Tattoo flash embroideries

Seems as though I've neglected this blog! I promise it's not on purpose, but life sometimes gets in the way with my blogging I suppose :)

So what's new? My husband & I moved into our new apartment, I've been keeping busy with crafts (of course), and trying to concentrate on building my clientele at the salon..I've been a busy girl!

Shall we get on with the crafts? Let's....

For the past few days I've been busy with a pretty nice sized embroidery. I'm super proud of it although looking at it after it's finished there are a few things I would change, but that's just me being a perfectionist. I don't think it's any secret that I love embroidering tattoo flash, but man I really loved this project. So much satin stitch!

available @ my etsy for $35!

While Will(the hubs) is always complimentary of my work, he seemed especially impressed by this :)

I also did a piece with some color tinting, which I looooove! It really does add a lot to embroidery.

This one I am keeping for myself. Me likes.

And although this last one doesn't really constitute as tattoo flash, it does have tattoo lettering!
I'm not going to say I hate stupid people because, without them, what would there be to entertain me? I will say that I think someone with some intelligence is definitely extremely attractive though, don't you agree?

Yeah, it looks a little dirty. That's because the ink from the brains transfer kinda bled through. A wash & it'll not look...dirty haha.


That's all for now! I have several more projects to post about soon though, so check back. And hey, have you checked out my Etsy store yet? :)

Things I Love Thursday!

Dressing up for work This is totally new for me, since I've always had a job that most of the time required a uniform. But now? I wear skirts, dresses, flowers in my hair (including Brook's famous headbands!), do my hair & makeup. I have morphed into a total goddamn girl! And seriously, I am so not a dress wearing chick. But I seemed to have become one....which is fine because I stay pretty comfortable in the Alabama heat.

Embroidery Last post I talked about how I was getting bored with cross stitch so I actually did embroider something! And I'm actually pretty proud of it! You can see more of my pictures on my Flickr (I'll have a post about it later, I'm sure)
Not eating garbage So for a while I felt like I was just like a walking trash compactor, which is fitting because I was eating nothing but junk. When me & Will went grocery shopping a few days ago we loaded up on lots of fruits & veggies & good stuff. I already feel better! And since we have no chocolate in the house now, I have to eat fruit if I need something sweet (which is pretty often) . We even found the most amazing yogurt EVER which is orange creamsicle. No shit, it tastes just like a Flintstones Push-Up. Yuuuuum!

*honorable mentions*

C.O.Bigelow Mentha body wash is the shit, new mythbusters, new inspirations, Nothing in this book is true, but it's exactly how things are, reading comics on the computer is actually awesome, lint brushes, french vanilla yogurt, Martinellis applejuice, new friends, Michelle's adorable baby starting to coo, 6 hour naps on the couch

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For fuck's sake, man, you're amateur

Hello all! I feel like it's been too long since I had a craft related post, so here's the goods! As some of you may know, I've been doing sections of the Christian Bale rant. If you haven't heard it yet, you live under a rock. Just kidding, you can hear it in all it's glory here. Believe me, if you love the word fuck, then you'll love the rant! This one is one of my personal favorites..

available @ my etsy for $20!

Then this one just had to be done.

available at my etsy for $20!

I've started on another one & hopefully it will be done by tonight! I'm having a hard time finding cool borders so if you guys know of any sites or books I should get, holla!

I tried my hand at stitching fabric onto a onesie. It went...ok. It could've turned out better, but I'm still pleased with it! I should've used my sewing machine, but I didn't, so it ended up with some puckering & bubbles. I still think it's a pretty fucking sweet onesie though! If I had a kid, it would totally be rocking stuff like this. It really doesn't look as crooked in real life :)

available @ my etsy for $15!

Who doesn't love robots? Who doesn't love lovebots? I really liked stitching this one! I used split stitch, back stitch, & satin stitch. LoveBot was even featured on Feeling Stitchy! Pattern by Urban Threads

SOLD!

I even did one of those cool sidewys shots I see! Haha!

Remember those patches I had a few entries back? Well, I took the advice & made them into brooches. Buy some! They's cheap!

available @ my etsy for $3 each!

Yep, this little break has kept me a busy girl! I've really enjoyed being able to craft as much as I have been lately.

On a non craft related note, I got my leg worked on Wednesday. This was a graduation/birthday present :) First session is done! This is my family's coat of arms. A lot of my tattoos are family related. The flowers on my arm(there's pictures on the blog somewhere) each represent a member of my family, and they're their birth month flowers. Back to the family coat of arms...Manu Forti means "With a strong hand". I love it & can't wait to see it finished!

Urban Threads rock my world

So I've been using a lot of Urban Threads patterns lately & I have fallen in love with their designs! I've done a few other embroideries (here, here, & here) with their stuff & they were big hits (they're patterns are so fucking adorable!) & decided to do a few more. I made a couple of patches that I really like! I plan on selling them on Etsy for the cheap cheap but I plan on making a few more things before I list them. Do you guys think they would even sell? I know my taste can sometimes be quite different from other people's but I dunno...




And then I embroidered this cute little hardcore bunny. Upon the advice of Ruby, I think she'll go on a baby onesie. Kind of a shitty picture, but you get the idea...

Isn't she ADORABLE?!




I have several patterns that are just waiting to be stitched up & soon I'll actually have plenty of free time! Wanna know why? I quit my current job and I'll be graduating in a few days! Twelve days to be exact, but hey, who's counting? I'll get a nice little vacation (much needed) before I start my new job. I'll be glad to start a new chapter...it feels like my life has been put on hold for over a year now so I'm totally stoked that it will all be over with soon, I'll have a job I love, working with people I get along with & have something in common with. And I'll have a social life again! Yay!

Recent work!

Yay, I've done some things that haven't totally disappointed me! I got really fed up with crafts for a minute because seriously, I could NOT seem to get anything right. I unraveled probably 5 scarves. Yeah. It was AWESOME. So I figured I'd put my lightbox to work some more (I fucking LOVE that thing). So I google-imaged around, found a few things I really liked, put them together, & voila! This awesome traditional style tattoo flash towel was born. It's a really nice sized towel, if I do say so myself. And I do.

Here's a close up...I am sooo pleased with how it turned out!




Ok. Next up we got the kitchenware patterns that everyone seems to be so fond of lately!
Bitchin' Kitchen indeed!


These were so much fun to do, for reals. I was so so SO happy with how they both turned out! I took my time with each of them, really practicing small perfect little stitches. And ya know what? I think I may be done with Sublime Stitching, at least for the time being. I've found so much stuff online! Even Will has said, more or less, that he feels I'm being more creative. And I really have felt more creative!

Oh but I'm not done...I stitched up a little bookmark. Nothing fancy, very simple & to the point..


Modelled by the lovely Disinformation book "You are being lied to."



Seriously, I cannot stand it when I'm trying to enjoy my book & some dumb fuck comes over to me with a zillion questions.."what are you reading?" "is it good?" "what's it about?" "is that the author that wrote book that one time that was really good?" "have you read the secret yet?"
OH MY GOD SHUT UP!

I hate that! Haha

So I thought fuck off is a pretty good bookmark so you don't have to say anything at all. I plan on doing another one along the same lines but with less curse words.

So all these, the towels & the bookmark were added to my etsy shop! And I'm not gonna lie. I think they're all badass. So I hope someone else thinks so too. Enough to purchase them. *wink wink nudge nudge*

Well, guess I'm going to go back to crafting! I'm working on a couple of scarves (keeping my fingers crossed!) & about to start working on a onesie!

First try at color tinting

so i have been finding some really cool images online to embroider (thanks google images!) & i found this one..
it just looks like the perfect anchor to embroider with such simple lines.

as i started stitching i wasn't planning on using any satin stitch. but then it just looked so blah without any. so i started stitching the red & blue. well then that's all i could see. ugh. i was not about to stitch the entire anchor, and i really don't think it would've looked right even if i did. i thought "why not try color tinting?" so i did!

i have to say, i really like this technique! it really does add a lot to the piece i think! it's not perfect, but i think it turned out really well. i'm pleased with it :) i know now though, if i'm going to do color tinting i need to do it before i start the stitching. it was kind of hard to make it look completely smooth when i was trying to color next to the stitches.
it's available at my etsy store as well!

and i know i say this a lot, but i will probably be taking somewhat of a break soon from crafting, mainly because i am a broke ass & really can't afford to do crafting as much as i'd like, especially the jewelry part. and i was so excited about jewelry making! shit's expensive!

i still have a bit of supplies though, so i'll still be crafting for the time being...

so the other day i got a myspace message from my buddy marc. he's in a band called atreyu.
he said he was showing the drummer, brandon, some of my stuff & that he was interested in getting a piece for his wife! needless to say i was pretty excited & happily obliged! after a few emails i got an idea of what he was looking for and came up with this...


the date is the date they got married-october 19, 2007. ha, i constantly checked the email making sure the date was right. i would hate the fuck that part up! i'm really happy with how it came out & i hope he is too. and of course i really hope his wife is happy :)



this was such a cool frame so i had to take a picture of it too. i think it goes well with the embroidery.

and can i just say that although i'm not much of a fan of the band, i'm really proud of marc. he's an awesome & genuine person & i'm glad he's having such success, not only with his music but with his art.

i'll be getting in touch with brandon sometime in the next day or so to get all the info to send it to him & so forth. and i hope to be getting a reply soon from sublime stitching on the licensing agreement so i can set up shop!

i have one more fairly large cross stitch i wanna do then i want to put the needle down for a minute & maybe practice crocheting!

Royal St. Tattoo Embroidery

so i've made a couple of things for my tattoo artist but i was really happy with the way this one turned out..it just seems to fit better than the other things i've done. the pattern is from sublime stitching craft pad (which i looove!). and this project seemed so quick & easy to do! in comparison to my mario xstitch, it definitely was a lot quicker. i embroidered it on felt, which i now adore because it's so easy to stitch on. maybe cw (the artist) will trade with me :) i need to get worked on desperately!

Revamped Cardigan

yay for cardigans i'll wear again! this plain-ass white cardigan has been in my closet for oh...a couple of years? i'm glad i kept it, cause i think it's super cute now! i used the sublime stitching pattern...i think it may have been tattoo your towels but i'm not really sure. i used 4 different colors & my fav, french knots. some of the french knots look kinda goofy up close, but that's ok. i hadn't tried stitching on clothes without stabilizer & it really wasn't too bad. i think it turned out well. and my husband being the sweetie he is seemed genuinely impressed. he told me that it actually looked like the design was bought that way...what a guy :) too bad it's hot as balls in alabama right now..

Stitched tops

i never wore these tank tops until i embroidered on them!

the white one was pretty difficult to do for some reason. and it also fits kind of weird, like when i put it on, the face stretches because of my boobs and all & the face ends up looking really weird & squashed. the green one on the other hand, doesn't do weird shit like that, thankfully. i wear the green one quite a bit :)