Bonus vintage domino for altered bird necklace for Paper Cowgirl!

Bonus project for Altered Bird Trinket Box for Paper Cowgirl!

You can't leave with an empty altered trinket box..... so you will create an altered vintage bird domino neclace.

I will have a variety of cream, butterscotch and black dominoes to choose from!

I will also have an array of bird images to choose from. The one in my example was a black and white image that I used copiac markers to enhance with! I will have a few markers on hand if you want to try your hand at enhancing the images~ it really is a fun technique!

You can hang your newly created necklace from a variety of ribbon necklaces or small faux pearls.

Spring Break and Easter decorations!

Spring Break has been wonderful! A very low key time at home this year!

We began the break by visiting the Funky Finds Art Show at Will Rogers~ we found some great finds!! I loved the Altered Muse booth!

If you visited and picked up a book~ check out the add for Paper Cowgirl!!

Registration will begin this week for Paper Cowgirl~ so keep your eyes open!

We also spent the day in McKinney enjoying their quaint shops~ found one that I love for altered items! Stopped by some great little antique stores. It was a fun 4 generation day of shopping!

Lexi and I had girls day yesterday with shopping, a facial for Lex and ended the night Glimmer Misting the night away with Heidi Swapp on her Wednesday night Webcast!! So much fun!

Here is my house (above~ a few of the decorations) Either me or the computer doesn't want to post the way I want it to post! I really wanted my post at the top and pictures below~ it didn't work! Now that the Easter is upon us and I've put out the decorations! We are so ready for the Easter Bunny to stop by!

Grand Spring Ball!

Last night was Lexi's Jr. National League of Cotillion Spring Ball. She looked so beautiful! Gig helped her choose this dress and it was gorgeous!!

The dad's get the dance the last dance with the girls~~ how sweet! Though~ the look Lexi gave David quite a few times was so... funny (not so sweet!) He was doing the 80's shuffle~ not so hip!!

I'm so excited and honored!!!

To be teaching at an amazing Summer Art Retreat!......

in June!!!!

With some amazing artists!!

Lisa McIlvain - Mixed Media Art Tags http://tarnishedandtattered.blogspot.com/
Jennifer Babcock - Altered Bird Trinket Box http://glittermyday.blogspot.com/

Mendy Mitrani - Digi Class http://mendytexas.blogspot.com/

Dale McClain - Sea Inspired Shadow Box http://www.dalemclain.blogspot.com/

Jennifer Stewart - Beautiful 4th Banner http://jenniferstewarts.blogspot.com/

Ann-Denise Anderson - Victorian Boots http://www.whimandfancydesigns.blogspot.com/

Angela Berger - Shabby Classy Necklace http://www.filigreemoon.blogspot.com/.

Chantal Johnson - Inspirational Tag Book http://www.chantaljohnson.blogspot.com/

Laverne Johnson - "pocket" book

Deb Taylor - covered journal http://diddebdoit.blogspot.com/

Cindy Gilstrap - La Petite Boutique Altered Canvas http://cindygilstrap.typepad.com/junqueart/

Corrine Clark - French Paper Shoe http://100prettythings.blogspot.com/

Sandra Feazel - Beeswax/Painted Canvas http://7thststudio.blogspot.com/

Joanna Lewis- Feathered Friend Collage http://www.sweetfinds.typepad.com/

Be sure to check out all of their blogs to see what amazing projects they will be teaching!!

I will be teaching an "Altered Bird Trinket Box!" You can't leave with an empty trinket box so we will create a vintage bird domino necklace to put in your trinket box!!! A little extra added fun!

What a fun weekend!

We had such a fun weekend! Lisa Pace (fantastic, sweet, creative scrapper, altered artist) taught at Crop Paper Scissors in Waco this weekend! We decided to have a girls weekend~ so mom, Lexi and I headed to Waco (Gig was battling a cold and decided not to join us :(
We took two classes~ an altered "burlap" mini-book. How fun~ I have never worked with burlap before in scrapbooking! We also created a variety of vintage Easter ornaments~~~ super cute! I can't wait to finish them up and hang them on my Easter tree!
We met some super sweet ladies from Frisco and some others from Round Rock.
We also got some shopping in (of course.) What would a girl's weekend be without shopping???
I have been on the hunt for 3 specific items; a sterling silver chunky rose ring, a huge red purse with a flower on the outside and this peasant type black dress! I FOUND the purse~~ super cute!! It is huge and has the cutest huge red flower on the outside!! Perfect!!! I also found another perfect red purse~ so now I have two great new red purses! I'll have to wear red when we go out to celebrate our anniversary on Thursday! I still haven't found the black dress or rose ring.. but I will!
I also got the entire new collection of Teresa Collins stamps in... Mr. and Mrs., Chic Baby girl and Home! I had gotten the papers last weekend! I just need to start creating.
I have been working on my Theresa McFayden embroidery sampler~ I will post pictures soon! It is coming along nicely! I also joined her Art journal e-zine and have the cover finished~ more pictures to follow.
I have some fun news to post tomorrow!!! Until then....
Have a great Academy Awards night!!!

Random pictures and thoughts from the holiday season!

I'd thought I'd post a few random pictures since I'm so behind on posting and thoughts on each! Maybe ~ just one day I'll get caught up and post recent pics :) .....

The above pictures are adorable pics of Lexi with two General Hospital superstars!! Johnny and Lucky ( I waited so long to post pics~ Lucky is now the old Lucky with the old/now new Lucky in his place!!) We had a blast at Soap Nation at Billy Bobs! What a great day!!!

January 19, 2010

I still haven't kept up with my New Year's Resolution to blog daily!! But the year isn't over yet! I need to get some of my new layouts posted as well as the jewelry I have been creating! I'm trying to get enough of an inventory togehter to put some on my Etsy page! The teachers at school have been my best customers :)
We had the day off today! Lexi and I enjoyed some shopping and lunch at Central Market~ what a fun day!
The long weekend has been wonderful! It started off Friday evening with a group of 12 ladies from school over to craft! We created marble coasters with some great images~ I did a "Paris theme!" We also created our "2010 Dream Boards!" It was the most fun enjoying fun times and crafting with a lovely group of ladies. I can't wait for our next craft night! We have successfully met in January and February~ hopefully we can keep it up. We were even able to convince mom to spend the night~ a sleepover party!
Shopping and a trip to Cedar Hill filled our day on Saturday with the 4 generations! Loved the fun.
Another one of my goals for 2010 is to get on a design team~ so I'm trying to get some of my work posted and keep my blog updated regularly! We will see. I just found out there is an Art Event in Dallas in February~ how fun! I'm not sure we can make it but at least the art world is trickling to Texas~I'm not sure how Utah and Nebraska even Georgia has gotten the art world to locate in their area! :)
Talk to you soon! Sweet dreams!
Jennifer