It has been quiet around here, I know! I’ve been on the road, visiting my parents in Key West, Florida. They do have WiFi, but with family chatting and NaNoWriMo going on, my blogging time has been more limited than I anticipated. But I did want to pop in and tell you about CRAFT’s Apron Contest. If I was home with my machine, I would be busily making something to enter before the November 12th deadline. As it is, I’ll root for you, and in the interest of inspiration, show you this darling one from a shop here:
All you need to do is send a jpeg of your apron creation and winners will be featured in the Curio section of CRAFT!
There are so many creative, talented artists and artisans here in Key West, just peeking in gallery windows and shops on walks around town fills me with crafty inspiration. The shop House Key contains the amazingly well-contained workbench of owner/designer Johnathon Hoendcheid. I love seeing crafty workspaces, and his is remarkable for the smallness of the space (a single desk) and the scale and number of pieces he makes. He does INCREDIBLE things with shells, found objects, liquid nail (crafty tip: apparently it works like hot glue without the gun and the stress!), mirrors, chandeliers, lamps, you name it. I covet his driftwood chandelier, which looks just like a walk on the beach. I chickened out about asking whether I could take a photo of it in the shop, so I can only point you to the pictures on the site (it is hard to do the pieces justice in 2-D). He even covers the lightbulbs with silicone to give them a whimsical wind-swept quality.
I could go on and on about the neat stuff I’ve seen here every day, but I’ll spare you (for the moment). Hopefully I’ll manage to pop in once or twice before I head home on Tuesday, as I have some travel crafts (made on the plane) to show you too!