Class: Bunny Boudoir Lamp with Colleen Moody

11 Tuesday Mar 2014

Posted by kryztyne2012 in Art and Crafting, DIY & Crafting, Lovebug Creations, Mixed Media, Sewing, Textiles, Vintage

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I feel like one of the luckiest girls in the whole world. Just over a week ago I was being spoiled at the lovely home of artist Colleen Moody creating this beautiful bunny out of paper clay. I drove up to Danville, CA with Kim Caldwell, Terry Frias, and Mariasela Vallejo and let me tell you, it was an adventure to remember! We were joined in some of our adventures by Sylvia Estrada and her mom. From being surrounded by bee’s, to a wonderful two days of class with Colleen, to a very wet ending at the Alameda Point Antique Flea Market (it wasn’t supposed to rain until later in the afternoon!), we were going non-stop with unexpected shenanigans the whole weekend. We laughed so much my cheeks hurt! I have pictures of the treasure we found and the stops we made, but that’s another post for another day.

Today I want to share my bunny lamp with you in all of her lovely finery. She carries a bouquet of vintage flowers tied up with some beautiful Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon in Panther Pink. Her lace dress is edged in the vintage-inspired color, William.

She’s a great fan of Swan Lake so she carries a swan seated on a satin pillow and a ballet princess in her basket, surrounded by vintage velvet leaves and flowers. I created a pearl cuff for her to wear.

A vintage earring embellishes her velvet ribbon belt and a pearl tiara graces her head. Covering her shoulders is a vintage collar adorned with antique french gold bullions. I made an attempt to give her feather wings but one can’t be perfect at everything! I need to go back to the drawing board and learn how to apply glue and glass glitter to feathers without sticking all of them together.

If you’d like to learn more about Colleen, please visit her blog. She will be teaching an online class through Artful Gathering beginning in June but sign ups are going on now! Although this bunny looks complicated, Colleen makes learning to use paper clay easy and fun. She was so good about giving us great tips and info on how to use the clay and as a beginner to the medium, I was so thankful for all of the time she spent explaining her shortcuts and secret techniques! I highly recommend her to anyone who is able to take a class!

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a lovely and creative week!

xo,

Christine Barker

Swap: Trim the Tree Ornament Swap

21 Saturday Dec 2013

Posted by kryztyne2012 in Art and Crafting, Christmas and Holidays, DIY & Crafting, Lovebug Creations, Mixed Media, Swap

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Did I mention that I may have joined a couple Christmas Ornament Swaps this holiday season? I joined 3 different swaps this year, plus a Secret Santa swap. And what a fabulous collection of ornaments I have decorating my pink Christmas tree now!

Here’s my tree with some of the swap ornaments.

I created the tree topper from a pair of pink pointe shoes and some sparkly trims and bows that adorned the ornaments.

Now for the best part! These ornaments are from the Trim the Tree ornament swap hosted by my fabulous friend, Julie Weller. The guidelines for the swap were simple:

“Make a vintage-inspired, Christmas ornament for EACH swap participant (15 ornaments TOTAL). Easy peasy!! Think vintage! Think glitter! Think glitz! Think winter! Think MERRY! Send something that you’d be proud to display on your tree!”

I created a carolers hat ornament, with snow dusted across the top and sides, silver berries, some Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon, a vintage angel in the moon and some pretty silver sparkly details.

Take a look at these beautiful and creative ornaments!

Thanks for stopping by!

xo,

Christine Barker

Swap: Victorian Inspired Ornament Swap

19 Thursday Dec 2013

Posted by kryztyne2012 in Art and Crafting, Christmas and Holidays, DIY & Crafting, Glitter, Lovebug Creations, Mixed Media, Papercrafting, Swap

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I recently attended a wonderful creative event called Winter Wonderland Affaire hosted by Kim Caldwell. It was held at the magical Disneyland Hotel and what a soiree it was! We started off our weekend by getting on a plush shuttle and being driven to the Vintage Marketplace in Rainbow, California. We perused the treasures there and then headed for our next stop, Matilda’s Mouse, a fabulous antique destination located in an historic barn on the Betty Crocker Estate.

From there we headed back up to the Disneyland Hotel for a pajama Tea Party, and started on our first preparations for the Chalet we were making.

On Saturday, we did some more work on our beautiful lace chalets, but one of the highlights of all of Kim’s events is the swaps. I joined the Victorian inspired Ornament Swap and the other ladies ornaments were so incredible.

The girls in the swap include:

Angela Howard
Cheri
Cheryl Stoneham
Deborah
Denise Hahn
Julie Weller
Kim Caldwell
Mariasela Vallejo
Marsi Bennett
Sylvia Estrada
Tashia Jacques
Terry Frias

Take a look through this gallery to see all of the unique ideas that they came up with!

ScarletCalliope Ornament Victorian Angela Howard

ScarletCalliope Ornament Victorian Cheryl Stoneham

ScarletCalliope Ornament Victorian Deborah

ScarletCalliope Ornament Victorian Denise Hahn

ScarletCalliope Ornament Victorian Julie Weller

ScarletCalliope Ornament Victorian Kim Caldwell

ScarletCalliope Ornament Victorian Marisela Vallejo

ScarletCalliope Ornament Victorian Marsi Bennett

ScarletCalliope Ornament Victorian Silvia Estrada

ScarletCalliope Ornament Victorian Terry Frias

ScarletCalliope Vintage Christmas Ornament Swan 1

ScarletCalliope Ornament Victorian Cheri

ScarletCalliope Ornament Victorian Tashia Jacques

Thank you so much for stopping by. I’ll be posting more pics from that wonderful weekend soon!

xo,

Christine Barker

Crafting: Swaps featuring Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon

06 Monday May 2013

Posted by kryztyne2012 in Art and Crafting, DIY & Crafting, Lovebug Creations, Mixed Media, Sewing, Swap

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For the last three years I’ve attended creative events hosted by one of the sweetest people in the whole world, Kim Caldwell. Her art events are beyond belief. From the talented teachers, to the whimsical decorations, to the love and care that goes into every detail, Kim’s events are incredible! This years fanciful event was called Enchanted Affaire and it was based on a Snow White and Fairy Tales theme.

I’ll be posting pics from my amazing weekend soon but for today I’ll be sharing some of the beautiful projects that I made for the table gifts and swaps that I used Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon on.

Being new to the world of creative retreats, three years ago I didn’t know what a table gift was, much less that I should bring a gift for each of the girls at my table. This year I was ON IT and stitched up some cute apple pincushions since the theme was Snow White. I found the most adorable Seven Dwarfs fabric, and using a pattern from Mollie Makes, I created these apples that are finished off with a vintage button, a hand stitched wool felt leaf and added some beautiful Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon in “George”, from the “Oh Cecilia” collection.

The OTHER Grumpy Cat, Miss Charlotte Lucas

I like how these dwarfs are looking at each other

This is Miss Bella

Love these!

These fabric apple pincushions make me happy!

The other important thing I learned from going to creative events is that swaps are so much fun to make and even better to receive! I joined two swaps this time, the Fairest Reflections Mirror swap and an Enchanted Memories Photo Album swap.

I started with a vintage brass filigree vanity mirror and embellished it.

I tucked in some gorgeous flourishes of Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon in “Gentleman’s Jacket“.

It’s blooming with hand-dyed silk flowers, velvet flowers, vintage gold leaves, a rhinestone broach, gold dresden, petite vintage mushrooms, bridal lace, gold jewelry pieces, and paper flowers.

This is my friend, Michelle Duke, who made all of my hard work worthwhile. She was so happy to get my mirror and I was so relieved. There’s a lot of pressure when you go to an event with women of this creative caliber and especially when the swap hostess will be receiving your handmade item! I worry that my swap won’t be worthy and that the recipient will feel let down. Thankfully Michelle said that she loved my mirror and I was over the moon happy!

The other swap that I was in was the Enchanted Memories Photo Album swap hosted by Cheryl Stoneham.

I started with a leather-covered photo album from Target. Then I just started going crazy. The rule of thumb when making a swap gift is that if you don’t want to part with it, you’ve done a good job! I used a gold colored rub-on to make the album look like it came from the castle where Snow White used to live.

I added some blue Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon in “Ocean View“, along with some gold satin ribbon, velvet ribbon and some vintage-style embroidered ribbon. I absolutely adore petite vintage mushrooms, so they made an appearance.

I had so much fun decorating this photo album! I’m very lucky that I live where I do because we have a fabulous shop, called Gilding the Lily, that is full of the most beautiful vintage ribbons, trims, millinery and gorgeous jewelry findings that were perfect for this project. It took two visits for me to find just the right details.

My swap partner’s name was Stacy, so I had to use an S, and the locket was just perfect!

Tucked in there is a lace doily, vintage silk leaves, gold dresden, silk flowers, tulle, brass stars, wired pearls, vintage gold paper leaves, and a Czech glass button. I was very sad to give this album away, but I did receive a gorgeous album from my swap partner, Nora.

Thank you so much for visiting! I’ll be posting pictures and details from my lovely weekend at Enchanted Affaire soon.

And, if you’re wondering who won the Jenni Bowlin Border Punch in the National Scrapbooking Day Blog Hop, Congratulations goes to:

MIGDALIA!

I’ll be contacting you via email to find out what your address is!

The winner of the $15 Gift Certificate to Lovebug Creations has been announced! Is it you? Check it out here http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/ to find out!!!

xo,

Christine Barker