Posts by Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes is a Staff Editor at My Modern Met and Manager of My Modern Met Store. She is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art where she earned her BFA in Illustration and MFA in Illustration Practice. Sara is also an embroidery illustrator and writer living in Seattle, Washington. She runs Bear&Bean, a studio where she stitches pet portraits and other beloved creatures. She chronicles the creativity of others through her website Brown Paper Bag and newsletter, Orts. Her latest book is Threads of Treasure: How to Make, Mend, and Find Meaning Through Thread, published in 2014. Sara’s work has been recognized in Be Creative With Workbox, Embroidery Magazine, American Illustration, on Iron and Wine’s album Beast Epic, among others. When she’s not stitching or writing, Sara enjoys planning things that bring together the craft community. She is the co-founder of Camp Craftaway, a day camp for crafty adults with hands-on workshops in the Seattle area.
Crafts
February 10, 2023

Learn How to Upcycle Your Jars and Vases With DIY Glass Painting

Is your glassware looking a little stale? Don’t replace it; breathe new life into it with glass painting! It's a fun and easy DIY project in which you add original artwork to a drinking glass, mason jar, vase, window pane, and more. When you’re done, you’ll have a piece that is totally unique. Like other forms of art and crafts, glass painting requires some special tools to get started.

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Architecture
February 8, 2023

Boss Transforms Office Into a “Neighborhood” Where Each Employee Works Out of a Tiny Home

One company has a unique take on showing up to the office. They don't work from home, but the employees are working… from a home. As a TikTok user named Kylie shared, her boss transformed the company's headquarters by building everyone their own tiny homes to serve as individual offices. There’s no walking down a hall, but rather walking down a sidewalk and knocking on the front door of someone's “home” that they've decorated themselves.

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Technology
February 7, 2023

Student Uses AI and a 3D Printer To Do Their Homework Assignment for Them

Artificial intelligence has been everywhere lately. Though it's presenting interesting prospects in the tech world, it's also proving to potentially make things very challenging for educators. For work that’s turned in online, there’s always the potential that an AI chatbot could do an assignment for the student. Having the pupil turn in a handwritten copy is one way to guard against that, but a TikTok user found a way around it.

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Creative Products
February 1, 2023

16 Black-Owned Etsy Shops Selling Creative Products To Support

Shopping small is a great way to show that you care about independent makers and the unique work that they do. Etsy is the place to find all sorts of amazing creations, and they’ve recently highlighted some incredible Black-owned businesses on their platform. From jewelry to artwork to gardening, there is no shortage of creative things to own and give as gifts.

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