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friday after.........

this recipe is from Cindy and the first time I have ever made dressing and it is the best Dressing I have ever tasted!

 

fresh parsley, cornbread, cornbread stuffing, cognac, herbs, onions, celery and 2 lbs. sausage.....

IT is a long process but well worth it..........

table set for 12.......nothing really fancy, and if you will look close these are gold rimmed PLASTIC disposable plates, yes.... and it was so easy to just dump them in the trash....

table for 6 and paper placemats, and more plastic dinnerware......

another table set with all plastic and paper........I really wanted to make this an easy no fuss Thanksgiving .....we had a great time and everyone contributed to the food duties....always so much to eat but  great for leftovers........

We were to have 30 but a few at the last minute did not come for some reason or another.....we had brother in laws, sister in laws, nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews, boyfriends, girlfriends, fiances and my mom.........

I hope everyone had a wonderful time and now enjoying the rest of this Thanksgiving weekend.....we are in a bit of weather problem but I am in and just cleaning up and staying warm.....

I do want to stress to all about SHOP SMALL Saturday, tomorrow.....Please support Small Business tomorrow and all year.

 

sunday class and good bye........

 

Several of you gals left early and I apologize I did not get photos of your finished houses.....these little houses were so cute and each so entirely different......I don't know about the other girls but this class was so much fun and really relaxing.......Thank You Terri from all of us who took 1, 2 or all 3 classes. They were all amazing and you are a terrific teacher!  And thanks to Little Miss Billie for sitting at the table for a couple days to get the houses ready for us on sunday.....and for Heather with all the running around to make sure everything is ready to go when class is in!  What a great team and amazing talent! We will all be waiting for your return to Oklahoma City........

 

I think I am speaking for a lot of you to say Thank You Cindy for  all you do to bring these special talented teachers to the Paper Crown.   All of these teacher who come say we are so fortunate to have a store like the Paper Crown!  These small independent stores are far and few..... "SHOP SMALL" this weekend and always to keep these stores in business.......THANK YOU CINDY AND THE PAPER CROWN.

 

 

 

Christmas Girdie......

The Stockings were hung...........Cindy did a great job dressing Big Girdie and baby Girdie for Christmas.....they are all decked out in their long flannel nightgowns and night caps...Girdie is reading the story to baby Girdie and the stockings are hung from the ceiling.......I think they are all settled in for the rest of the season!

I think that is it for now.......

I hope you all have a Wonderful Blessed Thanksgiving.... I will be back this weekend with maybe a few Thanksgiving photos!




 

 

the stockings were hung...........

What a wonderful weekend we all had , the Oh So Talented Terri Brushto kick off our Glitter Market weekend and classes and along with her two assistants Heather and Billie.....from wednesday until Sunday they came to Oklahoma City to teach us okies all about soldering! They taught, we laughed, we ate good food, sold their goods on saturday at the Paper Crown Glitter Market, they shopped ( and it looks like by a photo I just saw that they even hit Cowtown)  they checked out OKC and hopefully they had as much fun as we did! Thank You Terri, Billie and Heather for one of the most memorable weekends ever at the Paper Crown.  We sure hope you come back.  The photos below will show you how much we loved having these 3.......Cindy was right when she kept saying we would love having Terri, and she was right on!

 

I need to back up for a minute and show you what all went on....I did not take any photos of the first two classes of Terri's because I was getting ready for GM.  But I am sure there will be some to show up on the PC blog. So mine will be of Glitter Market and the last class we had on Sunday!

here we go.......saturday

 

Taylor was our newest vendor this year......in fact new as of Friday we reeled her in and  we could of not been more excited to have her wonderful work!  Thank You Taylor! Her sweet husband came to help set up!

Loree and her assistant Holly.....these wonderful handmade creations are unbelievable and so sweet! This was Loree's second time to vend!  Thank You for coming back we love your talent!

 

Medeah and her variety of canvas/mixed media......always a favorite with so many of her students!  Thanks Medeah!

 

And our Friend from Texas.....Miss Charlotte!  She always just blows us all away with her creations! The girls from Tulsa are the first in line and wipe this lady out, literally!  This is one talented, funny and always the life of the party when she is around!  ( where was Robin when I took pics of every vendor and their assistant, sorry Robin)

Terri is what I would call our Vintage lady.....she has the most wonderful finds from her collection of estate sales!  Along side is her assistant Chris......always fun to see what she has collected to share with all of us.....

Our Amy set up a table  for her BFF Jennifer Allred (aka the turquoise tomato)of jewelry made from leather and metal.  Jennifer  wasn't able to come so of course Amy was willing and able to set up for her!  Thanks Amy and Jennifer!

Terri  along side her is Heather  from Texas and Billie from Washington. Terri brought her beautiful Jewelry  and Heather brought packages of old ephemera!  

Now you know why we wanted Terri to come teach her Soldering techniques.....this Jewelry is so pretty and unusual......I think we all went away with a piece or two!

 Angie was a first time vendor but no stranger to all of us since she has been teaching classes at the Paper Crown for about a year now........this is one girl who never slows down!!!! She had a table full of beautiful ornaments and jewelry!  And her assistant is one of our favorites Becky......!

And last is my two cute assistants......Miss Susan and Miss Kay.....I could not do it without these two!  Thank You Thank You Thank You!!!!!( don't have a clue what I was doing with my mouth shut like that)

I know this is a long post so I think I will continue tomorrow with the last class of the weekend !  It's a lot to take in and I need to get in gear if I am going to be ready to have 30 people at my house on Thanksgiving Day! 

Hope you all had a great weekend because we sure did....lots of fun memories!  Check out this cute little lady below!!!!!

One of the sweetest you will ever meet.................you just can't get enough of her!

Happy Monday........

here we go..........

all lined up and ready to go........see ya all tomorrow 10-3!

see  you bright and early saturday morning..........

deck the halls........

We are decking the Paper Crown for Glitter Market.........

Saturday November 21 Casady Square 10-3........come out to see all these talented vendors and bring a friend to enjoy some holiday shopping!!!!

teachers taking classes........

I don't know about you but it's always fun as a teacher to take a class from another artist.....a couple weeks ago Kaari Meng was at the Paper Crown and I took the Deconstructed Jewelry class . This is what mine looks like. Sorry it's taken so long to show you......she taught us how to take each bead and add the wire to attach to the next one and so on......so much fun to have the beads all different in size, shape  and color. When you were all finished with the Chain she had these O rings to attach whatever you wanted.  I had a bunch of stuff of my own and added them to my ring......each girls necklace was so very different.... I  saw Amy wearing hers the other day and it was amazing.  

If you ever have the chance to take this class you won't be disappointed!

And again this week our own Chris Mack taught her first class at the Paper Crown on marbling and this is what my end results look like.....another amazing class ( these will probably end up on the front of journals).......again you won't want to miss out on her next class on Dec. 10 so call and sign up.

Your never to old to learn from other artists and so nice to walk into a classroom and just sit back and learn from someone who is an expert at what they love to do....make art!

happy saturday......happy creating




 

nov. 19-22.........

One week from today we will have another talented artist at the Paper Crown to kick off our big Glitter Market weekend.....Terri will start the weekend classes with her Bezel Necklace on thursday, friday with her Holiday Ornament and Sunday with the Holiday House Workshop.  Terri will also be bringing some of her Jewelry to vend on Saturday...We look forward to Terri and next weekends festivities.

 

Just a few things I will have ........so save next Saturday Nov. 21 and stop by the Paper Crown and check out all of our talented vendors and get a jump start on those Christmas Gifts.....and you won't even have to go to the Mall!!!! That alone is a plus and great reason to get some handmade gifts!!! We look forward to seeing you all bright and early. 10:00-3:00!

if you missed this one you are in luck......

Our newest teacher at the Paper Crown, Chris Mack taught the most amazing class last night! Paper Marbling, let's just say it was one of the most fun classes!  The process is unbelievable and so amazing you can actually get these results with just paint, water with a little additive, paper and the right kind of tools.....amazing.  I am so sorry but I did not take my camera.  I do know Cindy took photos and I am sure she will get those on the Paper Crown blog.  You guys if you want to learn something fun, beautiful and useful for those journals you want to decorate you are in luck.....Chris has scheduled another one of her classes.  December 10 and you better call today to sign up because she can only take a limited no. of students at once......you won't want to miss out!  405-848-2389

Hope you are enjoying your wednesday......

St. Nick...........

Here he is......Another one of Catherine Moore's wonderful stamps.......We will have the Class on December 1 and hopefully the stamps will be available at this time.....You can sign up for the class at the Paper Crown 405-848-2389.........we will let you all know on the Paper Crown blog or this blog when  the stamps arrive  so please be patient! Please do not call for stamps until we announce they are available...........

The St. Nick we will be making in class will be in the Christmas Red and Green!  We are so excited for this line of stamps to be added to the Character Construction lineup and it's been in the works for sometime with bumps  along the way but we are keeping our fingers crossed! Ho Ho Ho...and like I say in true Oklahoma talk " He's a dandy"...

He will be making his debut on Saturday Nov. 21..........

I hope this finds you all having a wonderful monday and looking forward to Class on Dec. 1 the last of 2015......and remember we are trying to fit in a Paper Crown Paper Doll Christmas workshop, dates later.