EGGS!

Here they are - some of the eggs that we put together yesterday.

Hope you enjoy our creative ingenuity:

Laura brought this one by this morning and I was blown away by her darling details:

blue & white polkadot ribbon around the opening and

(below) little cut-out images lining the seam -

soooooo cute! I just love it!

Here is Laura's egg in a nest with Cheryl's egg,

which I picked up last night.

I think the robin's egg blue with the tiny brown dots is perfect......

...and the little tinsel around the opening with little paper roses

is so old-fashioned.

...and a few of my eggs that I ended up working on today.

The one above is my first attempt, which I am not very pleased with.........

These, however, I like soooo much - great colors!

The next two photos are close-ups of these two in their eggs

with a little glitter added:

Last, but not least, is the little bluebird in a nest.

I attached the "bird in flight" to the top of the egg

and I think it is pretty effective....

...worth trying again.

Creative Ladies!

My Creative Group of Ladies was at my house yesterday and it was GREAT!

I "used" them as guinea pigs to help me work out the kinks for the class that I will be teaching in a couple of weeks. They rose to the occasion and made the most extraordinary EGGS!

Here is their process:

The cutting, placing, gluing, embellishing......EVERYTHING throughout the morning was FUN!

The last photo is Anika's egg - absolutely delightful! The other ladies finished theirs up later that afternoon and dropped them off for me this morning. I will show them as samples to the class and I will share them with YOU in my next post....

I think you will really enjoy seeing how everyone chose a different way to finish their egg and each is unique and special and I am a happy, HAPPY lady that the girls had so much fun and are as pleased as I am with the results!! Yay!

....and thanks to Laura, Stephanie, Anika, Cheryl, Beth - the "regulars" and Susan, who joined us yesterday for fun.

the "INSIDES"

Last night, I drew and painted the "insides" for the eggs we will "fill" at the workshop I am teaching at Los Poblanos in a couple of weeks. This Sunday, I will introduce it to my Creative Group to see what they think and figure out the best way to teach the process.

This photo is the original (on top) and a color copy (on bottom)

The color of the copy really isn't too bad....and should serve the purpose just fine.....

Below is a "close-up" of the original (hmmmm, same size, really)

I am looking forward to seeing how these images work around other people's imaginations.

the window - updated!

I was at the shop today, so I took another photo - updated - so the little lamb doesn't look so lonely... HaPpY SpRiNg!

Easter EGG!!

So, last week I made a large EGG to go in the window at Doodlet's and I finally got a photo of it to share with you....

Of course, by now there is a lot more stuff in the window with it, but I wanted you to see the EGG....with the little lambie sitting inside.

Cute, hunh?

Check out pantryviolets.blogspot.com to see what else I have been up to this weekend....

"Not Just for Grandmothers"

.....that is the name of our workshop series at Los Poblanos!

Here is the flier of classes through July....and more are already planned for August and the fall:

Sure would be fun to have any of you come take a class and stay at the Inn - it is fantastic!

.....and beautiful! xo

My Little Vignettes

I got excited about cleaning up the "red" from Valentine's Day and pulling out some Spring colors. It was fun to pull out treasures that I haven't seen in awhile.

Happy Spring Everyone........xo