Diane Knotts..'come on down'!

Lily pulled the winning name today for my 100 post give-away....Diane Knotts, I need your address!

Again, I'm blown away by your constant encouragement & thoughtful comments.  I read every single one & visited as many sites as I could last week.  I'm still working my way through the list, finding new places to draw inspiration from. 

I know I told you I was busy being Mommy all week...... but I did manage to sneek in some art time.  I've been creating some little charms for Heather's new swap. It's all about birds & nests, so I had to play!  I made some little chipboard buttons & I'm working on more resin charms. 

The new Belle Armoire Jewelry featured a story by Robin Sokel called 'The Mother of Invention'. She gives a detailed instruction for creating your own bezels.  I am not a jewelry maker of any sort, but I love to make little bobbles & bits to embellish my altered art.  This is my first attempt at her technique.

Since I had the resin mixed, I experimented with some Tim Holtz molds.  I love the way this turned out!

This one too! I can't wait to take these a step further.

Since those turned out so great, I thought I'd try old book pages.  When you apply resin to vintage book pages the result is very translucent. 

I used a candy mold for this.

 

This piece is made from a printers block, antique photo copy, & mica.

A view from the side.

This project came from one of my very favorite books, 'A Charming Exchange'.  Every time I read through this book I discover something new & amazing.

~Lisa

100 & A Give-Away!

I can't believe I'm sitting here writing my 100th post! I started my blog in July 09, & I think it took that whole month to work up the nerve to push the 'publish' button.  When I look back at those first posts I cringe... I sounded like such a goober!   As a thank you for hanging with me & inspiring me everyday with your blogs & comments I'm going to give away some goodies.

I was making a pair of altered ballet shoes for my dear friend Rose, I decided I'd go ahead & make another pair for you!

No need to become a follower, just leave a comment on this post & I'll draw the winner Monday March 22.

Not only will you recieve this pair of sweet slippers...

I'll wrap them up in this little gift bag!  They just look so cute together.  Dont' you just love getting a 'gift' in a gift? In NoLa we called it lagniappe, right Jodie? 

So while I'm on the subject of presentaion.....

 I was blog hopping last week & happened upon a post by Lana at Honeysuckle Lane.  She had some great advice on a simple packaging technique for sellers.

The busier I've become with selling, the more time I've wasted trying to find creative ways to ship my items. I wanted to find a consistent & relatively inexpensive way to send things. I copied my banner & uploaded it to Picnik where I added some text.

inked the edges & used decorative scissors on the bottom.

Then I just stapled it to a clear bag, I buy them in bulk online. They're priced well & have every size you could ever need.  

More lagnaippe.....

Lynda from The Crow's Corner sent me these cool, grungy envelopes, she thought I might like them for packing. She was right!

Each one is a little piece of art.  Wouldn't  you love to get one of these as a special treat?

Lynda makes some really wonderful primitive style art, check out her blog!

I found more inspirational packaging at the grocery store, one of my favorite places to find art supplies. Look at this awesome soap!

 I went crazy when I saw the little window in this corrugated box, can you imagine a little picture in the window & an assemblage inside?  Guess what, the soap smells pretty yummy too!