by Marie-Lynn Richard | Aug 2, 2013 | Completed, Creativity, Embroidery, English, Handmade, Humor, Sewing, TV, Videos
Here’s a new badge for my Moonrise Kingdom inspired Camp Bag! It is simply created with a remnant of red felt that is back stitched without guides and improvised. In order to be able to blanket stitch the countour, I double backed the felt with fusible webbing....
by Marie-Lynn Richard | Oct 2, 2012 | Completed, Consume Responsibly, Creativity, Handmade, inspiration, Self Portraits, Sewing, Thrifting
For the past 5-6 years I have been decreasing my consumption of new things. I buy used items or wait until my family or acquaintances have things they want to part with. I started this out of necessity because my revenues dwindled down to nothing for 18 months while I...
by Marie-Lynn Richard | Jul 29, 2012 | Completed, Consume Responsibly, English, Handmade, Project, Self Portraits, Sewing, Thrifting
Saturday challenge was to make something in my Great DIY Projects Pinterest board. I turned this polka dot shirt into a cuter sleeveless number with a bow. I have wanted a shirt with a bow like that for a long time. The most frustrating part was making the neckline....
by Marie-Lynn Richard | Jul 13, 2012 | Completed, Cute Animals, Embroidery, English, Finished, Handmade, Humor, inspiration, Movies, Pop Art & Culture, Project, Sewing, Thrifting
I have finished my first Moonrise Kingdom inspired badge. The longest part of the process was doing the condensed blanket stitching around the edge to create a border. It is very hard to have a straight line but using aida cloth as a backing really helped in the...
by Marie-Lynn Richard | Jul 11, 2012 | Antiques, Consume Responsibly, Creativity, Embroidery, Facebook, Handmade, inspiration, Project, Sewing, Thrifting, WIP
I saw Moonrise Kingdom this week and was very inspired by the homespun look of the whole movie. My inner child is a 12 year old boy so I love everything about this movie’s story and art direction. I am not saying this as someone who has missed out. I was a Girl...
by Marie-Lynn Richard | Apr 27, 2012 | Completed, Consume Responsibly, Contest, Creativity, Crochet, Embroidery, English, Facebook, Finished, Handmade, Motherhood, Project, Sewing, Social Media, Softie, WIP
I finally got around to taking a few photos of recent projects. I haven’t done much crafting since November because I bought myself 5 months to code my new products. This whole process redefines the term Lean Startup! Today I launched a new product (the gamified...