Monday, August 27, 2012

Custom Colored Cymbidium Orchid Hair Flowers

My 2nd cousin's good friend is getting married this coming weekend and Natana was very interested in the clay flowers I make. My cousin Danielle asked if I could help her. They had tossed around several ideas,Crochet China Hair Bands Knitted Exporters lady fashion headwear and neckwear one button craft. but the final decision was to make cymbidium orchids in the colors of the 6 different fall colors the bridal party would be wearing. Mind you,Geek China Beanie Hats Exporters! These propellor caps and beanies are super cool, and you can't get them anywhere else! I am always worried about having to do deep hued shades and worry whether it will turn out well.Best Custom Linen Flowers arrangements by a veteran designer who loves to create beautiful silk flower arrangements in many colors and sizes for. I'm happy to say that they almost perfectly match each of the pocket swatches Natana gave me to work from. While the orchids may not come in those colors in real life, I think they will be a perfect accessory for each of the bridesmaids.
Natana also wanted to have some rhinestones in each of the flowers so instead of adding the pistil accents in clay, I handwired rhinestones in the middle to take the place of the clay ones. Just adding a bit of sparkle to the flowers.

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Artificial Wedding Flowers – Better Than the Real Thing?

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Hand made flowers

Floral or Hand made Flowers is our new challenge over at
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I hope you will join us this time, remember we like to see Stamping on your entry to the challenge.

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I used Victorian Velvet distress ink for all the shading.

Thank you for stopping by to take a look, I realy appreciate your comments.
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Thursday, August 23, 2012

Cheap New Era Hats Are Not Just for Warmth Anymore!

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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Fiber Arts at the Fredericksburg Museum

Last Friday I accompanied my fiber artist friends Barbara Posey and Stephanie Woolsey to the Fredericksburg Museum , in Fredericksburg VA, to drop off our work to be included in the First Fiber Arts Exhibit ever held at this venue! The piece that you see above is a brand new piece titled Autumn Daisy. I created this art quilt using all of my own hand dyed and sun printed fabrics. The title references the glorious yellow daisy type flowers that bloom all over the place here in Virginia, starting at the end of August. The wild small bushes bloom like crazy and are butterfly magnets.China Linen Flowers OffersChina Hair Bands Crochet Offers We often see many Monarch butterflies swarming these bushes as they store up food to make their long migrations south.

I have been invited to join 6 other local fiber artists in this exhibit.China Leather Flowers Wholesalers The exhibit at the museum will coincide with a large invitational exhibit, Contemporary Work in Fiber, that will be taking place at the University of Mary Washington just up the street. You can check out that exhibit and all the particulars about it here.

Autumn Daisy hanging at Artful Dimensions Gallery in Fredericksburg along with Piece of the Rainbow, a mosaic work by Cathy Ambrose-Smith.

Every stitch on this piece was done by hand.

You can see a faint yellowing in the center of each daisy flower. That yellow stain is left behind by the pollen from each blossom, when the flowers are applied to the wet fabric and pressed into place the pollen comes in firm contact with the fabric and leaves it's mark. I love that about these flowers. the shape of their leaves is wonderful for sun printing as well, with the serrated edge to give extra interest. It is almost time for the flowers to start blooming in the ditches and along the road sides again!! I will be doing many more sun prints and offering them for sale in my Etsy Shop!

Everyday Creative- Custom Resin Gems and casting

This week on Everyday Creative we take Ice Resin a step further and create custom gems for crafting. These beautiful gems can be used in any type of crafting from paper crafting (card making,China Linen Flowers Offers scrapbooking, altered arts) to home decor, fashion to mixed media art.China Leather Flowers Wholesalers These beauties can be used for ANYTHING!

Here is a beautiful close up of the gem that centers this organza flower... it is awesome to customize your gems any color you desire!

In this project, the resin gem sits comfortably in a beautiful flower as its center. This hair piece can easily be used as a broach or even as a scarf or purse accent.

And of course in order to customize your Ice Resin... you need some pretty cool products to do so. To color your resin, you will want items that have a similar base to Ice Resin. Since Ice Resin is an oil base, a natural mixer would be oil paint to colorize your resin. You don't always have to use like bases, but it does help to make it easier for the products to mix (something I learned from my friend Jen Cushman).

If you really want to get creative... here are a few of MY favorites to colorize and customize Ice Resin.

Clearsnap makes an selection of products that you may not even have thought of to colorize your resin or art materials. One of my favorite techniquesChina Hair Bands Crochet Offers is to use their re-inkers to create varying effects. They also make an amazing arrangements of glitters and accent pigments that are a ton of fun as well.

First up is the Clearsnap Archival Dye Ink Refill. This product is used traditionally to re-ink your ink pads... but it is good for so many other uses. When mixed with Resin, it offers a beautiful transparent effect that you can see through. This gives the effect of a semi-precious stone or jewel.