Create Whimsy

Inspring makers and sharing their stories

Ashley Potts +

Ashley Potts

Austin, Tx

A little more about Ashley . . .

 

What kind of creative projects are your favorite?

I love all sorts DIY…as long as it’s colorful and makes me smile. I lean towards home improvement at the moment as we remodel our 1975 generic home into a fun, colorful space!

When is your most productive time for creating?

It seems to hit me at the inappropriate times..I rearrange rooms before work and always start painting projects at night when the kid goes to bed!

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Read more about our affiliate linking policy.

 

What is your favorite storage tip for your creative supplies?
I love old cracker, sugar and flour containers – the metal kind from my grandmothers. They are colorful AND have special memories associated, so it’s a double whammy!

Tell me more about your home dec projects. How often do you move your furniture, art and accessories around in your home?

I move furniture, artwork and accessories around every week! Why not, if it doesn’t work..I move it again. It’s a never ending process ’round here.

When you are in your creative mood, do you listen to music, watch tv or do you prefer a quiet spot? If it is music, what types do you listen to? If watching tv, what kinds of shows?

I always have TV on in the background..the usuals are HGTV and the cooking channel. I judge the people remodeling and wonder what I would do in their shoes and when listening to the cooking shows I wonder what it would be like to actually cook!!

Calypso Swirl

Spotlight: Rachaeldaisy Dodd, Quilt Designer

With blasts of color and pattern, award-winning Quilt Designer Rachaeldaisy Dodd makes her presence known through her art. Working with a variety of fabrics provides endless opportunities to combine color,…
Laws of Motion; 30.5"W x 35"H, 2020

Spotlight: Regina Marzlin, Fiber Artist

Unlike many fiber artists who learned to sew from their mothers and grandmothers, Regina Marzlin was surprised to find herself drawn to textiles as an art medium - she didn't…
Rhythm in Blue

Spotlight: Jen Broemel, Fiber Artist

With training as an architect and the improvisational instincts of an artist, Jen Broemel creates fiber art that is both structured and free-flowing. The layers of hand stitch that float…
Perfectly Imperfect

Spotlight: Barbara Matthews, Fiber Artist

Balancing the precision of laser cutting with the serendipity of silk dyeing, fiber artist Barbara Matthews engages both left and right brain when creating her art. By adhering silk to…
Pistachio Smiles with lace

Spotlight: Ailish Henderson, Textile Artist

From her large body of collected work, Textile Artist Ailish Henderson shares her art by printing her designs onto fabric and creating scarves and cushion covers - wearable art for…
Flamingo embroidery

Spotlight: Amy Burt, Textile Artist

There's nothing stuffy and old-fashioned about Amy Burt. She is an avid student of traditional methods of embroidery, but designs and teaches modern applications of the art. Her take on…
Red orange yellow and grey quilt

Spotlight: Shelby Skumanich, Quilt Alchemist

With a background in photography and an admiration for the Gee's Bend quilters, Shelby Skumanich mixes her trained compositional eye with the freedom of improvisation. The resulting quilts are striking…
Collection of seven mobiles

Spotlight: Karolina Merska, Pajaki Artist

Artist Karolina Merska takes the traditional Polish folk art of pajaki and transforms bright papers and modern materials into contemporary art mobiles. Karolina's work sparks joy from every angle, introducing…
Line Dance, Tree Ring Patterns. Var. 15

Spotlight: Barbara Schneider, Fiber Artist

Fiber artist Barbara Schneider sees details that most of us overlook in the natural world, then translates what she sees into cloth so that we can see it, too. Her…
Finished facing from the back of the quilt

How to Face a Quilt

There are many different ways to face a quilt, but this is my favorite technique. This method reduces bulk in the corners, and the stay stitching makes a nice clean…
Needle felted dog

Spotlight: Emma Herian, Fiber Artist

With creative parents as role models and cheerleaders, as well as a teacher who allowed her to knit on pencils during story time, it's no surprise that fiber artist Emma…
Beaded Dragonfly

Spotlight: Nancy Cain, Bead Artist

Every piece of bead art that Nancy Cain designs is creatively engineered to achieve her vision for a sculptural piece with inherent structure. Math Brain and Art Brain have worked…
Intertwined

Spotlight: Wen Redmond, Mixed Media Artist

Pioneering 21st century processes in the field of fiber art, mixed media artist Wen Redmond combines stitch with digital manipulation of images printed on unusual substrates. The result is ethereal,…