Handmade By friends

for a friend’s birthday i decided to make a tote bag. it really was labor of love; i stayed up all night sewing the bag. but, i have to say, it was all worth it. it came out beautifully, and you can’t find it anywhere else – it’s the only one that exists on earth. pretty special.

i made the bag with canvas that i hand silkscreened. the weird looking animal was drawn by kristen when she was 5. i made the image into a design. the inside fabric is from mozambique. i brought a bunch of fabrics from the missions trip.

LABOR OF LOVE…

=)

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i LOVE silkscreen!!! and i love all PRINTs.

my prints on canvas…

i love the process of hand silkscreen. from creating the image to shooting the image on the screen and to the print. it is a long process but the result is so satisfying and you end up with a beautiful product.

there are different printing solutions for different designs and materials. for example, the flying girl, i had to print the outline of the girl out first in black and then add the colors using translucent ink. for the unicorn i printed the color first with opaque ink and then the black outline with the words. i feel like key to a good print is patience and preparation.

making things with these prints are fun and no one out there will have the same one. i have already made a tote bag for a friends birthday and i also have these prints on t-shirts. i will post the bag and tees soon.

this entry is making me want to find if there is a silkscreen studio nearby. i want to print!

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painted by Yonnie Cheng…

one of my favorite things to do is paint and i love using Art to express my heart. i pray by painting also, i call it creative worship. painting is just one the mediums that i use to spend time with God. its a great tool to search out the heart and get your spirit to connect with God.

i really love yonnie’s paintings, you can tell her paintings are expressions from her heart, there is a rawness about it, which i really love. most of her paintings are straight forward with a message.

i will be posting more of her work in near future, also i am planning on using her paintings to make some prints, posters and cards…

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found a beautiful site giving voice to children of Mozambiques. Mozambique is one of the poorest country in the world and went through 15 years of civil war.

check out www.imaginingmozambique.com there are some interesting art pieces.

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