Secrets & A Giveaway!

I am so happy to finally be able to share this secret!

Yes - I am one of the 21 teachers in this new edition of 21 SECRETS. 

If you haven't heard of 21 SECRETS before you are in for a treat. 

21 teachers will be sharing some creative secrets using paper, glue and scissors 

- actually in my case I just tore things instead of using scissors :-)  

All the content in 21 SECRETS comes in a downloadable eBook 

that you can keep and refer to for a lifetime. 

You can purchase it here 

(and yes I get some of the payment if you purchase it through me)

GIVEAWAY

I have a free course to give away!  

All you have to do is leave me a comment here (or on my instagram page) 

by October 1 and I will pick a winner.  

UPDATE - Winner has been contacted, but you can still join me and the other teachers - see link above for details! 

NOW - what creative secret am I sharing you ask???? 

I have created a course called 

Drawn to Collage

It shares how I use drawings 

and work with them together with other paper bits and some scribbling to create a collage. 

We will dye paper and gather collage fodder including drawings 

(yours or mine) and I will show you how I put it all together.

I would love for you to join me and the other 21 teachers. 

Join me!

And here is a short promotional video I created. 

I had so much fun creating this course, and look forward to seeing what others create!

More Etched Metal Jewelry

I have been busy making etched metal jewelry. 

I haven't done it for a long time,

but when I was asked to do a jewelry project in the local high school

I thought etched metal would be lots of fun. 

In order to prepare I made a variety of pieces 

and ended up with lots of necklaces - long and short necklaces

- with bigger etched pieces and small etched pieces 

- with pieces of squiggly wrapped wire or not

- and mounted on a cotton cord or a wire circle.

and one bracelet.....

I can't wait to see what the students create!

Matchbook Notepads - Tutorial

I realize that many people don't use notepads anymore,

but I am a list maker - and love having little notepads handy at all times. 

 

I always have scraps of card-stock and plain paper that is leftover from bigger projects, 

as well as a never ending supply of hand decorated paper.

So I thought I would share how to make these matchbook notepads. 

Gather scraps of notepaper, card-stock and decorated paper.

     Cut the pieces to size and then glue 

      the decorated paper to the card-stock. 

Fold the decorated card-stock so that it has a small flap at the bottom and

insert the stack of notepaper. 

Staple the pages and the folded flap similar to a matchbook cover.

Fold the top part over and tuck it under the stapled piece.  

If it is too long, trim it a bit. 

Once it is the the right size and tucked under the flap, crease the top. 

If you don't have any decorated paper.... you can always use a piece out of a magazine. 

When I make them I seem to end up with quite a stack of them. 

But.... that isn't really a problem!

Book Making

I had a great time this weekend,

teaching 11 people how to make books!

I loved seeing how different each book was.

What wonderful creativity!

This is the book I finished during the course. 

I did start another couple during some demonstrations, 

but those will be put on the back burner for some time

as I have other projects on the go that need my attention.

I hope you had as wonderful a weekend as I did!