Mosaic Heart Stepping Stone Class

I poured stepping stone bases today for next Friday night's mosaic class.  It's a perfect way to wind down your week...come join the fun.  Any skill level welcome.   www.CreativeMeTime.com

Mosaic Stepping Stone Class

 Mosaic Madness

 Did you know that making mosaics really is super easy?  We teach a super simple, yet great looking technique.  You'll be wondering why you waited so long to try it.  Come enjoy a fun evening and take home a completed mosaic stepping stone to jazz up your garden or give as a fabulous gift!  Mosaic Stepping Stone Class

Sea Glass & Wire Wrapping Jewelry Class

What a great day!  Creativity, old friends and the making of new ones.  My dear friend and former co-worker at Aleene's, Denise, invited me to teach a creative class in my old stomping grounds in Lompoc.  Well, one class filled up and then we filled another.  It was so much fun and so energizing to see sixteen ladies twist and swirl wire, making sea glass jewelry masterpieces.  

Next up, October 12th, we're making Gifts from the Garden.  Come join the fun and get a jump start on your holiday gift list.  Details are at www.CreativeMeTime.com

How to Paint on Glass

Learn how to paint on glass...Joan will demonstrate several techniques (they're SUPER simple!), then you get to paint 6 wine glasses any style you'd like.  You take them home, let them dry 24 hours, then bake in your oven for 40 minutes and now they're DISHWASHER SAFE!  This paint works on ceramic pieces too!  Think Home Goods!  Think inexpensive, amazing holiday gifts!  Joan will hold an Open Studio Workshop in October using this great paint - you bring the containers and she provides the supplies and expertise.  Keep a lookout for the open workshop posting coming your way in September.  Meanwhile, come learn the basics of glass painting, have some fun and create beautiful wine glasses!

Workshops are held at Heidi Borchers amazing Creative Studio near San Luis Obispo, California.  More details are available on our website www.CreativeMETime.com.  While you're there, check out our retreat October 17-19th overlooking the Pacific Ocean!

Sea Glass Jewelry Class

Learn how to make beautiful Sea Glass Jewelry from Mixed Media Artist and ocean lover, Joan Martin Fee.   Bring your own sea glass or Joan will have some local sea glass to choose from.  Tools and supplies are provided to learn a basic wire wrapping technique to create one necklace and two earrings.  Joan is keeping this class small so you get lots of personal attention. Monday, August 11th at Heidi Borchers Creativity Studio in Los Osos, CA

Mosaic Shoe

Love my mosaic shoe!  Heidi Borchers taught this amazing class in her awesome studio filled with all kinds of tiles, beads, baubles...you name it she had it.  My inspiration was my grandparents China that was broken many years ago and has been hanging around taking up space.  I am thrilled to have preserved the heirloom and created a work of art in the process.  

Creative Me Time

Mixed Media Retreat

October 17-19

Cambria, California

Yes, that's right, an entire weekend getaway filled with exciting creative workshops, delicious meals, a goodie bag, the beautiful Pacific Ocean, and more relaxation than you'd think possible. Come join the fun - it's a weekend all about YOU!

Classes, Classes & More Classes

Yay!  Heidi Borchers is debuting her Starbucks Mixed Media Masterpiece!  She's been asked for years to share her technique and we're lucky enough to be in the first class!  You'll be amazed at the art you create using Starbucks paper goods under the guidance of Heidi, who's been an artist all her life. You can leave your piece natural or paint to fit your decor. This is going to be a smashing good time!

Lana and Sloane Simmons from EZScreenPrint, will show how really easy screen printing is - it only takes 60 seconds exposure to the sun to make the screen!  You'll screen print three projects including the Amazingly Fast & Easy Screen Print Wall Art, a tote bag, a tile coaster and take home the supplies to create even more!

Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate!  The For the Love of Chocolate class features yummy gourmet chocolate tasting from The Joycup Co. and we'll carry on our theme by decorating a colorful container for your own chocolate stash.  Joan'sgathering trinkets, baubles and doodads from her travels and bringing tons of items from her studio for you to personalize your container.

Succulents are so popular and shoes, well, we all LOVE shoes.  Joan Martin Feecombined the two and came up with an adorable Shoe Succulent Garden using a super easy decoupage process. While the glue is drying,  we'll make lovely Herbal Hand Scrubs, all perfect gifts for the holidays.

There's one more class, but it's a TOP SECRET SURPRISE!  You'll have to wait until Sunday morning of the retreat to find out!

Imagine an entire weekend of doing what you want to do...Details are available at www.CreativeMeTime.com

Chocolate Tasting and Creative Chocolate Class

 

EZScreenPrint Wall Art

Heidi Borchers Starbucks Mixed Media Masterpiece

  

You deserve a weekend of total Creative Me Time where you get to do what you want to do.  More details are available at www.CreativeMeTime.com

Crafting at Heidi's Studio

 Tiffany started a local MeetUp crafting group and this was our first get together.  Super fun!

Here's my finished mosaic heart

The new MeetUp Craft group

This is the in-process mosaic.  We glued broken glass pieces to a board and then grouted it.  Simple!

Vintage Christmas Postcard Images

Are you ready for the holidays?  I've been busy crafting away using digital images of vintage Christmas postcards that belonged to my great aunt!  We're talking 100+ years old!  You can make everything from gift tags, embellish candles, make gift bags, create washable gifts (t-shirts, napkins, kitchen towels, etc., etc.), jewelry, changeable vase, holiday cards, holiday planner, ornaments and more ornaments!!! 

I'll be posting a new project every couple of days so keep checking back for instructions on how to create with these beautiful postcards.  BTW - it's NEVER too early to start creating for the holidays.

Joan

The postcard images are available at: 
http://www.etsy.com/shop/JoanMartinFee

Makin' Mosaics at Heidi's Studio

What a great day! Four awesome former Aleene's co-workers gettin' together for some creative fun and catching up. Heidi and Denise hadn't seen each other in 11 years!!!


Jean, Denise and Heidi crafting away!

Jean's stepping stone had star appeal. She started with some plates she already had.

Denise choose a Mary Engelbreit theme for her stepping stone complete with little teapot accents.

As for me, I had four stunning plates a friend sent me a couple of years ago for a Christmas present and they arrived broken (I never did tell her...) and I finally made them 'whole' again. Can you see the dragonfly? I still have two more broken plates...


Denise gives Jean a little helping hand on her creation.

Great job ladies!!! Can't wait for our next BIG adventure!

Love ya, Heidi!!! And thanks for helping us express our creativity!!!

Some eye-candy in Heidi's Studio - all of the flowers were made from soda cans!!!

More Christmas Decorating Ideas

I had a few snow people that I'd been given over the years so I sprinkled them around my kitchen - on top of my vertical blinds (who knew there was a ledge on top?), put a snow couple on my fridge, but I wanted to keep the family theme going that I'd used in the living room, so I printed out a collage of past Christmas family photos and placed them in a vase.




Remember the Aleene's / Michael's Magic of Christmas television special and book? I so loved being a part of that - I am lucky enough to have one of the creations from it. The wonderfully matching quilt was made by my friend Kathi ages ago. It matches perfect! Thanks, Kathi!

I love the dollar store!!! I was able to get these stockings for one dollar each and able to fill them with dollar store finds...I think no one is ever too old for a stocking!!! It brings wonderful color and festiveness to the stairs.

A friend had a great idea - a Christmas Sock Party. We were instructed to wear our Christmas socks to her home and what a colorful party it was. She had Chinese food waiting for us and I got an A from my friends on decorating my cookie 'platter'. We did some silly Christmas charades (ever hear of a movie The Lemon Drop Kid? - I had to act that out...)



My socks for the event.

Happy Holidays!

Fun! Fun! Fun!

My Afternoon with Heidi Borchers

Wow!!! Am I honored! I had a very long lunch with Heidi last week and when I left she said I HAD to come over this week to be creative. So today, I ventured the 10 minutes over to Heidi's studio and I had a lovely afternoon - she let me have run of her studio to select just the right pieces to put in my mosaic project and she has VERY cool items to craft with!!! While I made my mosaic masterpiece, Heidi was working on a beautiful recycled bottle necklace and chatted with her children on the phone. (Heidi, you are an amazing woman with such a kind and gentle spirit, I have always admired you and even more so after spending one-on-one time with you this last week.) AND, I encouraged Heidi to join me in my exercise class - see you Thursday, Heidi...(no pressure!)

Heidi and I go way back...if you're a crafter you probably have a bottle or two of Aleene's Tacky Glue. Well, Heidi is Aleene's daughter and we met back when we were appearing on the Aleene's Creative Living Television show many, many years ago.

I love Heidi's Eye Candy in her studio!

Check out all the goodies for making mosaics at Heidi's Studio - and this isn't anywhere near all of it!

Heidi getting ready for our photo op.

Get truly inspired at Heidi's website - http://www.heidiborchers.com/

Thanks, Heidi!!!

Joan