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Who we are..NOT

Posted by Tonyascutebydesign on May 9, 2013 at 10:15 PM Comments comments (0)

Having now been in business for over 1.5 yrs, I am wittling down who we are NOT in the search for who we are. We are not Mangelsens, Jo anns, Hobby Lobby Micheals or Hancock Fabrics. We are most deffinatly not Wal-Mart. 

So since we are not a discount chain, or a craft store, we will aim higher. We hope you will come with us.

New kids on the Block

Posted by Tonyascutebydesign on May 5, 2013 at 8:35 AM Comments comments (0)

No not the singing group! But we have several new items in the shop. One is the pound of cream colored pencil roving wich knits up as a bulky and spins up as a worsted. 

Then there is the pound of 4 oz skeins of  fingering weight Superwash BFL. All waiting to be dyed of course...

Next and at the top of the hill is the Jamaica colorway of Merino Silk top. YUM!

And lastly I have spun up some more Oceans Glow, Red Marl and a new one ...

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5 Ways to create Depth in Art

Posted by Tonyascutebydesign on April 28, 2013 at 9:00 AM Comments comments (0)

Overlapping- Larger objects in the foreground overlap with objects in the background Location- Thoughtful placing of objects to suggest space

Scale/Proportion- Objects closer to you are larger, objects get smaller as they recede in to space

Surface Detail/Haze- Things get hazy and loose surface detail the further away from you they are

Linear Perspective- Using horizontal lines to suggest space, think train tracks,

Atmospheric Perspective- When using color, ton...

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