Showing posts with label sewing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sewing. Show all posts

Saturday, April 11, 2009

WoodClinic Sewing Machines




My daughter is like my shadow. She wants to do everything that I do, exactly as I do it. Imitation is the greatest form of flattery.. It melts my heart when she sits next to me and tries to crochet. She's almost 3, mind you. So her form of crochet is just winding the yarn around the hook and making a massive mess. The ball is literally useless when she's done with it. But I allow this because it makes her happy and helps her creativity grow.

She also wants to learn to sew, because mommy does it. I often find her sitting in front of my sewing machine with a piece of scrap material.. (haha) She just slides the material back and forth under the needle. Dangerous, Yes! So now I have to unplug the machine and remove the needle when it's not in use.

...On to my point...

I've been wanting to find a machine that she can safely play with and feel like she is a big girl. Every machine I've found that was meant for a child has a needle! Usually these machines are recommended for a 6+yr.. But my little princess doesn't want to wait 3 more years!


But look what I found on Etsy!!













These were made by WoodClinic

"Products are made from reclaimed wood from local mills. All products are stained with natural oil with no chemicals. Peanut free and Kosher...waldorfian...just so great for your life."


How fantastic are these!?!

I'm trying to figure out where to put it if I bought one.. hmmm..

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Featured Etsian~moodyandsanguine




Melina and I met about 12 + years ago when she was an art student studying painting and I was an English major. She still paints and I write supernatural fiction. We've been best friends and roommates ever since.





The main goal in our lives is to eventually support ourselves through our craft and writing / painting and live in the country (sigh). I started doing chainmaille a bit over a year ago because I really wanted to do something visually creative. I had tons of ideas and no outlet.









Melina has been sewing off and on since she was a child. Her mother is amazingly skilled and taught her everything she knows.








We always wanted to do some kind of business together and this seemed like the perfect opportunity. When work had a Christmas craft sale (yes, we work together too!) it gave us all the motivation we needed to start.






I find a lot of inspiration for my jewelry pieces in my other passion: horror writing. Might seem weird but I spent a lot of time trying to find my 'blood drop' glass beads!







Melina says she finds her inspiration from her head, her mom and everything around her. She creeps people out by staring at their bags to figure out how she can make it better!








Melina's favorite piece so far is her reversible tote


My favorite piece is my vampire necklace.