Little Art Journal Play

I am not an drawing artist and I freely admit it ... however I was pleasantly surprised that it turned out rather cute. Would make cute cards, eh? LOL

I was trying it out on paper b/4 I did it on a square glass ornament for friends as a gift. We'll see ......

I.AM.A.VENDOR

We did it .... (my daughter is my "marketing manager")
We are a vendor at Elderberry Place, 207 OFallon Plaza in OFallon MO.  Absolutely wonderful store that you must check out if you're ever in the area!

So my daughter did the pleasing arrangement for me on Friday nite and our first day of sales was Saturday morning ... we didn't sell a lot but we did cover the rent for December!  So everything else is just gravy for December!!  LOL ... it's really exciting to be doing this ...

Grandkid Ornaments 2016

So these are for the grandkids this year.  I'm not overly happy w/ them, but they are kinda cute.  LOL

Tis the Season

My daughter has opened an Etsy shop and asked me to put some things in there ... I have sold a couple which motivated me to make some stuff for Christmas:

So these are houses my dad cut out for me months ago .... decided to make them Christmas houses! 

these are little wooden pieces that will get some rusty wire hooks and become ornaments.  Thought they turned out GREAT!

and these are glass ornaments that I covered w/ torn pieces of gelli-prints.  LOVE!

Wanderlust 2017

I have been seeing this Wanderlust online class for the past year, wondering what it was all about, but thinking I just didn't want to commit to a year of videos, etc. blah blah blah

http://www.everything-art.com/Wanderlust2017/

And as usual w/ me .... today something clicked and I thought ...."hmmm I really should try this". So I conferred w/ my long-suffering husband, whom I knew would NOT mind me signing up.

His response ... "$105 for an entire year? You spend more than that on paintbrushes".

Nuh uh.

Anyway ... I took that as a resounding ABSOULTELY DO THIS RIGHT NOW!

And now I anxiously await the supply list .... I have a studio FULL so I can't imagine needing another single thing, but I think these classes go outside my comfortable little box, so I might be needing a few things here and there. I plan on putting them on my Amazon Wish List and telling my family to look there!

I also want to buy YET ANOTHER journal art book dedicated just for this class. LOL

Tip Holder for Mexico!

We go to Mexico every fall.  We tip.  We have heard the workers at the resort make very little money and relish the tips that are left by guest.  It's NOT required, as it's an all inclusive resort, but we get such excellent service that we always bring $$$ to tip everyone that gives us service. 
Anyway ... I leave an envelope on the pillow each morning for the housekeeper.  You can't just leave money out, cauz they will NOT assume it's for them ... so in the past I have just had a white envelope for each day we are there and I write on the front:  Gracias por su servicio!  (thank you for your service!)
This year I decided I had so many gelli prints that I'd make some cute little tag money holders.  I had printed on card stock, so I just cut out a tag shape, folded up to the hole, sewed the sides, used silk ribbon thru the hole,  and added a my Spanish phrase ... and our name on the back:

I love love love them!  I hope she does too!

Travel Journal

I had a friend retire from our company last month, and when we were quizzing her on what they were going to do, she said she wanted to visit every National Park in the USA.  I immediately thought "oooooh I need to make her a travel journal!"

The front and back covers are an old book I tore apart.  The "coffee stains" are a stencil, and I used Distressed Stain.  I thought it was kinda funny!  I covered the inside of the front and back covers w/ an old map of the STL area (where she's from)  Here are some of the pics:

I added a page in the back "Journal Prompts" because I'm afraid she won't know what to do w/ the journal.  There are lots of spots for pictures, pockets for tickets and maps.  I put it together w/ ring binders so she could add more pages later on.  We're going to have lunch w/ her next month and I'll give it to her then!