Fall Flower Sprays

Well, it's that time of year and fall will be rolling in pretty soon! Since fall has been on my mind lately I wanted to create a few sprays for the season. The new flower sprays that will be listed in my blog store soon are totally adjustable. Not that I would recommend adjusting them but you are able to.

They do sit flat and can be used on all kinds of projects! I see this on a fall wreath or on the outside of a basket. You can also use these on minis, shadow boxes and altered art. they would dress up a table setting as well. You could attach some ribbon to the back and use them as napkin rings!

I'm working on some more designs for fall and I'm getting ready to dig out the Christmas stock I have and play around with it very soon! Be sure to check back on my blog and see what I come up with next!

I hope you have a creative day!

Good Morning Monday!

As I sip on my cup of coffee this morning, I'm trying to sort out what to do first! I have to say that in the last month I have learned a lot about what path I want to travel down. Some times in life it doesn't feel as though you have a choice what path to take but you do! That was the hardest thing to learn and to actually feel it inside that you have the choice to do any thing you want to do! I really try hard to not look at things half empty but lately in the last couple of years that was my outlook. Sad, but true! Should I feel bad about the choices I have made in the past...nope! That's just another reason to hold on to some thing negative and not give some thing positive a chance to form in my life. Now a days I feel as though people take life WAY TOO serious! The hassle of "life" is what I read on some one's profile over the weekend and I thought "Wow...at least you are a live..lol". The very next moment I thought "hey, wait a minute, I think I have actually said that before"! I felt as though I was having a conversation with myself??? LOL...don't call the crazy bus yet, I think there is still hope for me!

My path had a fork in the road just recently and I had to make several hard choices but in the end it always works out! Just remember that every path has rest stops and exit ramps. Just in case the person next to you read the map wrong..lol!

So, today I sit here at my work station and try to be thankful that I actually have a chance to create and make some flowers. I made a flower spray set late last night after everyone went to sleep. I kind of like making these. They give you several options how to use them. The sprays are great to put on a card as well. So if you break the set up you can get a few projects out of it. The set also allows you to spread out the flowers across a two page layout, if you want to use them that way. It's like a large spray that has been broken up. 

This set should be listed by this afternoon on my blog. I need to organize a page for items I want to sell on my blog. Trying to just sell my items on my blog instead going through a third party. It's another way to save money! That will also be on my "to do" list today as well ;)

I hope everyone has a creative Monday!

Hanging on the fence...

I did a Ustream class on this last weekend. I used a wooden fence found in the wood section of Michaels and thought what a cute piece to create some flowers on. This piece I made can be hung or placed on a scrapbook layout. To hang it all you would need to do is attach a hanger on the back or tie some jute string to it.

All the petals and leaves on this spray have been hand embossed and shaded for a realistic effect. The petals on the flowers have been shaded inside with chalk and ink. Each petal and leaf has been hand sculpted to create this beautiful spray. The spray is created as one piece. The stick pin in this creation is made by another fellow Etsy artist "angelicafranssen". 

This piece measures: 6.25" x 4.25"

Next week class we will be altering a straw hat! I will post the supply list on my blog very soon so keep checking back!

Be sure to join my crowd on Ustream and stay up to date on all the classes I will be doing!

I want to thank all the wonderful ladies who showed up and made it a very fun class! I can't wait to see you all back for the next class!