ICE Resin Halloween Inspiration...

Check out my Halloween post over on the ICE Resin blog

Happy Halloween Everyone! I hope you have a fun safe night of Tricks & Treats!

Halloween Jewelry...

$39.00 - Eye of Newt Necklace $39.00 - Spooky Bones Necklace

Shipping is free for both of these items and sent via Priority Mail to ensure you get them in plenty of time for Halloween.

And an eclectic mix of beads and baubles to highlight this skeleton in a soldered coffin. Beads are all wire wrapped for durability. A longer style just right to slip over the head.

$39.00





2013 Ice Resin Creative Team!....

Hey everyone, as promised I get to share some exciting news today.

I've been dyin to tell ya all week and today is finally here!

I made the Ice Resin Creative Team for 2012-2013!

Wow!!
I feel so honored to have been chosen to work with such amazing and creative people.

You can look forward to lots of great projects, art, jewelry, tutorials and more.

Check out the announcement on the Ice Resin blog...

http://iceresin.com/icequeen/2012/09/the-ice-resin-2012-2013-creative-team/

 

See you all tomorrow when I announce the rules for a really fun Halloween Charm Swap!

Have a great day!

Craft night! Yeah!...

 Lydia and I got to have a craft night last night. We got together and made silver spoon necklaces.

Lots of fun!

This pretty button collage necklace is hers and she did an absolutely amazing job of wire wrapping her beads (her first time ever!) (and I don't know how I didn't get a picture of her finished necklace, I could have sworn I did)

 

And of course the necklace I made would HAVE to be turquoise and silver. It features an image of my grandma Mary when she was about 18 years old. I plan to put Ice Resin in the center to protect the photo but I shared all I had left with my students at Create, so I really need some more.

I hope everyone is have a wonderful Labor Day weekend!

Hugs!



Crazy Busy!!!! New Art...

It's a whirlwind around here right now. 

With the Create Art Retreat in only 2 weeks! And an Ice Resin Design team application deadline the 15th, as well as some magazine deadlines, I'm  so busy I don't even know where to start. 

I thought I would share some art I got done this weekend...

 A mixed media assemblage piece. I used Ice Resin over a collage of antique ledger papers, antique photo, and ephemera inside a found rusty metal ring used as a bezel. I also used an old water key as a bezel for the leaves of the flower. I collaged and painted the inside of an antique candy tin that I removed the cover from.

 My next piece was some collage and paint work with a heart design. I used a glass heart shaped bead as a bezel and filled it with Ice Resin. The background of the heart was some antique German text that is so pretty. I love how you can see some of the blue color through the text in the heart when the light shines down. I really love that about Ice Resin.

And I got the chains and beading done on some of my soldered pendants.

I was also working on some displays for my vendor booth at Create. My friend Lydia came over and helped me bag little bits and pieces and art parts for mixed media. I was working on clipping them to the display to see how I wanted to do it.  Thanks Lydia for all your help! Hugs!

 Lydia and I got lots of collage packs tied up for class kits and for the vendor fair...

 I even went through my button stash and made up some button cards...

It's a lot of work but so worth it. Can't wait to see everyone at Create!

I hope you are all having a great week!

Introduction to Create Classes in Chicago 2012

Hey everyone! 

It's been such a busy time lately. I'm getting all my last minute things ready for Create Chicago in August.

I made some videos this weekend introducing my classes and answering a few questions about them. 

I've still got some spots left so I hope you can join us!

Also if anyone is looking for a hotel room to share give me a shout, I've got one booked.

So here are the videos...enjoy!

Sign up for these classes and more at www.createmixedmediaretreat.com

Merrily She Goes...

This is Merrily. She's a sweet and happy little thing. She's all dressed up in her finery and bling and she is all about vintage charm.

 Antique glass pearl beads, antique crystals, antique rosary beads and lots and lots of vintage rhinestones all make Merrily very merry indeed. She has wire wrapping, soldering, ice resin and antique book pages, and a hand molded and hand painted face.

$86 plus $5 priority mail shipping

Merrily would love to have a home with you, email me if you are interested in her and I will send you a purchase link.

Tattered Layers, antique lace, cuff bracelets...

 I got to play in the studio last night and came up with these pretty cuff bracelets.

They are up for sale in my shop Vintiquities Boutique

 *Take Me Home-I'm perfect for Valentine's Day*

 This one has lots of layers of antique fabrics, lace, and fibers. The focal piece is a vintage flower with antique rhinestone jewelry piece and a vintage glass pearl drop. There are also some antique rhinestones hand stitches into the design on the sides.

 This cuff bracelet's focal piece is a vintage flower with an antique reflective glass button center.

 *You know you want me*

 *I would make a beautiful Valentine's Day Gift*

This one is my favorite and I'm really wanting to keep it all to myself. Lots and lots of layers of antique lace, fabrics, and fibers. The focal point is an antique rhinestone piece sided by 2 mother of pearl buttons with hand stitched antique rhinestone centers.

Soldered Necklace, Some Blingy Finds, & My New Favorite Place on Earth!!

SOLD
"One Heart" Soldered Necklace $35

The Two Hearts necklace is off to it's new owner today!...

And I wanted to show you some of the super fun blingy things I found during lunch yesterday...

 I found this super old, completely wonderful cast iron knob that I put on my Victrola cabinet...

 I also found some great old keys, a couple of old rhinestone necklaces, and my favorite tons of wonderful little metal rhinestone buttons! The buttons the knob and that little metal claw foot were found at my new favorite place on earth "The Rusty Chair" in downtown Rogers AR. That place has everything I love and I think I will probably be spending a lot of lunches browsing that wonderful shop! Can't wait to go back.

 I also wanted to share this old check book. I love the fact that it's from my hometown. Whomever this belonged to had a lot of dough for back then. $2000 was a lot of money in the 40's.

Hope you guys are having a great week and looking forward to a great weekend! Hugs!

Thespa

Soldered Jewelry, a few new pieces...

$35
SOLD


 I finished this piece ("two hearts")

and started a few more...

I wish my camera was able to show you just how pretty these are in person. All the sparkle and the true colors of the ephemera don't show up well. All of these let light pass through which adds a lot of depth. Each necklace is handmade, soldered, patina solution is added to age each item and a small collage with antique and vintage ephemera and elements is encased in resin.

A few new soldered pieces...

Got a few new pieces soldered this weekend.

 Playing with texture...

 And playing with Ice Resin