Dawn Gibbs | May 31, 2012
I recently read a post on ParfaitDoll showing the author’s beautiful lolita fashion scrapbook – a collection of stickers, postcards and ephemera collaged into a ring-bound book. Being a long-term heavy user of the image-magpie’s dream tumblr.com, seeing this left me feeling immediately inspired to create something similar as a real life dump for my [...]
Dawn Gibbs | March 25, 2011
Sorry about the lack of posts over the last few weeks, I’ve been distracted by practically everything – work, uni, my obsessive-compulsive reading habits, and even sport! So I thought I’d just do a little craft update post to get into the swing of things again.
Dawn Gibbs | August 1, 2010
Gostelow, Mary: Embroidery. Traditional Designs and Techniques from all over the World, 1977. When most people think of embroidery, it’s usually the kind seen in Cross Stitch Fanatic magazines – pictures of teddy bears and dolphins spring to mind, and the interest in stitching dwindles… At the same time, since the fashion industry has taken [...]
Dawn Gibbs | March 17, 2010
I’ve known this craft existed for a long time- everyone’s seen pictures of the mobile phones that many asian girls carry around with them, encrusted with what looks like enough Rheinstones to fill up said river untill next spring (does anyone know why they’re called that?). Although I have no idea about the word “rheinstone”, [...]
Dawn Gibbs | March 6, 2010
A couple more of the hair accessories I’ve been making over the past month:
Dawn Gibbs | March 1, 2010
I recently got a new job (yay!) so I thought I would have less time to make things (boo..), so I went on a crafting spree before my first day- and here’s what I made:
