Natalie Makes Stuff

Etsy

2008-04-22T15:45:00.000-04:00

I know I havent been here lately... I've been busy setting up my new Etsy shop! Check it out!

http://snarkymark.etsy.com

Mystery Project

2008-02-16T16:44:00.002-05:00

Don't have much to report... but can you guess what I'm making now? Here's a hint:

Purple Hipster and some Unfinished Business

2008-02-06T19:30:00.002-05:00

And once again a month passes between blog posts. Sorry. Nothing's really been going on. Same old stuff... school, work, the slow decline of my sanity... nothing out of the ordinary. :p I wish I was still on winter break... so much time to craft!!

I haven't been completely craft-less. I whipped up this set to keep warm during classes (I swear the damn A/C is on in the Arts and Humanities building... in February!) I call it my Purple hipster Cowl and Mitts Set. I don't know, it just looked really hip to me. I love the color, it's some mystery yarn I got from my cousin for Christmas. It's really soft. Okay, well on to the pictures. My lovely friend Danielle is modeling!!

It's all done in double crochet, no pattern. It was pretty easy.

I have a couple WIPs right now, the oldest is this Lion Brand Tunic Top that's been sitting around for a while. I ran out of yarn and apparently Wal Mart doeant carry the colorway anymore? I might just frog it, I dont know if the end result will be as awesome as I am expecting.

Here's a picture of what it's supposed to look like:

(Let's give credit where credit is due, now... I got this picture off carriem's page on Ravelry... Look how cute it looks!)

I'm doing mine in dark gray:

All out of yarn: :(

I'm also working on an amigurumi octopus... I've got the head and 2 legs done so far. I'll take pics soon.

Okay well I guess I should be studying for this damn Art History test. I love you guys!!

A multitude of hats!!

2007-12-28T20:49:00.002-05:00

...or, "Beaucoup des Chapeaux!!"

Hi everyone! I know it's been a while since I posted, but I have been super-busy with finals and the holidays. I'd like to show you what I did for Christmas presents this year!

I present to you... The "Pretty Puffy Slouchy Hat!" Major kudos to ArghMatey at Craftster.org for the pattern!
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=195823.0

All the hats! I made an additional one in blue that I didn;t take pictures of. The purple one is mine, the green and yellow ones are for my roommates, and the black on was commissioned for a coworker's mom.

The only one I hve pictures of is the green one... but they're all the same so just use your imagination :)

And the best part!!

Sorry for the blurry pic. My boss at work got me these personalized tags to sew in my work. Everything I made this year had one of these babies inside it!!

They were well-recieved, and this pattern was so easy and quick!

I love you guys, hopefully a month won't pass between posts!!

Hooty Who?

2007-11-19T18:02:00.001-05:00

OKay guys here's another coupla projects from 2-D Design class...

Color Theory project- "Design a mock-up for a stained glass window."
18"x24" on drawing paper. Gouache.

Symbolism Project- "Create an animal portrait using only symbols."
14"x17" on drawing paper. Micron pen.

Oh yeah... thousands and thousands of tiny little circles. And to add to it, I drew the WHOLE thing out in pencil first! Whew!

Finals are coming up so I'll be super busy for the next two weeks... but expect some Christmas project posts!

Peace and love y'all :)

Altered Altoid Tin for another swap

2007-11-04T16:30:00.001-05:00

So for this swap I had to alter an Altoid tin according to a theme and make things to go inside it fitting with the theme. The theme was "dreams".

The tin closed. It says "Dreams are illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you. -Marsha Norman"

the bottom of the tin. It says "You are looking at a figment of my imagination. A fantastic notion made real".

opened up! It says "All poetic inspiration is but dream interpretation".

Now for the goodies!

Magnets with dream meanings on them; windows, flowers, and cages, respectively.

A little accordion book...

...that opens to pictures and dream meanings!

She also raises rats, so I embroidered her a rat patch...

This was the first time I've decoupaged in a loooooong time... but now I'm hooked!! Will definitely be trying this again soon!

The Beginning

2007-10-27T21:50:00.001-04:00

So... I made a craft blog. Let's see how this goes.

I guess my first project showcased can be this scarf I made for a swap on Craftster.org.

It's a black fleece backing with pieces of a thrifted vintage shirt I got for a dollar!!

Here's a closeup. I whipstitched the seams by hand because I broke my last topstitching needle!

The giraffe likes it!!

I also included a matching pouch.

It's just an old black T-shirt I cut up. The lining is the same fabric as the scarf.

Vintage button goodness!!

My swap partner liked it :)

Well I might go back and put all my old Myspace project posts on here. We'll see how motivated I get :)

Peace yall