Here's a cool transfer technique!
http://lilblueboo.blogspot.com/2009/08/journaling-transferring-images-with-con.html
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
How I Sewed Using a Pattern
Here's the pattern I followed. I tried to pick what looked like an easy one. No button holes, no elastic, nothing tricky. I made dress C.
To make the casing (the hole that the strap feed through), just fold over the top edge 1/4 of an inch. Press. Fold over again about a 1/2 an inch. Press. Sew.
I had to figure out a way to feed the strap through the casing. So I tied some embroidery thread onto the strap and tied it to a needle.
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Monday, August 10, 2009
Wall Art Idea

I saw this wall art idea before and thought I might use it in our office. So I'm passing it along to you. http://http//blissfullydomestic.com/creative-bliss/nursery-wall-art/
It looked like a cool idea for filling a large space. Plus, I like the idea of using multiple canvases.Friday, August 7, 2009
Painting Trick
Meet my old friend from college, Matte Medium. I used to use this all the time on canvases to create straight lines. You tape off an area. Apply the matte medium along the tape line apply a layer of paint. Allow to dry. Remove the tape and voila, you have a straight line.
Well, as you know, I've been painting my house and needed a way to tape off straight lines, but because our walls are so textured, I needed a way to do it and still get a crisp edge. I'd heard of using glazes to do this, but didn't really know much about them. Then one day, I was watching some design show (wish I knew who to give credit to but I watch so many, there's no telling) and they mentioned using matte medium to do just that, create a crisp edge when painting interiors. You mean you can use matte medium on something other than canvases? You betcha! I followed the same steps that I did with acrylic paintings on canvas and it worked great!
Here's an up close pic of where I taped off in our kitchen. I hadn't decided what color to do in the kitchen, so I stopped along the corner. I had some difficulties in deciding where to stop because I have rounded corners, but I decided to stop right before the corner. I don't think it really matters as long as you stop consistently on all the other corners.
Steps:
1. Tape off the area you want to paint.
2. Apply a thin layer of matte medium along the edge you want to be crisp.
3. Allow to dry.
4. Apply a layer of paint. Allow to dry. (apply another layer of paint if necessary)
5. Once paint has been allowed to dry (I waited at least 6 hours), remove the tape.
Just make sure that you don't apply the matte medium or paint to thick. Also, just use a back and forth motion along the edge of the tape.
Welcome!
Welcome to my new blog, Kaminski's Creations. I plan on blogging about different things that I create, tips that I've learned for designing, and just pretty much anything artsy that I find interesting. I decided to start this as a seprate blog so that those people who just want to see Sophia know to check out my other blog http://thekaminskichronicles.blogspot.com. Those people who just want to see design and art stuff can check out this blog. Or you can always check out both.
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