Art it Up! is a weekly feature hosted by Tabitha @ Not Yet Read. It is dedicated to showcasing our Art. It could be inspired by a book or some other entertainment media or even just whatever artistic thing you’ve done that week. Break out those dusty art supplies!
Want to participate? See the Art it Up! main page
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This week’s art
So sorry I’m a day late on posting the Art it Up! post for this week. I was in a complete and utter funk on Wednesday night and just moved some stuff around so I didn’t miss a day. I’m having a harder and harder time with this pregnancy where sitting at a computer or art desk is concerned. I’m 2 months away from the baby’s due date and I feel like I’m ready to give birth now!
I have however managed to finish this adorable monkey toy that I had procrastinated on while doing other Christmas presents for other people. But now that the holidays are over I should be able to start finishing more other projects that have sat around languishing. I think I’m going to do more of this one in the other colors to use up the rest of the yarn balls from this one since I have a ton of pink, blue and gold left. I’ll probably make a one of each as the main body color and give them different types of ears so they aren’t all monkeys. A good idea yes!?
You can see lots more of my daily doodles over on my instagram! Remember if you decide to participate via Twitter or Instagram please use #ArtitUp so we can all checkout your doodles!
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Random Doodles of the Week
I have already been slacking since October on keeping up with my goal of doodling on a daily basis. I wonder if this will make all the progress in my skill just poof and disappear!? I actually drew this one awhile back but I’m turning it into a colored plaque now. I must admit I really like these plaques.
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This Week’s Crafty AGGRAVATION!
The colder weather makes my right wrist ache because of an old injury I have arthritis just in that wrist – awful yes? Yes! It wouldn’t be such a big deal because I’m left handed – but oddly enough I do everything else other then write and eat with my right hand. Shoot, crochet, play pool, cut with scissors – pretty much everything else a right handed person would use their dominant hand for. I guess you could say I’m ambidexterous since I can use either…or lets see left handed but right hand dominant? *mad cackles*
So link up folks we want to see your art!
Tabitha (Pabkins)
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Cat @ Addicted 2 Heroines
The monkey is so cute! Great job.
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Tabitha (Not Yet Read)
Thanks Cat! I definitely need to crank putt some more toys 🙂
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Faye M.
I think I’m going to join this meme in the future. I love drawing and making art, and I never really had a venue to showcase them on the blog. Maybe a separate add-on domain? I just know I’m going to join this when I finally have a little more breathing room 😀
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Tabitha (Pabkins)
I hope you do Faye. Personally I think the art post once a week is a nice change to all the reviews and bookish posts. I’m seeing more and more people allowing themselves to pull more onto their book blogs that isn’t just book centric.
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Susan @ Reading World
I love the monkey! My daughter makes sock monkeys. They each take two socks. Over Christmas break she was trying to make something with just one sock so she made a sock donkey that is really cute. I’ll have to show her your monkey- she’ll love it too.
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Tabitha (Pabkins)
Haha a sock donkey! I’m sure it’s adorable. I still haven’t used my sewing machine much. I need to!!
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Lynn
Yeah, you should definitely use the other colours as different bodies and make different animals by changing the ears – it’s a great plan!
Your doodle is lovely. Definitely deserving of a plaque!
Lynn 😀
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Tabitha (Pabkins)
Thanks Lynn. I definitely will. Must use up all that excess yarn! I really need to get cracking on finishing the projects I start. I wish I had more time.
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blodeuedd
Nice monkey 🙂
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Anya
Love the monkey 😀 I definitely think you should do a bunch to use up colors! Is that one of the ones where you did most of it all together or did you have to sew the limbs on?
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Tabitha (Pabkins)
Actually no… ones like this you still have to make the limbs separate. But as I got to the row where the arms and legs are the pattern tells you to crochet them on instead of sewing them on at the end. It makes it much easier.
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Anya
Oo nice, yeah I could probably handle that haha!
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Jeann @ Happy Indulgence
AWww the one of the girl and the covers looks SO SO CUTE~ I just want to give her a hug! It’s great your expanding your craft to knitting as well, a great monkey for the kids!
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Tabitha (Pabkins)
Actually the monkey is crochet, but I do know how to knit as well. I have some adorable knit patterns I need to make toys from. 🙂
I love that scared little girl…I just don’t know what colors to do her in!
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Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction
So incredibly adorable! That’s really interesting how you use your left hand for some things and your right for others. I’m hopeless with my left hand!
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Tabitha (Pabkins)
Yeah it’s because I was forced to adapt to most tools being right handed. I think a lot of left handed folks deal with that.
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