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With the holidays just around the corner, I wanted to use my macrame skills to create an alternative shape to use as a Christmas ornament. I was so inspired by these vintage macrame ornaments that I knew I had to try to create my own!

I first got into macrame when I was a teenager in the early 2000s. I spent my free time feverishly knotting hemp jewelry and accessories back in those days. This obsession landed me my first job at The Bead Monkey (RIP), a bead shop in Minneapolis. Working there was like my version of heaven. I was surrounded by colorful beads and creative older women who inspired me to pursue art as a career. I remember bringing in my embarrassing sketchbooks full of angsty drawings to work. My coworkers poured over them, sharing tips and words of encouragement. 

Pouring resin is a delightful process where you can encapsulate objects using a mold to create items like coasters, earrings, trays, and more! This tutorial will cover the basics of working with epoxy resin, from pouring to curing.

Learn needle felting, pom-pom making, and sewing in this cute plush toy tutorial! In it, I cover how to upcycle a shrunken sweater into an adorable stuffed cake!

Shibori is the ancient art of folding and binding fabric to create patterns for dyeing with indigo. This free tutorial will teach you how to use an indigo kit, maintain an indigo dye vat, and tie-dye linen fabric for sewing. This post includes links to free shibori and sewing patterns.

In this blog tutorial, I dive into the whirling and colorful world of water marbling! I will cover how to pretreat materials with a mordant, how to prepare a carrageenan powder bath (called "size"), how to float inks on the surface of the bath, and how to make tools for agitating and swirling the colors. We will also go over how to float paints and create patterns.