Sometimes I find crafty inspiration in the most unexpected places. While watching The Colbert Report last night, my ears perked up when I heard Steven Colbert note that his musical guest, Lisa Hannigan, had stitched all the art for her CD cover and liner notes for the album Sea Sew. I was instantly intrigued and delighted to realize that not only did her cover art seem cool, but she also makes beautiful music. As I hopped on to her Web site to learn more, I was overwhelmed with excitement to see that all the design elements of the site appear to be hand-stitched. Her song listing is delicately embroidered and even has the needle still tucked in the fabric. I impulsively purchased her album (Colbert may be right about his “Colbert Bump”) through iTunes, and am now smacking my head … of course! It doesn’t have the digital liner notes, so I can’t explore her stitching further. Still, though, I’m enjoying her music and I’m looking forward to learning more about her apparent crafty side.
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I love Lisa Hannigan’s music! Check out her music videos on youtube for more crafty goodness!
I saw Lisa Hanniga open for Jason Mraz over Thanksgiving and she’s even better live. And I freaked out when I saw her cover, too!
How creative and a good way to save money, less funds spent on graphic designers.
Rachel & KJ, thanks for exposing the rest of us to Lisa’s work. I’ll be checking her out on YouTube.
Its like you read my mind! You seem to know so much about
this, like you wrote the book in it or something.
I think that you could do with some pics to drive the message home a little bit,
but instead of that, this is great blog. An excellent read.
I will certainly be back.