polka dot house (and some questions for you)
Posted on 05. Jan, 2010 by Princess Lasertron in home, inspiration
1. Today I installed Roman bamboo shades in my new studio upstairs. They look SO cool and I’m so proud that I did it myself! I decided to move upstairs from the basement for a few reasons:
…It’s right next door to the baby’s room
…The basement is freezing
…The basement is ugly
…It’s better to lay felt and projects out on a wood floor than carpet
…Having a little less space will be a fun challenge. I think I will do a better job controlling clutter and maximizing my space usage. I know I can do it!
2. Moving things upstairs and going through all of my craft stuff, I noticed that I have a TON of polyester and acrylic felt (the kind you buy in craft stores). Now that I only use wool felt, the acrylic/poly stuff is just taking up space. I feel bad shilling it off to customers because it’s not something I like working with myself, but I don’t want to keep it knowing it won’t be used.
Would you use my acrylic felt if I cut it up, polka dotted some of it, and did a giveaway?
3. How horrified would our neighbors be if we painted the side of our house like this?
Photo found via Oh Joy!
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lorel
08. Jan, 2010
7:02 pm
Hi – I’m megduerksen’s sister, an art teacher who is trying stitching with my students for the first time, after a very generous donation of felt from a student’s grandma last year. Donations are awesome!
Also I wanted to link you to a photo for a REAL polka-dot painted house in Detroit. It’s called the Dotty Wotty House, and it was painted by an untrained/folk artist in his “blighted” neighborhood. I just love it and would like to see it in real life someday.
http://ontheroad.randmcnally.com/2009/08/11/travelogue-heidelberg-project/
Princess Lasertron
09. Jan, 2010
8:02 pm
thank you so much for the link! I have read about you on meg’s blog
Suze
10. Jan, 2010
8:57 am
The Heidleberg Project is really cool! I work in Detroit, about three minutes away from the neighborhood. The other houses in the project are really cool too, although some of them were slated to be torn down and were
There’s also another house along my route to work, still in Detroit, visable from the freeway that was decorated with mosaic tiles, mirrors and bright paint! If I have a chance, I’ll try to snap a photo- it’s really cool!
And, I’d totally do the polka dot house, if I had a house (I’m in a apt right now).
Lois Brody
08. Jan, 2010
6:29 pm
Save it for Alice to practice on in 2 years! Her very own collection!
Jackie Dieckmann
08. Jan, 2010
3:32 pm
Love your work. Found your business in a recent magazine, Where Women Create. Have you very thought about writing a craft book featuring your unique work? I would purchase one of your books.
Nancy
07. Jan, 2010
3:17 pm
Too bad you couldn’t use the felt to make the polka dots and attach them to your new house! Velcro? Ha!
Paige
07. Jan, 2010
10:56 am
Just found your site and I am a fellow Omahan! I am just getting into felt crafting projects and am practicing on acrylic felt before I use wool. So I would take it, but I would rather see it go to the teacher above : )
Jennifer
07. Jan, 2010
8:50 am
I would love to win some felt!!
And if my neighbor painted their house in polka dots, I might have to one up them and stripe mine!!
Rialeigh
07. Jan, 2010
6:35 am
hahaha I think my neighbors have come to expect stuff like that from us
we put up BRIGHT leaf green shutters when we built the house. Your new studio will be great! It is sooo much easier to get work done when you don’t have to completely separate yourself. I am excited to see how you deal with being a night owl with a kid. It was hard for me! Also, I would LOVE your felt because I love your blog and style!
tamari*
07. Jan, 2010
5:52 am
i’d love to live next to such a cool house:)
shelby
07. Jan, 2010
1:47 am
i would love to live in a polka dot house! plus if you had one it would make it easier for your neighbors- “we live three doors down from the crazy polka dot house”. maybe if not the outside certainly the inside.
Katie
06. Jan, 2010
9:22 pm
Love the polka dot house! Your studio sounds so fabulous xo
emily from wi
06. Jan, 2010
6:02 pm
I’m a teacher and would love your felt! I think its a great idea to give it to your local school (or, mail it to me and I’ll send u pics of what my students create)
The polka dots would be perfect for the outside of Alice baby’s future doll house…
Creole Wisdom
06. Jan, 2010
5:37 pm
I certainly wish I had a use for felt… I just don’t. I love that house, but am very partial to polka dots. I hope you post a photo of your studio and nursery
Anne
06. Jan, 2010
5:15 pm
Our young artists at The Kent Bellows Studio would really love to use any extra supplies you can spare. We have a few budding textile artists! If you can’t think of a give-away, I would be happy to pick it up.
PS. I love the polka dot house idea. Perfect.l
Princess Lasertron
06. Jan, 2010
7:01 pm
that is a great idea! kent bellows was a good friend of my family. I’d love to make a donation.
Chaely
06. Jan, 2010
1:02 pm
I think the neighbors would cry themselves to sleep, but I kinda like where you’re going with that idea. It might be cool to do a tone-on-tone polka dot motif that wasn’t quite so garish (to your neighbors). You know, like your wedding dress! It would be like your whole house was Lasertron’d.
Kristel
06. Jan, 2010
10:23 am
I would be very interested in that felt giveaway!
Laurie
06. Jan, 2010
10:16 am
I would love some felt! A give away would be amazing! Also are you still making the kits? I would love to order one from you!
Page
06. Jan, 2010
9:42 am
I agree with the ideas to give it to a school or art program. I run an after school program for middle schoolers. I am able to keep it free for the participants because of generous people donating their unneeded craft supplies, or other items that are garbage to them. One of my favorite creative challenges is figuring out how we can best use these items.
Asia
06. Jan, 2010
8:58 am
Schools and Daycares would love some extra craft supplies. The supplies come out of teachers’ pockets and can really add up over time.
You can call your local schools and then drop it off. No post office, no uploading for 4 hours on etsy!
Princess Lasertron
06. Jan, 2010
6:36 pm
that’s a really good idea! I might split it in half
Jenny
06. Jan, 2010
8:46 am
GIVEAWAY!! I am using up all of my craft felt before I allow myself to purchase wool felt, so I would be happy to have a little more craft felt to practice with before buying new
My husband would be horrified by the polka dot house, but i would happily live in it!
Taryn
06. Jan, 2010
7:45 am
i think that house is adorable and i think a giveaway is a good idea…people love giveaways no matter what it is, lol.
Caitlin
06. Jan, 2010
7:25 am
I would love it if you had a felt giveaway!
Claudia
06. Jan, 2010
6:10 am
well, i would love to win some felt (even it is the acrylic one), too. but i the less selfish part of me likes the school/kindergarten idea as well.
in germany we have “die Arche”, which is a great place for kids to go after school. you can read about it here http://de.dawanda.com/hilft
maybe you would like to donate your stuff to an “Arche” in berlin or find a similar organisation in your neighbourhood?
PStarr
06. Jan, 2010
6:00 am
I would love to win some felt! I teach second grade and I am always in need of felt for various projects we do at school.
Love the polka dot house!
Debs Ivelja
06. Jan, 2010
2:35 am
Me too! I would wish I had done it first
Sheera
06. Jan, 2010
1:10 am
Hai…:)
I would love some felt too! But methinks Australia is too far no?
Hoho…a polka dotted house somehow reminds me of hansel and gretel…i bet the house would look really fun!
CaLynn
06. Jan, 2010
1:00 am
1. I would love to win some felt! Therefore, i like that idea quite a bunch:)
2. If my neighbor had a polka dot house, i think id be jealous at their adventurous nature.
tupoi
06. Jan, 2010
12:15 am
What about freecycle for the felt? Or an elementary school/church/senior home, maybe something you pass frequently.
Love the polka dotted house, go for it:).
Amanda
05. Jan, 2010
11:47 pm
I think your neighbors would be horrified but the house would fit your personality.
Why not do a destash on etsy for the craft items you’ve found in your supplies that you no longer want to use?
Sometimes moving creative spaces to be more convenient for you can really help. I did that with my space at my house and took over our back living room. Upside? The pups can hang out with me on my studio couch I now have room for in the room AND I can hear the doorbell ring…
Good luck on your new studio space. I’m sure you’ll make it lovely!
Princess Lasertron
05. Jan, 2010
11:51 pm
“Why not do a destash on etsy for the craft items you’ve found in your supplies that you no longer want to use?”
because I hate using etsy and I hate working with the post office. doing a giveaway is like bing bang bong, it’s outta here!
Amanda
06. Jan, 2010
9:26 am
lol Fair enough