Friday ICE Linky Party!

Hey all, it's time for Friday ICE!

 

Here is my simple little aletered bottle. Nice and rustic and old, just like I like them. :)

Please share your ICE Resin® creations in the linky list at the bottom of this post. 

We all want to see what you've made, weather a past creation or something you've made recently just link it up!

     

Friday ICE Linky Party.

I will be hosting this linky party on the 2nd & 4th Friday of every month.

This will be a place to share your creations made with ICE Resin®

whether they are mixed media art, jewelry, or something else entirely, if you used ICE Resin® to make it we want to see it!

So what do you need to do to link up? 

1. Make something with ICE Resin®

2. Write a blog post and include the above Friday ICE Linky Party image. 

(A link to this blog would also be nice)

www.vintiquitiesworkshop.blogspot.com

3. Come on over here on the 2nd & 4th Friday of each month and link your blog post to the Linky Tool provided here that day. 

(Make sure you link to the actual blog POST and not to your blog homepage)

Why Link Up?

1. To share your wonderful ICE Resin® Creations

2. To get feeback and support from other creative persons with the same interests.

3. To bring people to your blog and find new blogs in return.

4. To win a prize!

Wait I didn't tell you about the PRIZE!

At the end of each month I will do a random drawing from all the posts linked up during the month as well as comments left and the winner will receive a prize from the wonderful folks at www.iceresin.com

(It could be an ICE Resin® plunger or a cool bezel, who knows but it will be awesome!)

Please make sure I have a way to contact you if you are chosen.

Some Good News! yeah! And a reschedule of todays events...

Hey all, I just wanted to let everyone know that I have had to reschedule todays Friday ICE linky party to next Friday. So we will have one the 3rd & 4th Friday.

We're heading to Little Rock early in the morning to take my youngest to recieve her award at the AR State Art Competition and we've all been super busy getting ready for that.

So I hope you will all come by and link up next Friday.

In other news I sent an application in for the Spellbinder's Design Team and I'm very excited to announce that I made it to the second round!

Go check out the announcement on the Spellbinder's Blog today!

https://www.spellbinderspaperarts.com/Community/Blog/Post/13-05-10/Spellbinders_Design_Team_Second_Round.aspx?Page=1&Blogs=Post 

ICE Resin® Memory Flower...Mixed Media Decor..Mother's Day Gift Idea?

Hello everyone! I hope you are enjoying this fine, fine day. 

Just wanted to do a quick share of my project over on the ICE Resin® Blog today...

http://iceresin.com/icequeen/2013/05/memory-flower-by-thespa-mclaughlin/

Go check it out for the how to's of this piece. 

:)

This would make a wonderful piece to give for Mother's Day this weekend!
And the best part is, you have plenty of time to make it. Super simple!

Mixed Media May - My Interview Today...

Hey everyone, I just wanted to share with you a project that is happening all month long...

Mixed Media May

A blog that interviews a different Mixed Media Artist each day in May

At the end of the month there will be participation and PRIZES!

I am featured today and you can read it by clicking below...

My Interview Here May 3rd

On a side note, today it snowed for the very first time ever in May here in NW Arkansas.

I'm sure it's because we chose to buy a new lawnmower instead of a new furnace last weekend.

;)

Happy May everyone!

Proud Momma Waving Her Paint Covered Hands, OVER HERE!

Just found out that my youngest daughter Abbi took 1st Place for second grade in the Arkansas State Art Competition!

Yeah Abbi! I'm so proud of my little artist!

 Abbi with her art at the regional level.

Abbi's "really old tree house next to a really old broken down fence"

I'm pretty sure she nailed it!

 I mean LOOK at that TEXTURE!

A great big thank you to Susan Jones! Abbi's art teacher. What an interesting technique!

Thank you for helping Abbi embrace her creativity and for giving her this opportunity. 

She really needed this.

Hugs!

Friday ICE Linky Party!

Hey all, it's time for Friday ICE, an ICE Resin® Linky Party!

Today I'd like to share a piece I've had on my workbench for a while.

I finally got it finished...

Please link up your ICE Resin® projects or comment for a chance to win a wonderful prize from www.iceresin.com
(if you are linking up you are already entered to win twice)
If you are not joining the linky list see below..
For a second chance to win just share a link to this post, on your blog, twitter, or FB so others can come see the ICE links and then come back here and comment that you did so.

For more information on the Friday ICE linky party click below...

 http://vintiquitiesworkshop.blogspot.com/2013/02/friday-ice-linky-party-information.html

 Please remember to include an image of the Friday ICE Linky Party button when you link up.

I hope you will share your creations in the linky list below.

"Softly She Goes" a Mixed Media Necklace...

Just wanted to share the necklace I made using ICE Resin® and the new Spellbinder's Media Mixage line by Susan Lenart Kazmer. 

You can find instructions to make it over on the ICE Resin® blog today. 

http://iceresin.com/icequeen/2013/04/softly-she-goes-a-media-mixage-necklace/

**If you want to read the beautiful poem by Kimberly A Bennet that inspired this necklace, go check it out here...

http://66.220.11.194/visit/viewPoetry.asp?AuthorID=7130

A little help for a couple wounded in Boston...

Like everyone I've been following the Boston Bombing and have been so saddened by what happened there. If you have ever heard of Nine Degrees of Separation I had a moment like that this week. 

My cousin whom I recently posted about her wonderful cookies that were needing a vote in my last blog post, 

posted a link on her FB page. 

Her husband's friends, a husband and wife recently married and starting their lives together, were both severely injured in the legs when the bombing in Boston occurred.

Patrick and Jess

 Lots of prayers going out to you both and to your families. We're all thinking about you.

I wanted to help so I did, and if you want to help I'm passing this link on to you as well. 

They seem like very nice, very sweet people and you can read more about them at the link below. 

I didn't have much I could give but I gave something and every little bit adds up. If you are unable to give you can leave words of encouragement and support. I know your prayers will be very welcome.
 http://www.giveforward.com/fundraiser/ygf1/helpforpatandjess?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=graph&utm_campaign=vanity_page

This is what was recently posted on the fundraiser site...
Friends-
Your support in just 24 hours is overwhelming, there are no words to describe what your outpouring of kindness and generosity means to our family as Patrick and Jess start their long road to recovery.
At this point, we do not know what all the costs associated with Patrick and Jess's full recovery will be (between prosthetics and home modifications, etc.), but we want them to have enough to not worry about the financial implications of what has happened. We've increased the fundraising goal and if we raise more money than Patrick and Jess need, we have no doubt that they will be conscious of the other people affected by all of this.
For many of us, Monday's events shook our faith in humanity.  But a quick look at the outpouring of support from friends and strangers -- both in the immediate aftermath and now here on this site -- restores it.
Thank you,
The Downes and Kensky Family 

Get Fundraising Ideas from GiveForward

A Vote of Support for a fellow blogger...

Hey guys, just wondering if you could do me a big ole favor...

My cousin has a delicious cookie that needs your vote!

It's a big deal to her and would mean the world to me.

It only takes a minute...

She tells you how you can vote over on her super cute blog...

Betty Cupcakes

And she will be sharing the recipe for this wonderful cookie!

Come on! A cookie this cute has to deserve some votes!

Thanks ya'll!

Hugs!

Friday ICE Linky Party...

The winner from the month of March is Kate over at AuntieCakes
Congrats Kate!

It's time for our Friday ICE Linky Party.
Wow this one sneaked up on me this month. Didn't realize it was the second Friday already!

Finally got my pic on here, sorry I was late.

A little assemblage using parts and pieces and some ICE Resin®

First I melted some of the new Pewter ICE Enamels inside both bezels. Next I stamped the letters with letter punches, no need to hit them with a hammer, the ICE Enamel is soft enough to push the letters by hand.
Next I rubbed some black acrylic paint into the letter depressions and wiped away the excess. It gave it a semi-tarnished look to the "pewter" as well. Then I fill both bezels with mixed ICE Resin® and let cure. When cured I glued the small bezel over the large bezel with E-6000 jewelry adhesive. For the final step I attached some found jewelry pieces to the bezel jump rings and attached it to a ball chain.

Please link up your ICE Resin® projects or comment for a chance to win a wonderful prize from www.iceresin.com
(if you are linking up you are already entered to win twice)
If you are not joining the linky list see below..
For a second chance to win just share a link to this post, on your blog, twitter, or FB so others can come see the ICE links and then come back here and comment that you did so.

For more information on the Friday ICE linky party click below...

 http://vintiquitiesworkshop.blogspot.com/2013/02/friday-ice-linky-party-information.html

 Please remember to include an image of the Friday ICE Linky Party button when you link up.

I hope you will share your creations in the linky list below.

My New Blog for Home Decor Projects...

Hey everyone!

I just wanted to share my newest blog for Home Decor Projects

Vintiquities Home

I've shared several repurposed projects and furniture makeovers over there. 

I hope you'll come visit for some shabby chic inspiration. 

Just click the link above and come on by. 

Hope you are having a wonderful weekend!

A new piece on the ICE Resin blog...

Just wanted to share my newest necklace on the ICE Resin® blog.

Go check it out for step by step instructions...

http://iceresin.com/icequeen/2013/04/chic-pink-a-rue-romantique-necklace-by-thespa-mclaughlin/

Happy Wed, everyone! Hugs!