At the market.........
Friday, October 28, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Altered Altoid Tin / Button Swap.....
This month I participated
in a Fall Button Swap
over at
I'm not necessarily an avid button collector
but
when I see interesting ones I do pick them up.
This swap was especially fun because
it required we alter
an
Altoid Tin
So much fun!
This is the tin that I made.....
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| I decided to use a bird fluffing up her nest for winter as my theme. |
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| The string on the side is attached to the birds mouth it has a tiny charm attached that says "Made for you" |
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| As well as buttons, I placed a few odds and ends. The kinds of random shiny things birds pick up from time to time. |
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| I lined the sides with straw, string,colorful yarn, and shredded ribbon. Just what a bird would use to fluff the nest. |
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| Then I made a nest to place the finished tin in and bundled it with some more of the colorful yarn. |
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| I placed the nest carefully into this mesh bag and tied it with this lovely autumn leaf. Inside the package is one of my Trading Cards which also had a bird theme. I had so much fun coming up with my concept. It was my first time making one of the altered tins. I definately think it can become addicting! I was so excited when my box arrived! My swap partner Julie of Blue Pig Designs made this beautiful box..... |
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| The lid is a raisedfloral design. I'm guessing clay or resin. She beautifully shaded the design in blue and gold, and I love the fringe trim... |
These are the lovely buttons
that she sent..
Happy, shiny, sparkly ones and the red ones especially,
have great little designs.
You can check out others in the swap over at
Happy Tuesday!
Friday, October 21, 2011
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Local Artisans......
A few weekends ago I visited
An Occasion for the Arts
in Colonial Williamsburg...
My featured Artist for this week from the show is
Bronwyn Evans
of StudioBe
(so pretty in pink!)
Funny story is...
I met Bronwyn back in April at Art and Soul
in Hampton, Va.
We ate lunch together nearly every day!
Unorganized me lost her card (sigh)
but was so happy to see her standing in her booth
at Occasion for the Arts!
The jewelry pieces I photographed
are made with
Precious Metal Clays
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| Look at the amazing details! |
(let me apologize for the photos)
I have learned I need to pay more attention when
photographing against pure black or white!
This is so much darker than it should be
the beautiful ribbons for the pendants are
made from old Saris!
Bronwyn offers classes in her studio
teaching this Precious Metal Clay technique
as well as some of her other passions.
She is so wonderful to talk with and her pieces are amazing!
I plan on taking one of her classes in November.
I will definitely have better pictures!
You can contact her about upcoming classes and shows at
Happy Weekend!
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