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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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angel, birthday card, craft sale, dawn rene, doily, eyelet lace, hand crafted, handmade birthday card, lace, LOveBug Creations, Lovebug Creations Creative Team, magnolia, mama lovebug, mica, mushrooms, paper crafting, pearls, ribbon, roses, Rumple Ribbon, sale, seam binding, snowflake, stacey hillesheim, swans, top hat, winter swan

ScarletCalliope Swan Hat 2 copy

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!)

ScarletCalliope Swan Hat 1

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
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Crafting: Lovebug Creations Blog Hop for March Holidays!

23 Saturday Feb 2013

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

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black mesh, blog hop, christine barker, easter craft, leprechaun, LOveBug Creations, maribou feather, national peanut butter day, Pink Clouds, Rumple Ribbon, scarlet calliope, st patricks day craft, top hat, vintage rhinestone, vintage silk flowers

Lovebug Creations Irish Kiss Top Hat by Christine Barker 2

Cead Mile Failte and Welcome to the Lovebug Creations First Ever Blog Hop! This weekend the Creative Team is celebrating March holidays, including St. Patty’s Day, Easter and even National Peanut Butter Day. With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, I decorated a little top hat that I had in my craft room. I’m imagining it on a cute wee leprechaun lassie jumping about looking for a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

Lovebug Creations Irish Kiss Top Hat by Christine Barker 1

First, I hot glued a black marabou feather mini boa trim around the brim. Next, I gathered some black mesh with a length of thread and glued that to a paper circle base. On top of that I hot glued several layers of vintage silk flowers together. The next step is to add some Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon from the “Pink Clouds” assortment. I finished it off with a vintage green rhinestone button that I found at an estate sale and used my glue gun to attach the whole embellishment to the feather trim.

Lovebug Creations Irish Kiss Top Hat by Christine Barker 3

Don’t forget to comment on each blog and sign up to be a fan (if you aren’t already!) to be entered to win some Blog Candy! The Winner (must be a USA resident) will receive a choice of 2 colors from the newly released collection. In order to be eligible please:

1. Become a fan of each Lovebug Creations Creative Team designer
2. Leave a love note at each blog hop spot
This winner along with the winner from our sneak peekaboo week will be announced Monday morning on the Lovebug Creations Blog!!!

If you love these delightful ribbons as much as I do, you’re in LUCK!  You can order them on Sunday, February 24, 2013 from Lovebug Creations. They say money can’t buy happiness, but it can buy Rumple Ribbons and that’s kind of the same thing!

If you’re here on my blog, it probably means that you’ve seen all of the cute and amazing projects that my Lovebug Creations Creative Team friends made!  If you’re here and you missed out on seeing their crafty visions, use the list below to find your way to the beginning. In case you get lost along the way, here’s the full line-up:

1: Kimi & Pamela
2. Ellen (CardMonkey)
3. Dorcas 
4. Stephanie
5. Dawn 
6. Dawn Carlyle
7. Martha Pineda
8. Zeni
9. Tanya
10. Christine  You are Here!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

May the leprechauns be near you,
To spread luck along your way.
And may all the Irish angels,
Smile upon you on St. Patrick’s Day.

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