Guerrilla Crafting...

The "Craft Caravan" made its stop at the DeVries cribasa last night for some stenciling a la Banksy (AKA fabric painting). Had a lot of laughs, inspirations, positive/negative space brain-busters, wine, hair-dryering, Alzheimers-prevention obstacle courses (not a proven fact), and more.

The good times really got rollin' when our male craft companion (quite the expert) unlocked his treasure trove of artsy supplies and expanded our selection of paint waaay beyond the metallic blue.

I just love these gals and all the goodness they bring to my life. Wednesday nights are always a little treat in my week. My creative mentors are always expanding my 'artsy' vision and knowledge (and make me want to go hang out at Michael's), and I grow so much just by soaking in their talented magic. Thanks to this supremely gifted lady for always doing the research and having the supplies at the ready. We were all quite pleased with our results of last night's projecting- so watch your fences-- we may have just turned into stencil graffiti artists.

In the Works..

For baby "e"..

... in honor of Spring...

As always, more to come.

Garden Inspiration..

Our garden's first 'fruit' of the season....

...and here...

Can you tell I favor strawberries??

Some Angeles Inspiration..

Color.

Weekend

Spending time with family....

..with a little creative time scattered throughout.

Have a great weekend, and happy birthday, sis.

Bird on a Wire

Special Delivery..

Good Mail Day indeed.

New Clover business cards from our favorite lady over at Pica Press.

Susanne has made many of our special moments in life even more beautiful

and we just love her. Her packages are a little bundle of creative love. So thoughtful

and makes your whole day bright. Love her design, branding, style.

My cards are stunning, as usual.

Daisy

Birthday Tanks

A really special girl is turing one....

...a special little surprise is on its way!

Top Model

Tilly gettin' her chew on...

In Clover Tails...

Love this.

Ten Lessons the Arts Teach

1. The arts teach children to make good judgements about qualitative relationships. Unlike much of the curriculum in which correct answers and rules prevail, in the arts, it is judgement rather than rules that prevail.

2. The arts teach children that problems can have more than one solution and that questions can have more than one answer.

3. The arts celebrate multiple perspectives.

4. The arts teach children that complex forms of problem solving are seldom fixed, but change with circumstance and opportunity.

5. The arts make vivid the fact that words do not, in their literal form or number, exhaust what we can know.

6. The arts teach children that small differences can have large effects.

7. The arts teach children to think through and within a material. All art forms employ some means through which images become real.

8. The arts help children learn to say what cannot be said.

9. The arts enable us to have experience we can have from no other source and through such experience to discover the range and variety of what we are capable of feeling.

10. The arts' position in the school curriculum symbolizes to the young what adults believe to be important.

Elliot Eisner, a professor of education and art at Stanford University, from Beyond Creating: The Place for Art in American Schools, 1985, p.69

found via clementineart

New Collection..

Another 'sneak peek'.....

I've been spending lots of time in the studio- with piles of onesies, tanks, hoodies, fabric, etc. The new collection should be making its debut quite soon. Check for it in my shoppe.

In the Studio...

What do Wiener Dogs, Classic Cars & Russian Dolls have in common?

.... besides being a few of my favorite things ...

.... they are coming soon to my shoppe ....

.... so, keep your eyes out ....

Introducing..

Clover Tails...

"Daisy"

Coming soon to my shoppe.

The Shop is Up!

Finally! You can purchase one-of-a-kind Clover pieces on line at my Etsy shoppe!

Check it out.

As always, I am taking orders for custom baby onesies, bibs and kid's tanks.

Please email me if you have a question or request. cloverthreads {at} g mail [dot] com. I'd love to hear from you!

I will also have some items posted from my adult line, so check both the blog and the shoppe back soon.

Coming soon...

Clover Tails, Clover Cooks & Clover Home