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We Make Collective

francoisetmoiblog@gmail.com — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 14:58:36 +0000

If you love to create then you’ve got to know about We Make Collective, a subscription craft kit that inspires creativity. In other words, the kits focus on teaching a particular skill, empowering you with all the tools to flex your own creativity muscles and create projects that are unique to you and your style. My favorite part about the kits though, other than being beautifully curated, is that they encourage you to create multiple projects making it possible to really master the craft, if you so desire. This past month’s kit was a travel loom, so of course I began weaving up a storm the moment the kit arrived. Sign up to access all the tutorials here!I’m lucky to be among a super talented group of makers who create exclusive tutorials for We Make Collective. Sign up for the bi-monthly subscription, and you’ll have full access to all the tutorials to jump start your creativity as soon as the kit hits your doorstep. December’s Calligraphy and Hand Lettering Kits are officially sold out, but February’s kit is a Natural Dye Kit with Shibori and Batik techniques (which I am ridiculously excited for–Shibori and Batik are so my jam!) The […]

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Pull-down Style Botanical Wall Hanging

francoisetmoiblog@gmail.com — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 14:11:08 +0000

There are two things I’m loving at the moment: 1.) Vintage botanical wall charts and 2.) Anything Rifle Paper Company. Seriously. Anna Bond is a paintbrush whisperer. I almost bought an art print for our home from her online shop, when I saw her gorgeous Emerald Peonies gift wrap. The scale and spacing of the painterly flowersreminded me of a vintage botanical chart, so I sprung for the gift wrap instead (which was much more affordable than her prints), and created this pretty Spring-inspired botanical wall-hanging using just wood dowels and leather string. Now if only spring would get here… Materials: One 48″ wood dowel cut into two 23″ pieces Ruler Hack saw Hand-held router fitted with 1/8″ bit and the edge guard Duct tape Sandpaper Pencil Rifle Paper Co Wrapping Paper: 1 sheet 19.5″ x 27″ Gorilla Glue, or any heavy duty glue that expands as it dries Cotton swab Leather String or twine 1. Use a straight edge to draw a line roughly 20″ long down the length of each wood dowel, leaving 1.5″ space on each end. 2. Duct tape the ends of the first wood dowel onto your worksurface with your pencil lines from step one […]

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