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Vesna Taneva-Miller

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Snowflake pins

snowflake pins

Every year I try to make a new set of Christmas/holiday pins.  Last year I passed them out to my co-workers.  I work at the airport and we have to wear a uniform and we are limited to what extra accessories we can have.  During the month of December we are allowed to wear holiday… Read More Snowflake pins

December 4, 2018 VesnaLeave a comment

My process of painting cacti

mini cactus painting

Hey friends!!  Remember about a month ago I was busy creating pieces for Art-o-mat?  You can see the original post here.  I made total of 150 pieces of art: 50 origami earrings, 50 mini quilt patches and 50 cactus paintings.  I filmed the process of getting inspiration and creating the cactus paintings.  You can now… Read More My process of painting cacti

June 23, 2018June 23, 2018 VesnaLeave a comment

A peek in my journal

art journaling

Ever since Art-o-mat accepted my submission I’ve been trying to go through ideas about the little cactus paintings.  After all I have to create 50 different ones.  Luckily when I recently attended one of Alisa Burke’s workshops in Seaside, Oregon I learned that a journal is a perfect place to work through some of those… Read More A peek in my journal

April 13, 2018April 12, 2018 VesnaLeave a comment

Halloween DIY accessories

DIY Halloween jewelry

Happy Monday! A quick post on making some creepy earrings.  You will need: Bugs (we got ours at the dollar store) Ear back studs (from the craft store) E6000 glue And voila!!!  You can have a cockroach crawling up your ear.  

October 9, 2017 VesnaLeave a comment

Halloween decorations around the house

Halloween sign

Around these parts…… How about you?  Do you decorate for Halloween?

October 6, 2017 VesnaLeave a comment

DIY Halloween wreath on a budget

Halloween inspiration

Kids are on fall break for two weeks and I have three days off.  Time to get the Halloween decorations out and get in the spirit.  I realized I don’t have a Halloween wreath and decided to make one.  A trip to the dollar store for a few supplies and here we go: Supplies: Metal… Read More DIY Halloween wreath on a budget

October 4, 2017October 4, 2017 Vesna2 Comments

Rope Bowls

There is so many tutorials out there for rope bowls.  I learned how to make them from an online class by Alisa Burke.  She has clever ideas about decorating rope bowls.  I highly recommend her class. Once you learn the basic technique of stitching the rope to form a bowl, the possibilities to decorate it… Read More Rope Bowls

September 18, 2017September 18, 2017 VesnaLeave a comment

Sewing on paper

A while back I started sewing on paper because of my lack of skill at the time to draw.   I could free form cut shapes, but couldn’t get myself to draw the same shape.  Strange I know, but I am still a little bit like that.  Here is a collection of imaginary flowers I… Read More Sewing on paper

September 7, 2017 Vesna2 Comments

Exploring Arizona

Arizona

When it gets really hot here in the Valley of the Sun, we go up north to explore Arizona.  This was near Payson, AZ. And we stopped at a couple of antique stores along the way.

August 29, 2017 VesnaLeave a comment

How to make a bowl with shredded paper – tutorial

Shredded paper bowls

I originally saw this idea for a bowl made with shredded paper in a book at the library.  I think it was by Patricia Zapata but now I am not sure and I forgot to take notes.  I thought it was pretty cute and stored it in my idea bank to make it one day.… Read More How to make a bowl with shredded paper – tutorial

August 18, 2017August 19, 2017 VesnaLeave a comment

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I am a mixed media artist with a passion for recycling and using the left over textiles and papers that were destined for the landfill. Read my full bio in my About page.

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