We're Moving

Hi, everyone!  I have been away from the blog for a little while, but now I can finally tell you why!  I'm so excited that Dreaming in Craft has a brand new home and it's so cute!  I want to thank Josh and Renée for all of their hard work.  They made this site to perfect for Dreaming in Craft.  Now you can find everything in one place!  I'm so excited! 

I will no longer be posting blogs here.  All of these posts have been moved over to dreamingincraft.com so come visit me over there!  I will be blogging about things I write about here like Dreaming in Craft news, arts and crafts, music, animation and anything else that inspires me.  I have a lot of fun new things planned for the new site so I hope you will join me.

p.s.  I'm posting a giveaway on the blog tomorrow so make sure you stop by!  :-)

Tiny Treasures Mini Felt Zipper Pouches

I am so excited to announce a brand new item available at Dreaming in Craft!  Tiny Treasures Mini Felt Zipper Pouches are the perfect size for your credit cards, change, a little cash or those tiny treasures you want to keep safe in your purse. If you don't feel like carrying a whole purse around this is a great pouch to keep in your pocket.

Tiny Treasures Mini Felt Zipper Pouches are available in five designs with more to come.

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The first four designs match original larger zipper pouch designs.

Smiley Face

Felt Flower

Button Cherries

Pink Sky

I added one brand new design specially for the mini pouches debut.  I will be adding this to the larger zipper pouch designs soon, too.

Butterfly

I am so happy to be working fun new items for Dreaming in Craft.  Keep an eye on the shop because new stuff will be coming regularly for the next couple of months!  :-)

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day!  Here's a cute little heart stop motion for you to enjoy.  :-)

Valentine's Day Paper Heart Animation- short from Dale Mackey on Vimeo.

Dreaming in Craft News

Hi!  Sorry for being away for so long.  This was a busy week for me.  I had to finish up my plushies for Cupid's Corner so I was busy!  I managed to take some time yesterday to list some new embroidery hoops at Dreaming in Craft and I wanted to share them with you.

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Red Balloon

Smiley Face

 

Rainbow Bunting

 

Button Flower Garden

 

I hope to have some more new items up next weekend so stay tuned!  :-)
 

p.s.  The blog might be a little quiet for a couple more weeks.  I have lots of big changes planned so I need a little time to get everything ready.  Thanks for being patient.

I Heart Stop Motion - Matt The Electrician

Matt The Electrician is a musician in Austin.  Wondering how he got the name Matt The Electrician?  You can read his story here.  I really like his music.  I even backed his Kickstarter campaign to fund his latest record. 

During that campaign Matt debuted a video for his song All I Know and I was so happy to see that it was a really cute crafty stop motion!  Even better news?  I found out his wife is one of the founders of Future Craft Collective and she helped him make this video!  Future Craft Collective is an organization that aims to build family connections through crafting and creativity. 

Okay, back to the stop motion.  :-)

All I Know from Matt the Electrician on Vimeo.

What do you think?   Want to hear some more?  

Cupid's Corner - A Valentine's Pop Up Shop

Dreaming in Craft is taking part in a really fun event here in Austin on February 11th & 12th.  Cupid's Corner is a two day pop up shop featuring Austin artists.  Come visit Hypercastle Studio where you will find some fun and unique gifts for your special valentine.

Wondering what types of items will be available at the pop up shop?  Check out this pin board on Pinterest.  It's filled with samples from each artist.

Dancing Penguins

I  have spent the last few days making a bunch of these little cuties for a fun event I'm participating in this month.  I'll have more info about that very soon.

While I was sewing them I was reminded of one of my favorite scenes from Mary Poppins.

Wouldn't it be fun if the penguin plushies could dance like that, too? :-)

It's The Little Things - Augusto Esquivel

My second favorite thing to use when crafting (my favorite is felt...of course!) is buttons.  I love to find fun new ways to incorporate them into my crafts..  Today I came across this hanging button sculpture of an upright piano by Augusto Esquivel.

{source: What the Cool}

This is by far the most creative button art I have ever seen.  If you look at this side picture you can see that it's three dimensional.

{source: What the Cool}

This one is my favorite.

{Source: What the Cool}

It is so inspiring to see someone take such a simple object and turn it into a beautiful piece of art.  It makes me wonder what new things I can think of if I just open my mind to see something simple in a whole new way.  I want to try all of the crazy unfinished ideas I have hiding in the back of my mind just to see what happens.

Are there any artists that really inspire you?

I Heart Stop Motion - Against the Grain

I found a new stop motion animation today!  This one is a music video for a song called Against the Grain from Hudson. 

Hudson - Against The Grain from Dropbear on Vimeo.

I love this video because it's so colorful and a little bit crafty.  :-)

I'm spending my weekend making lots of plushies for a fun event I'm participating in in February.  More info to come soon! 

What are you up to this weekend? 

Fortune Favors the Brave

I'm a Chinese food fan.  Not only is the food delicious, but you also get a fortune with your meal.  I like to save the good ones.  I have been noticing a pattern in some of my fortunes over the past few months.

 

I'm really liking this pattern.

I got this fortune on my birthday.  Three months is February 16th.  I wonder if anything will really happen.  :-)

What's with all the carrots?

make animated gifs like this at MakeAGif

Bunnies!  Bunnies, it must be bunnies!!  :-)


I made lots of carrot plushies this weekend!  Did you work on any fun craft projects?


p.s.  I learned about Make a Gif from Grrfeisty's blog.  It's pretty fun!  Now I have to come up with more fun pictures to take so I can make more.  Yay!

I'm over here!

Hi!  I'm just stopping by to let you know that there's a giveaway happening over at Crafted.  Guess what.  It's my giveaway!  I guess I didn't get enough of giving away cute stuff to all of you awesome readers.  :-)

Want to win this felt zipper pouch from Dreaming in Craft?

Just click on the picture to be directed to Dom's site and enter!

Good luck!

Rainbow Frazzles

Remember the Frazzles?

They are available at Dreaming in Craft in 

red

and white.

Guess what!  The red and white Frazzles made some friends!  You can now get them in a rainbow of colors!

Fuchsia

Blue

Green

Yellow

Teal

Hot Pink

These new colors are available for a limited time only so head over to Dreaming in Craft and get your favorite colors while they last!

Let's Create! Pottery

This weekend a friend came to visit and she told me about an iPhone app called Let's Create!  Pottery.  I love it because I get to do something creative while I'm playing games.

In this app you make pottery.

 

Fire it

Decorate it

And sell it to make money to buy fun new colors and decorations.

You can also do challenges where they give you a picture of a piece of pottery and you have to try to match it.  It's harder than you might think.

There are three different versions of the game so it's perfect for any budget.  You can start with the free version and work your way up so the game stays new and fun!

Aren't these awesome?  I found them on the Pottery Community website.  You can submit pictures of your pottery there.  They even have contests where you can win prizes!

 {Let's Create! Pottery}

I'm off to create some more pottery.  Have a great day!

Sneak Peek

Just stopping by with a sneak peek at one of the upcoming limited edition Rainbow Frazzles! 

Stay tuned for peeks at more colors coming soon to Dreaming in Craft!

Dreaming in Craft Giveaway Winners

It's time to announce the winners of the final giveaway in the Dreaming in Craft month of giveaways!

This week there will be two winners.  Winners were chosen using random.org.

Winner number one will get this Pink Love Bites mini plushie.

The winner of the pink plushie is comment number five...Erin!  Congratulations, Erin!

Winner number two will get this blue Love Bites mini plushie.

The winner of the blue plushie is comment number two!  Congratulations, Velma!

I will contact both of you to get your addresses today! 

Thank you to everyone who participating in this month of giveaways. It was a lot of fun!  Stay tuned for my giveaways in 2012!  :-)

Road Trip

I have never been on a long road trip before but lately I have been thinking a lot about it.  It would be great to get some friends together and pick a place to drive to.  We wouldn't have to rush anywhere.  We could take our time and stop at different places along the way.  Nothing to worry about...just having fun.  I don't know when I'll ever have the time or money to do this but it's something I can daydream about until the time comes.  It's on my list of things to do some day.

For now I'll just have to go on adventures like this...

Address Is Approximate from The Theory on Vimeo.

Have you ever taken a long road trip?  Where did you go?

New Year, New Plushie

Happy new year!  I know that was yesterday but I was so busy working on something special that I didn't have a chance to blog.  :-)

With the new year comes new products for Dreaming in Craft.  That means new plushies!

Meet the Dust Bunnies!

These little guys were a bit of an accident.  I was working on drawings for new plushie designs and I drew this.  I was trying to draw a larger plushie and I drew this shape for the head but I didn't like the way it was coming out.  I played around with it for a little while and decided it would be super cute as a smaller plushie.  As I was making them I thought they looked a little bit like bunnies but with a twist.  :-)  I showed them to a friend and she suggested the name Dust Bunnies.  I love it!

Right now they are available in three colors...

Bright Green

Purple

and bright blue

with more colors to come.

These plushies are now available at Dreaming in Craft!

How did you spend your first day of 2012?