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A vintage Halloween...

Hello Friends. Its been a while! This is my favorite time of the year! Fall and Halloween.. Ive decided to blow the dust off my art supplies and just go for it.. Inspired lately, so many things on Pinterest.. so many cool Halloween supplies. I wanted to share .... Here is a book I made for a friend that I have been trading with for maybe 4 years?

My Darianne is now doing some crafting with me and altered books... We sent a package out to some friends in AZ..

That is pretty much it... Will be back soon .. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vintage Valentine Art

I worked on some Valentine Art this weekend. I love Valentines Day.. Found cones at Michaels on clearance for .80 cents each. I snatched them up. I made 4 and will use the rest for Easter or Birthdays. Here are my creations. 

I also worked on a Valentine Art Journal. Its a ROD journal.. this was so fun.. 

Thats what Ive been doing for Valentines Day.. XO

Project Life

Last year I decided to do Project Life. I am glad I did. It was a little more challenging than I thought it would be. You do have to keep it up and be organized. Lots of trips to Costco and lots of arranging pictures and remembering moments. I did have fun coming up with my own PL cards... Here are some of them..

Here are some of my pages in this thick, thick book...

If you havent done Project Life. I suggest you try it. I am not sure if I will do it again this year. The verdict isn't in yet. I do have to say that I love to look back at this year, even if it was a very sad year for us because we did lose my Mother in Law. So heartbreaking. I am working on a Valentine Art Journal. I did a online class from Marla Ann Moss.. so awesome! I did the full tilt boogie.  Will show you in my next post. XO

Some of last year in pictures...

Hashtags# #bestmotherinlawthereverwas #Catalinaisland #gettinginshape #brotherswedding #succulents #springbreak

Just to share a few......

Creating Again....

Hello. Where do I begin? Lets start with .... I am creating again. New year, new Me.. Ive had a break from creating and its now time for me to do one of the things I love. The past couple of years have been amazing. Ive changed so many things in my life. One of them has been my diet. Slowly I am channging the way I eat and take care of myself. That means juicing. If you havent done it, please try it. Smoothies with kale are my favorite. Lets just say kale is my favorite. I dropped down to almost my weight when I got married. Not only do I fit into everything, but I feel so great. When you  concentrate on different things in your life, something starts lacking. That means my Art. I think I needed to detox from it. It was cleansing. It was great for a while. But the truth is, Ive missed it. I still love it. I need to add it back in my life. Slowly this time. Today was the day. I have a cold. Anyone that knows me knows I cant sleep during the day. I decided to go into my office and create. Get ready for it..... 

Making these vintage style Valentines Day cones for my Sweetie Pies. ...
I didnt stop there... I added some heart elbow patches for a sweater...

The elbow patches were from Pinterest of course. Still on Pinterest... probably everyday.  Ive decided this blog will not just be about Art.. but my daily life. This includes my Teaching adventures, my clean eating and everything else that comes to mind. This year will be a more rounded year. .. cant wait.. !

Happy New Year! December Daily recap

Hello Friends! Happy New year! Have a couple of days to myself. I start work on the 7th. So grateful this past Year! I wanted to recap on Christmas. I worked on my December Daily book. Here are some pictures:

This is a retro page I added this year, and will keep adding Retro pictures in the whole book...

One of our family..

One of just the 2 of us..

And my journaling ispired by Pam Garrison..

details of one of the retro pages..

I am having so much fun every year working in this book! Darianne looked through it this year and loves it! She said it is her favortie book so far. Did some other crafts for Christmas.. here a few.. and I also did some trades.. They were wonderful! Cerri from Little Pink Studio and I always trade around now, I look forward to it every year! I also love to trade with Cassondra Walters.. I also traded with Kristi and wow! she even made me a ROD journal that I have to share with you later!! Thank you dear friends! I am so grateful for my Art trades.  Here are a couple of photos ..

I know my friends that are not Art friends, think this is creepy.. but I like her..

 

here is my package out to Cassondra..

Darianne made some ornaments and did a trade with Cerri's niece ...

I had a Naughty and Nice Party with my Girls here are the invites that I made....

What a great Holiday this was! Here are some pictures of Christmas..

Hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday! Here's to 2013!!

Vintage style Santa and Snowman..

My First paperclay figures! I have been crafting like crazy and it feels so amazing! I had a full weekend to create.. so many ideas are flowing... There was a bag I bought maybe 2 years ago? of paperclay and the tools for it. I busted it out and started to create.. These little guys are my first ones! I am pretty proud of them considering I dont know what the heck I'm doing. I have more I have more!

This is part of the process of these little guys.. I moleded them and let them dry overnight.

I then dusted them with glitter and mica snow...

Darianne got in on the action and made her own snowman..

Here is her adorable littel snowman...

She told me she is not done, she wants to make a hat and wants to have his snowman holding something. But it turned out pretty cute. Thats not all of the Holiday crafts I came up with here are a few other goodies.. 

This mason jar snow globe is inspired by Anthropologie.. I making them for gifts this year. The mason jars were found at the 99 cent store. It kind of looks cute next to my little snow guy...

Maybe a snow scene on my fireplace mantle? Also made a different ornament... a deer head..

Here is the profile..

I have so many Ideas.. and so much more crafting to do!! 5 snowmen are waiting for me to glitter and paint! I have 4 Trades, Yes I am doing Holiday trades with some of my favorite online friends!! I love when I do trades... gets the creative juices flowing.. Hope you enjoyed these little guys!! 

Vintage style Christmas ornaments...

I had to share what Ive been working on! Went into the garage and pulled out all my Christmas boxes.. Yes, its here before we know it! The bases of these vintage style ornaments are the packs of silver snowflakes you find at the Dollar stores. Perfect bases! I also bought a pack of kid bracelettes (8 to a pack) at the Dollar store to use as a base for tinsel wreaths.. Then it was time to decorate.  Here they are up close..

I have more.. different ornaments that I am working on.... I will share in the next week.... so Excited for The Holidays!!!!! 

Mary Poppins ...

Wanted to share our Halloween. I started looking for my Halloween costume in January. Ive been wanting to stick to the same costume each year. Mary Poppins was on my mind. After trips to the Thrift stores and a couple of things on Etsy, I put it together! So fun!!!

So fun!! Here is a picture of my Bert...

And here is my Little D as a Angel...

I am going to post what Ive been working on!! Christmas .... its almost here.. and I am on schedule to make tons of ornaments for my Friends and Family. Next post! xo

Happy Halloween!

Whre have I been? Well I work at a new School. I am so grateful. It was a long time coming. My class, my Assistant and my classroom is amazing! Now that everything is settling down. I am making my Home ready for my Favorite Holdiay! Halloween! Made a couple of little crafts. Never thought of making coffins look cute or cool until I received one in a swap with Cassondra a couple years back. Thanks Cassondra.. I look at them in a new light now. They are about 80 cents at Michaels right now, so I picked up at least 10. Here are some of the ones I worked on:

 

I also made a couple of my little Dollar Store Halloween figures. They are so easy to dress up, like they are going to a Party. Put some paper hats, signs, glitter. They look vintage now...

 

Went to Disneyland for Mickey's Halloween Party Its a tradition for our family now. It gets me in the mood for Halloween. Hope you have a wonderful Fall Season!! Its my favorite time of year! xo