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.
Entertainment
February 27, 2023

Rebel Wilson Gets Engaged to Her Girlfriend in Front of Disneyland Castle

Congratulations are in order for Rebel Wilson and Ramona Agruma. Wilson recently announced her engagement to Agruma by sharing a set of photos of the two women against the enchanting backdrop of Disneyland in California. Accompanied by a caption that begins, “We said YES!” the sweet images show the couple—wearing matching striped sweaters with hearts emblazoned on them—at a special spot in front of Sleeping Beauty’s castle as they're showered with flower petals.

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Style
February 24, 2023

Artisan Transforms Old Leather Couches Into Stylish One-of-a-Kind Purses

With the right skills and an eye for sustainability, Lisa Crick transforms old leather couches into stylish handbags. The large pieces of furniture—still with life left—become the raw materials for her purses. The shiny blues and soft browns of her bags show the power of upcycling and highlight how we don’t need to produce more to have more; we need to get creative with what’s already available. You'd never realize these bags were once chairs.

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Dogs
February 22, 2023

Animal Shelter Takes Lovely Portraits of Its Longest Residents To Help Find Their Special Someone

For a dog living in a rescue shelter, they can't wait to be struck by cupid's arrow and find the love of a forever home. The St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center in Madison, New Jersey, knows this well and is trying to find its longest residents their perfect matches. For Valentine’s Day 2023, St. Hubert’s created a campaign for the dogs who still hadn’t found their special someone.

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Technology
February 20, 2023

AI-Generated Art Personifies Countries as Different Women Across the Globe

Artificial intelligence (AI) learns from us, so what type of associations does it make based on its machine learning? An artist named Alexa, aka Crypto Tea, used AI to generate different countries reimagined as women. After inputting some text, the technology created a variety of stylized portraits of ladies adorned with the stereotypical characteristics of the countries.

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My Modern Met

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