Well it has been a while.......

I really need to post more often, I will try to post at least once week. Well not much has happened since May. I am still looking for a job, but I am teaching at The Scrapbook Zone so you will see me post my classes and dates soon I do have two classes so far on the books in Oct.

Timothy has signed up for the Army, he will be a medic and will leave July 13th of 2011. This make be both proud and sad at the same time. I am very happy that he has found something in life that he want to do and is excited about.

I went to CHA again and worked for Maya Road in their booth....I love doing this, I have so much fun with these girls- and David. Working with them is so inspiring. Here are some of the projects that I brought for the booth, I hope you enjoy them I enjoyed making them.

Ok for some reason it is not letting me organise my photos.

well have a good day.

Oh my they have cars!!!!!

Yes I know my boys have had cars for over a year now and acually Drew has had his for almost 2 years, but I have yet to scrap them. So here thye are both boys in one book on the first day of getting their new cars. Drew got his in August of 2008 and Tim got his in June of 2009.

This book is also made totally out of Maya Road products except for the paper (they don't do paper).

Fun with Mini Sewing...........

This is a canvas covered with fabric, and then I used Maya Road mini sew chipboard set to decorate the canvas, and a page from the large dress form book. I love using lace and fabric in my work. This is actually so easy to do, I sprayed the scissors and needle with silver maya mist and wrapped thread around the chipboard bobbin, and I just covered the 2 dress forms with vintage book paper. The two frames are also from maya road, painted with ranger paints.

Well Have a great day!

And don't for get that I do sell my vintage ephemera that I used in my classes and then some on my etsy site LaurasVintageGarden and I am having a sale right now.

Canvas...canvas....canvas....

I love all the canvas albums that companies are coming out with, I just love working with material. If you know me then you know I must have been a seamstress in a past life. I love working with fabric in my scrapbooks, and ribbon and making my own flowers. So when I got a chance to play with canvas and scrapping I feel in love, I've been printing my ephemera on canvas for years so they just seem to fit. You know you can run just plain muslin thru you printer too, I iron it on the back of freezer paper to give it the body it needs and just print, for me it always works like a charm. For this project I just sent canvas thru the printer, and yes I know they make the stuff to go thru the printers but, some times you just don't have that on hand. Here's a Maya Road Banner that I printed on canvas then use fabric tac to glue is all to gether.

Ok sorry It will not let me move the pictures the way I want to. For those of you who are afraid of canvas please don't be, I did treat this like paper. I glued embellies to it just like I would any other book, I just used fabric tac.

Have a great day

Can you say Lovely.......

Ok that is tooting my own horn, but I do think that this book is just lovely. I did this one for CHA winter and it is done with Maya Road goodies of course and Melissa Frances. I love the colors the vintage lace and pictures and you know I love my vintage pictures. Now you can purchase some of my class ephemera on my etsy site along with my vintage photos. If you like the pictures in this book go to http://www.laurasvintagegarden.etsy.com/ and they are there.

The flowers, book, the mini-chipboard and some ribbon and the pins are from Maya Road. The raspberry beads and the pearls and brass butterfly they are from the papertales etsy site. Have fun creating. And have a great day.

I love this technique!!!!!

Now I have to say I did not come up with this technique I read it in a Somerset magazine. When I read it I knew I wanted to try it but it was too late all the dye was gone, you need Easter Egg dye. So this year I stocked up.

1. Go get your dye and seem binding, I would make the most of it and do as much as I could at once. The dye only comes out once a year.

2. You will also need rubber bands, string, parchment paper, paper plates and vinager.

3. Mix the egg dye according to directions.

4. Cut the length of binding you wish to dye and twist and wad up and secure with rubber band or string. Remember that if it is a large piece and it is all in a ball the dye will not reach the center, make it twisted and longer. If you do not want the crinkle look omit this step and dye flat.

5. Dip in dye as your heart desires or dye all the same color.

6. Dry in microwave in 1 min. incriments, letiing cool between and after dry let the binding stay banded for a few hours to ensure a good crinkle.

7. Then unband and start creating with your ribbon.

Super Sale!!!!!

Here's a place you might want to go to find some stuff for a quick fix. It's Lia's Blog http://www.lialuvsblythes.blogspot.com/

I've taken the last few weeks rearranging and re-pricing my SB Stash for Sale stuff for this day, and yes the day for my SB Stash Lelong Sale is finally here! Well it will be in a few days. :) You guys know that the stuff in my SB Stash for Sale gallery were already discounted, but during the Lelong Sale, the prices on most of the stuff will be further reduced! I've also added lots of stuff that aren't in the Gallery! So please drop by for some great deals. :) Here are the details!
Friday, 2nd April 2010 10am to 3pm Blk 11, Chai Chee Roademail me at lialuvsblythes@gmail.com to get the full address! So then I know you're coming! :)
*due to unforseen circumstances, I've had to postpone the Lelong session to the following weekend instead of 28th March. Boo!Notes: Cash terms only, if you could bring small notes/change I would love you oh-so-much, no reservations of stuff, and be prepared to have your shopping packed in recycled (but still pretty) paper bags! ;)

Hey Lookie I created something!!!!!

This would be the first thing I created since CHA. Well unless you count the jewelry I made. I made a wonderful wall hanging from an 8x8 canvas. I used stuff from Maya Road... a page from their classic scroll book, their edging chipboard, dangles, pins and mist. Then I used stuff from the Paper Tales Etsy site. You can buy the supplies to make this wonderful project one these two sites or you can buy the completed one on my esty site. All three sites are listed at the places I go, you should go there, they are fun places.

I promise I am going to try to create and blog more, and maybe even throw in a tutorial every now and then.

Have a great night.

Oh Karen!!!!!

Karen, let's see if I can remeber....ok it's very easy to do the trees. Sorry it has taken me so long to repost it for you. I posted this back over a year ago. So here is how you bleach and color those cute little bottle brush trees. You combine bleach and warm water, some people say 3 parts water to 1 part bleach, but It won't quite take that much bleach. Let your trees soak for a few minutes. I do many sizes at once, because once they are bleached you can color them fast for what ever project you want when ever. Once they are bleached rinse them well and let them dry. You can use a hairdryer if you want to dry them but I do not recomend a heat gun it gets too hot. Once the trees are dry you can make the whatever color you want. I spray mine with Maya Mist, but you can use any dye product. Maya Mist is easy all you have to do is spray, no mixing or dunking.

Karen I hope this helped. Have fun.

So Sad

I know I have been the worlds worst blogger. The store that I work and teach at is closing so I have been working a lot there, this makes me very sad. Words can not express how I feel about the closing of this store, it has become my home and the place that I have met so many of you, I have truely enjoyed my time there teaching you guys and learning from you as well.

I will try to provide tips and tricks on my blog once all has settled. We are keeping the etsy store open the link to that is on the side of my blog.

have a great day

Really?????

Has it been almost a month since I have blogged, I guess I'm getting slow in my old age. Or maybe I've just been busy at the store and on etsy, that was just a maybe. ;)

We do have many new things up on the etsy site http://www.papertales.etsy.com/ and we also have the Sweet Treats ready to be picked up at the store. These are packed full of wonderful Chrismas goodies. They are $18.95 and Judy if you don't want to know what is in them then don't look any further.

Well back to work.

Have a great day.

A few good things.....

Check these amazing deals tht Lisa Pace is offering on her site. http://lisapace.com/store/ they are great deals, I would jump on them before they are all gone.

Have a great day

I'm still playing

Yup for the past few days I've been playing with stuff in our vintage etsy shop. http://www.papertales.etsy.com/ today I made a cute little 3-d wall hanging or table top decoration for the holidays.

You should check out the shop, lots of fun stuff there.

Have a great day!!

Lookie...Lookie

Still going with the Christmas Tree theme I've made a tree from stuff in out etsy site

http://www.papertales.etsy.com/ this is made from chenille color of your choice. I used the holly leaves and red posies to decorated it. The amount of chenille depends on the size of the cone you use, I used a 10 inch styrofoam cone which took about 12-15 yds. of chenille.

Oh Christmas Tree....Oh Christmas Tree....

Here's the Christmas Tree book from Maya Road that people have been waiting for me to do ever since they saw the sample come home from CHA. The class is Nov. 17th at the store http://www.papertales.com/ please call for space. It is filling up fast.

This is one of my favorite books.

Thank you

Have a great weekend

Laura