Michaels/Hometalk Pinterest Party Wrap-up

Just wanted to share some of the photos my daughter Izzy took of the Pinterest PArty since I was pretty busy most of the time. She did great and I am so glad she came along as my helper. We even dressed alike which was completely unintentional but cute.

 And here is Sue, one of the managers at my Michaels Store. She was phenomenal….

she even glazed the doughnuts herself because they were supposed to come that way and did not! That is dedication. She repeatedly stopped in to check if we needed anything and oohed an aahed over the girls creations,  which the girls loved.

 Our table looked like a paint bomb went off on it

 I brought an example of a birdcage creation for the participants to look at in case they wanted to make something like it.

My co-workers Sam and Leslie, and Deanna on the right, my sweet neighbor.

 My sweet friend Leslie. She's a cancer survivor and I am so glad to have her in my life. 

One of the best parts of the day was having the people from various parts of my life come together in one place. My friends, co-workers, neighbors, and church family inspire me everyday. Each person made sweet, personal crafts for their own home/room or for someone they cared about.

Love that.

Here is Judy, a friend from church crafting a burlap canvas for her daughter who just had their 4th baby! Woo Hoo!

This picture said it all….

Crafting makes me smile

Always being renewed,

Please see the link party page to see where I link arms with those blissfully beautiful bloggers that host every week. So gracious they are along with these other sweet ladies!

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How to make 3 Dimensional artwork

As your crafting Sensei, I am bound by honor (and maybe twine) to give you the secrets of 3 Dimensional art as promised. You can see the original post here.

Are you ready?

Cheese, Gromit!

Well, actually I used this type of grommet but I love Wallace and Gromit so it never hurts to include them since they are made of clay and clay is a crafting item. I may be stretching this whole thing a bit into a post- modern take on existentialist crafting. Who knew burlap was sooo deep.

 Just grab the tool that you use to create your hole 

(called "the hole cutter" on the box…I love simplicity) and an old piece of 2x4. 

You need the 2x4 because the burlap canvas is about as high as the 2x4.

 Just place your hole cutter over the berry that you want to cut and pound with a hammer. This burlap has a film on the back so you need to pound a few times to make it cut through the burlap and this film. Some I removed the whole berry and others I kept the hole cutter at an angle so it only cut half of the berry and then I was able to fold the berry back for the dimensional look. Just do random berries and leave some untouched.

This is what it looks like from behind.

Add some ruby red tissue paper folded in fourths and then smoothed out. Tuck it under the burlap and in-between the burlap and wood frame. This will really make all the berries, well, look like berries. If you are doing a leaf stencil then using green would work here. Any other design other than a circle, you would have to use an X-acto knife or use the hole cutter to start a slit and then use very sharp scissors to cut what you want the rest of the way.

 I finished mine off by cutting a piece of manila folder to size just so it looked professional.

And that is the secret to dimensional artwork, oh great student of the craft.

Well Done. You have earned your belt in Karate Craft.

Always being renewed,

Please see the link party page to see where I link arms with those blissfully beautiful bloggers that host every week. So gracious they are along with these other sweet ladies!

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