I’ve just learned that Whimsical Walls Stencils, which produces great stencils for kids’ rooms, will be shutting down business on December 31st. 
The owner is selling off the remaining stock at a 40% discount until the end of the year, so if you want any of these adorable stencil designs for your own kids’ rooms, hurry and get them before they are all gone.
Add comment October 19th, 2008
Not being too handy in the kitchen, I would never have thought to use stencils with food. But if I were getting married today, this is the cake I would want. Featured in Martha Stewart Weddings “Something Borrowed” (Spring 2008), it uses the Damask 5 tier set from Designer Stencils. Designer Stencils offers a large selection of Cake & Confectionery Stencils, as well as stencils for painting.
Add comment October 18th, 2008
When I hear the words “freezer paper” in relation to stenciling, it usually makes me think of Linda Buckingham’s Projection Stenciling method. Today, however, I stumbled across a blog called The Artful Parent which has a great post describing the process of using freezer paper to stencil on fabric, like the t-shirts shown.
Add comment October 16th, 2008
I just learned, by reading my friend Carol’s blog, that the September issue of Martha Stewart Living
Add comment September 29th, 2008
One of the best things about stenciling is it’s versatility. You can use stencils to paint just about anything, including walls, furniture, or fabric, in styles ranging from traditional theorems to street graffiti.
And sometimes you can even stencil without paint.
The tshirt pictured was stenciled with bleach using a design from Stencil1. Take a look at their instructions for stenciling with bleach before you tackle your own project. Their site also contains video clips showing Martha Stewart using Stencil1 designs to create TShirts with both bleach and paint.
You can find more projects like this in Stencil1 creator Ed Roth’s new book, Stencil 101. The book includes 25 reusable stencils.
Add comment September 29th, 2008
Is stenciling dead?
Despite the fact that some 
of my favorite stencil companies have gone out of business, and that an organization founded to promote the art of stenciling has chosen to remove any mention of stenciling from both its name and its mission statement (how’s that for irony?), I have to say no.
Thousands of times a day people search for stencils on stencilsearch.com, and decorative artists continue to tell me how they are using stenciling in their profession. The stencil is a timeless tool that can be used by artists and hobbyists of all skill levels to create simple motifs or complicated theorems. You can even use them for scrapbooking!
The art of stenciling has been around for centuries, and it’s not going to disappear any time soon. It continues to change and evolve and to be interpreted in new ways by a multitude of talented artists. In upcoming blog posts I will be highlighting some of these artists and showcasing the techniques they are using to carry on this ancient art form.
For information on the long (and often colorful!) history of stenciling, visit these sites:
Add comment September 1st, 2008
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