Junkin' in Warrenton!

Amy and I went junkin' in Warrenton last weekend! I think I enjoyed meeting the bloggers more than junkin'! Theresa at Garden Antiques Vintage had a great blogging party!

Stan Williams author of THE FIND was there. Check out Theresa's blog for info about the book: http://gardenantqs.blogspot.com/2009/09/book-signing-event-blogger-party.html

Above is David & Mindy. Aren't they adorable! David has some great pics on his blog: http://www.snakelover61.blogspot.com/. Mindy's blog is http://rockinm.blogspot.com/.

Above is the famous Cat Daddy!

Above is Polly from Counting Your Blessings. She is just adorable! She and her husband had just flown in from Chicago! Visit her at: http://www.countingyourblessings.blogspot.com/

Of course I'm a big fan of Talking Trash and Trailer Trash! You can visit them at: http://talkingwhitetrash.blogspot.com/ and http://trailertrash01.blogspot.com/. Trailer Trash is my daughter Amy and partner in crime!

Above is pic from Theresa's blog party.

Meet Stan Williams, author of "the find." Super nice guy! His book is great!

Above is Theresa who put on this great party!

Above is Amy...I think she's talking to Stan William's about his book.

Trust In Your Dreams

Sweet Jessica just doesn't know how much we bonded this weekend! She had me all in a tizzy trying to figure out how to get this stuff connected! I thought it turned out pretty good for someone who doesn't know what she's doing!

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!

Creatively Inspired!

Creatively Inspired is the name of the cutest shop in Keller! Sandie, the owner, sells local artists' items...jewelry, paintings, clay pieces... I loved this store because everything is so unique! I don't think there's two of any one item. Her prices are great!

Support your local artists! If you go, tell her I sent you! The website below will have the store's address and info! Have fun!

http://creativelyinspiredgifts.com/Welcome.html

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!