Mixed Media Collage Workshop

I love the Altered Muse's workshops! Carrie Gunning was the instructor for this one. She is so talented! Here's my creation! This one is a mixed media collage using acrylic paint, matt mod podge, wall paper, paper images, and finished it off with a gold wash.

Carrie helped with arranging and used cream acrylic paint around the edges of images and filled in other areas. Every workshop I think is the best ever! This is another best ever workshop!

Wire Wrap Workshop

Shirley was the instructor for the Wire Wrap workshop at The Altered Muse. Above is my creation of wire wrap! The stone was fused in a previous class by Shirley. I love it!

Bees Wax Collage Workshop

The Altered Muse held a Bees Wax Collage workshop given by Renea Hipp. Here's the canvas I created with Renea's help! In case you are wondering, TG stands for Traveling Gypsy!

It has a black background with collage images mod podged and brushed with a coat of bees wax on the top surface. The sides are painted black with red stripes. After you apply the bees wax, take a hot gun and melt the wax until smooth. Use a latex glove to buff the wax to make it shiny.

Visit the Altered Muse's website http://thealteredmuse.blogspot.com/! Pam has the cutest store and has great workshops!!! They are so much fun!

Altered Muse - ATC Workshop - June 23, 2009

On June 23rd, I attended an ATC workshop at the Altered Muse. Didn't know what ATC stood for until that night! ATC stands for Artist Trading Card! Who would have thunk!!! Not that I think I'm at artist by any means, but it was so fun making the cards.

The card I made is "Legacy" below. We made two cards and Pam made us give one away. We all wanted to keep our own cards! But we all ended up with someone else's card, which was pretty neat.

I love the paint I used and can't find it in any of the stores. So if you know where to find Jaquard Lumiere paint. Please let me know!

Inspirational Journey!

Double trouble! Amy and Deb...
After Amy and I got back from Deb Taylor's workshop, I have been totally inspired! It was no junkin' journey! It was more like getting in touch with your innerself.

After attending a retirement seminar at work, it hit me that I'm on my way out of this ole' world and better start having fun! In my younger day, I loved art classes, drawing, painting...

After the trip, I decided to get into my "creative side." Here's what I've been doing...
It took a week to put this little table together! I'll take pics of the workshop when I get through with it. The grandkids will love it! They love to "create" and will be in heaven!

An old frame with vintage pics of my dad's family ...
Amy gave me the "T" as a Christmas present. I changed the ribbon and hung it in a vintage frame. I was going to paint the frame white, but decided I liked the dark vintage look! Can change later...
Shawna helped me move rooms around! We moved the white bed into the guest room, brass bed in the back room, bookcase into the "workshop." I decided I was too old to do all this moving stuff.