Saturday Art Saves: Karen Bailey

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Every Saturday I focus on a different artist that I admire. From potters to painters, chefs to collectors, seamstress to songwriters, lifestyle to lovers... anyone who set the paintbrush, pastry brush, hands and heart on fire to create.

Those who inspire art to flow where it may.

 

 

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Karen Bailey's passion aside from her family is finding old things and crafting. She loves walking through antique stores and other interesting places to search for new treasures that she can use for her crafts or for her home.

 

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Karen Bailey generously gives many free tutorials on her blog. Step by step ways to creating your own little beauties.

 

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A paper feather bookmarker, was one of the first art projects of Karen's that tickled my fancy- isn't that one of cutest old fashion expressions ever?

 

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Karen is such a creative soul she even goes so far as creating art to store her art supplies! Notice the boards she creates to wrap and store her antique lace? Gee it is art itself! 

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Certainly it is a sign of a creative soul! Creating art to store art. At every turn Karen touches the ordinary into sweetness. As if she is feeding the soul with tidbits of charm.

 

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My Grandmother could crochet anything. When I was a teenager and admiring hippy-ness, I brought her a tiny crocheted coin purse. My Grandmother studied it for about two seconds, then told me what type of thread to buy and made it. 

Unfortunately my fingers were not so nimble, and my attention not enduring... 

 

 

Karen's crochet flower make my memories bloom anew.

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Karen's step by step tutorials started over a year ago. Karen gives clear directions showing the tools, products and how to... Karen said about her paper flower pins, "I used two different older books with different shades of colored pages. (Then I ) Punched out small and large flowers from these pages."

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When it comes to craft projects I love 'seeing' the details, it helps me get it.

Karen's blog Todolwen is ideal for step by step, tutorials.

 

 

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What is there not to like about a doll shoe as a pincushion? 

 



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Karen Bailey 

Todolwen is her creative blog, full of wonderful ideas for small craft projects.

Blog: http://todolwen.blogspot.fr/ 

[email protected]

 

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Pincushion using vintage bits and pieces.

 

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For more ways to create you might find these blogs or books interesting:

 

 

Keepsakes: Recipes, Mementos and Miscellany

 

Collage Lost and Found: Creating Unique Projects With Vintage Ephemera

 

 

How to cut paper flowers.

Comments

[Sheala]

I really LOVE the birds!!!!!! So cute, what a talent.

[martina]

I had to immediately go look at her blog. Inspiring and so creative! Thanks for talking about it. Another site I really like is Just Something I Made. Cathe Holden is a graphic artist/designer who contributes to Country Living magazine.

[Jenna]

I LOVE butterflies and I love reading, the origami ones tug at my heart.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89izB9CYJE8&ob=av2e

[Kathie B]

While the aleatory nature of the butterflies, quill, bird wings and flower pins made of typeset paper is interesting, I wonder if Karen's ever considered experimenting with making these items from blank paper, then having words printed on them so that in their folded positions they "read" relevant or surreal messages (and yes, I realize it'd be quite a challenge at the butterflies' mitered corners).

[Dawn Edmonson]

Hi sweet Corey, I just LOVE Karen and her gorgeous creations!!! Those paper feathers made me swoon the minute she posted them on her blog...such beautiful choice and a wonderful, inspiring artist ~ hugs and love, Dawn

[christine]

Love Karen's work. Wow. So talented.

[parisbreakfast]

Love the pale pink paper roses....
Speaking of art, there's a MAYAN expo at the Pintoreque
I thought of you when I saw the affiche in the Metro...
You can re-immerse in yr Mayanismo!
sometime...

[Dottie]

Beautiful! I love your art saves saturdays!

[Kiki]

what a great artist and what a lovely blog she has. thank you for taking note and sharing your treasures with us - Karen seems an extraordinary woman.
Kiki

PS: I just sent my one and only (left over) origami card to a dear friend of mine for her birthday. I bought that card many years ago and treasured it like a precious painting. Now it has found a new home and the lovingly folded geese remind my friend of this talented Japanese artist I got the card from.

[Virginia]

A few wisps of paper, a little fabric, a touch of glue - create minds at work are a positive delight to see. Thank you for introducing this artists. Virginia

[marie]

Hi Corey...I'm visiting from Karen's awesome blog! She shared your link. I'm going to love these posts when you introduce us to your favorite artists.