Hi everyone! I was away most of last week teaching at Donna Downey's Inspired workshop (I had a blast)!
I thought it would be fun to share some of the projects the girls in my classes made... but all I can say is brace yourselves... there is a LOT to share and you will not even believe some of the amazing things these girls did using the exact same supplies (with slight additions here and there)!!!
The inspiration piece I made for the class was a canvas covered with burlap, jute and felt leaves shaped into a little tree shape! I love working with jute and thought that it might be fun for the girls to get a chance to play with it too!
I taught 6 - 4 hour classes over the course of 3 days (it was an awesome whirlwind of teaching)!
Little side note: I just got back yesterday + it's Ron's birthday so I did not get a chance to really process these photos as much as I would have liked!!! I just had to get them posted though cause I am sooo excited about what everyone made!
Let's get started!!!
Below are some of the projects and random pictures from the classes... I did not get a chance to take photos of everyone's projects so if you were there and want to send me your finished project photos, I'll post them here too!
Tree and Tree Junior!
A pretty tree made by a lovely lady all the way from France!
Such a pretty tree!
The beginnings of a peacock!
Swirly doo dahs with a giant awesome flower!
Killer tree house with swing!
(her eyes were closed... but she looks so so cute with her project so I posted it anyway)
Beautiful flowers and swirls!
One of my favorite border techniques!
Beautiful painted background!
Give a hoot!
Love how the burlap was colored many different shades!
Mixed media tree + house!!!
(it's shawntastic)
Lots of swirls and flower groupings!
Beautiful tulips!
First time glue gun user!!
(now a full fledged addict)
I just loved the jute swirls on the bottom of this piece!
An awesome work in progress with burlap flowers and leaf groupings!
HEY YOU!
I love the thick trunk on this piece!
...I love how this piece flows...
...and I love that little tucked in birds nest too!!!
So perfect!!!!
I love the flow of the groupings of buttons!!!
The jute swirls around the giant buttons is super cool!
The scorpion piece on the left is for her son's room (he's a scorpio)...
..and I spy another awesome trunky tree trunk!
This lovely lady loves her some Starbucks!!
Working, working, working!
Gluing, gluing, gluing!
Here is a peep of a typical workspace!
The more messy the better!
Love all these swirls and flowers!
The burlap painting station...
It was a HOT mess!
Loverly trees and sweet ladies!
An amazing face!
Palm tree and sea shore!
(shes going to add shells and real sand too)
This was the creature corner!
We have an amazing lizard and what affectionately came to be known as ET!
Home is where the heart is!!!
Love the background painting on this...and the leaf overhang was awesome too!
Sisters in Crafts!
A beautiful Mom and daughter creative team!!!
(RonChops says HI girls)
(one of many mom/daughter pairs who come to the event together)
Amazing jute work!!! So much detail!
A hoot in the making!
Intense jute lapwork!
I love the buttons in the tree trunk!
Happy tree!
More beautiful detailed jute work!
Cool flowers with awesome burlap detail on the bottom!
I love the addition of her vintage family photo and button groupings in the corners!
It's stunning in person!
Awesome butterful!!
Love the jute center!
Another mother daughter team!
They each made adorable houses!
I love how the jute is tucked under the tree leaves at the top!!!
This was a beautiful explosion of color and texture!
Everyone in the class loved the little leaf tree swing in this one!!!
Here is a close-up of the swing!
HOOT loves you?
Adore this thick tree trunk!
This one is treetastic!
More beautiful jute work!
Fall trees!!!!
An awesome peacock!!!!
Two lovely tree branches with tulips underneath!
She was completely thrilled with her bougainvillea (and so was I)!!!
Loved this to smithereens!!!
Check out the teal fingernails!
...and I really loved how she made the tree trunk detail...
Beautiful piece!
The cardinal was made by painting and assembling the green paper leaves!!!
Loved these dragonflies with jute lettering!
(the jute lettering really started to take off around the 3rd class)
Beautiful piece!
Awesome flowers!
Here is a sweet little blue tree swing with loads of pretty little details!
Amazing tree!
It hung off the edges of the canvas and had the most amazing curled border ever!
Apple tree with a basket of apples!
Sooo COOL!
Amazing peacock!
Lotus flower (in progress)
Here is another pretty face!
Another pretty jute border (work in progress)
Stunning purple butterfly!!!!!
(there was a fabric vendor at the market fair across the hall and several girls went over there to get extra fabric and felt to work into their projects)
Momma and Baby Owls (work in progress)
Beautiful thick tree trunk with sweet little twig swing!!!
(looove this!!!)
Love this painted background... the flower is 3 dimensional and oh so pretty!
This was totally cool!
She made a fish tank and some totally awesome 3D fish!!!
Another hoot hoot!
Jutiful work with leaves and vines!
Super duper loverly topiary!
The little pot at the bottom bows out and is filled with some "borrowed" moss!
Felt Lolly Pop and friend!
Another work in progress!
This is really going to be lovely!
The flowers are going to be made from orange felt and the centers are mde from felt balls that have been cut in half!
Another work in progress!
This one is going to be a sority symbol!
A giant felt flower laid about!
Should be stunning when finished!
Buttons, buttons, everywhere... created by a lovely English lady!
"Love the Earth"
The dragonflies are so awesome!
Another beautiful work in progress!
This is a lovely patchwork moasic!
The felt squares are outlined with 4 ply jute and then doodled upon with the thinner 3 ply jute!
...and lastly...
...a beautiful dragonfly picture!
I know this was a LOT to share but I really wanted to post as many pictures as possible from my wonderful experience! I had such a fun time meeting so many terrific people! Seeing the girls take one simple idea and then turning it into so many astoundingly different projects... well it honestly felt like I was watching magic happen over and over again!
The welcome I received was warm and friendly and the folks talking classes, vendors and other instructors were some of the nicest folks around! I feel truly lucky to have been a part of such an amazing workshop (thanks Donna and Bill)!!!
P.S. Thanks for looking and have a wonderful week! I'll be back next Monday with some vicious fishes!!! It's a little project I have been working on for about 3 weeks now! I am so excited!
P.S.S.T. This is my 300th post! Can you believe it?!?!?! EEPS!
O.M.T. I have more photos and will be sharing them on Flickr when I have a little more time! More HUGS than slugs!!!
