Featuring "Need to Own" Books

I would love to share my friend, Autumn's "15 Minute Scrapbooker" blog with you. She has over a dozen years of scrapbooking experience and is so motivated to be a innovative informational source.

"Autumn Ayla Craig is the author of "Entitled Scrapbooking", a Resource for Page Title Ideas and creator and lead designer for the Scrapbooking ideas website Love-My-Scrapbooking-Ideas.com. As a busy working mom who is caught up in her scrapbooking, she wanted to share the secrets of her success with all scrapbookers. This powerful book was created just for you".

"Scrap in a Snap"

Check out the full description of Autumn's e-book, Scrap in a Snap : "Proven 15 Minute Solutions for the Busy Scrapbooker is an essential tool for all scrapbookers. You’ll discover the ‘Insider Secrets’ to being able to create more layouts in less time and finally get caught up".

"Digital Expressions"

I also want to share this project guide Digital Expressions created by my friend and neighbor Susan. "Susan Tuttle guides the mixed-media artist through 25 stepped-out digital projects created with Adobe Photoshop Elements". This also includes a CD with more than 20 digital design elements for you to use in your own projects!

This is her second published book. She puts her heart and soul into everything she does and the end result is always fabulous. She has been in numerous magazines, I need to own them all!!

"A Taste of Heaven"

MOPS Mother's of Pre-Schoolers "is a place to find friendship, community, resources and support for you as a woman and mother so you're not alone. Moms have found community through MOPS for almost 40 years - we're your mothering authority. MOPS holds and shares the collected wisdom of mothers and experts (usually one and the same!)"
Find your local MOPS group and/or become a MOPS member and check out their events and forums on the above web-site.

"A Taste of Heaven" is cookbook put together by my local group. It's not only full of favorite recipes including vegetarian but also inspiring poems, quotes and heartfelt thoughts about the joys and struggles of raising children.

This is now for sale on my Etsy but the money goes directly to MOPS. A great Christmas gift or anytime!

A quote from the cookbook:

Hearts Entrusted

These tiny hearts to me entrusted,

Soft and tender,

Pockets of soil moist with innocence,

Laden with surprises,

Giggles,

Questions,

Love.

With one blast of anger,

One word unkindly spoken,

One glare of intolerance,

I can cause these tiny hearts to

Fear,

Cower,

Or-God forbid-

Hate.

Julie Ann Barnhill "She's Gonna BLOW!"

Teacup Tues #3

This Teacup Tuesday I have displayed a very elegant gold and white Queen Anne pattern 366.
The blue inside the cup is so pretty with the trim of gold around the edge.

I also displayed a portion of my antique cloths and doilies with their unique designs.





But the most fun was looking up vintage and depression glass. Depression glass seems to be worth more. I'm not sure which type of glass this sugar/creamer set is. It too is a very pretty blue tint possibly from the 30's or 40's. But the blue isn't very vibrant so I'm guessing it's depression glass.
"When new, Elegant Glass cost more than its often-confused counterpart, depression glass, because it was at least partially handmade, had a cleaner finish, and more vibrant colors. From the 1920s through the 1950s, Elegant Glass was an alternative to fine china. Most of the Elegant Glassware manufacturers closed by the end of the 1950s, and cheap glassware and imported china took its place".

I"m so excited Creative Home Arts made me an "honorable mention" to their Holiday Decor Contest. There are 2 of my Christmas/Winter whimsical jars in the magazine and one of my spring jars within the "web extras" on the site. These contests earn $750 for 1st prize. Maybe one day one of my projects will be one of the 3 top winners. Until then, I'm very happy with earning $25 as an honorable mention!!

These are the collages I sent to them.

Whimsical Jars

If you would like to see them closer just click to see the details. I used pieces of cedar, small pinecones and broken pieces of pine cones for stepping stones.

This is a new jar for the harvest season. It has daffodil bulbs ready to go in the ground. The jar can then store ribbons, buttons or other treasures.

Creative Homearts Club/Glass-Like Bookmarks

I'm so excited to be in the March/April "Today's Creative Homearts"
Magazine/Club.

They have a section called "Re-Created by You" for recycled objects. I sent in a few of my creations hoping to have a "recycled" object make it into their monthly article.

They chose my Vintage Bookmarks sold on my Etsy!

They are layered with torn paper, stamping, dried flowers, Glimmer Mist,ink, acrylic paint, vellum images, ect.... then covered with layers of UTEE or epoxy for a glass finish. The UTEE piece went into the freezer for a few minutes so I could "crack" the finish. I then inked over the cracks with walnut ink.

This has been a fun club to be a part of. I receive free gifts and have taken part in project packages I was able to keep just for trying the product and doing a survey.

Excited to see my clay piece published

I just received 5 free magazines in an envelope because my clay wings are on page10. Very exciting!!! All the info. on why I created the wings is under "clay wings" down in my labels. This issue seems to have alot of sewing projects and one cross-stitch project but it's not always the case. If anyone is interested in a free copy, just let me know in your comment. I will send one to the first 2 people interested!! The link for the "Homearts" is on my sidebar.

Published

I have been published!! I'm really excited.
http://www.creativehomeartsclub.com/Articles/Article.aspx?id=105106
My little "Once Upon A Time" frame project made it in the runners-up in the Creative Homearts magazine web-site. The winners have amazing work. So I am excited to have made it in the top 10 runners-up list. A better picture and description is labeled "Fairytale Homemade Frame" on this blog (scroll down to the bottom of this page for the labels).
Happy Crafting!