Challenge of the Week

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It was my turn this week to post a new challenge on the My Daughter's Wish website. I challenged everyone to pick a random childhood photo and use it as the inspiration for a funny ATC. I used a picture of me on my 7th birthday (original party hat and all).

It was fun, post a reply to the MDW site. I'll be checking there to see what you come up with!!

Have a great holiday weekend!

Lisa

Story of A Girl Album

Story of A Girl Album, originally uploaded by anartsygirl.

I can't wait to get started on a new class I'm developing called "Story of A Girl". These vintage inspired products are gorgeous! I'm going to see about having it added to the July calender at My Daughter's Wish. I recently scanned in pictures of myself as a baby and little girl and decided to create my own baby album as a keepsake for myself. Kind of like my life in reverse. If you're free Saturday I have some open seats for the vintage dress form class. It's going to be a fun one, sign up if you're free!!

Mini Canvas Collage Class

Collage Class, originally uploaded by anartsygirl.

Here are the samples of the 3 mini canvas collages that I'm going to be teaching at MDW on June 21st. The bottom right one was done with beeswax. If you're local come see me!

Lisa

Dress Form Class

Dress Form Class, originally uploaded by anartsygirl.

Oops! I accidentally deleted the post of the dress form class that I'll be teaching on May 17th at MDW!

ATC for NSD at My Daughter's Wish

ATC for NSD at My Daughter's Wish, originally uploaded by anartsygirl.

Tonight I decided on the ATC I'll be doing at MDW on National Scrapbook weekend. I wanted to use a china doll somehow and this is what I came up with. Really simple. I couldn't find a china doll image I liked so I took a picture of one of my actual Charlottes, reduced it and cut it out. I'm thinking of taking this image and going further with it for one of the canvases for my canvas collage class.

If you're attending NSD at MDW stop by my table and make a card and say hi!

Lisa

Vintage Dress Form Class

Vintage Dress Form Class, originally uploaded by anartsygirl.

I'm so excited! I have a bunch of classes coming up at My Daughter's Wish in Pleasant Hill. Among them is the vintage dress form class that I've been wanting to teach for some time. As you can see from the picture I've barely gotten started on it. Also coming up this quarter is a canvas collage class where we'll work on three 4x4 collages (one of which will be mermaid inspired), an album titled "Those That I Love" and an ATC class that I will be teaching with the talented Valerie Myers. I will also be teaching the abbreviated version of my canvas collage class during National Scrapbook Day on Saturday night where we'll be collaging one canvas.

I've been in the process of finding and gathering enough of an illustrated childrens poetry book to teach another altered book class in the fall. The book was published in 1963 and it's pretty and inspiring. Keep an eye out for this one later in the year, it's going to be a great keepsake for the special child or children in your life. Best of all - it's purple!

Thanks for reading, have a great week!

Lisa

March Class with Connie Govea Stuart

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Here is a photo of the project that my friends and I made in our March class with Connie last week. At first I dreaded using the sewing machine but go figure, guess who wants one now??

Lisa