Christmas In July!!!!

So, I went from "My Summer Vacation" to "Home for the Holidays"

I wanted to share my next class with you all - I am so happy with it. Get a headstart on Christmas while we celebrate "Christmas in July" in Old Town Glendale the weekend of July 16th. You will have the choice to make this adorable book just as you see it or as a Twelve Days of Christmas book - Your Choice. Either way, I hope you will come cool off and join us for the fun!

You can click on the picture to see all of the pages in this pretty little book. It is made with Teresa Collins' Noel collection of paper. The book is hand made using bookboard covers and a bookcloth covered spine. And it uses one of the new Tim Holtz Ring Binder as the binding mechanism. The book is 6x6 and has chipboard pages. There are 3 diecut dividers and 6 two-sided pages. Lots of chipboard elements and rhinestones in this. I hope I will see you there - only 12 spots available for this project.

Look What I am Doing on my Summer Vacation. . .

That's right it is another new class - June 17th from 5:30 - 9pm at the Creative Quest!
Come make this fun portfolio style journal to document what you do on your summer vacation this year. Whether you have a fabulous trip planned or just a quiet summer at home this is the perfect little journal to keep everything together. There is plenty of space for writing, collecting postcards, menus and other goodies and of course a place for your photos. All of this loaded in this fun flip style book.

Class is limited to 10 people and will be $45 - I to see you there!

TEN Days of Creation. . .

I know it has been awhile since I posted - sorry about that, but I have been so busy! Between the girls, classes, the house and just life I have been going non-stop!

Last week I had had enough of the "hamster on the treadmill" thing and pretty much became a raging "BEEP" (insert bad word). So I decided I was just going to do some creating - wasn't sure what, but I knew I needed some "art therapy"!!!

So, here is what I came up with . . .

please note that with everything else that I is going on here I have been without a car for 2 weeks so I can't go anywhere - nothing is in walking distance from our house. So all of my creations have been made using my healthy stash of goodies! And all of this was made in 10 days!

This 1st item is for an upcoming class - I will be teaching a "how to use your Cricut" class next week and this is one of my sample projects. I love this picture I took of my Bug when she was just days old!

Next I have a quilt for my Niece Christine - she is having baby #2, another little girl. So I made her this quilt. Again - this is all from my stash!
It is a super simple quilt but to me it just screams - okay may whispers little girl with all of the white and just the touch of pink rosebuds in the center of each of the 30 blocks.

Next on my list of creations is the table-scape for Monkey & Bug's joint Birthday party.

I made 9 quilted placemats (fancy ones for the birthday girls and solids for the guests) a table runner, seat covers, a highchair banner and 12 ice cream cones for the chandelier! All from scraps and left overs from other projects! The only thing I had to buy was I sent Mom out for white thread - I ran out right before I finished!

We are doing a joint party for the girls this year - Bug will be 1 and Monkey will be 4 - their birthdays are just a week apart. Their Mom decided on a cupcake/ice cream cone theme with lots of pinks, teals and greens. I had a bunch of scraps left over from Bug's nursery and some aprons I made a year or so ago that were perfect for this theme. My table is quite large and it is hard to find tablecloths for, especially "fun" ones. In passing I told bryanna that I would make a runner and we could buy some cheap solid color placemats for the party. But once I got started I couldn't stop!!!! So the runner turned into a whole table-scape. The family all likes it and we decided we would start a new family tradition and get all of this out for each one of our birthdays when we get together for dinner. How fun does that sound?!?!

So this is Monkey's special placemat

Bryanna was worried about my table top being protected (that is how the runner/place mat thing started) I was worried about my upholstery!!!! So after the runner and the "special place mat" I decided that seat covers would be a great idea - after all I had enough scraps!

After the runner, the "special place mat" and the seat covers I started thinking "I have enough fabric still to make solid place mats for the guests" so back to the sewing machine I went!

Then it was time to make something fun and festive to hang from the chandelier - why not ice cream cones???? I found this idea on Joann's website about 3 years ago and held onto the idea knowing that at some point these would be the perfect touch for something. . . well they are PERFECT for this!!!! Again, no shopping all from stash!

Aren't they just happy and festive!

Just a fabric covered styrofoam ball and a cone made from cardstock ran through the Cuttlebug.

Bug wont be using her placemat this year so I decorated the edge of her highchair tray with papers and a banner cut with my Cricut. The little letters are all cut from glitter paper - I hate glitter but this really works on this!

So I finally left the house (for Christine's baby shower - Bryanna drove) and I had Bryanna stop me by a scrapbook store where I found this great paper for a book for their party! It is a paper collection by my hero - Martha Stewart!!!! Again LOTS of glitter on this collection but it was perfect! There were only 2 different papers so I had to do a lot of "filling in" with other papers and there were no embellishments so I have been fussy cutting all of the images from the paper it's self. I of course have been using my MS punches and my Cricut too!

The color scheme is so not "ME" but it is totally perfect for this party!!!!

I always make a book for Monkey's birthday so her Mom can fill it with pictures of how we celebrated her day - now it will be one book for two birthday girls!

This is the guest book portion - gotta love Teresa Collins for her pink journal paper!

The book isn't finished yet - Life got in the way again and I had to stop. But it has a great start!!!

So, this is what OVERLOAD, HORMONES, and being WITHOUT A CAR looks like in my world!!!!

What have you been up to lately?????

Kits Available

( For more details click on the photo above )

Just wanted to let you all know that I have one kit left for The Form & Function of the Industrial Strength Woman. This kit is complete with everything you will need except for stamps, ink, adhesives and tools. It also comes with complete step-by-step full color instructions. If you are interested in this kit or in purchasing the directions only please contact me at Garnonzobeenz1@aol.com
Full Kit w/ Instructions - $110 + shipping
Full Color Instructions only - $30

Past, Present & Future - part two. . .

In June of 2009 I taught a class called "Past, Present & Future" I really liked this project and enjoyed teaching it. I still occasionally get it off of the shelf and take a peek.

A few weeks ago a friend asked for the directions on how to make this book, I gave them to her and she made the book. She then brought it to our Year in the Life quarterly meeting to show me - it was beautiful - she did a great job. While she was showing me the other gals started admiring it as well. Next thing you know they were asking me to teach the class again.

So here is my new 2011 model of Past, Present & Future. . .

Notice the 3 clocks on the cover (for Past, Present & Future - how clever). I used the new "Time" line by Bo Bunny. These are some beautiful papers!

The left side of the book is my "Present & my Future" with photos of my family . It has a pull-out that gives you a place to make note of who is in the photo and what their relationship is to you.

The right side of the book is my "Past" and is a gatefold type of signature - one side for your Mother's side of the family, and one side for your Father's.

When you get to the back you get a set of fan, group charts to document the generational lists for both sides of your family. If you want to see more details just click on the first photo of the new book.

This will be taught on Friday - May 27th from 5:30 - 9pm at The Creative Quest.

Thank you to my ladies that already signed up without even seeing the sample first. Enjoy your weekend friends!

New Project to Share. . .

This one has a mouthful for a title -

The Form & Function of the Industrial Strength Woman

WHEW!!!
I am really loving this project, it was inspired by several different ladies who's work I admire. I have been watching some of the techniques they like to add in their projects and I have been wanting to try them for some time now. So this book is a "technique book" of sorts. It was a place to play and experiment and learn for me. It was a place to get out of my own comfy little creative box. I have no big plans for this book. I do not plan to add photos or write witty stories or favorite memories. I just plan on enjoying it for what it is.

There are lots of items from the hardware store in this book - which makes it quite noisy and heavy! But there are also lots of roses, corsets and charms which gives it that vintage and womanly feel also.

Each page is an adventure with all of it's moving parts and interactive items.


There are even pages that will surprise you - like this one!

You will not believe all of the materials we will use in this book. Some things you will be familiar with, but we will use them in an unfamiliar way. Some things you might never have thought about using in a handmade book?

If you click on the first photo you will be able see more detailed photos

I will be teaching this book at The Creative Quest on Saturday May 14th. It will be an ALL day class. The fee is $110. This class is not for the faint of heart. You will work every minute you are there if you plan on taking this home complete. This is not a beginners class, it is for the more experienced book artist. There are 5 spaces left in this class, so if you are interested in signing up please call the store right away so I can build a kit for you. When you sign up you will get an email from me giving you a list of tools and supplies you will need to bring to class.

I hope to see you there!

Toodles

Happy Easter!!!!

Just a quickie to wish everyone the most wonder Easter! I hope you will all have a wonderful day with your family and friends, That you will find lots of Easter eggs filled with goodies, have a delicious ham dinner with all of the fixin's

But mostly I hope you remember why we celebrate today and that you will find everlasting joy in the fact that He has risen!!!

Toodles