buttons- 10 cents...

On a hot summer's day there isn't much you can do to stay cool... 

Luckily, paper & scissors don't create much heat!

I love small 'hangers' to decorate with- there's always a little spot that can be brightened up by something handmade.

 Lots of layers. More is always better.

Some Stickles and a little 'line work' with a fine-tipped permanent pen...

To finish it off, an ICY crystal!

I don't know about you but I feel cooler already.

xo,

I thought I'd stick a little bundle of ornaments in here...  these were some projects from my holiday workshop last week. The ladies made several different sets. The one with the kids on the sled is my favorite in this particular group.

Vintage holiday images and sheet music plus lots of sparkly glitter (it was called 'disco'!) cover the chipboard bases. Stickles on the images really shows up great in person but seems to be invisible to my camera lens! Tiny Maya Road chandelier crystals tied onto the bottom of each one finishes them off nicely. These were quick and fun to do- I'm thinking they'd make great tags for gifts.

another ornament...

Another ornament from last week's class...

Once again, paper from My Mind's Eye, a vintage Santa image and that great graphic from madebyjanet. The crystal and the glittery snowflake are both from the ornament section of Target. To make the curvy edges along the top and bottom of the chipboard, I used one of the Tim Holtz 'on the edge' dies. LOVE those things!

day 2...

OK, Day 2 here... I have my page divider all ready to go, but first I want to share some ornaments I've been making...

The chipboard base of the ornaments are cut from an old Sizzix die; covered with patterned scrapbook paper, backed with old book paper.

Rosettes and cute little holiday tickets (madebyjanet), plus some sparkly glitter and a tiny crystal finish them off.

Now- here's "page 2" from my December Daily...

 

jolly...

Last night I taught an ornament class at Art Inspired Studios. I spent the day making up my kits... (Hi Kandy! It was fun Skyping with you and Cathy yesterday!!!)

Little paper bag "pockets" filled with goodies...

I realized that putting the little kits together is always my favorite part of the process (even though at times if feels as if I've got about a jillion pieces to a kit). It always seems like if the presentation is pretty, students feel like they're getting a little something special.

Our little ornaments were made using Jenni Bowlin bingo cards and some vintage images...

Tim Holtz stamps, Maya Road crystals...

seam binding, shiny pipe cleaners and some jingle bells finished them off.

I hope the ladies find special places to hang them up!