See ya When I see Ya

Vacation is what you take when you can no longer

take what you've been

taking....

Packin' up

And movin' out~ We are getting ready for Vacation..in Colorado. A bunch of friends all gathering up there with ATV's and such to ride the mountains in search of adventure..and when we get tired of that, we are hitting the hiways on our Harleys..

So, if you don't see me anymore this week, you know we are busy packing~

Set your calenders, we are tentatively setting 2010 Paper Cowgirl for June 24-27

Adios, my friends~
t

New Classes at the Crafty Scrapper

...remember these little fairies?? They were in Somerset Gallery Summer of 08 and in Altered Arts mag. of Jan 08??? Well, I'm teaching a class on the 27th of August at the Crafty Scrapper in Waxahachie. We'll do abit of cutting, pasting, glittering ,wing picking, and soldering..and when it's said and done you will have your very own captured fairy to display in your home or studio!

Hope you all had a good 4th weekend. It was fun here at the Shop Shack..Fireworks going off all around man made and Nature..a storm blew in right at dark..made some interesting sites..

Have a good week!!!
t

Happy Fourth of July

Photo taken by my son in Kuwait 2007 as they were about to go to Iraq.

Thank You God for allowing me to be born in a land that is free of dictatorship and repression. Thank you God for bringing my son home from a war.

Thank You God.

America: Home of the FREE and Land of the BRAVE.

Wild Weekend!!!

While still on my Paper Cowgirl high, I attended a Tim Holtz class! It was held at Ten Seconds Studios in Hurst on Sunday. We piled up a Tahoe full of ladies from the Crafty Scrapper and headed over. I'm glad I went...

This is a poor photo of the original that was on display for the class. They split up the class. You took the inside portion from Tim, then you altered the outside of your frame with Cheryl of TSS.
Since I was with the CSS group, I got to be one of the "lucky" ones in the "A" group. So we went to Tim's Class first.

Here is a bit of mine, while working on it. I was very impressed in they way he managed the group. He had a power point going on too as he explained what to do. He kept people rolling..all the while, telling us : Don't think about it, Just do it..and that is what so many people don't do..they over think things..so, that slows down your whole process. I'm guilty of it too some days. I heard some people say it was fast paced, I thought it was just fine. I like to work fast.

I was also impressed with how he didn't make you feel rushed when talking to him or having a photo made. They had to set up for the next class so I know time was limited with this end of it..but he didn't make you feel like you were in the way.


Cheryl's end of it was good too. She gave a demo on how to line up your frame on the metal, how to emboss or deboss it and then let us go at it. Then another demo how to add the metal to your frames..we had a good time, I have a awesome piece. I expect to see some influence of this in some future works.


Paper Cowgirl has come and gone, but, we are still posting flickr group photos and blogging about it over at the PC blog, so check us out and see what you missed~


I'm still unpacking and decompressing from it all. Ideas running amuck in my head too.
Vendor night was very good for me and I have alot of pieces gone and now to redo my Etsy shop. It needs a face lift, in August it will be re worked with some new items listed.

Thanks again to all the gals who attended. Cindy and I are happy with what we are building right here in our own backyard, and want to see it grow, we can't make it work without you~


Happy Tuesday ;)
tee

We are having more fun than the law will allow!

Wish you were here!!!

This is a couple of shots of my Solder Class that was held this am. After that I was busy..we didn't even get class shots..I hate that..we all had a good time..Right now the afternoon classes are going on. Tonight is Vendor night!!

Got to meet Ann-Deniese. She's such a sweetie!!!! Love her!!!

Look at this crepe paper goodness! A giant cone filled with goodies!! Thank you!!!

More photos later and if not here, on the Paper Cowgirl Blog!

Wish you were here!!!

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day.

This is my father.

He passed from this earth to be with Our Father, in 1985, at the young age of 53.
We miss him dearly.

So, hug your daddy hard and thank the Good Lord, you still have him around.