January 19, 2012
by Zippy
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Keep the internet the open canvas it is………..
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I will not stop contributing my creative energy into the internet in whatever ways myself and my close general population sees fit… I will not just sit back and be a consumer to make corporations money.
This is just one part of a really long battle. Keep fighting. Keep expressing yourself. Please.
January 15, 2012
by Zippy
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The painted over collage style is great, isn’t it? Also the colors look so vibrant and the mood so inspirational. I love tea so choosing this print specifically to feature was a no brainer but I really enjoy a lot of this artist’s prints!
Their description of the item is just awesome… mounds of pudding! Yes! I find myself in need of a spoon on the go quite often and it looks nice too.
The copper and turquoise colors are so stunning together aren’t they…. I’ m inspired by this a lot!
I have tried my hand at some flowers recently but they are so simple compared to this sellers.
Another necklace! I don’t even wear jewelry often. I would love to have this one in my collection though.
There are so many beautiful things on Etsy. I spend many hours a week browsing!
Great entertainment.
I enjoy Regretsy too… oh boy! I want something of mine to get on there some day, but in a good way!
January 12, 2012
by Zippy
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I really love the calm after the storm of the holiday season … the calm where you know there is more going on than you think.. when the scene of the new year is coming into focus, building into something bigger and better than it ever has been before..
I love snow too 
January 11, 2012
by Zippy
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Meet “Little Timmy Bunny” … for he is actually the little guy that got me into needle felting little characters in the first place!
Before my introduction into wool roving I started working w ith
wool yarn – knitting it and using the washing machine to felt it. I’d make purses and then needle felt designs on the front. However, knitting is so boring that as soon as I discovered wool roving I stopped doing it and even misplaced my needles so I couldn’t do it even if I wanted to. Fast forward a year and I’ve constantly got needle felted projects going on! I truly love it.
Anyway, I made Timmy bunny using un-dyed wool batting for the inside and cat hair for the outside. A friend of mine loved her cat dearly and upon its natural death, she shaved its long hair to keep for sentimental purposes. Over the years she didn’t do anything with it and was cleaning out her closet so she gave it to me.
I rarely turn down unique crafting materials. (Yes, I washed it, carefully, in a nylon pantyhose sock with mild soap – much like washing wool.)
Just yesterday the Etsy blog posted an article about crafting with cat hair.
My little Timmy bunny is up on the article in the ‘related items’ section. Way cool! My favorite thing about the whole article is the comments people wrote on it… “I love my cat, but EWWW!” .. hehehe. Read it!: http://www.etsy.com/blog/en/2012/how-tuesday-crafting-with-cat-hair
And order one of your own little Tim my bunnies through
my Etsy shop!
January 11, 2012
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December 24, 2011
by Zippy
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After this last week of December I’m unplugging the oven.
Cookie baking is addicting!
The following cookies are making an appearance this season:
Sugar Cookies. I love the addition of lemon, so I add some fresh lemon zest and juice to this recipe – Soft & Chewy Lemon Sugar Cookies They are chewy and crispy!
Snowballs! The memory of these cookies sprung, up from my childhood I suppose, into my mind a couple of weeks ago so I made some. Perfect match to the memory! Delicious cookies… a favorite…
Chocolate chip cookies with oatmeal and walnuts.
The back-of-the-bag recipe that I modify by throwing in about 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1/2 cup walnuts, pecans, white chocolate chips and heath toffee!
Salad is going to taste so good all of January.
December 17, 2011
by Zippy
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Light, colorful and 3D!
Made by wet felting and needle felting techniques.
Very hands-on free form sculpting using wool.
My first ever felted wool butterfly!
I’m going to make a lot more in different colors and attach them to felted scarves
and other projects. This success has me jumping up and down excited 
December 15, 2011
by Zippy
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Please just let me sheer your reindeer for their fleece… for Christmas
December 14, 2011
by Zippy
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I got a request for a custom book project at the beginning of this month and finished it tonight. As always, I cut the pages out by hand and then apply glue, let it dry, trim it some more and then paint it. Sometimes I add colorful paper. This one is a lot of black paint.
The book is a vintage copy of Pet Sematary by Stephen King.
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I really enjoy hollow book / secret stash box projects!
If you’re interested in a custom book like this please contact me by leaving a comment or through my Etsy shop!
December 11, 2011
by Zippy
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Recently I’ ve been busy making wet and nuno felted scar
ves out of silk and wool.
Experimenting with dye on silk has yielded some good results.
Except for one – I found out that using any bleach on the silk pretty much eats it away and turns it yellow.
Oops!
The way the brown and gold scarf turned out really made me happy, as well as the purple one.
Yes they are as fun to touch as they look – they are very soft. I started adding felted flower accents and think it makes them stunning. Check them out!
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I made these two scarves to order last week. My Vampire Bite Scarf and my Woodsy Owl Scarf. Awesome as usual if I don’t say so myself.
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Many more to go…