Design by Night

Check out my Pom Pom Package topper tutorial featured on the home page of Instructables !

My Peacock Blue brooch/clip is featured in a Treasury on Etsy. Please go and check it out!

Spring is just around the corner, and what a better way to celebrate the arrival of a new season and a rejuvenation of life than to express it with beads! Beadazzled, a bead shop located in Baltimore, MD is hosting a Spring beading contest. For more information, visit there website a www.beadazzled.net.

Like most artist/crafters I carry a sketchbook around with me most of the time. In this sketchbook I scribble ideas or sketch things that catch my eye. Every once in awhile I flip through my sketch book and I always find a little something that I forgot I had...this tutorial is one of those sketchbook Easter eggs. This easy to make paper wheel can be used for a multitude of projects and is super easy to make. I made two samples, one uses photos and can be used as gift tags or party decorations. The other I turned into a flower name card. Other ideas: Gift topper instead of a bow Christmas tree ornaments Gift tags Supplies: Card stock paper Scissors Glue stick Pencil Download paperwheel_template.jpg and print it out full size (a scale has been placed on each jpg to help with printing at the correct proportions). Trace six circles onto a piece of card stock paper and cut them out. Place the triangle template in the center back of one of the cut out circles. Trace two sides of the triang

The American Craft Council show is a gathering of more than 700 of the country’s top contemporary jewelry, clothing, furniture and home décor artists from across the country. Please stop by and meet members of Etsy, BEST, and MICA, for our second I Heart Art: Baltimore meetup. Get hands-on experience doing bookmaking with Julie from Etsy, building polymer clay with Jen Wilfong of YummyandCompany , and even make your own buttons! The event begins at 6PM, and admission after 6 is only $6 (normally $16)! For more information, visit the ACC’s website here . In addition, don't forget to check out demos by BEST members Megan Van Wagoner and Janice Fowler . Megan will be leading Printing on Porcelain at 4pm, and Janice Fowle r will be leading Metal Castings at 5pm. See you there!

Learn how to make paper using flowers, seeds or scents. Handmade paper is great for use in collage prints, card making, painting and much more. Instruction is provided by local paper artist Nan Thompson . Easy to learn techniques provide instant results the first time! Saturdays: March 12, 19, and 26. 10A-12P. $50 The Hamilton Gallery is located at 5502 Harford Rd in Baltimore, Maryland. To register call 410-419-5033 or email brandybaker@gmail.com.

Charmed Life Studio is excited to present a Roland Dorsey Retrospective for the month of March. The show opens March 4th, 6:00PM till 10:00PM. This event is free and open to the public and features complimentary food and beverage. Live music will be provided by Trio De Jaz. Charmed Life Studio is located at 4505 Harford Road, Baltimore, MD 21214.