Author Archives: Art for Housewives
Oranges are not just for eating
Jan Hopkins orange peel teapot Save your orange peels! For instance, dried orange peels, watermelon seeds, silk cocoon, ground coffee beans, and Bombona and tagua seeds – indigenous to Colombia – are ingredients for beautifully crafted necklaces, earrings, and bracelets … Continue reading
Why not plant something?
Boskke’s Recycled Sky Planters Create a Fantastic Suspended Garden Recycled Sky Planter. Recycled POTOGREEN Planters to Uplift Paris Streets + Da Morto A Orto: Redundant Furniture Recycled into Abundant and Gorgeous Planters + Potogreen et le Jardin hors sol de … Continue reading
Patchwork is not just for quilts!
Why not put some pieces together? Jenny Postle, patchwork fashion Source: Fashionising.com More Jenny: Jenny Postle + In a riot of patchwork, haberdashery, embroidery and crochet, Postle’s graduation collection is an intricate reflection of today’s multi-faceted culture; these exotic millennial silhouettes … Continue reading
Peace & Hats
Nobel Peace Prize Winners 2011: Tawakkul Karman, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, peace activist Leymah Gbowee, and human rights activist Tawakkul Karman have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Prize Committee lauded their non-violent … Continue reading
Rag Balls
Rag balls can be just decorative (ex. for your Christmas tree) or practical – turning old clothes into “rag Yarn” that can be used to crochet, for example, rag rugs. Rag ball, made from old clothing, vintage 1930s, used to … Continue reading



