AKUA
AKUA HOPE, NY, USmember
craft interests: crochet, gifts, jewelry making, paper crafts, ornaments
my etsy page:
http://www.akuadesigns.com
Gender: Female
Birthday: 05/22/2013
Member Since: 06/08/2008
Recycled Paper Vessels
Bowls made from packing paper
Lezlis Sewing Room
The Ultimate Sewing Room contest entry
Pink Flower Necklaces and Earrings
These pink wool flowers are linked in the necklace and are made singly with little loops for the earrings. I like them both the felted and not felted and so have made a set for each treatment. Pink...
Pink Pearl,Quartz and LeafEarrings
Earrings of pink freshwater pearls, rose quartz and felted, knitted, pink wool leaves, with sterling silver earwires.
Pink Bookmark
This bookmark combines heart and head by hand. Knowledge is essential, learning must be continuous and the heart must guide the journey. I created the design to gift friends and family- a useful way...























Re: Book Giveaway: Paper Blooms
I'm a hand papermaker and would relish ideas to use on my beautiful, form scratch, plant papers.
posted: 12:56 pm on April 21stRe: How to Make a Snowstorm
Brilliant Elegant
posted: 12:56 am on December 3rdRe: How to Make a Magazine Reed Box
You say REEDS I say BEADS! This is akin making paper beads and these Reed/
posted: 2:27 pm on April 25thBeads can be used for jewelry, curtains, room dividers and more!
Re: Naturally Beautiful Paper
I was taken aback by editor's comments. Paper, invented/discovered thousands of years ago was not made from trees, but from other plant sources. High end
posted: 2:20 pm on April 25thcommercial and hand papermakers have been using cotton, linen and flowers
for decades!
Re: Hemidemisemiquaver Design
I adore the egg pots! Are these dry arrangements or are they living? Are they also larger duck eggs or brown chicken eggs? Thanks for the inspiration.
posted: 10:07 pm on April 11thRe: Book Giveaway: Eco Craft: Recycle Recraft Restyle
I would treasure a compendium of ideas on how to repurpose, recycle, reuse
posted: 8:03 pm on April 10thand create anew. I'm a papermaker, choose me!
Re: Recycle Your Tin Cans into Simple, Stylish Craft Storage!
I have long believed in and used tin can storage... and the challenge of getting cans wa met when i visited my grocery store and got their wonderful oversized cans (from their in store restaurant). These industrial sized cans are great for my rulers and knitting needles. I like the sleek, retromodern, neutral look of cans and they enable me to see just what color pencil or marker i want...now if only everything else could be so easily, efficiently, or inexpensively organized.
posted: 6:50 pm on January 18thRe: Make It: Crafty Mini-Wreaths
GReat idea! One could glue cotton balls ( i save mine from vitamin bottles) or stuffing on the cardboard before wrapping and then they would be puffy.
posted: 1:47 am on November 23rdI'm more a yarn than a material person and so see myself crocheting around the rings.
Now-- off to get a coffee can and dig out cardboard ....
Re: Shopping for Beads and Jewelry Supplies at Metalliferous
Grrrrrr! LOL! Metalliferous has long been my secret advantage. Always the best prices, the best service, the best stuff, in all things metal for decades. So
posted: 10:17 pm on October 4thit's like turning on a travel show and seeing your special cove depicted, you want it to thrive, but you don't want it overrun.....
Re: Take Responsibility with Eco-Friendly Paper-Crafting Tips
Hooray! I applaud your recommendation to use non-tree sources. Truth is, paper is best from plants other than trees ( cotton and linen, for example)
posted: 11:07 pm on June 8thand you can make it yourself! I join others in explaining how: http://www.artfarm.com/papier.html
Re: Take Responsibility with Eco-Friendly Paper-Crafting Tips
Hooray! I applaud your recommendation to use non-tree sources. Truth is, paper is best from plants other than trees ( cotton and linen, for example)
posted: 11:06 pm on June 8thand you can make it yourself! I join others in explaining how: http://www.artfarm.com/papier.html