Showing posts with label craft picture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label craft picture. Show all posts

Wednesday, 23 September 2009

My First Cross Stitch Commission


From little acorns! The friend I mentioned with the new Etsy shop Crashboxdesign has commissioned me to make her a cross stitch picture of a kangaroo. We chose this design which is from the Australian road sign. She wants it done in reverse like the fawn and squirrel I did before. So I printed out the sign directly onto graph paper to save the job of tracing it and because it has been enlarged it pixellated itself quite conveniently. As you can see, the design is very fluid so I will need to incorporate half-cross stitches to keep the curves.
A great little project for Zambia. One of many I hope. Pictures are a bit fuzzy because I used the web cam - I have packed my camera!

Friday, 18 September 2009

My Friend's New Etsy Shop



Apart from finding someone amazing and having a great time with them, being married also means my friend pool has extended and I have met some amazng people through Chad. One of these people is a very good friend who has opened her new shop on Etsy called Crashbox Design - this is also the name she uses for her graphic design work.

She makes these great pictures with names on, we got one as a wedding present and I love it. It's so simple but effective and I love the fact she respected that we are keeping our names.
If you interested in graphic design, here is her site for that.