HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."

Antonine de Saint - Exupery

Hope your Valentine's day is full of heart warming moments.

Music Sheet Valentine's card

Inside cards

KEY card

Inside card

LOVE colored with gel pens

Fabric and Paper Heart

Watercolor, Fabric and Stitching

LOVE / blank card

ROSE HEART


Have a heart filled Valentine's Day

xxx
Susan

Inspiring Class

I gave myself a New Year's present and signed up for "The Key to Publishing & Building Creative Momentum" with Jenny Doh. If you haven't been to the Crescendoh website, make that your next stop.  Jenny is my guru, she's straightforward, comprehensible and facilitates a thriving learning environment.   I was primarily interested in how to get published in books and how to go about publishing. Her class was not only informative, but inspiring in many aspects. Without giving away too much of the class, here is one of my completed homework assignments.
So what are you waiting for?  Leave a comment and then go sign up for this class.

xxx
Susan

Flower Garden

Here is my first video of the new year, please leave a comment

Have a great day!!

Susan

Mind Full of Flowers

Flowers have been occupying my thoughts, especially since the trees are so bare and the days are more on the gray side.  I pulled out my flower garden piece and gave it some much needed attention.  Yes, I finally finished this piece!  Now my next task is to find a beautiful, well priced frame to accentuate this flowery piece.  Hope your day is full of flowery thought.


Susan

It's 2012

Good-bye 2011

Hello 2012

Sharing the Love of Christmas Trees

Life gets to busy, and this year I slowed it down with some holiday crafting. Shortly after Thanksgiving my daughter and I added a table in the kitchen so we could craft all through the holiday season.  I picked up some inspiration to make a Christmas Trees, which has developed into a full blown passion.  The best part of having a craft table in the kitchen is I can stop and work on a tree in between making cookies, addressing Christmas Cards, etc.

Red Bird Christmas

Snow Angel Christmas

    Silver & Snow

  Sparkle of Christmas

                                                                    

These are ornaments or table decorations, starting on the table: 1) Burlap Sparkle 2) Seuss Christmas

3) Shimmers of Green 4) Feathers of Pink 5) Little Sparkle 

Southern Charm

Hope you are enjoying every moment of the holiday season with the people you love. Time to work on my gingerbread trees and bake some more cookies.  Wishing you and your family a Happy Holiday.

With Artistic Flair
Susan

Christmas Tree Tutorial

CHRISTMAS TREE TUTORIAL

This will be my first tutorial for 2011, and this project is so easy I know you'll want to make your own Christmas Tree.  Supplies you will need:  Poster board, hot glue gun, Mod Podge, acrylic paints, lace, trims, beads, flowers.  I have accumulated a variety of trims over the years.  When shopping I find its best to create a small goodie bag of trim, don't forget to check out both the wedding section as well as the children's bead section, you will save money this way.  

Step 1:  Make your cone with your poster board. Tape, staple or hot glue it together.  Next you will paint your base any color you like using acrylic paints, I selected to paint my gold.

Step 2:  Add your base layer of fabric, trim, or lace.  I purchased this lace just recently at a garage sale and used it as my base layer.   Layer your lace on to the poster board with Mod Podge and allow to dry completely.  I let mine dry over night before going on to the next step.  

Step 3:  Begin with the wide trim at the top and wrap it down the tree, I then added the beaded trim . Next a small strand of pearls, and lastly the large beads.  These large beads were in the children's section, I just cut them off the strand and hot glued those babies on.  

Step 4:  To create my tree topper I selected flowers from the bridal section, hot glued them into the hole at the top of my cone.  

TA DA, the completed Christmas Tree

This tree stands about 19 inches tall but you can make yours any size you'd like using different colors,  trims, beads, pearls, etc.  


Please send me pictures of the ones you make and leave a comment.
xxx
Susan