Artists Passion

It’s a little late, but I’m a big believer that we should be thankful for everything in our lives all the time. So, here we go!

1. My mother.
I’m thankful every holiday season she’s still around, and I’m especially thankful for all of the paintings that end up on my walls.

2. Web Urbanist.
I love the urban art and legends I have at my fingertips because of this site.

3. Sugar ‘n Cream and Peaches and Cream yarn.
These 100 percent cotton yarns are my material of choice for all of my knitting creations. Even blankets, towels, and stuffed animals come out perfect when I use pure cotton.

4. Bamboo knitting needles.
I started knitting on aluminum needles. They would soon have dark pits and gouges in the metal. The colored coating would flake off, and the feeling of the metal grating on metal would set my teeth to grinding. Bamboo works a lot better for me. The needles don’t make my teeth grind when they rub together, and the thinner ones eventually bend to fit in my hand better.

5. Play Doh.
This is probably my favorite children’s toy. It is also the bane of mothers everywhere who have to pick the tiny Play Doh bits out of their carpeting.

5. Squid knitting patterns.
I found the pattern I use on Etsy, and I’ve modified it a few times to come out better.

6. Etsy.
I love the patterns. I love the finished products. Finally, a place I can find hand-printed greeting cards, home-made stuffed animals, carefully crafted jewelry, and so much more.

7. Crafting Out Loud.
It’s my local craft fair. It moves from place to place, but it’s a great place to buy more hand-crafted items for holidays, birthdays, and every day in between. Type in “craft fair” and your city to find a craft fair of your very own!

8. Crafty Chica.
She’s witty, outspoken, crafty, and colorful. I love reading Crafty Chica from my RSS feed. She’s everything I’d eventually like to be: a keen professional who crafts, manages a household, and covers everything that crosses her path in bright colors. I’m thinking of making shadow boxes as one of my next projects. Even though I don’t think I have a drop of Latin genes in my gene pool, I’ve always been attracted to the bright beautiful colors and interesting themes in Latin culture and artwork. I love pretty much everything she does, and she has her own video series online for crafting!

9. Paper Magazine.
I love fashion, especially when it isn’t homogenized mainstream fashion. I also love drag queens. Paper gives me walloping doses of both as it covers the newest trends. I like to think of a lot of its coverage as guerrilla fashion.

10. Mac cosmetics.
Mac looks are a work of art. I also consider it the number one makeup line for drag queens, which is another reason for me to wear it. It’s also a great line to wear for artistic photo shoots and fashion shows, thanks to the large variety in products and the high quality of products. Although, Sephora can be a better place to shop, just because of the large variety of products and brands available. Plus, the staff on hand is an invaluable resource if you’re not sure what you should buy.