Before I begin I want to point out my lovely new logo. I am so excited about the logo that I visited my own blog about 100 times yesterday just to admire it. The very talented Knitterella created it for me. She also helped this Photoshop challenged girl get the logo over the banner photos and applied a few masterful tricks to make them pop. You can see more of Knitterella's graphic design work here and her fabulous knitting and crochet themed stationary products here. Thank you Jill!!!
I have been working madly on secret knitting recently, so I hope you don't mind if I show you another one of my kids' projects.
You may remember that Sofie has a thing for creating garments with newspapers and magazines . So when the opportunity came to create a project of her choice in art class she knew just what she would do.
Sofie draped the fabric on the dress form that my mom gave her for her birthday a year or so ago. Her favorite way to work lately has been to drape, pin, cut and sew her designs using the dress form. Occasionally she uses bits and pieces of commercial patterns, but mostly she creates her own. It took her a lot of trial and error to find the right way to transfer newsprint to fabric. I'm not sure how she ultimately succeeded. It was a technique that her HS art teacher taught her. The fabric is a little stiffer than she would have liked, but she designed the dress with very simple lines knowing this. Since it was created as an art piece rather than true apparel the dress isn't something she will actually wear out.
Once the newsprint was transferred onto the dress she used acrylic washes to add color.
The dress was on display at the high school for several weeks. She finally brought it home yesterday. Of course we had to get out right away and photograph it. And Sofie being Sofie the dress had to be modeled with a great pair of shoes.
All photo credits go to Sofie's twin, Isabella.
That logo is awesome; fun & descriptive at the same time! The dress is great, too; at first I thought Sophie had captured the newspaper w/in some other fabric, it is very intriguing! Creativity abounds...
Posted by: annri | March 26, 2010 at 09:17 AM
Amazing! It's beautiful, and just stunning!
Posted by: Monika | March 26, 2010 at 09:44 AM
It's fun having creative kids, isn't it? Sofie knocked this one out of the park -- really wonderful.
Your logo is FANTASTIC!!!
Posted by: Vicki | March 26, 2010 at 09:53 AM
Those are cool shoes! And the dress is really interesting. Well done Sofie!
The logo is fantastic! Congratulations, the new site is wonderful :)
Posted by: Lisaki | March 26, 2010 at 10:21 AM
Oh, I love it! Love it all...the logo, the dress, the blog. So inspiring :)
Posted by: emily | March 26, 2010 at 10:41 AM
Hehehe...I thought I was the only one that gave logos and artworks admiring visits! It looks great! And I love the dress!
Posted by: Verity | March 26, 2010 at 10:46 AM
I love it - clean, modern and cozy at the same time!
Posted by: Lisa | March 26, 2010 at 11:02 AM
i really love the new logos! jill outdid herself. love sofie's new dress, too! and i was actually admiring those shoes after i saw the first photo :)
Posted by: mai | March 26, 2010 at 11:10 AM
It's too bad it is only for art because that dress is awesome!
Posted by: Kristina | March 26, 2010 at 11:14 AM
How long before she ends up on Project Runway? :)
Posted by: Jason | March 26, 2010 at 11:41 AM
The logo is great. I like that it is simple but not. Sophie is a genious!
Posted by: Marianne C | March 26, 2010 at 01:01 PM
The new logo is fab, the shoes are redic fab and the dress is amazingly fab!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Brenna | March 26, 2010 at 02:40 PM
Wow! She did a fantastic job. The shoes are great, too.
Posted by: Mildawg | March 26, 2010 at 04:00 PM
Amazing! Definitely worthy of Project Runway.
Posted by: martha-caknitter | March 26, 2010 at 04:06 PM
i SO remember her other works of art! SO stinkin cool. and SO stinkin talented! i just called libby in the room to see... i could see her wheels start spinning!!!
jill is amazing. it all looks WONDERFUL!
Posted by: leslie | March 26, 2010 at 04:17 PM
love the new logo. love the dress. love the shoes. you all are just so talented!
Posted by: Allegra | March 26, 2010 at 07:11 PM
That dress is SO awesome! Well done to her.
Posted by: Laura | March 26, 2010 at 08:14 PM
I think I see Project Runway in your daughter's future! Amazing!
Posted by: stacey | March 26, 2010 at 09:59 PM
Your new logo is awesome! I agree that Knitterella is very talented! So it your daughter! Looks like you and your entourage are very creative! Good vibes!
Posted by: Maryse | March 26, 2010 at 10:16 PM
Your new logo is wonderful--very eye-catching. And your daughter's dress is awesome! What a talented, creative family!!
Posted by: kgmama | March 26, 2010 at 10:59 PM
Sofie is just so creative! I can see her name on a London label soon.
Posted by: amanda | March 27, 2010 at 02:45 AM
Such talent!! Love the new logo, the dress & fabric technique and those shoes!!!! Amazing creativity!
Posted by: Carol | March 27, 2010 at 07:02 AM
Yowza! I love coming to your blog. I never cease to be in awe of the creativity. Inspiring my day again. Thank you.
Posted by: jill | March 27, 2010 at 09:26 AM
Love your new logo! You have very talented children and should be so proud of them and of yourself as a parent. Those shoes are to die for!!
Posted by: deb | March 27, 2010 at 01:49 PM
I think several others have mentioned this...but Project Runway, anyone?? Also, I am super envious of your daughter's shoe collection :)
Posted by: Liz Arrow | March 27, 2010 at 06:26 PM