Potato Stamped Curtains by Diber
We had some new photos added to our stream by readers this past week. They are so Fall Wonderful I had to share them with you. This first photo is from a long-time cyber friend of mine who goes by Diber. She says that these curtains were one of those OMG-I-Have-To-Make-This-Right-Now projects. She made the potato stamps and went to town. She suggests using a roller for the ink in order to get a more even application. I like the uneven handmade look of how it turned out.
I want to switch my kitchen colors to more warm tones for fall/winter and I think I might use these curtains as inspiration. I might take the pattern over to some custom made hand towels as well.
Earrings by Katie Earley
This second photo is of two pairs of earrings made by reader Katie Earley for her Mom’s birthday. I love the earrings, which look very similar in construction to Colleen’s Beginner Earring Tutorial, and I LOVE the packaging. The fall tones in the earrings are picked up and accented with the photo of wellies in the cardstock holder. The paper came from an advertising brochure and the composition is just wonderful. I would be thrilled to receive a gift like this.
I actually did use Colleen’s tutorial for those earrings! Thanks so much for the mention!
Glad to share love. Yes, it was definitely a crazy morning stamping those curtains. Still in my jammies before breakfast. Ha!
If you don’t want to use a roller, spread the paint out on plate or something so that you get really good, even application. And make sure the potato is sliced very straightly. I carved the design with the end of my potato peeler. ha!
I was thinking that orange stamps might make fun winter curtains. Like red curtains with white orange stamps. Vegetable/fruit stamping on curtains is fun!
Diber, I have many mornings like that, but most of them end up producing scrap fabric, not things to photograph.
Katie, those earrings turned out wonderfully. I’m glad our tutorial was helpful to you.