Meet Lulu

Meet my scrapbooking mascot and companion, Lulu.  She goes with me to all my scrapbooking events. Today she is decked out in her new Spring ensemble featuring pink tulle and wide gingham ribbon.

 

Here she is modeling her winter outfit that featured a feathered hat and pearls. She is glad to shed the heavy winter fabric in favor of a more light and airy feel. Now if only the weather would cooperate.

 

 

Look for Lulu at a scrapbooking event near you.

 

Art Class with Wilna Furstenburg

I'm taking a wonderful class available at Two Peas in a Bucket with Wilna Furstenbug. True to its name, Art Class, I am learning many new and interesting techniques. I have used several in this new page including spraying ink, using fabric, layering and stitching.

 

 

 

The journaling is the lyrics to one of Stella's favorite songs, "Whole Wide  World" by Mindy Gledhill

 

Right Now

I just celebrated a significant birthday and decided I would document what is going on in my life right now. It seemed a good time to ponder where I am and where I am going.

Right now I am really loving everything Amy Tangerine. All of the papers used in the layout are from the new Ready Set Go line from American Crafts. The camera and pencil stamps are from the stamp set of the same line. I decided that the journaling was a little too personal to be right out there, so I placed it in a little glassine envelope.

 

I added a little washi tape (because I have accumulated quite a collection and need to actually use some of it.) The little wood veneer birds are from Studio Calico and refer to my ungoing love of anything bird related. The camera because I love taking pictures. Maybe a new camera is in the future. I have a hard time adding embellishments to a page for the sake of decoration unless they have some meaning to me or the theme.

 

 

Right now all is happy and good. Great friends, wonderful family and the greatest husband in the world. There are trips planned and I'm feeling great, so maybe 63 right now is OK.

Ballerina Clothespin Dolls

Stella's Ballerinas

Just a quick little project to amuse little Stella. She recently took a few ballet classes so I thought she would have fun playing with these. Jo Ann Fabrics sells the clothes pins and the doll heads. They fit together nicely and I glued them with Glossy Accents. They were lots of fun to paint. I made a few little round ballet skirts made of felt so she can change out their outfits easily.  Stella likes her dolls to play together so I will probably have to make a few more.

Buttons

If you are anything like me you have a gazillion of those plain white shirt buttons that you just can't bring yourself to throw away. I was thinking about some way to alter them and decided to try nail polish. The results were very pleasing. The buttons were easily covered and the finish is shiny and even.
I used toothpicks to hold the buttons while I painted them. I pushed the toothpicks through the paper on a ribbon spool to hold them up while they dried. A piece of styrofoam would work as well.

I have a lot more buttons to paint and just wish I had more colors of nail polish.

Beach Memories

I saw the cutest little jar by Erica Cerwin on Pinterest and just had to try for myself. I love the result. I put a little paper clay in the bottom of the jar before I added the sand. The picture is attached to a skewer with a few glue dots and stuck into the clay. I added a few seashells and a Stampin' Up ribbon, a random tag I had around and "Voila." Such a nice way to display a beach photo.

Baker's Twine Storage

This has to be one of the cutest ideas for storage. I saw it on Pinterest and had to do it for myself. I went to Kitchen and Co. and bought a cheese shaker and filled it with some of my twine and fed the ends through the holes in the top. Can't wait to show up at my next crop with this cutie on my table.