One of the projects in our Spring Bs homeschool unit is to make colorful coffee filter butterflies. Whether you are following are unit or not, your young crafters will enjoy playing with colors while dying the coffee filter butterfly wings. You can make just a couple of coffee filter butterflies to use as magnets, or …
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Drawing Lesson 3 :: Advanced-Level Spheres
We are continuing our weekly drawing class. We are using Mark Kistler’s book, You Can Draw in 30 Days. Instead of completing the book in 30 days, we plan to take 30 weeks, doing a new lesson each week and then spending time during the week practicing what we have learned. Although I am teaching …
Drawing Lesson 2 :: Overlapping Spheres
We are continuing our weekly drawing class. We are using Mark Kistler’s book, You Can Draw in 30 Days. Instead of completing the book in 30 days, we plan to take 30 weeks, doing a new lesson each week and then spending time during the week practicing what we have learned. Although I am teaching …
Support Handmade :: Quarterly Listing
Handmade Items featured in this month’s banner :: Spring Bunnies Soft Bunny :: Sleeping Bunny :: Grey Rabbit :: Rabbit in Home :: Long Eared Bunny :: Little Felt Garden :: Needle Felted Pet Bunny :: Stuffed Bunny Rabbit :: Felt Bunny Doll Pattern At Wee Folk Art we believe that handmade items enrich our …
Drawing Lesson 1 :: The Sphere
There was a time, in classical education, when everyone was taught to draw and sing. The idea being anyone could learn the skills. Of course, there are those with natural talent, and not everyone will become a Da Vinci or Rembrandt, but everyone could learn the basics of drawing. There are so many professions where drawing …
Clay Bird Totem :: Part 2 :: Finishing Birds
This is Part 2 of the Clay Bird Totem. You can find Part 1 :: Sculpting the Birds HERE. As I mentioned in Part 1, the hardest part of making these birds is to patiently wait for them to dry complete. Okay, I’m not saying you have to be patient, but do wait until they …
Clay Bird Totem :: Part 1 :: Sculpting Birds
A while ago I had seen this sculpture online. You can see the original HERE. I wasn’t able to buy it, so I wondered if it was something I could make myself. I haven’t used clay since I was in school which was about… hmmm… well, suffice to say it was a long time ago. …
Post-Its :: February 20, 2015
Banner Images (left to right) Elisabeth Andree, MacKenzie-Child, Yumiko Higuchi POST-ITS is a weekly feature on Wee Folk Art where we share some of our favorite posts from the week taken directly from our Wee Folk Art’s Facebook page. We encourage you to share some of your favorite finds from the week. It might be something …
Peanut’s 2nd Stroller Blanket
When Adam and Raewyn found out they were expecting their wee one, Raewyn asked me to make them a crib blanket, which I happily agreed to. This is the blanket I made. Hugs and Kisses Baby Quilt Of course, I didn’t stop there. After all, a babe also needs a soft afghan to be tucked …
Post-Its :: February 13, 2015
Banner Images (left to right) Katwise, Million Little Stitches,Снежана Костина, Alida Akers POST-ITS is a weekly feature on Wee Folk Art where we share some of our favorite posts from the week taken directly from our Wee Folk Art’s Facebook page. We encourage you to share some of your favorite finds from the week. It …
Prettiest Bun
Last week the girls’ dance studio ran a coolest bun contest. We saw some truly crazy buns that looked like cupcakes, birds’ nests, and monster faces. Then there were some really pretty designs with fancy braids, hair twirled into flowers, and such. Every day before dance, the girls had me do their hair in a …
Post-its :: February 6, 2015
Banner Images (left to right) Source :: TM Collection, Source :: Strana Masterov, Photo Source :: Bugknits and Source :: Kate Gondwana POST-ITS is a weekly feature on Wee Folk Art where we share some of our favorite posts from the week taken directly from our Wee Folk Art’s Facebook page. We encourage you to share some of your favorite finds from the week. …