July Art Group

I attended the July Art Group at

The Little Blue House

We learnt to distress with paints, stencils and stamps

Here are some of my pages

I distress painted the back side of a

Snickers Ice Cream box

then stamped this lovely Dress form

I will add embellishments soon

Then on this Sample tile from Lowe's

I paint the back side of the tile with gold and black metalics

Then modge podged a black paisley napkin to it.

Will add some laces and gems to this later

On to my manilla envelope on the front side

I painted, distressed, layered and had tons of

Fun expermenting with things

Then I stamped the Fluer De Lis and Cherish on top

Of it all. I have a few small embellisments left for this side

but for now

I like it just fine

The backside of the manilla envelope

I did the same using different distress techniques

And some other fun stamps

A little hand work with my pen

and It is looking pretty good too

I messed a bit with this paint chip ..

Will soon be a fun

Pull out tag

Miss Tracy shared a product that is easy to come by

The packaging from something Prima!

We used different napkins modge podged onto it

On the front I used three different napkins

On the back side I used just one beautiful napkin

Next Month we will be swapping nakins

To build our stash you see!

Then on my own I did a few fun things also

I covered my rings with cute little fabrics covers

A bit of doodling here on my ticket to CATS!

To Zentangles on my Cherrioes Top

Then I Tangled the backside too

Then I had to add a piece of the now famous

Reclaimed Quilt I have been playing with

I made a cute pocket on my pink glittery page

I added a few gems to this page that will soon

Be a journaling page in my book

I hope you are enjoying the journey of my book..

 Cannot wait till next months class

To see what Susan teachs us to do

Happy Garbage Collecting..... hehehe!

DeeDee

Stitchin Fingers Round Robin- Rengin

I have recieved another block from my

 Stitchin Fingers Group 

This one belongs to Rengin (Turkey) and has been

Worked on by Cat (Canada) already.

I have a few ideas for it

But my eye hasn't seen a clear beauty for it just yet

Any Ideas for me?

Look at this lovely lace treatment

And these flowers over the ribbon so cute

I will show you what I come up with

For my part of Rengin's block soon

Happy Stitchin

DeeDee

Christmas in July

I started this month with a Post for Christmas in July

So thought I should also end it with one

Out of all my paper mache's heads

I have one item complete.

My craft time has been slow, my back issues totally interfere

With this process... lol.. what can ya do right

Check this little Snowman out

He is mounted on a salt shaker

I used Spray adhesive to get the glittery texture on the bottle

It dries with a foggy apperance

Really pretty cool actually

His little hat is a wooden flower pot

Turned upside down

I made some Clay noses a few years back. I think

I have a few left.. time to make more

I have used all the noses and all the coal eyes

I need to get the rest of my paper mache' stuff done

This turned out so cute I am inspred to

Finish the others

Happy Christmas in July

Try out this new texture technique

It is really quite fun

DeeDee

A Birthday Card

I made a zebra stripped set for my neice Hannah for her birthday...

you can see it HERE

Well I punched out all the swirled deals...

And so much paper gets wasted when you do this..

But some how...

I got a perfect set from one of the black papers...

Folded in half it makes a perfect card

Just Add Gems and all is well... hehehe!

I did some hand work to the inside of the card

I elevated the "H" for a bit of texture

This card perfectly matched the set I sent her

Sure hope she likes this for her

9th Birthday.

Happy Birthday Miss Hannah

Love Aunt DeeDee

Freeze Pop Covers

I work for the railroad as a Train Dispatcher...

I work a yard that means

I also work with yardmasters..

My yard masters summer and winter constantly eat

Freeze Pops 

So two of them I sent a fun little gift for them

Freeze Pop Wraps with thier names

On them or in this case nick name...

They loved them

So simple in design..

If I ate these I would so have to make me

A reclaimed quilted one...

So sorry about it. 

(blushing)!

Staying cool in the Texas heat isn't easy at all

So maybe I need some

Freeze Pops of my own

Hope your enjoying your Summertime

DeeDee

COH DYOB #3 - Week 1

I am in the swap for

Chain of Hearts

Yahoo group again this round

Our first stitch for us to do is the

Herringbone Ladder Stitch

I added it this way to act as

A garden path

Thru my soon to be

Flower Garden #2

This will match the girl one I did  HERE

I plan on adding them to a canvas bag

I purchased some time back

Cannot wait to see

Them both done.

I am a bit behind on my 2

(blushing)!!

Happy Stitchin

DeeDee

A Different Quilt- Reclaimed

Ok this project is from one of the other quilts

Nelda gave to me.

Not so Shabby Chic.

More picnic like I think...

With that theme in mind

 I made a

Silverware Pouch

For my lunch bag

Cute and simple

Holds all I need for lunchs at work

I have other things in here too

Small Scissors, etc

So simplistic, but so useful

I have been using it for over a month

And it works great, I get so many compliments on it

I have several ideas in mind for this quilt too

I just love them

So fun to work with

Happy Stitchin

DeeDee

Another Reclaimed Quilted Project

I am here again with another project made from my reclaimed quilt

I hope you don't get sick of these becasue

I have a few more on the table to do with this...

Hope you can use it as your inspiration to

Recycle, Reclaim and Repurpose

Those things that can have a new life...

This was a special quilt given to me by my friend Nelda

She made a pillow from it and lost inspiration

As to what else she could use it for

I have been sending her updates.

I doubt I will get any more from her now

Hehehe!

Here we go ..this time I made a

Quilted Cell Phone Case

For my very own phone.

I can never find pretty ones that

 I  like

Or that fit my phone

So I designed this one

after one that

Janelle Wind

has in her

Pieces of Me book

The front little pocket holds my headset

So I always have it with me

I love it.. and will use it lots too!

Practical reclaimed

Cell Phone Case

Keeps my phone scratch free

And if I drop it

It is padded

Stay tuned for my other projects made

From the reclaimed quilts given to me

They have totally inspired me

To create!!

Happy Stitichin

DeeDee

Stitchin Fingers Round Robin- Cat

My friend

Deb at Mosaic Magpie 

Has me in all kinds of fun swaps and round robins with her....

She is surely helping me to enhance my stitching abilities.

 We both Joined the Stitchin Fingers group...

(find thier link on my side bar)

Well we are in a Spring Garden Round Robin Swap

I recieved my first block from

Cat Candow in Canada

 Love the greens for the base as we are to

Stitch flowers and bugs and all kinds

of Spring garden stuff

We also send a book along with it

To journal its journey

Look close at it
Someone has already drawn a small flower on it
Wasn't me...hehehe!
 I noticed it after I took the picture

I did my first Spider web stitchin on her block

Down in the far left corner

Fun part is I stitched a snap to the spider

So he is removable for washing..

Hope they like my idea as I did

Other wise I will be making a spider to attach.

(blushing)

Then I stitched a small Rose Garden

On a fancy little fence

With a rick rack dirt base to boot

Wish I could get a better pic of this.

And here you have it

My little corner all finished up

And ready to ship on to the next person

So now I await my next block to work on

Um! what shall I do to that one

I will have to see it to tell

Happy Sitichin Y'all

Come join us Stitichin Fingers

DeeDee

Where Bloggers Create 2011

I took the plunge and signed on to have my room on

Where Bloggers Create 2011

Thanks for hosting such a fun event Karen




My Desert Cottage

My room isn't going to compare with most you will see,

But I wanted to share the link so you can take

The tour of rooms, spaces and places
including mine

Turn on the lights and come on in

Here is where I sit and talk to you all

My organized mess

I have been working on my organiztion

And started to finally decorate my studio

I am a such a multi-crafter I need many different kinds

Of organization for several different supplies

I got this fun storage idea at my favorite local craft hang out

The Little Blue

I love the chalkboard papers for this

I can change the lables in a flash

This is my craft area.. sewing, scrabooking, Solder, paper mache'

You name it, this is the spot I create it

Some of my fun accessories

And my beautiful pin cushion I won awhile back

I am so happy to be to the decorating stage

In my Studio

My Storage wall, and yes I do know where everything

Is up there.. although all needs to be labeled still

And a bit or splash decorating here

I loved this idea when I seen it

This holds my small bits and  pieces

Of laces and trims

Thay cannot be wrapped on the cards

Made with a pants hanger and a new grill rack

And some small clips with hooks

Purchased at JoAnn's

My family joins me where ever I am

I have pictures all thru my house

Of my family

More fun stuff to decorate

Even the store bought lamp gets a splash of fun

And I love to recycle things into other needs

Such as my glue bottle holder

Keeps my glue ready to use always

And my personal work space

I always have atleast one project on the table

Usually I have a few going on at a time

My other storage wall.. this soon will be painted all black

With modge podged drawers and such..

Come on fall so I can paint some

Wait till next year to see my transfomation

My new invention
A broken computer chair and a broken kitchen chair
Matched up to make a great Studio chair.
Nice and cushy with  suspension
Love it!

All my chairs are done in this manner now
Some major dumpster diving went into
This project...lol.. if people only
Knew thier trash is truely no
My treasure.

My Olive jars renewed as nice lovely storage ideas

I love the look and cannot wait for my

Whole studio to refect this style

On to my organizing that has been going on

Over the last year

My laces and trims

315 Spools of ribbon

My greatest transformation of all my

Organizing

Fit into 3 picture boxes like this

I was so shocked

So pretty and easy to use

Larger lace storage easy to see and use

I went from this

To this nicely organized and easy to use system

Foam core boards purchased at the dollar store

Cut to size... perfect!

Now I leave you to look thru my blog

And all my fun creativness!

You will see a multitude of different

Crafts and Creations.

Happy Crafting to you all

Please check out all the lovely

Places where bloggers create

Here at Where Bloggers Create 2011

I hope this finds you in your studio, craft room or creative space

And inspires you to make this day

A special day..

Thanks for the visit

The door is always open

So please visit me again

DeeDee