Karen Tessandore
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In which the floodgates opened…
Still with me? If you're just jumping in, we're looking back at some work I made about 7 years ago. After the first couple, I just had too many ideas to stop! Over the summer my world became well populated with all kinds of Box People. {Click the images below to see them a bit
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Coffee Man
Soon after the success of my garden girl, my thoughts turned to coffee. As my thoughts often do. :) And so was born Mighty, Mighty Coffee Man!He can curl two cups on those copper wire arms, and all with a happy smile and a head full o' beans.A metal shaving {salvaged from the scrap box
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Mother Nature
Look out, we're walking down memory lane now! After looking through my archives to grab those Valentines photos yesterday, I started finding all kinds of fun older work. Ready? {This may take a few days to unfold!}I started by playing with Paperclay to make this little round head. At first I thought of sewing a
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Hedgehog gettin’ ready for Art Night
Workin' on my needle felting! This cutie is my first attempt at a hedgehog, although I keep thinking he looks a bit like a squatty sheep. He was made in preparation for this coming Saturday – I'm having a bunch of girlfriends over for "Art Night". Can't wait! Our project will be all-things-needle-felted. Since this
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‘nother teeny painting
I found a great little video tutorial online using this type of pastel/watercolor. This is my version of the girl created on that tutorial. Love the pink & yellow hair color combo! This type of learning works pretty well for me, but still feels weird: to copy a drawing directly the first time, in order
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Watercolor Crayons
Caran d'Ache Neocolor II Artists' Crayons – love 'em! Watercolors have always seemed a bit intimidating to me. I have several kinds, but mostly what I do is enjoy looking at them on the shelf. I put them out on my work table sometimes, as if I might jump right in. But no. These artist
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Happy New Year!
Chinese New Year of course…2009, the year of the Ox! Not a holiday I normally celebrate, but any occasion for a cookie, right? :) I was inspired by these wafer papers from Fancy Flours. +New year's resolutions not going so well? Think of this as a re-start opportunity. Ready? Go! ♥
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Marshmallow victory ~ finally!
Like I mentioned in yesterday's post, the candy thermometer broke when I was making these. I had to use the old fashioned method of dropping the hot sugar mixture in cold water to check the temp. Haven't tried that since high school, so I wasn't totally confident these would come out. But whoa Nelly, they
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Filler
There are definitely fun new things happening, but I don't quite have anything to show for it! The project I'm most excited about is with a vendor right now – hope to have it back to show you next week. And the marshmallows I was working on a couple days ago, welll….I'm kind of still