What Crafts come on holiday?

Im guessing almost everybody is doing some kind of trip this summer.Wether its a long car journey , a 2 hour plain fllight or even just a short train journey.But have you ever caught your self dreaming about what crafty project you could be doing at home right now? I know i have.So thats why i thought id spill all my ideas on this subject.
So first of all you can of course just take a notepad and doodle the time away and plan your next craft project in it.Oh and no im not forgetting the ultimate traveling craft crochet and knitting.But to give you some ideas on what to crochet /knit why not get a headstart on making all those winter scarves and hats? Or mabey even mittens?Or you could simply knit squares and sew them together to make a blanket.Although please check with your airline if youre allowed to take knitting or crochet needles on the plain.But if knittin/crocheting is not your thing never fear.Do not leave your art journal at home!Oh and dont forget your artist Pitt pens so that you can spend all your time drawing waay.Your going on a long(very long) Journey?
Well then you may want to think about taking your travel watercolours kit , a paintbrush,watercolour paper, scissors (check before taking on a plain) and glue with you to.Craftypod has a great podcast on this subject by the way and there is for eg. The idea of making a lunchbox into crafty travel gear and that will come in very handy when you have to transport all your gear.http://www.craftypod.com/2006/07/14/craftypod-30-crafts-go-on-summer-vacation/.
Dont forget to bring your camera either, as im telling you there will be many times when youll regret it if you dont.
Some other lil mini crafts that are nice :
-collecting quotes, either just when you see good ones or one per day
-trying to find some kind of fabric every day and sewing it to a work of art

So thats about all iv got for you apart from these links:
CRAFT has this cool tutorial for a craft caddy:http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/07/car_craft_caddy.html
Theres the podcast:see above in text

Cut out and keep cool stuff

I found some after the sun has already burnt you remedies:( wish i had this last week)

http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/snippets/issue15/sunburn_relief

Brand new site i found

http://ashtontellsall.blogspot.com/
So far she has only one post , but i like the idea for her blog.So go check it out!!
Its all about taking designer fashion and making it yourself!

Weekly Linkage !!:Art journaling

Gonna start posting cool links every friday for a while.
Today im going to share my favorites list , well no id still be typing in 2 years if i did that i mean just the art journaling links.

First of all suzi blus site: http://suziblu.typepad.com/ just simply a great inspirational site written by a mad (in a good way) gal

http://creativeeveryday.com/ a nice site, i love her monthly themes!!

fab ideas and videos: http://blog.journalgirl.com/

has not been updated since may, but it still has some great content ; http://artjunk.typepad.com/journaljunk/

For all tose that heart the moleskin: http://www.moleskinerie.com/

Nice blog; http://www.seussscat.blogspot.com/

Just an amazing tutorial on how to draw a cool eye: http://gabbyd70.deviantart.com/art/Eye-Drawing-Tutorial-101408417

One of those regulary visited crafty sites; http://daisyyellow.squarespace.com/

All about the note book: http://www.notebookism.com/

http://illustrationfriday.com/ go on give it a go

Tutorial: Mini Top Hat on an Aliceband

So you can see what my finished hat looked like.I thought you may want to make one to so here is the tutorial.

1.Cut out a circle from felt , that is the size you want the brim to be.Cut out a smaller circle from the middle , this is the top(lid).For the longy bit between(the strip on the picture), just worry about the width and not about the length(you can trim it later).

2.Sew the top to the sidey lony part like in the photo.


3.On the other photo you can see the side is sewn up to.Do this.

4. Now sew the brim to the topy part/tube like on the photo.

This is your basic hat finished!

5.Time to decorate.You can do this how ever you want.I used lace,buttons and sequins.

6.Cut a piece of paper out of cardstock that will fit in you hat as shown.Roll it and place inside.

7.Last but not least its time to attach your hat to your aliceband.To do so , cut small strips of fabric and cover in glue.Then lay the aliceband where you want it to go and lay fabric over as you can see on the picture.Now all you have to do is to use pegs or hair clips to hold it in place.Leave to dry over night and VOILA(!!!!!!!!)youre done!!!!!!!!!!!!

Book adventure:Wreck this journal :Ordering

So iv been inspired to order this fab book and i will keep you posted.

Wreck This Journal (Paperback) by Keri Smith (Author)

OMG my first art journal is full!!!(some more pics)and 45 IDEAS FOR STUFF TO DO IN YOUR ART JOURNAL

A patchwork blanket i did and some more journal pages as well as the cover and a picture showing how thick it is.:)

So now iv filled one hole moleskin journal.Well okay iv got two more to fill ,but by tomorrow there be filled!!

Not only am i gonna share pics as inspiration , im gonn awrite down some ideas(which i used or came up with).

1.Stick in a picture and write around it in a swirl

2.Draw a face and stick in a plaster 4 an eye

3.Use paints and fabric

4.Paint a page with cool colours and then draw a picture over it

5.Test out all your pens

6.make a list of prjects you want to do

7.Document a project you did

8.Make a collage using junk mail

9.Stick in intresting newspaper articls

10.Stick in a picture of people, but cut of their hair first.Now paint their hair!

11.Bring it on a train journey and do doodles

12.Try sketching a photo

13.Get a picture and paint over it so you can only see the eyes and use them in your layout

14.Make a secret pocket for your favorite recipes

15.Experiment with origami paper and paint

16.When the paint is still wet you can use a lolly pop stick to scratch in words

17.Do a self portrait

18.Stick in some ribbon

19.Draw a cat

20.Stick a funny comic strip

21.paint a person

22.Make a flap door for a secret

23.Cover your page in text(ripped from a book)and paint on it

24.Draw pegasus

25.Explain how to BBQ the perfect marshmallow
26.Play with paint

27.write in thoughts

28.plan what your gonna do this month

29.Draw a nights sky with aliens

30. do a layout around friendship

31.Try drawing someone famous

32.Draw a monster

33. write a todo list

34.paint a surgeon

35.Use watercolour pencils

36.Draw eyes

37.play with tape

38.Do a layout with lyrics

39.Experiment with inkpads
40.Learn about the history of a craft ans document it

41.Stick in recipts and tell their storys

42.Practise drawing faces

43.Write down the resouns why youre writing în this journal

44.Take it to the pool or beacxh and draw their

45-watch a film and craete a layout around it