Wet Felting

This bag was my second wet felting project, and was a gift for my roommate. It took a good two hours to wet felt the initial white piece, plus a couple weeks of on-and-off work on the leaf design, which I needle-felted on. I sewed the bag together with a blanket stitch, and used a beautiful wooden button and elastic to secure the bag closed. All in all, this piece turned out to be a big improvement from my first wet felting project!...

Needle Felting

This whimsical little mermaid was crafted for one of my aunts. It took an extremely long time to complete, but was well worth the effort! All the details of her face were needle-felted on...

Card Making

Back in the days when I actually cared about the holiday, I used to make hand-made Valentines for my friends. Pictured below are two of my favorites. One was made from various seashells, glued onto textured paper and tied with a raffia bow. The other was made from red construction paper, a paper doily, and tiny hand-stitched yo-yo's made from different patterns of cloth. I remember having to start sewing the yo-yo's in December to have them done by February! ...

Cupcake Decorating

Pictured above is a tasty kitty trio, complete with fish skeletons hand-drawn in melted white chocolate. Below is a lovely bouquet of marshmallow and colored sugar-leaved chrysanthemums, which made a perfect Mother's Day gift for a friend's mom...

Wet Felting

This cute little clutch was my first wet felting project. Wet felting is very different from needle felting. Instead of matting fibers with a barbed needle, wet felting interlocks and compacts wool fibers by using warm water, soap and rubbing motions. It's a lot easier than needle felting, especially when making large pieces of flat fabric. I stitched the clutch together with embroidery floss, made a heart-shaped cutout in the fabric (which I patched with blue felt), and needle felted on the little owl. It is held closed with a clear sewn-on snap. I found the unfinished edges of the felt to be very interesting, and I left them on for decoration instead of cutting them off. More experimentation to come...

Collage

Made this colorful collage back in high school. Materials used include various leaves, gesso, salt, string, and watercolor. The first picture is of the entire collage, the next two are close-ups...

Needle Felting

Meet mini Snickers, a pint-sized version of my auntie Sonya's Pomeranian. I had my cousins sneak me phone pics of their actual dog from which I created this tiny replica to surprise my aunt...

Bracelet Making

Seeing spikes? Yikes! The bracelet on the far right was crafted from hemp cord and real sea urchin spikes (hooray for scavenging around tide pools!). The two bracelets on the left were made from different colors of embroidery floss...

Notebook Design

I made this notebook for my final project in my Intro to Graphics class last year. I started with a picture of a pre-WWII Japanese flag, and layered on various textures and Japanese characters. Final touch? A vectorized image of my friend Lindsay! (original graphic shown on bottom)...

Accessory Crafting

This is a hair ornament I crafted to match a kimono. I took a piece of the kimono's hem fabric, starched it with Mod Podge, sewed felt pompoms, and added the beads and sequins...

Collage

I had to chew my way through two packs of gum to generate enough aluminum foil to create this interesting interpretation of my initials...

Stone Carving

This Native-American design inspired bear was carved out of soapstone. I used a metal file for basic shaping, and sandpaper for fine details...

Sewing

I made this  Victorian-style sailor dress for one of my dolls. This four-piece creation consists of a dress, petticoat, bloomers, and a sailor's hat...

Clay Sculptures

These clay buddies are the first of an "Around the World" collection I am currently building. They are created entirely from baked Sculpey clay...

Needle Felting

Here is Mini Molly, a mop-topped English Springer Spaniel I needle-felted for my friend Lindsay. Molly took about 14 hours to complete, and is made with American sheep wool...