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Green Elevator Industries is FINALLY up and running. That’s right kids. Get excited.
A lot more to come very soon…
Just So You Know…
Lots of knitting.
Lots of yarn and paper.
Torso Army.
Prepare yourselves.
Love,
Megan and Steff
Trees In Progress…
You may have noticed… Steff and I… not so great at in progress updates and pictures. We swear we’re trying to get better! To prove it here is a little guy that’s in process now:
Little Tree
Crocheted truck and three pom pom’s for the leaves – this little guy is on his way! Way to what.. I’m not sure. Right now I’m thinking of making a few crochet and non crochet tree jar pieces. I still can’t decide if I would want everything in the jar to be made of yarn or not for this tree. I don’t want it to be too yarny but I also don’t want the yarn to look out of place with some other material. Unfortunately, I haven’t been eating a lot of food that comes in jars lately, leaving my “art supplies” a little low. Spaghetti dinner anyone?
Speaking of trees… here is another piece I’ve been working on…forever…
Patch Work Tree
I don’t even know if I want to talk about this one due to being so embarrassed that it’s STILL not done. It was a chicken wire frame… for months.. then it was a mod podge fabric decoupage trunk… for months… then I was super motivated! I hand cut and stitched all the leaves, glued/wired them on – and then!!!! I ran out of thread… lost my momentum… and there it sits. I plan to finish it soon though. Upon Steff’s suggestion I think I might make a preserved twig bonsai tree type base filled with moss to put it in.
PS – I love that you can see my awesome Martha Stewart Glitter in the background. yes!
The Weather Was Nice To Us!
I suffered for my art!!! By suffer, I mean got a bug bite in the park… By art, I mean yarn animals… By all of this, I mean we took new photos in the park!
Pretty Pig
This is our pretty pig. She prefers frolicking in fields of flowers over the laying around in the mud. She is crocheted from yarn with felt accents, and her flower garland is made from origami flowers and sealed with Mod Podge. For the rest of the photos click here.
Unidentified Creature
At the moment this is an Unidentified Creature. Although he looks like he and the space hamster may have come from the same location… He is made from yarn with felt accents, wire, and yarn pom poms. What ever he is, I hope a merry little army of these guys takes over the world, then enforces their jolly way of life upon us. “You earthlings will be play games, sing songs, and dance! NOW!!! HAHAHAH!” For the rest of the photos click here.
All photos taken and enjoyed in Prospect Park.
Hello Hello!
Hi Everyone!
Thought we’ve been slacking? Running in fields of daisies? Singing songs? Playing all the live long day? All the while NOT crafting? Well you’re wrong Mr. and Ms. Fancy Pants! Steff and I have been crafting up a storm at the Green Elevator Head Quarters. While we are dedicated crafters, we’re not so great at taking pictures to prove it. I swear there will be photos to come soon.. really.. I swear!
Some things to look forward to:
Steff has been bouncing between sewing and knitting. Her knit patterns are so complicated my eyes glaze over just looking at her very.. large.. very organized.. chartS. Note the emphasis on the plural. As for sewing, you can all look forward to some awesome aprons coming up. Circle skirts, upcycling, trimmings – They’re so cute it hurts.
I’ve been making a few Amigurumi creatures, experimenting with “plarn”, itty bitty bit of knitting, and brain storming. By brain storming I mean starting 20 differnt things, not really liking them, making my living room look like a grave yard of unfinished yarn creatures. Interesting but not quite the decorating theme I was going for.
Also it looks like we will be teaming up with our good friend and fellow crafter Nissa of Nissa Sue Loves You (link to her Etsy shop on the right) to form a craft coalition! Right now we are in the very serious planning stages (coming up with a cool name), in extreme privacy and secret (in a conversation over our facebook walls), to take over the world (to make crafts)!!!
If the weather is a little less dramatic this weekend we’ll be taking photos of our recent finished works and a few in progress shots to give you a preview of what’s to come. Until then, sleep soundly knowing Green Elevator Industries is alive and well.
Love,
Meg and Steff
The First Photo Shoot x 2
In addition to the Amigurumi creatures below, I also shot the jar things I made this winter (See all photos from this shoot here). This was started right after Steff and I each made 1,000 origami cranes. It’s hard to spend every spare moment making cranes for a month and then just stop. It was kind of a nice routine adding little birds to my flock. So after the 1,000 were complete I made a few more miniature versions. I had seen several types of jars filled with origami creations, but thought it would be neat if they were strung up inside the jar as you would string them up in a room.
Leila Crane Jar - Full
This was my first jar piece. This was an old spice jar – all spice maybe? Italian seasoning? Hmm.. Anyway, the cranes are strung on a piece of cotton thread, separated by beads, and glued to the top. The bottom is filled with black ceramic beads. It is called the “Leila” crane jar because it reminded me of one of my coworkers named, you guessed it, Leila.
Leila Crane Jar - Close Up
Rainbow Crane Jar - Full
The Leila Cranes were folded on a 1.5″x1.5″ square, for my next jar I went a little smaller to 1″x1.” As I mentioned I started these two crane jars right after I made 1,000 cranes. For those of you who did not go through an obsessive origami crane phase – the idea is that the 1,000 cranes bring you good fortune and a wish by carrying that wish to the heavens and so on. This jar was kind of going with that concept, with the cranes hung in an ascending swoop around the jar. The lid is painted blue and the bottom is filled with a mixture of paper, plastic, and ceramic green beads.
Rainbow Crane Jar - Close Up
Danda Lion Jar - Full
Danda Lion, get it? Like a dandelion! I know, I even winced at that a little. As much as I would love to take credit for that horrible pun, I can’t. This was inspired from a fabric pattern we saw in a store in New Paltz NY. It had a dandelion print with little lions whose manes looked like the white fuzzy part of the flower. Precious, right? So I had to make my own dande-lion. I call mine “Danda Lion” though because “Danda” sounds like it could be a real lion name. He hangs out in this old spaghetti sauce jar with a couple origami flowers, yarn grass, and burlap earth.
Danda Lion Jar - Close Up
Shy Violet Jar - Full
I mentioned that I go through obsessive phases.. This jar was made during my “Coraline” phase after seeing the movie. Great movie by the way. It shows the dark side of crafting, awesome soundtrack, and it’s an all around good time for everyone. The slightly creepy little girl is made from tooth picks (kind of a miniature worry doll) and embroidery floss. The bee is made from embroidery floss, a bead, wire, and a bit of fabric. These two hang out in a field of origami violets, and seem to be very good friends.
Shy Violet Jar - Close Up
I like that they have a: catching lightening bug in a jar look about them – but you get to capture their whole environment with them. I want to start a few more of these soon. Stay tuned.
All of these photos were taken at the same time and the same place as the photos below.
The First, and soon to be not the only, Photo Shoot
We’re not ready for an Etsy launch yet, but things are happening for us here at Green Elevator. Since Steff and I decided way back when to start a business we’ve been on a craft mission, an exploration of craft, a journey to the crafter with in! That basically comes out to be 5 billion (no more no less) half finished/started projects.
However, I think Steff has started to master the art of aprons while I have continued and improved my amigurumi-crocheted creatures. The first official Green Elevator items have been photographed and posted to
flickr. Nothing is for sale yet, but you can get an idea of some of the things we have cooking.
Hedge Hamster
I made this guy several months ago when we were first thinking of starting a business. I was going for a woodland type creature, and he turned out to be a mix of a hedge hog and a hamster. So that’s exactly what he is.
Space Hamster
This was my first attempt with using wire in an amigurumi project. I had no idea what this was when I finished.
Conversation:
Megan: What is this thing?
Steff: A hamster from space?
and so he is..
Punk Bunny
Ah this project was fun walk down memory lane. I, and many of my friends, went through a “punk” phase in high school. Blue hair, baggy jeans, old thrift store t-shirts – the whole bit. Looking back at pictures we looked about as hardcore as this bunny does. But who says a little bunny can’t be badass? Um.. you know.. in his own way.. kind of.. Anyway, Rock on little guy.
Vegetarian T-Rex
A vegetarian T-Rex. Maybe we’re not slaves to nature after all. Or maybe carrots are just that good. The gentle reptile to my right is a little different than my previous work. Slightly more muppety/cartoony, and more complex. He was created using many little swatches of crocheted fabric sewn together. I would love to try another dinosaur since this one was a great learning piece.
All the pictures were taken at the beautiful, amazing, and just a little big magical – Prospect Park. Field trip to Coney Island next? What?
Coming soon!
Dear Everyone on Earth,
Green Elevator Industries is coming soon.
Love,
Steffany and Megan
