new bookmarks on ETSY!

Just a quick hello today!
Today's the last day of school for the kids! YEA! I am so excited to spend the summer with them. We just get to go and do whatever we want...

So before the fun begins... I posted several bookmarks this morning.
Off to a small garage sale with friends! Hope I find some treasures!

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

New Beaded Bookmarks on etsy

Here's some new additions... Love the way they look and, since Stacie showed me how to make those clean finished ends..., I think I am in bead heaven!






Thinking more colors... hmmmm...

Hope you have a great Memorial Day weekend! I'm excited to be spending some time with family...

See you next week!

Vintage bookmarks

Here's something a little different.
I cut strips of fabric and sewed them with vintage red thread... then poked a hole and added charms and detail.
Love how they turned out. they have a real old world feel and lay so perfectly in between book pages.

Artists papers

I was looking through some issues of Somerset Studios Magazine and saw something really interesting.
The concept is similar to paper fabric... where you make a background using collage techniques for the base of your work. What I did was take Manga art pad paper (which is really sturdy) and collaged on a layer of french book pages. then gessoed over it (watered down a bit so the pages could show thru) and then painted with acrylic paints. Again letting some of the pages show thru.
Then I stamped on them, basically making my own designer paper!
I cut the sheet up into bookmark size pieces and then continues to collage or stamp/doodle on them. Each is one of a kind unique...
I really enjoyed making this set. I will try a different color base for my next set. Perhaps a blue... or ivory!
Getting started right away!
See you soon!