Friday, July 29, 2011

Yarn Bombing: Crafter's Graffiti

Here at SewnClever, we love ourselves some street art... whether it be tagging, poster bombing, or good old graffiti. What would you prefer to look at driving down the street, a beautifully crafted piece of art/satire/propaganda/ect... or another billboard to consume some mass-produced product?? (maybe expect a street art post on our blog in the near future)
Well, I was just reading about a new form of street art... Yarn Bombing! Yarn bombing is wrapping urban structures or trees... or anything in yarn! So pretty and non-destructive! This definitely makes for a more beautiful world!! Check out the article at Apartment Therapy.
*We do feel the need to make a pseudo disclaimer... We at SewnClever love the art of street art, we find that territorial tagging and graffiti solely for the purpose of defacing property to be... well, quite lame.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Woof!

One of our very talented members of SewnClever has collaborated with one very amazing children's clothing line! Our very own Carly Miko Pope has designed the "woof" shirt and poster for Mini & Maximus' Winter collection 'Imperfectly Perfect'! Show your love and pick up your own tee and view the whole collection @ MiniandMaximus.com
Check out the Winter collection video below! So RAD!!!


Mary Blair at Disneyland!


We are so excited about the exhibit at Disneyland located in The Disney Gallery at the beginning of Main Street!

What is not to love about Mary Blair?
She brought amazing color pallets, simplisticly perfect scenes, and charming little characters to her work at Disney (and beyond!)

Now you can look at her amazing artwork AND buy prints of them... we are in love.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

wow! crafting technology

Sometimes the downfall of crafting is the purpose that is serves....
Usually nothing.

But I just stumbled upon this at Craft Gawker
and it seriously blew me away!

Here is a simple little embroidered pillowcase with a QR code embroidered on it.
When scanned with your smart phone it will sing you to sleep with Brahms "Lullaby".

SO, um, AMAZING!


SO RAD and INSPIRING!

Thursday, July 14, 2011

inspiration: cuteness while camping

what's more perfect for summer than camping??
but what's not so great about camping? the possibilities of being all camp-like and un-cute.

here are some inspirations for cute camping from sewnclever!

what are some of your camping inspirations?


i don't know about you... but after a day or so of no complete shower my hair starts to die inside because of how lame dirt makes it.
so a perfect remedy? cover it up with a cute retro scarf!
here's a video from an ultra cute girl with an ultra cute accent that will teach you some ultra cute ways to tie a scarf onto your head... take a look.

oh and you also need S'MORES!
here is a fantastic (and of course cute)
S'MORES CAKE IN A JAR recipe to take on your weekend camping trip...


happy camping!

we hope this summer you are all able to go camping in any degree of the sense... backyard camping, urbanized shower camping, super wilderness camping, family camping, friend camping, flushable toilet camping, car or rv camping, whatever you want camping.
there's something special that happens whilst camping.
bringing small versions of your every day life, cooking over the fire or small itty bitty propane powered stoves, firewood, tents, double-wide sleeping bags, laughter, meaningful and silly conversations by the fire, photography, memories.
sometimes we just need to get out of the everyday and into an atmosphere that forces us to focus on each other and just enjoy this awesome life we are given.

but you might as well do it cute!

Monday, July 11, 2011

Music in the month of July:


Every crafter needs some music to accompany them whilst they create something great.
Here is an amazing female artist that I (Carly) have been crafting to lately....

INDIANNA HALE
Have a listen HERE

I highly suggest "Moon In My Eyes" and "Old Child". But really, all the songs on there are amazing!

She is relatively unknown, so you should like her on her facebook page right HERE and you will get lost in the world of this fine musician and her musician friend groups!

****If you like her I also suggest you check out: the BLANK TAPES

Now go listen to some summer tunes and ART!

Sunday, July 3, 2011

July Inspiration


We know it's already a few days into July, but we want to share our monthly inspiration with you... so, better late than never, right? Each month, we'll post what's inspiring us... and hopefully you'll feel inspired as well!