findings–5/13/16

Findings is my weekly roundup of art, literature and needlework-inspired links from my wanderings around the web. Here are this week’s links: Chicago artist Jane Labowitch creates her amazing illustrations using an Etch-A-Sketch. The V&A Museum in London has an exhibition … Continue reading

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Findings–5/6/16

My sense of the passing of the days is really off this week. I have been working overnight shifts all week because the university library where I work is open 24 hours during finals. Staying up all night hasn’t really been … Continue reading

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Findings–4/29/16

TGIF! This has been an unusual week. On Tuesday my husband and I packed a few things, got in the car and drove to Lexington, KY — over 300 miles — to see Pearl Jam at the Rupp Arena. It … Continue reading

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Findings–04/15/16

TGIF! It’s time for another roundup of links from my travels around the web this week: Artist Satoru Aoyama adds embroidery stitches to vintage black-and-white photos to create mixed media works of art. Open Culture has the scoop on where you can download … Continue reading

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A UFO Returns, a Guild Exhibit, Sketches and More

After finishing stitching the “Vintage Eggs” cross-stitch ornament series by The Prairie Schooler last week, I am taking a little break. I’m not sure what big (or little) needlework project I want to start next, so I dragged out a … Continue reading

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