Stackable Bugs

Finally I made something worthy of showing off on my blog; my Stackable Bugs!
These are made of felt and can be stuck together into a tiny bug-tower. This is still a first version, but I'm planning on improving them and making more and in different versions.. Maybe a version with no beads and embroidered eyes so that smaller children can play with this too. I'm not really sure. Once I've figured that out they'll be for sale on my etsy. (I opened my etsy store, but haven't worked on it yet. So there is no description and no items for sale. I am very excited to begin working on that once I have the time (a few more weeks of school..)

Illustrations

I'm exhausted just by looking at the amount of things I still have to do. And they all take a lot of time to finish. It is very motivating to look at what I do have finished now. For school I had to illustrate 'sour' and 'shorten'. This is what I made;

I also have some etchings I want to show you. I made them this january.

The one below is a kangaroo in a bed. I read a poem with a kangaroo in a bed in it and just had to make this :)

That's all for now..

Quilted bag

I finished the bag I promised to post. Here a picture;
I'm quite happy with how this turned out. I also made a skirt out of the fabric with the flowers. (and I'm now working on a skirt with the grey-brownish tweed in this bag)
I'm even happier with the next project I am working on. This is going to be a quilt and I hope to sell it on Etsy. (I don't have an etsy shop yet but I am working on it..)

And the last thing I wanted to share :)
A collage I made for school. I wonder what you think about this. I might make more of these, maybe I can make prints to use as greeting cards.. The theme was 'Hell'. I didn't get that quite right but it still looks nice I think :)
I am very happy to be sewing more and more.. And to be able to post things again.

Blogging

I think it is about time that I post something. I haven't had a working computer in months. I still don't have (I'm at school now), but I hope it will be fixed very soon. I want to start blogging again. I hope you will forgive me ;)

Meanwhile I have been very busy for school. I will post a photo I made, just to make this blog a little prettier. Text without a picture is boring.

I am also working on a quilt bag :) I will post pictures of that project in the future.

I'm very excited to create more pretty things! (and blog about them of course)

Cherry Tea

I've been away from my blog for awhile. Meantime I moved to Zwolle, where I started the study Stories&Design. Getting an internet connection took an awful long time.. But now I'm back and want to show something I'm working on :)
These pictures are from a project I am working on for school. It's going to be a book full of things that can make you feel happy. The first one says "DRINKING CHERRY TEA" and the second one is about a dandelion. I'm still thinking about the title for the book.. I'm not sure.

Short and sweet

So my computer was broken, again.. And again not completely fixed, which is very annoying. I have been busy with my exams as well. Oh and not to forget; I spent a week in Belgium with my boyfriend :) And still busy, busy, busy..
Next two weeks are my exams, the week after that I have my introduction week in art school and the week after that I am going to move to Zwolle and I will have my first classes on my new school. Excited, but busy. I managed to do a quick in between project.. I crocheted Short and Sweet by Angela Best. I like the pattern a lot and it went very fast for me.
Here the pictures:

The yarn is mainly acrylic, but looks good enough for me. I got it very cheap (1,50 euros for the three skeins I used).
Oh and I got tagged by 'Buggins'. Thank you! Its some kind of an award. Thats so sweet :) I know I should tag some other people, but I think I'm letting other bloggers know I appreciate them allready. If you want to know what I like to read the most, check my list on the left :)

Painting :)

Finally I have some more artwork to show. Knitting has absorbed my attention way too much the last couple of weeks. I must spend more time painting, it makes me feel good :)
This is a small panel (20*20 cm). I am planning to make more small mixed media panels like these. This one contains collage, acrylic paint, drawing ink and china ink.
I am still hoping to start an Etsy shop, but I want to have a nice collection to start with, so this is going to be part of it, along with the other 20*20 panels to come.

Please let me know what you think! I am very curious how other people feel about it. (You can view a larger version of this picture on my Flickr page..)