Just to prove I'm not dead :)

Been on a summer hiatus it seems. My lovely craft room is in the garage and with no a/c it's miserable during the 90+ degree summers here in the Valley. The good news is I've convinced hubby to install the duct work to connect my room to the a/c. Bad news is that he won't climb up into the attic to do it until it's not 90+ degrees. *sigh* Oh well, it'll be awesome next summer!

Looking forward to getting back in the swing of arty things this fall and am trying to think of something to submit for Somerset Studios Alice in Wonderland issue. Need to get it together to send off by the beginning of October though so not much time! I'm late! I'm late!

And we have a WINNER!

Congratulations to Nancy of http://nan-livelovelaugh.blogspot.com/ She is the lucky winner of the birdhouse and a little something extra. Thanks to everyone who stopped by and participated. I hope you all had as much fun as I did making the rounds to all the great blogs out there!

Learn how to make a paper flower wreath

I just wrote up the instructions on how to make the wreath picutred here on ehow. Check it out and make one of your own! These are so much fun, easy and a great way to use up those scraps of patterned paper. Enjoy :)

http://www.ehow.com/how_5045053_make-paper-flower-garland.html

Put a little birdhouse in your soul.

I figured it's time to get down to a give away, and might as well do it with some company! I've decided to join the rest of the amazing bloggers participating in the 3rd (third! How did I miss the other two?) annual Cottage Charm giveaway. On May 30th a zillion different bloggers will be giving away goodies on their sites. Ok maybe not a zillion, but you can forgive me for being over excited because there are a LOT. Check out the other folks here and who knows, maybe you'll stumble across a new favorite web site and even better, win something!

So my giveaway is this sweet little birdhouse I painted and collaged. It's made of wood and includes a tiny pink birdie who likes to call it home. Leave me a comment and on May 30th I'll randomly pick a name and send it off to the winner.

Thanks for stopping by and good luck!

P.S. I've decided to also add one of the little vintage stuffed girls pictured in the "My Posse" post as well. Let me know if there's one that particularly tickles your fancy!

Who are you callin' an adult?

Beeswax encased collage is FUN. This collage was an experiment in encaustic work and I really like the way it turned out. I found the process of working with wax enjoyable. There's something incredibly satisfying about melting and painting with wax. Really looking forward to playing with it some more. This one is now on the Etsy store.

My Posse

Well that was fun. I just spent half an hour trying to figure out why my post was converting to Hindu. One little checked box can really throw you off your game!

So I've been trying out some new mediums these last few weeks. I picked up the book Doodle Stitch and have been trying my hand at embroidery. Nothing too difficult, but I'm really liking the freedom of doing a little freehand stitching. And this really is something I can do in front of the TV with the family around so it's kind of nice in that regard as well. Here's a group of little dolls I'm working on currently.

Crafty round up

I was going through some older pictures and ran across some earlier projects. These were crowns I did for a few family members. Nothing like a party to get people to wear goofy stuff on thier heads :)

In an entirely different direction, here's one of my wire/goth tiara's. I like the rough yet feminine twist these have.

 

This is a perpetual calendar I did for my mom. Maybe someday I'll actually finish the one I'm making for me... 

A couple of altered clip boards for good measure-