I have been asked by A LOT of friends to make face masks for them, now that i have finished all of their orders I have been able to stock my Etsy shop inspiredbyhenry.etsy.com with some, these are 100% cotton double layer masks with a filter pocket I hope to have more made soon. Click the link below the photographs to see the listing in my shop. These masks are perfect for cleaning out your chicken coop or mowing the lawn, they do not come with a filter for the filter pocket.
And remember every purchase helps me feed my ever growing children and my little homestead.
I have been asked by A LOT of friends to make face masks for them, now that I have finished all of their orders I have been able to stock my Etsy shop inspiredbyhenry.etsy.com with some, these are 100% cotton double layer masks. They DO NOT have a filter pocket. I have more masks coming to the shop soon with filter pockets they will cost a little more. Click the link below that photographs to see the listing in my shop.
And remember every purchase helps me feed my ever growing children and my little homestead
So yes Iām still working on my first sock, I havenāt even made it to working on the second… I do have 3 kids 9, 4, & 2 so I feel this is a good excuse. I have had to take some stitches and rows out a few times and am most likely going to have to redo this one because I donāt think I made the leg long enough. However here is my progress, fingers crossed Iāll post a photo of my finished sock soon or at least the start of the toe, Iām working on the foot now
Based off of a childās drawing, will be available at my etsy store soon. What mom (or dad) wouldnāt love to see their little ones art turned into… well art… Perfect gift for Motherās Day, Fatherās Day, Christmas, or just because.
I have been thinking a lot about what Iām doing with this blog… I am not a blogger!!! But i am an artist… so lets do this art blog, and try to do it once a week, 52 blogs is much easier to wrap my head around than 366 days!
I am going to focus on textiles this year, see how far in the art world my new found love for embroidery is going to take me, it seems to be what I am good at
I am going to stop seeing what other people can do and get depressed when i know that i canāt do it, itās just not my gift, not my style, not who i am
I am going to try to stop getting upset when i am looked over as an artist by those around me, because i am not the ātraditionalā artist that they understand
I am going to try and learn how this blogging thing works, and try to post at least once a week
So hereās to a new year, a year in discovering who i am, getting my work out there, stopping comparing myself to other artists (in a bad way), letting go and just BE ME
I canāt remember the last time i was by myself without my 3 littles (8, 4, &2). But this past Sunday my husband was home and i took off the a fiber festival before he could change his mind and say no!
Raw Icelandic wool fleece that still needs to be washed (thatās a whole blog post waiting to happen)Lamb sandwich YES PLEASE!!!Alpaca Wool, Silk nylon, firestarMy new bottoms whorl spinnerMy other new bottom whorl spinnerSome more alpaca
I am not very good at spinning yet but oh do i love it, it is such a good way to relieve some stress and to know that the final product is all from my hands!
I have washed the raw wool and am waiting on it to dry so i can go onto the next step in turning it into yarn, and i canāt wait!!
More to come later, the children are being much to quite
Donāt mind the misplaced words, future embroidery project
Two posts in one day! I might be getting the hang of this! Donāt count on it… š
I went to first Friday this evening, you know where the local art galleries have their openings, I did not have anything in a show this go round, but one of my former professors was in a show, so i put the 3 chickadees in the car and dove an hour just to see the work of someone that i used to know.
I have mixed feeling…
The work was amazing…
My children where… not so amazing
8, 4, and 2 not very good ages to have out together, especially when the oldest is board and the other two feed off of her, that and all the sugar they seemed to have consumed in such a short time!
And Iām going to be honest with whoever you are that is reading this, once again i feel like Iām pretending at this artist thing…
I hate how I have to remind myself that i am an artist… that people like my work, i have a very long list of shows where the juror picked my work over so many others. So why do i feel this way!!! Why do I feel like my art is not good enough!? Why do I feel like Iām pretending that iām an artist?! Maybe if I was around more artists I would feel different?
I had to pick up work that was shown in two past shows, and I found myself trying to hide it form the people that where there, like it didnāt even come close! I mean really how can you compare embroidery that is TINY to these amazing paintings that i could fit 100 or more of my works in? You canāt! I have to remind myself of that!
I want to paint so badly, and if I had the space, the child free space, the toddler free I put everything in my mouth space, than I really think that I could do great things, I have before so why not again!
This session that Iām in… this two bedroom 1,000 square foot 3 children session is not a painting session!
I feel like Iām just doing a craft… I need to stop feeling that way… but how!!!
How do you stop feeling that way when everything you learned in college is telling you that you are doing a craft not an art, but every time i have entered said ācraftā into a show it has gotten in…
I need to stop now, itās late, and my mind tends to wonder… I wish i could be painting right now, itās Friday night and everyone is asleep, but i have no space to wait for paint to dry…
I need to remember that just because it is small and fits in my bag… my embroidery is no less important… is no less art… than all of the larger paintings hanging on the wall…
Just some rambling from an artist who isnāt feeling much like an artist…
