currently crafting.

Happy Thursday!
I am having such a great time exploring a new medium of fabric and thread. I can sew, I have made 2 quilts and many quilt squares...but this is a little different.

For my birthday I asked my girlfriends to get me started with a little embroidery love...and they did a great job! I have a couple of basic books, and I've been watching youtube videos, and immersing myself in blogs on the lovely thready subject...but while I sat in the drs office last week I thought I'll just jump in with both feet and try...no real stitches, just me trying to draw with thread. So when I'm stuck creativity in my art journal, I draw flowers...so what did I do...I stitched flowers, or the start of some!
I think I will fill the hoop with flowers, no real precise technique, just me making images with thread instead of art supplies....I must say, I am loving it!

Now! another thing that is inspiring me and making me pick up a needle and thread, is the lovely and so very talented Teesha Moore.  made these videos a while ago now, and I watched them then...and I've watched them about 10 times recently! take the time to watch all 4 vids, its such a simple technique but it creates some awesome looking journal covers!

 So I got my fabrics out, and my threads and before I knew it, I was making the little pillows to make a journal cover! they are nice and relaxing to just sit and stitch on the couch. Who doesn't love a good handmade journal! Lets hope mine is half as awesome and cool as the lovely Teesha.

what are you crafting today?
share your links in the comments! I love to find new blogs, and discover who my readers are.
xx Courtney

Inspiration Tuesday - Embroider Me

Lately I've started developing an excitement for the art of embroidery. The idea of creating art in a different format, and having something really lovely is appealing to me, an art that is slowly making a come back but in a refreshed and fun way!

Turning some material and some thread into something so delicate and so inspired is lighting my heart alight!

Such simple stitches and yet, they are so lovely! this little pink embroidery made me smile so much the other day when I discovered it.
and this sampler below...blew me away

I am awaiting the day I can sit down on the couch with a hoop, embroidery thread and a needle...so I can make art on another level.
the thought of taking my creatures...and making them into something else...it has truly excited and inspired me.

 all images found via printrest. 

Have a fantastic Tuesday! and I hope this little post inspires you to take your art to another level! 

xx Courtney