True Blue Me & You: I'll Try Not to Waste Our Time

DIY Inspiration. “The Key to the Door in the Mountain”. This was made by Smallest Forest for the Darwin Visual Arts Association’s Annual Member’s Show (here on her Flickr Photostream). It is made out of:  ”Cigar tin, black and red nail polish, black felt, Madeira holographic thread, iridescent dimensional fabric paint, tulle and black embroidery thread.” I love the constellations (because I just do here) and the embroidery on the tulle. I can see doing something like this using a more common object here like an Altoids’ Tin.

This was inspired by Jean Valentine’s poem: Door in the Mountain

Never ran this hard through the valley 
never ate so many stars

I was carrying a dead deer
tied on to my neck and shoulders

deer legs hanging in front of me 
heavy on my chest

People are not wanting 
to let me in

Door in the mountain 
let me in

DIY Inspiration. Screen print/paint/embroider constellations on dark blue cushions. Use glow-in-the-dark paint. From the UFO Tree House in the Treehotel group in Sweden here. *TIP: For a list of constellations alphabetically and by month go here, then click on the link or google the name to find out how it looks.

*EDIT: If you decide to go with glow-in-the-dark paints there is a whole discussion about these paints on another post of mine - the Night Bike here. Go to www.glonation.com to see if this paint is right for you.

DIY “Look at all the stars and constellations…” Embroidery Art. Using all french knots (easy stitch) on black fabric - great idea. Tutorial and her advice on how she transferred the constellation onto black fabric, go to A Can of Crafty Curiosities here. The artists’ description of her embroidery:

For yet another craftster swap I embroidered three constellations, Orion, Canis Major, and Draco. For those people who are on the up and up with their constellations there is a connection between the three, just not super obvious.  (Here is a clue, certain authors may have also used these constellations for inspiration..)