One Good Thing: Smarty Pants

Another JJ Sobey project for the Tattered Angels Design Team...check it out:

One Good Thing: Smarty Pants

PROJECT PREVIEW

I'm up to my neck in things I MUST do...not HAVE to do. I'm getting ready to unveil my Nov. projects for Tattered Angels, working on a TOP SECRET project, putting up my Christmas tree, mailing out 8 Ebay packages, laundry and packing for my trip home for Kelly & Brett's wedding. I'm not sure how traveling during Thanksgiving weekend is going to be...luckily I'm not going to Fri. I can do this...LOL!

HMM...

HOLLY SIMONI shows off her Tattered Angels Projects

This is so much fun...this is the 1st month that we are all working together as TATTERED ANGELS DESIGN TEAM MEMBERS. Most of us have never met but we are now connected through our art. Today I would love if you went and viewed HOLLY SIMONI's projects, here is her blog: http://hollysimoni.typepad.com/my_weblog/

Check out this project...don't you just love those colors...they are part of the FALL 2010 GLIMMER MIST LTD. ED. colors. Enjoy!

ERIKA TAYLOR TATTERED ANGELS NOV. PROJECT

The Nov. project for the Tattered Angels Design Team was to create projects using wood & the various paint products. Usually you can view these projects every month at the Tattered Angels blog but it is in the middle of being updated. The Design Team members are displaying their projects on there own blogs and posting to Facebook also. Today was Erika Taylor's projects and I am pleased that I can share them with you. I will try and go back and post the other team members projects because let me tell you...THEY ARE INCREDIBLE...yes, I am slightly excited and yelling because you will want to try the technique on any piece of wood you can find. My husband has locked up all my Tattered Angels product because he sees me eyeing all the beautiful old wood trim in our 1920 American Foursquare...not really...only kidding! Here is Erika's blog for you to check out: http://taylordconcepts.blogspot.com/ and here is one of her projects...ENJOY!!!

WHAT HAVE I BEEN UP TO????
Right now the hottest handmade item seems to anything made from felt...particularly felt flowers. I have the tendency to try & figure out how to make them so I don't have to purchase them...something that I have always done. After google search after google search, finding pattern after pattern, tons of research I set out to make these beautiful felt corsages to go on winter coats for this season.  I stopped by Michaels and bought several pieces of white felt...knowing that they would all be "glimmerized" with TATTERED ANGELS Glimmer Mist.


Here is my 1st experiment...{now remember I taught clothing & textiles for 30 years} it took from start to finish a little over an hour to trace, cut, sew & "GLIMMERIZE" this gardenia. I used Tattered Angels CHALKBOARD Glimmer Mist in Cotton Candy.  I'm pretty happy with the results...not bad for 1st try if I say so my self. Not happy with the pencil lines but that's what I had on hand...{note to self...ORDER fabric glue & water based fabric markers}.

BUT I can never stop there...now I'm on a search for a better grade of felt and I stumbled across Giant Dwarf by Sue. A great ETSY shop that you must stop and see. Sue's story is also quite interesting how she went from a hobbyist to a full fledged entrepreneur. Of course I didn't just look I ordered several pieces of WOOL felt...because WOOL fiber will take the GLIMMER MIST so much better that a man-made fiber.
http://www.etsy.com/search_results.php?search_query=Giant+Dwarf&search_type=handmade



Of course I then had to search out her blog...
http://giantdwarfdesign.blogspot.com/



So what do you think...a few small green leaves.some bling & maybe a little tulle & feathers...OH YEAH!!! Are you on my Christmas list?

Here is my very 1st tattered Angels project.

I am still amazed at the effect Glimmer Mist gives you...

I had no clue that less than a year later I would be 
on the TA Design Team.

OVERSEAS...not me but...

Please go and check out this online store: http://scrapmatrix.com. Here's a picture of Rae's Shoes...I would really love these in my closet!!!

I love this store...Rae carries some really unusual product that isn't normally seen here in the States. I placed a small order and the shipping was only $12.00...not bad for international shipping. Rae carries Julie van Oosten's COLLECTION ELEMENTS line...simply TDF! http://www.collectionselements.com/store/. 


Here is a link to Nic Howard's blog to see some of Julie's products: http://nichoward.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/05/more-from-sia.html


Also carries Dusty Attic and Twiddleybitz products...and so much more. You must stop by to check it out. LOVELY!!!

Buffalo: This Place Matters

Sometimes I get so homesick for Buffalo, NY...this video displays some of the grandeur of the Queen City. After spending most of my adult life there I didn't realize how much I would miss it when I moved to NC. Mind you ...NOT THE WEATHER...but just about everything else. Looking forward to flying home at the end of Nov. for a family wedding.