by Yellowbug | Sep 4, 2013 | Blog, How It's Made, Yarn
Just to whet your appetites for all of the yarn activities we’ll be having next week, we’ve been scouting resources for all the yarn fun you can have, and we couldn’t resist this adorable stegosaur amigurumi, as prepared in a pattern by Free Patterns...
by Yellowbug | Sep 3, 2013 | Blog, Craft Events
So you don’t crochet. Nor do you knit. Never fear, yarn is for everyone! In this tutorial we found from The Inspired Room, you can see how simple it is to make these pretty yarn-wrapped letters. Heads up to the stylists (or those who just wanna live in...
by Yellowbug | Sep 1, 2013 | Blog, Decoupage, Inspiration
Don’t you just love vintage botanical illustrations? Before the use of photography in documentation, these lovely illustrations served to help identify flora. The very act of capturing the already beautiful imagery by hand, resulted in giving us these artistic...
by Yellowbug | Aug 29, 2013 | Blog, Quilling
Have you guys heard of Craftster.org? It’s a wonderful forum for all things crafty. This morning they shared a tutorial for a Quilled Sunflower Necklace by forum member Littlecircles (an amazing Hawaii-based quillist and paper crafter), and we figured it was...
by Yellowbug | Aug 23, 2013 | Blog, Craft Events, Craft Organizing
The monsoon rains brought about by typhoon Maring got all of us to a standstill, stranded in our homes, on the road, or wherever we may have been at the time the rains hit. But after the initial shock (and perhaps internal denial) that the floods were happening all...
by Yellowbug | Aug 19, 2013 | Blog, Craft Party, Mosaic, Sewing
We were blessed with good weather that day, but it sure rained happy vibes as crafters (some with their significant others in tow) trooped over to our makerspace at The Collective, and shared their time, creativity and craft materials (Char...