Allie's new 3rd Grade teacher!

Meet the teacher night

It's so hard to believe that my little baby girl is almost eight. She loves school except for doing her homework. I am the "Homework Police". I am so very proud of her!

Bling Calendar for Sale!

This is one of my perpetual matchbox calendars for sale. The empty matchboxes come in handy to store small items. I used a lot of bling items and pink colors. The months are stored on the backside

$120.00 + shipping

Private Class with Deb!

Deb and I had a fun Saturday at her home making a custom calendar for her studio!

She chose brown and pink colors with lots of bling.

Art Unraveled..the best shopping ever!

I hope that some of you were able to make it to Art Unraveled. I did get to see several of my friends that stopped by my table to say hello. Joanne Hassing, Mike and Leslie Putman, Kim & Rick Johnson, Judy Bidwell and Donna Eyring just to name a few.

My husband Justin was a big help to me. He is my eye candy! I couldn't of done it without him.
Plus I was able to sneak away and shop alittle.
I found an awesome place to find items for my calendars. Check out Pamela Medaglia business at: http://www.stampindamour.com/ .

I will be posting my next class photo of the Christmas Advent Calendar which I will be teaching at http://www.mysticpaper.com/ in mid November.

Have a wonderful week!
Hugs,
Shirley

Another hump day!

Hello there!
My girls are back to school! I miss having them home with me. However... Katie Bug was sent home from school on her 1st day back! That is a very long story.

I was invited by the City of Phoenix to attend their annual Recycling Convention as a vendor featuring "Go Green" art. I brought my "junque drawer calendars".

I spent both Monday and Tuesday getting to know some of the "Go Green" art vendors around me like,
-Brenda with Kika Paprika which is a offers a great line of "eco-chic clothing. Check them out at:
www.brendamiller.kikapaprika.com.
-Donna who specializes in homemade paper and recycling paper art such as books and things. deyringphx@yahoo.com

-Shelly Brooks with Mystic Pieces (Time Traveling Jewelry) which is made from steam punk watch parts. I just had to buy an awesome silver ring from her!
Check her out at: www.mysticpieces.etsy.com
And... Ben Bedell with Time Recycled (Computer Art Timepieces). I just had to trade a calendar from one of his clocks which is made from a computer hard drive. Check them out at www.timerecycled.com . These clocks are perfect gift for a computer geek or a lover of truly unique art.

Thanks to all of you who said that they would check out my blog and take my Christmas Advent Calendar class coming soon!
Have a wonderful week in the hot heat!

Hugs,
Shirley

Check these out!

Here are two of my calendars that I have made for Art Unraveled which will be held on

Saturday, August 7th, 2010

For additional information check out the link below at: www.artunraveled.com

This will be my fourth year as a vendor!

This one is my Vintage retro theme calendar

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Alice in Wonderland perpetual matchbox calendar
This one is made from a 1940's gold frame that I spray painted black. It is magnetized to adhere the matchboxes. The months are stored in an altered cigar box pictured below.
I was inspired to make this one after finding some really cool Alice in Wonderland paper.
I searched high and low for the embellishments.

Recent photos of Allie and Katie

Katie catching lots of fish with her
Barbie fishing pole!

Allie's trip to Bass Pro Shop