http://craftylady.today.com Just another Today.com weblog Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:37:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   Remember Robert Redford ? The  actor, film maker,director,sex symbol , and now complainer . Robert Redford, is now 72 and living away from the glare of the Hollywood lights for some time now. You may remember him for roles such as "Barefoot in the Park","Sun dance and the Kid" and my favorite,"The ... http://craftylady.today.com/2009/01/13/sundown-film-festival/ Fleece, Not Fleas I started to see a grassroots movement of sorts a few years ago that really came into its own last year. I discovered llama fleece in the raw. Fleece is the ‘hair” or wool that the animal has sheared off usually in the spring and sometimes in the fall. ... http://craftylady.today.com/2009/01/12/fleecenot-fleas/ Another Opportunity or Exploitation for Kids?   Celebs including Nicole Richie, Joel Madden, Kate Bosworth and Jared Leto attended the Art of Elysium's annual black tie gala in L.A E.ly’.si.um: a place or condition of ideal happiness .   http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2009/01/the_art_of_the_elysium_live_st.php Mission: The Art of Elysium, a non-profit 501(c) (3) organization founded in 1997, encourages ... http://craftylady.today.com/2009/01/11/opportunity-or-exploitation/       Polymer clay is a versatile craft material that can be made into almost any shape and has many decorating purposes. I read a how-to article that I copied a link to in my post. It gives all the materials and instructions to make your own garden wall face plaque, which was ... http://craftylady.today.com/2009/01/10/make-clay-garden-mask/     Learn a craft and business at the same time. There are people today that still make shoes. They are craftsmen, designers, or ‘cottage industrialist” as they put it. "ShoeSchool" remains dedicated to the preservation, sharing, and furthering of the knowledge and skills, related to the Ancient Art of Designing & ... http://craftylady.today.com/2009/01/09/learn-a-new-shoe-crafts-business/ Plywood Art Prints I discovered an article featuring the familiar plywood with a famous artist prints and named it “plyprints.” This is cleaver, when you consider the fact that the old plywood technology has been refined to remove the harmful formaldehyde that usually is found in it.   Columbia Pure Bond® PLY ... http://craftylady.today.com/2009/01/08/plywood-for-art/ Dress Up Your Plain Light Switch Plates Plain light switch plates are something most people don’t think about, except when they need to be replaced.  You can find switch plate covers in most hardware and large home remodeling stores. They usually come in white, beige or black. Boring colors ... http://craftylady.today.com/2009/01/07/dress-up-light-switch-covers/  I like to use polymer clay to make items and  found this video showing you how to make tiny cupcake charms to attach to a bracelet. Adults as well as children will like to wear these fun items. All you need are a pasta machine to condition the clay,polymer clay in ... http://craftylady.today.com/2009/01/06/make-cupcake-charms/ There are crafters and collectors like myself ,who love anything miniature.   Dolls and dollhouses need furniture and food made for their size.You can make food to play with,but you can never eat it. of course this is for the dolls,silly! Polymer artists use polymer play to make anything and cover just ... http://craftylady.today.com/2009/01/05/pretty-little-food-to-play-with/  Video Artist Captures  Silent Talking Heads The talking heads are silent. No, these are not the music group from the eighties, but the famous talkers that are captured before an appearance on television. I read an interesting article that the New York Times ran about an actor by the name ... http://craftylady.today.com/2009/01/04/video-artist-captures-talking-heads/