Art in the Park

An artist gave this to me today at the Morro Bay Art in the Park.  Heidi Borchers and I had a great time checking out all of the artwork, this guy was especially intriguing.

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 Mobile

Are you an ocean lover?  Whether you live where you enjoy sand between your toes everyday or wish you could, you can create this beautiful Sea Glass Mobile.  Learn to wrap and form wire into this stunning memory of the sea.  Joan even provides real sea glass for you!  The workshop is held on the Central Coast of California so come join the fun at www.CreativeMeTime.com

3D Shrink Plastic Flower Jewelry

Love, love, love these shrink plastic 3D flowers.  Can you believe they start out as very thin, clear sheets of plastic?  A little creative magic is added and taaadaaaa, 3D flowers are created.  Come find out the secrets to these adorable flowers at www.CreativeMeTime.com

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

Wire & Bead Jewelry Class

The holidays are right around the corner so get a jump start on your gift list with this wire and bead jewelry set.  Assorted wire and bead colors will be available along with all of the materials and tools needed to complete one necklace and two earrings.  All skill levels are welcome.  Bring a friend or family member and share a fun evening out.  Thursday, August 21st, Heidi a Borchers Creative Studio in Los Osos, CA

Fort Bragg Glass Beach

I was talking to an acquaintance recently and she mentioned she was heading to Mendocino.  I mentioned I am teaching Sea Glass Jewelry classes and I'd heard about a beach at Fort Bragg that is covered in sea glass.  She drove an hour and a half out of her way to bring me back a bag of sea glass! I was stunned!  Think I'll make her a necklace.

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

Mosaic Shoe Class

The inspiration for my mosaic shoe was my grandparent's broken China.  It was broken when it fell off a shelf in my parents garage and my dad drove over it many, many years ago.  I ran across it last week and was excited to finally have a vision for the mosaic shoe class I was taking from Heidi Borchers. I ran out of time and can't wait to finish the inside and be able to grout next week.

Mosaic Shoe

 I'm very excited about the Mosaic Shoe workshop tomorrow taught by Heidi Borchers!  We were talking earlier this week and she said something about using plates on the shoe - it hit me!  I recently ran across the broken China that belonged to my

grandparents.  I've had it for years waiting for the right project.  Pictures of the finished shoe late tomorrow.

Monogrammed Sea Glass Jewelry

We're celebrating a friends birthday tomorrow and I know she loves sea glass.  The perfect gift - a sea glass necklace!  I added her initial for a personal touch.  Interested in making sea glass jewelry?  We offer classes on the beautiful Central California Coast just down the road from the happiest city in America - San Luis Obispo.  Www.CreativeMeTime.com

Owl Cake

My friend's birthday is today and she likes owls so guess what kind of cake she's getting?  Whooooo guessed right?

Sea Glass Jewelry

I love walking on the beach taking in all of the amazing sights, sounds and smells.  I especially love it when I find beautiful worn sea glass nestled in the sand.  I have quite a collection so now I'm transforming them into jewelry and I'd like to share my techniques with you.  Come soak up some sun on the beautiful Central Coast of California and learn how to make your own sea glass jewelry - I'll even share some of my sea glass with you.  Check out the details at http://www.creativemetime.com/make-sea-glass-jewelry.html

Butterfly Cupcake Picks

I love butterflies and I love photography!  I just finished these fun butterfly cupcake picks for an etsy customer.  Flutter over to my etsy shop to see other butterfly inspired pieces.  

https://www.etsy.com/shop/ButterflyGiftShop

Gifts from the Garden Workshop

 

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Saturday, June 28th

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Teacher - Joan Martin Fee

Los Osos, California (minutes from Morro Bay, Pismo and San Luis Obispo)

$40 includes all tools and materials

Our wonderful climate here in San Luis Obispo County allows us to grow pretty much anything.  In this hands-on workshop, learn how to use items from your garden to create inexpensive, yet memorable gifts.   

This workshop has it all!  Shoes, gardening and creativity!


Mixed Media Artist, Joan Martin Fee, will show you how easy it is to create adorable shoe succulent gardens.  You'll use a quick decoupage technique to decorate a shoe to your hearts content with decorative papers and magazine clippings - and it's waterproof!  Joan's even providing the succulents so you'll take home a completed Succulent Shoe Garden!

We'll have a little time to while the glue dries, so we'll create sugar hand scrubs that make your hands feel amazing!  They are quick to make and we'll be adding scents of yummy lavender or lemon from local gardens.

Rosemary Salt adds a perfect touch to focaccia bread or your savory dishes.  Joan will show how easily you can whip this up at home, package it up in a cute container and it's ready to give to the cooks on your gift list.  You'll receive a sample and the recipe to create this at home.

Make it a day of creativity!  After this workshop, enjoy lunch on your own then join in the Wine Lovers Workshop at 1:00 p.m.

Wine Lovers Workshop

The Central Coast of California and exciting creativity await you!

This fun workshop lets you enjoy the wine long after the bottle is empty.  The projects make great gifts for the wine lovers in your life and special treats for yourself.  Join the fun on Saturday, June 28th from 1 - 3.

Mixed Media Artist, Joan Martin Fee, guides you through the exciting process of making a beautiful cork necklace that you custom decorate with trinkets, beads and trims.  Then you'll transform an ordinary wine bottle into a mixed media masterpiece using napkins, a photo of grapes, decoupage medium and personalize your creation by adding a 'tassle' created from a cork and beads.  You'll be surprised at some of the unusual items used to create the cork projects.  Students are to bring a wine bottle and several corks.

Enjoy a fun day of creativity on June 28th.  Before this workshop, Joan is holding a Gifts from the Garden workshop from 10 - 12.  You'll have time for lunch and then the Wine Lovers Workshop begins.  

Info and pics on our website www.CreativeMeTime.com

Graduation Cupcake Topper Decorations #2

I created these using my computer, printer and printable shrink plastic.  Super easy!  All we need now is the cupcakes!  BTW - these pictures got a little out of sequence - the next entry shows the cupcake toppers on the cupcakes...

Graduation Cupcake Decorations

My nephew's high school graduation is tomorrow night and we're having a big party on Saturday.  Since shrink plastic is in my top two favorite creative mediums, I offered to make the decorations for the cupcakes.

Vintage Aleene's Creative Living Television Show - Macaroni Angels

Wowza!  This Aleene's Creative Living Television Show segment goes all the way back to 1993!  Sit back and learn how to make Macaroni Angels!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bofkbh3pDFw