Shhhhh, I have a secret February 20, 2009

I **** LOVE**** Christmas Kitsch.  I really do.  The tackier the better.  Maybe it takes me back to my childhood.  Not that it was considered tacky then.  But I have always had a little flair for the tackier side of things.  My mother tries to blame it on my grandmother  (my dad’s mom) but I am not so sure.  She has been known to have her share of tacky outfits.  Well, to be perfectly honest more than her share.  LOL 

It seems like I work on Christmas projects year round.  With magazine work it is generally 6 months out.  Many times more, especially for Christmas.  I have come to not mind it so much.  I had a lot of fun with this one.  I want to call him Fred.  Fred the snowman.  Naming pieces is not common practice – he just look like he needed a name.

The crystals are Prima.  His mouth is a remnant of a much larger one that did not fit on a card.  I save all the good scraps.  You never know when you will need a tiny random piece.  Again, the SMOOCH came out.  The dots on the felt party hat and his cheeks dried very quickly.  I did heat set the clay snowflakes.

So proud! September 9, 2008

I finally did it.  I have wanted to try my hand at soldering for so long now.  I do not know what I was waiting on.  It is not has hard as it looks.  Then again I had a great teacher.  Lisa from Simply Swank, was so patient with my million questions.  I know I stopped her a 1001 times and asked her to repeat herself.  She has more patients than a kindergarten teacher!  The website is  http://www.simplyswank.net/.  My first piece is just that.  My first piece.  I am proud of it so I want to show it off.  I know I will be doing more of this.  One more medium to add to my repetoir.  Off to make some more.  Now if I had a never ending supply of glass slides.  I also cannot find my ornament holder, so I am really not trying to give you all the finger. 

Blast from the past August 13, 2008

 Since I am on my ANCIENT computer.  Thought I would throw out some really old photos. (more will follow) I think this is a class I taught in 2004 or 2005.  I called it bags, tags and boxes. Remember when paint cans were all the rage?  Still no word on my laptop. 

I am headed to the demo the Insiration for Pazzles at CKC this weekend in Charlotte.  If by some chance you happen to be there stop in and say HI!

Headed to Cincinnati after that for a week.

Christmas in June June 27, 2008

I know it is not the right season.  Well when you do free lance work you are never on the same season.  Another one of my favorites was also made for a book that is now xcld.  One of my fondest childhood christmas memories was the chirping dove that my grandmother had oon her tree.  You had to plug it in to hear it, and hear it you did.  It was not so much of a lovely chirp but more of a chirpy siren.  Kids loved it and the adults hated it.  Before my grandmother passed away she gave me that “lovely” ornament.  It is on my tree hanging out with its cord hidden.  I plug it in when no one is a round, and I smile.