Swap: Precious Hearts Swap

14 Friday Feb 2014

Posted by kryztyne2012 in Art and Crafting, Christmas and Holidays, DIY & Crafting, Sewing, Swap, Textiles

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

I hope you have something special planned for today. I don’t know if it’s the colors, the sentiments, the hearts or all of it together but Valentine’s Day is my absolute favorite holiday!

Today I’m going to show you the beautiful hearts I received in the “Precious Hearts Swap” hosted by my friend, Andrea Villarreal. For this swap we made 13 hearts that were approximately 5″ and we took 12 to Andrea’s house to swap with the other talented ladies. The color palette was to include light/pale pinks, creams, whites and burgundy. The choice of fabrics was up to us and we could include whatever kinds of trims we wanted. As a finishing touch we each put our initials on our hearts so that everyone would know who made which one.

Isn’t this packaging pretty and creative? I love it!

Here they are all together and what a perfect collection they are! All of the colors blend together so beautifully. I can’t decide if I want to make them into a garland or as a wall hanging/art quilt. Decisions, decisions!

Update! I made a garland. Here’s how it looks!

These are the talented girls who were part of this swap:

Andrea Villarreal (Hostess with the Most-ess)

Cheryl Stoneham

Cynthia Flores

Erin Barraza

Julie Weller

Mariasela Vallejo

Sylvia Estrada

Terry Frias

Here are some close ups of my heart. I researched and learned a new technique to make flowers after receiving some gorgeous blooms as a hostess prezzie from Lonnie Jenck. After I told a friend about this technique, she told me about an easier technique to do the same thing. I’ll give it a try and let you know how it works out.

I am completely smitten with these ballet-slipper-pink pearls lately. I find i’ve been using them on all kinds of projects.

I used my fancy embroidery machine to stitch silver thread onto the seams like a crazy quilt, plus I embroidered my initial. So easy!

I’m really happy with the way my hearts turned out. But, next time I’m going to get brave and put more embellishments on them!

Thanks for stopping by! I’ll be sharing one more Valentine project tomorrow so drop by to take a look. Enjoy your Valentine festivities!

xo,

Christine Barker

Wearable Art: Winter Swan Top Hat

19 Tuesday Nov 2013

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

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My projects just aren’t complete without some

LoveBug Creations ribbon!

In a sudden burst of inspiration over the weekend I decorated a top hat with some vintage and vintage-looking trims that I had around my craftroom. With the swans as my muses (is that even correct, for the plural of muse?), I pulled out doilies, flowers, eyelet lace, mica, a glittered snowflake, vintage velvet leaves, some petite spun cotton mushrooms and an angel broach and got to work. With visions of Eiko Ishioka’s Swan Hat costume design work in “Mirror, Mirror” on my mind, I created a quick winter white top hat with lighthearted and whimsical details. (I’ll be the first to admit that this is nowhere near the avant-garde style of Eiko, but I just adore her work!)

I used two colors of Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon to add the finishing touches to this Winter Swan Top Hat. The lighter color is Buttercream, from the “I Do” collection and the darker color is Mae from the “Family Ties collection“. I love how the ribbon gives the hat a little bit of an ethereal feel, giving the scene some sparkle and shine!

Thanks for stopping by!

xo,

Christine Barker

Sewing: Easter Bunny featuring Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon

25 Monday Mar 2013

Posted by kryztyne2012 in Art and Crafting, Christmas and Holidays, DIY & Crafting, Lovebug Creations, Sewing, Soft Sculpture, Textiles

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Hello Crafters!

I have to tell you about one of my favorite magazines. Mollie Makes is one of my most adored resources because it’s filled with wonderful and inspiring pictures of people and projects from the worlds of making, thrifting, collecting and crafting.

All of my dearest pastimes are together in one beautiful publication from the UK!

The most recent issue, No 25, of Mollie Makes has an adorable and easy pattern to make plushie bunnies. My poor sewing machine has been sitting on the craft table, lonely and neglected, so I made this cute Easter Bunny and gave my sewing machine some love.

I embroidered her sweet face and gave her a heart shaped nose. Bunny needed a quick and easy basket to sit in, so I stitched one up for her out of felt.

It’s just not Easter without an alluring Easter bonnet, so I used some pretty Rumple Ribbon from Lovebug Creations. This color is called “Oh Darling” and isn’t that the perfect name? It gives my whimsical lil bunny a wisp of shabby chic style. I added a foof of tulle, a rhinestone and a ring of pearls to a paper flower from Prima and she’s all ready for the Easter Parade!

I adore fuzzy yellow chicks so they had to find a place nuzzled in with my sweet Easter bunny. The eggs in the white basket remind me of one of my favorite candies, Cadbury Mini Eggs. I’ve been able to get through Easter season (so far) without eating more than one lil bag of these delicious chocolates and I’m patting myself on the back for that!

Ribbon:            Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon
Floral Fabric:   “Paris Flea Market” by 3 Sisters for Moda
Brown Felt:      JoAnn Fabrics
Paper Flower: Prima
Yellow Chickies and Basket with eggs: Michaels

Thank you for joining me here on Scarlet Calliope and please leave some love in the comments! Come back for my next update to read all about my adventures at Glitterfest. My niece and nephew were visiting from Prescott, AZ, so I’m a little behind in my blogging, but they were soooo worth it!

xo,

Christine Barker

Field Trip: Mercantile Flea Market in Fullerton

03 Sunday Feb 2013

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I had such a great day that I just want to put together a quick post to share the inspiration. There’s nothing more inspiring for a creative mind than to take a flea market field trip. My friend, Julie Weller, and I went to the Mercantile Flea Market in downtown Fullerton, CA today.

We visited our friend, Priscilla Cerda, and her husband, Victor, in their booth and checked out their wares. Priscilla’s jewelry and mixed-media art company is called Vintage Bruja and her husband, Victor, is a master at tooling leather and makes some really cool leather cuffs for his brand, Cerdafied Leather.

We had a little reunion with some crafty friends, Mariasela Vallejo and Tara Wilson.

After the flea market, we stopped into a new shop called Oh Hello Friend. I love this shop because it’s was like a live version of Etsy. I’m fascinated with the paper piano roll display in the window. She has the cutest washi tapes, and even masking tape with red hearts printed on it! Adorable Letterpress cards, laser cut wood gift tags, bakers twine, and string envelopes. So amazing!

After that we headed over to Gilding the Lily. I’ve been hearing about this shop for years but today was the first time I actually got to go inside and see all the treasures. There’s walls of vintage french ribbons, rhinestone jewelry, drawers of vintage buttons, cases of jewelry findings, velvet ribbon, millinery flowers, vintage hats, German glass glitter, pearls, and vintage beads. Everything a fancy, altered art lovin’, girl could ever want!

Enjoy a tour of my day in pictures!

Also, I just want to remind everyone that I’ve got a giveaway going on, and I’ll be drawing the name of the winner on Tuesday, February 5, 2012. I don’t want you to miss out, so come on over and check it out!

Vintage Bruja and Cerdafied Leather

Ukulele Sale!

“Creativity is essentially a lonely art. An even lonelier struggle. To some a blessing. To others a curse. It is in reality the ability to reach inside yourself and drag forth from your very soul an idea.” ~Lou Dorfsman