striped artist quote printable...

I stumbled across this quote a few years ago, and I've loved it ever since... 

"An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one."

-- Charles Horton Cooley

Some projects may not work out as planned, but that doesn't make one a failure.  Being a creative person is a success in itself.

I turned these inspiring words into a fun striped printable to add to the craft room gallery wall I'm working on...and I thought I'd share the love.

I've created 8x10 images in 4 colorways, all available for download.

TEAL

MAGENTA

LIME

YELLOW

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P.S.  Thanks to those of you who sent me kind birthday wishes yesterday!

(Here's a blurry 10 o'clock at night birthday picture...)

I enjoyed some lovely gifts, a shrimp & steak dinner, surprise movie tickets to a chick flick, and way too many fancy cupcakes from a local bakery.

I may or may not have eaten one for breakfast...

thread installations...

i found these gorgeous thread installations by gabriel dawe via design*sponge.

dawe strings miles of thread around nails driven into wooden boards, creating these brilliantly colored, site-specific artworks.  i love the effect the viewing angle has on the pieces... sometimes they look architectural, sometimes they seem like a mist of color.

i also love that he's using materials traditionally associated with "craft" to make "art."  as one who enjoys many forms of creativity, i always appreciate it when those lines our blurred. 

the rainbow of thread spools at the fabric store is always so tantalizing...

how fun would it be to experiment and make a smaller scale version?  (and it would be SO fun--and crazy--to try it in a high school art class!)

if you are interested in seeing more photos or learning more about this artist, go here.