Brazil - Arts and Crafts - Capim Dourado

Capim Dourado or Golden Grass is a raw material exclusive

from the Jalapão region, Tocantins, Brazil, which is used for making handicrafts

such as bracelets, earrings, bags, belts, vases and decorative items.

The tradition started with the Indians Xerentes and have been passed

from generation to generation.

 

Golden Grass crafts is increasingly valued throughout the world.

Some pieces reaching ​​around US$ 500.00.

 

 

 

 

 

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Hand quilted mini art quilt

 

A little break from pillow making

 

I absolutely love making the City Pillows,
but today to keep my mind from wandering too much 

I took a little break from the pillows
and made a couple of pot holders,
I like how it turned out,

maybe I should open a kitchen goods line to my shop :)

 

 

They are ready for the beach

 

Oh No, wait!
It's still April,
and the temperature is below freezing in the mornings!
humph...
 

Kids Projects - using homemade stamps

 

On this post I showed how to make super easy stamps for kids.

Today I am showing a cute and very practical way to use your stamps.

A library bag.

 

 

A canvas bag (bought at craft store)

Fabric paints

Brushes and small foam roller (for the road)

and of course, your stamps

 

Make sure to put a cardboard inside the bag 

before start stamping,

so the paint does not get on the other side.

 

 

Have fun!

 

Just in Time for Easter

 

Natural Easter Egg Dyes

 

I love those colorful Easter eggs but,

we try not to eat anything with artificial color (hard, I know!),

so we don't even have food dyes in our kitchen, still

I wanted the colorful eggs :-)

Here are two great posts I found about natural food dyes.

 

Happy Easter!

 

 

via annie's eats

via two men and a little farm

 

Finally some Washington DC pillows!!!

 

Lincoln Memorial and Capitol

 

The Little Pillow Maker

 

I guess watching me embroidering every day

started to get a bit boring, so he decided to make his own pillow,

he chose the design, the fabric, the color...

 

 

I explained to him how to do it,

helped him to untangled the thread a few times,

and with the sewing machine part;

 

and this is his new Lego Pillow.

I have to say, I was very impressed with the nice stitching.

A little more training

and I will double my pillow production... :-)

 

 

Easy homemade stamps for kids

 

wooden blocks, adhesive foam sheet, pencil, scissors

and craft knife (for the grown up in charge only)

 

draw on the back of the foam

 

cut and stick on the wooden block

 

start stamping

endeless possibilities

 

we used fabric paint for this project

because we had a bunch of white cotton we wanted to stamp,

but you can use any other paint or ink pad,

if you are working with paper.

 

Happy Valentine's Day!

 

 

A simple and delicious Valentine afternoon  :-)