I found this tiny filet crochet poodle on About.com. It doesn’t really look like a poodle to me so I did a little tweaking and came up with this.
The pattern is available for free download. You could also use the chart for embroidery or other art. Remember that this chart is free for personal use.
instructions (PDF) Download
chart (jpg) Download
While looking though some old artwork last week, I came across some farm animal silhouettes I drew the summer after my freshman year in college.
That summer, I worked at a living history farm in Austin, TX teaching 4 to 6 year olds how to be Texas pioneers. We did lots of different types of things but one thing I tried to show them was that when our chores were done, there were fun games to play without computers. One of the things we made were tissue paper parachutes with these farm animals attached. They had great fun making the chutes and then dropping them out the barn window then running down the barn steps to go get them on the ground.
Originally they were drawn to be printed on cardstock to use as the weight for a tissue paper parachute (The animals would be hole punched at the top and the string tied through the hole. If the animal is not heavy enough you can tape a washer or flat rock to the back of the animal. They would also be cute as as animal paperdolls.
These silhouettes would be great for other coloring type activities too.
Enjoy!
Farm Animal Silhouettes (PDF) Download
I’ve uploaded a new iPhone 4 pouch pattern. You’re welcome to use it for personal use. It would look quite nice in a poodle fabric or anything really.
This pouch pattern give easy access to the vibrate switch on the left side and ringer volume. You can also plug in headphones to listen to music while still in the pouch. You can alter it to allow for charging while still in the pouch. All directions are included with this free pattern.
iPhone 4 pouch pattern (jpg) Download
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Because my father loves frogs, I wanted to make a fun frog pop up card for Father’s Day for him. I’ve not made many pop up cards before but I found a collection of nice directions for some simple pop up cards. There weren’t any frogs so I used the from robertsabuda.com and altered the bunny shape into a frog. The frog template I created is to the left and my finished card is below. I used colored pencils to color the frog and markers for the lettering. I can imagine that if you used watercolor paper and watercolors to color the frog, it might look better. I suppose it depends on your tastes.
Frog template (jpg) Download
