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finally finished my Whatever book.......

 On the first night of each week from the workshops in Kansas at the Whatever House Joni from Mrs. O'Learys would come out to the house and bring everything for us to make these really fun books.......

Made out of scrapbook papers and Graffer's tape.......super super fun and a binding I had done before........we all had fun then adding our own ephemera.....of course you know me I am not a good student and didn't take any of my stuff so I waited until I got home to finish up.....below are a few of the pages.

I did find this school photo of the year I was born on one of our Antiquing days.......thought it would be fun to add...

Since Terri and Joy came home with me to fly out of OKC after the retreat we did manage to see a few things here in the city....I took them to the Bradford House for coffee and pastries.....

 

here is the back cover of the book:

That is it.....most of the paper I used is from Stamperia ................ the first time I ever saw this line of papers was at Mrs. O'learys........I absolutely love this paper........

Hope you all are having a great week so far....enjoy your day " do something creative today"............

Paper Crown friends over the years.......

In the crafting world you come across people who you just know you're going to love having in class.......well meet sisters Penny and Polly from Kansas.......back in January 2017 at the Paper Crown Oklahoma City, Terri Brush had one of her weekend workshops and these two attended.........we had so much fun getting to know them......have not seen them since but they do attend a lot of Terri's workshops.

Fast forward 2022 here we are again and picked up where we left off 5 years ago.......when I first arrived and noticed they were there  Polly said Jackie we need a photo like we took at the Paper Crown just the 3 of us......how sweet that she remembered and so we did..............(Polly even won my giveaway this week) 

 

 

And another friend I have not seen in a few years......Tammy is from Duncan Oklahoma and she was always a regular at the Paper Crown OKC......the photo above was when Terri had the workshop in 2017

March 2022 second week in Kansas Tammy was one of the attendees.........

How much fun it is to see old and new friends in this creative world we live in........I really did meet so many new friends while in Kansas and hope our paths will cross again..

 

Happy Spring weekend...........do get out and enjoy some of this beautiful weather........


 

antiquing in kansas........

While in Kansas we did manage to find a few times to go out and do some Antique shopping in Newton and Wichita.......we all found some really good deals and treasures....I think Tiffany one the prize for the best deals for sure.......

 managed to find this box full of sweet paper dolls........we all had so much fun when we got back to the house looking through them....do not know exactly how old they are but by the clothes etc.  I am going to say from maybe the 40's-50's......a little fragile but still a box of goodness, especially from someone who loves Paper Dolls.

Well  I have been getting ready for my Seattle trip next month and happy to say I have all the kits and everything boxed up and loaded to be shipped off in plenty of time for another Terri Brush weekend in her wonderful studio in Chehalis Washington.......for someone who isn't a big time traveler this has been all at one time and wasn't planned this way it just happened......I need to stay home for a while and try and come up with some local classes......and girls that are local  I have not forgotten you........I am still working on finding a permanent classroom.....we looked again last weekend and called on several things and nothing so far........so hang with me and something will turn up at the right time......for those of you in Texas I will be in Waco hopefully in June or July at the Paper Crown. I talked to Cindy this week and we just have to come up with a date and what I will teach , I am ready to be back at PAPER CROWN Waco!  

 

So this is what I have been up to since I returned from Kansas.........it's kind of like old times when the Paper Crown was in OKC........it kept me busy most of the time and I love being busy .....and it's finally spring........ I always feel like a new person when the time changes, everything is budding, the warmer days and just that feeling of new and refreshing........GOOD BYE DREARY DARK DEPRESSING WINTER..................I LOVE SPRING AND SUMMER ALL YEAR ROUND!!!!!!!!

Have a great Wednesday all........

I love this............

I just love it when someone who has taken my class goes back home and has some friends over to make what they have learned in class and passed it on.........just look at how creative these gals have made some shrink plastic into these  bottle toppers......Thank You April from Phoenix for the photos.........this is why I love to teach.....

I just wanted to share this...............

 

giveaway winner..

Well girls thank you so much for leaving your comments and the winner of this little Easter duo is " Polly Barker"........congratulations and if you don't mind emailing me I will get your info (jpeter@cox.net). Hopefully it won't be as long in between giveaways....

 

Hope you all have a wonderful week ahead...........

bunny time...

One of the projects we did at the retreat was Paper Clay........some did snowmen in a sleigh and others a bunny.......they were all so completely different and oh so fun to see....of course I wasn't able to get photos of all but here are a few I did manage to get....the one above is mine and she is 90% finished except for a few whiskers and I need to mica her carrots.....she is on a box that I covered in some fun paper I did get at Mrs O Leary's (you can barely see the box) and then her body is out of a paper mache egg that one of my new friends Sandra shared with me along with some of the lace and crepe paper,  Tiffany shared some of her jewelry........and April shared some of her fake grass.......thanks for sharing girls.....

 

As you can tell these gals are so talented and creative.....we had so much fun doing this project.  I apologize to those I did not get photos.......you know what it's like to start creating and being busy you forget until after its all said and done..........anyway this is a sampling of the creativity that went on......

 

Happy Saturday and Happy weekend all.........

 

it's a giveaway.......

Well I thought it was way overdue for a giveaway......... can't remember when the last time I did one so here you go...one of you will get both of these Easter goodies....one is a little shrink necklace and the other is this sweet little girl all dressed up for Easter Sunday in her little vintage dotted swiss skirt and hot pink bow........leave me a comment below about anything and you will have until Sunday March 20 and I will announce the winner on Monday April 21.........

 

Happy Day today..........2 posts in one day...yippee

products we used.......

I hope this will clear up some of the questions and information about the products we used in the shrink classes in Newton for Terri's Retreat.........the Shrink Film is for photos and you can order on Amazon. The Ruff and Ready is what we used for the bead caps, you can get this at Michaels or Amazon......they still don't have the Krylon Chalk finish spray paint but  did find this new Magnolia chalk finish at Ace Hardware ( white or almond color) and it works just as well. A little more pricey than the Krylon but will work just the same.  If  have forgotten anything please feel free to leave me a question in the comments and I will try to answer.......hope you all are still shrinking away and enjoying these little pieces of art!  Send me photos when you finish your bracelets.......thanks again girls who took the class.

 

hope you all have a great St. Patty's Day today...................

how much fun did we have.......

We all had the best time in Newton Kansas at the Terri Brush retreat Whatever House......these pictures will show how much fun we did have...

We glued, we painted, we soldered, we enameled, we ate good food, we stayed up late, we made bunnies and snowmen out of paper clay, we laughed, we cried, we made books, we made shrink bracelets, we stamped, we talked, we shopped at some great antique stores, we looked outside both weeks and it snowed, went to the vintage antique market, we took classes from Joni of the Mrs. O Leary shop, we met new and old friends, we drank lots of coffee and pop, so now you know why we had so much fun.....

My Dearest new friend and side kick Miss Judy........she is one of the most precious souls and had so much fun getting to know her........... she is from Big Bear California so we are connected in that way since I grew up in California .........

 

The photo below is the project that I taught the first and second week...a shrink plastic bracelet.......all kinds of stamped images and molded pieces to add interest and charm to each bauble and bead........they just needed a little guidance and then they just went to town creating and coming up with incredible things........most of them didn't finish but well on their way... I would of loved to of shown you each and every one but those that did here are a few photos.......

Above photo is of Dot from California also and look at her gorgeous green enamel bracelet she made at Mrs. O Learys.....

 

Joni teaching us how to make the enameled bracelets in her classroom.

goofing off and getting ready for the girls to arrive for 
the second week.......

 

we did not get a group photo of the second week.......it gets a little crazy and we are so busy we just forgot....sorry girls..

The rainbow cake was from the first week , the second week it was German Chocolate.........I did make the girls white chocolate coconut cream pies but no photos..

when I started this post I was all in order but the photos are all mixed up.......sorry.....the above photo if you have never been to the house this is the outside.....

I did take a few things to sell...........

 

below are some more of the girls projects.....

Like I said I am so mad at myself for not taking more of the second week..........sorry for those who attended!  I hope some of you took photos and shared on instagram and facebook which I am not on..........

 

This retreat would not be possible if it wasn't for the most talented, generous and loving host Terri Brush.......she goes above and beyond to make this retreat special for everyone and makes everyone feel comfortable .....it is a lot of work, planning and love to make it what it is and that is why she is already booked up for next year and all of her retreats!  She knows how to do it and do it right...........also thanks to Miss Joy for all of the delicious meals.....you are one of a kind keeping us laughing!  And like I said earlier Miss Judy is right there to do anything to help out  and always with a smile on her face........ Miss Tiffany who is always smiling, taking photos, helping others , upbeat and positive........she and Joy have more energy than anyone I know. It does take a village to make these kind of gatherings successful and fun.....THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.........and for all those who attended!   I really had a wonderful time getting to know all of you and to pass on a little fun of teaching a little shrink plastic fun......hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did teaching. I hope to see each of you in the future to create some more fun!

Hope you all have a great week and I hope to have a post about some of the information you all were asking for about all of the shrink products etc.  And if you thought of something else you wanted to ask please feel free to leave me a comment here so when I do post later this week maybe I can answer those....

 

Oh HAPPY Monday........do something creative today............

 

I'm off.....

Well I'm all loaded, packed and ready to go and teach at the Whatever House in Newton Kansas at one of Terri Brush's retreats.....I will teach this weekend with the first group session and then next week for the 2nd week......it should be a lot of fun creating with these women who attend...since I am not on the social media scene and if you are interested you can go to Terri's instagram to catch up on all the activities.......eventually when I get back I will post photos on the blog...until then have a great weekend!