I have really been tasking myself with using the materials, tools and supplies I already have instead of jumping off and buying more…
And when I have been a part of crafting that tool – thus making it all that more meaningful – well, I have just got to maximise the usage.
So out came the amazing sugru feather stamp that Christine made for me during our interview, as did glittery gold fabric paint and a heavy cotton twill fabric scrap I had kicking around just waiting for a usage. These thusly came together…
to create a bevy of gold feathers.
I then cut them out and, for added feathery authenticity, threaded the edges by pulling away individual strands,
to create a cool feathery nest of fabric feathers.
But what next?
Well, I have had a couple of branches… real, untreated, straight-from-a-forest branches that were collected on very strict instruction by my then-new boyfriend (now 13-years later husband) that have taken a variety of crafty forms in our home. And they had been purpose-free for a while, so one was just primed for a feathering.
Happily, this used up all of the paint, most of the fabric and one of the branches. Which satisfied my need to put a dent in my supplies pool (and makes room for more… ooops.)
Tags: feathers, gold feather mobile, homemade stamp, sugru
