Monday, January 31, 2011

cha 2011 winter list

as i watch the cha 2011 winter release previews, my mind amusingly recites what to do with them.  i think i'm going to be more selective this year—since i have too many unused scrapping materials piling here and there.  well, that's the plan at least.  someone please reminds me if i loose my way at the aisles.

7 gypsies




gcd studios




graphic 45






ranger






pen nibs











pink paislee




butterfly garden's embellishments



crate paper





emma's shoppe





toy box



sassasfras lass


vintage street market



glitz designs
 




i suppose i'll be living in caravan and tim holtz-ing soon.  i'll let you know if i see anything else i like.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

o my sweetness...

my heart flutters with joy...dee and mieke sent me this dainty chocolate mud cupcakes.


it's my blog theme!!... 


complete with my dearest max and pepper, also the girl with balloon silhouette from glitz' hoopla collection's rub on i used in the hip hip hooray class!  hahaha....  lovely!  lovely!



thank you ladies...muah...muah...muah...  i'm a happy birthday girl!

Saturday, January 15, 2011

scenes from altered aviary

we started the first altered aviary workshop today.  here are some scenes of the ensemble in progress....








anita's

mieke's

dee's 


although christine couldn't join us today, yani halim came to help her paint a couple panels of our next project.

it was a lovely day spent with wonderful crafty ladies.  i will post more progress by the end of the week and so looking forward for everyone's ensembles and atc soon.

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

captured memories — altered aviary workshop in 2 parts

for those who have heard me talking about it, here it is....

 captured memories - mixed media altered aviary

it began when i saw this enticing 3d wood board aviary.  i acquired it all the way from france.  as most things french, it has unsurpassed beauty and quality—design and material wise.  

one by one, vendor by vendor, country by country—4 months and so after i finally gathered some elusive materials i wanted to to use in indulging this altered aviary.  i must say i'm swooned by how it turned out; worth all the efforts.

antique teak wood finishing

this aviary stands up as a 3d frame, and layer by layer it opens up to its inside spreads.  i have personally experimented and developed a few mix media vintage finishing for this project.

that's the first part.

atc tray swap

in the same spirit, the 2nd half of the project is this tray.  it is meant to hold up some round robin atc swap within the participants.  the plan is to introduce international swap scenes for those who are interested.

inquirers will be given access to private online viewing and more information about this project.

footnote
i dedicated this aviary in the memory of my grandmother, helene papakostas.  all pictures are of her family, my ancestors.

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

the story of my life


classes hardly ever come by in town, so i was very excited to join lia of scrapgoodies' long awaited first with the lovely ladies on sunday.


 

we made this gorgeous story of my life journal.





my focus lifespan didn't get me too far in finishing the album in the class, but as soon as i reached home, i immediately continued working on the spine.




the "secret" key was my starting point and i build up the rest.





along with extra supplies given by generous lia on top of the class kit,  i add various trinkets from tim holtz ideology, prima pebbles, webster's trims, 7 gypsies, twills from max' supplies stash and scraps of this and that from my personal flea market/junkyard dumps.





i haven't got the chance to work on the inside yet, but i'm already thinking to make more and more of this journal.

thank you dee, anita, marlin for the wonderful time and especially lia for the awesome journal. you're an awesome dt and i'm so looking forward for the next one. 

Monday, December 13, 2010

scrapgoodies' hip hip hooray class

scenes from scrapgoodies' hip hip hooray class....
























pictures by jackson and lia.