Granny Squares as art

Source: designsponge.com via The Handmade on Pinterest

Anne at the Handmade Gift Guide picked up this Pinterest pic recently and I just had to share! Making Granny Squares is a popular way to use up your yarn or string scraps. Here'a great idea for using GSs as art! Mounted on a piece of linen, it adds to this fabulous mantle collection.Props to Laura Normandin of Wren Handmade for this fab square. Visit Laura's blog to see more of her work.

"She Saw It On Pinterest"

She Saw It On Pinterest, a photo by Amy Rice on Flickr.

You know why I am drawn to this - because I'm drawn to Pinterest! I imagine that the woman in the print saw a sweet DIY project and was consumed with urgency about creating jars embellished with hearts. Well, who can't relate to that?

The artist, Amy Rice, uses a Gocco printer to make her pretty prints. Learn about Gocco here. Amy uses antique journal pages for printing. More about that at her etsy shop.

I haven't used my Gocco printer in months - maybe more than a year ... hmmm ...
Amy's inspiring me to dust off that Gocco.