artsy ants

 I had planned to make ice art - ice wreaths, ice lanterns and the like - for many many years now. my pinterest boards are full of pins of beautiful ice crafts, but somehow, either the weath...

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we are the artsy ants, two sisters living an ocean apart, busy making art and crafting on our ant hills while caring for our colonies. we're passionate about paint on our fingers, lovely design, handmade decoration, thrift stores, photography, kissing baby feet and skype! this is the space where we share our artwork, d.i.y. ideas and tutorials, creative project news, artsy shop updates, inspiring online finds and anything else that inspires us in real life.

http://www.artsyants.com/2018/09/art-craft-and-inspiration-by-2-sisters.html

I'm always on the lookout for a simple craft that gives me the possibility to share what I made, if possible something useful. Handmade body care products are much more simpler to make than it mi...

http://www.artsyants.com/2017/12/gift-idea-homemade-calendula-salve.html

it is now spring of 2017 and the bullfinch couple along with many other bird friends are still visiting our feeder. i thought it might be fun to "revive" this post and give you a chance to downlo...

http://www.artsyants.com/2014/05/urban-bird-watching-adventures-mr.html

the artsy ants were lucky enough to receive some free product a couple of weeks ago from Chalkola: a lovely set of 10 chalk ink markers and a pack of blackboard labels. the look of chalks and bla...

http://www.artsyants.com/2016/02/product-review-chalkola-chalk-markers.html

while life has kept me busy, i have taken at least a few minutes each day to do some sketching. as a teenager i had a phase in which i really loved to draw with a ballpoint pen. it's a bit messy,...

http://www.artsyants.com/2016/01/recent-pen-sketches-and-paintings.html

(i had written this post and taken the photos about 4 weeks ago, when we were still thick in autumn. but i couldn't find my cardreader, so the post remained a draft. just a few days ago i found t...

http://www.artsyants.com/2015/12/old-and-new-autumn-crafts.html

long time readers of this blog will know that i am a big winter and snow lover, but unfortunately live in a region in germany that is not known for great snow winters (due to it's proximity to th...

http://www.artsyants.com/2015/11/snow-day.html

it's been way too long since my last blog post, and i don't really know how to go about this anymore. the biggest problem i always have is not knowing what to write, and after writing a few sente...

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whoa, long stretch of not blogging... it is weird how busy my days have become. not in a bad way. just in a way that i mostly do not do stuff that i would blog about. but: there has been knitting...

http://www.artsyants.com/2015/11/yarn-along-slow-knitting-and-fast.html

the vivid colors of fall keep inspiring me year after year. i am always ooh-ing and aah-ing over bright yellow, orange and read foliage and am often seen bending down to pick up some colorful lea...

http://www.artsyants.com/2015/10/autumn-discoveries.html

happy yarn along wednesday! so glad i get to join in today, too many wednesdays just went by with me remembering in the late afternoon that i might have posted... so, what's new on the knitting a...

http://www.artsyants.com/2015/09/yarn-along-new-book-and-new-shawl.html

oh my, the weeks are just flying by. tomorrow is the first day of autumn, can any of you believe it? as most of you know, it is my favourite season. i am hoping for a lot of golden days, full of ...

http://www.artsyants.com/2015/09/snippets-of-life.html

"When you play with new tools and methods, you will literally activate parts of your mind that have become hard to reach over time."  - from The Crossroads of Should and Must by Elle Luna. I...

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i have developed the habit of almost exclusively taking pictures with my phone. it is ok, having it with me at almost all times, very handy, quick to take out and put back into my pocket without ...

http://www.artsyants.com/2015/08/a-summer-weekend.html

our summer this year has been interspersed with rainy days. i like a good summer rain, and we have actually been happily drenched a few times. it is a bit annoying having to collect things from t...

http://www.artsyants.com/2015/08/rainy-day-doings.html

my garden updates have been sparse this summer, even though this is the summer in which we have done most in the garden so far. today i am sharing just a few corners that make me happy. two apple...

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oh, we're having a very average summer here in northern europe (especially compared to last year, when we were truly spoiled). but there's something we can do, and we do it well. and that it is m...

http://www.artsyants.com/2015/07/summer-days.html

a couple of weeks ago i received an issue of the ever inspiring newsletter by the girls of crafting connections. in it danielle described how she travelled with her kids for 17 days, and how she ...

http://www.artsyants.com/2015/07/travelling-with-kids-more-freedom.html

the yarn from my frogged saco stripes tank (quince and co's sparrow) is now being used to make a nangou shawl. so, i am really not a fan of knitting with linen, but i hope that it will work up as...

http://www.artsyants.com/2015/07/yarn-along-linen-shawl-and-guernsey.html

these are just a few things i've enjoyed about this summer so far, and spending time outdoors. always something new to see and discover. the first picture is actually at a friend's house, we had ...

http://www.artsyants.com/2015/07/summer-garden-impressions.html

happy yarn along wednesday! about the beginnings of the saco stripes tank that i had started 2 weeks ago: i frogged the whole piece on the weekend. i detected a mistake that could not be undone a...

http://www.artsyants.com/2015/06/yarn-along-shawl-and-reading-about-home.html

i never really shared parts of our roundtrip back in april when we were in the states. most of what we experienced are family memories, which are documented in other spaces. it has been such a lo...

http://www.artsyants.com/2015/06/sisterly-exploring-in-nola.html

i thought it might be nice to chronicle some of our gardening adventures here on the blog, as last summer i think i managed just one or two gardening posts i thought this year i might get an earl...

http://www.artsyants.com/2015/06/in-garden-in-mid-june.html

i finished the juvel cardi last week and am pleased with the way it turned out. i guess i could have made the sleeves longer after all, but this way it is the perfect summer cardi that goes well ...

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