Recycling Craft Tutorial "Soda Can Roses"

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The "Fall der All" Festival

Hello everyone!
If we met this past Saturday at the Fall der All festival, I hope you had a wonderful time (and didn't get blown away by the wind, lol). I'm so glad you are visiting my blog.

Please bear with me, it has been a little crazy getting ready for the festival and now re-organizing all of my fun stuff in the studio. I will be posting some new pictures and lots of new things for sale in my Etsy shop tonight and tomorrow.

Hope to help you with your Christmas shopping ideas very soon!

Have a blessed day!
Jackie

*pics of fun stuff from the festival.... (many of these items will be in my Etsy in the next day or so)

Published in a Stampington Magazine!

I have loved Stampington Publications for years.
Well, I finally got up the nerve to submit a project to them for consideration this past spring.
I couldn't believe it when I got the e-mail this summer that I was going to have an article in their fall issue of Jewelry Affaire! It just hit the stands the first of October.
It is especially dear to my heart because of the significance behind the project I submitted and the two women in my life that I wanted to both honor and remember. I dedicate the article "Treasured Memories" and the special necklace project I created to my mom, Carlene and to the cherished memory of my dear friend, Marilyn.

With so much love,
 Jackie

Making Stuff for this Weekend

I'm so excited to be doing a booth with my friend Sandy this weekend at the Arts & Crafts fair in Farmersville! We have both been crazy busy with "making stuff" and getting ready for the event.

Some things I've been working on are:

Art prints of my photography on wood blocks. They can hang from the decorative wire embellishments or sit on their own on a table.

Glass pendants that can be used as necklace charms or keychains.

Precious tiny domino pendants.

Lots of shoe clips for warm weather accessorizing.

New! Vintage style screen printed shirts. I LOVE these wonderful soft, flattering shirts! I found them on a recent shopping trip and bought as many as I could to print on. I may wind up keeping one of each for myself, LOL! :)

Anyway, for those of you who are in the area, come out and see us at the"Farmers & Fleas Market" this Saturday May 5, 2012 from 9-3. More info here  http://www.farmersvilletx.com/index.jsp

Sneak Peak at the things I'm selling......

Christmas Projects Revealed - Part 1

Since all the presents have now been opened I can reveal some of the Christmas Projects I worked on this year.

The first I'll share with you all is a "themed gift" that I really enjoyed putting together for my husband's cousin. Since she loves books and we are both on Pinterest I used ideas from her Pinterest boards to create an all hand made book themed gift.

First I experimented with an old book, I tried a few different things before deciding to take it apart.
I rolled the inside pages tightly and secured with a strong rubber band and then wrapped it with a piece of vintage ribbon and embellished with paper flowers and a jeweled centerpiece. It didn't look complete, so I went out to the garage and grabbed my (ok, my husbands ;->) Dremmel tool. I found a tip with a tapered point and went to work carving the word "Read" into the tightly rolled pages.

With the book cover I lined the inside with a beautiful fabric and made her a stationery set with cards, envelopes and a pen. simply secured with elastic.

The next item in the collection was a glass ornament. I cut tiny strips of paper from an old dictionary that had the definitions for terms like: library, textbook, poetry, reader, writer, etc. I curled the strips and put them inside and finished it off with a simple bow.
With the same dictionary pages I cut out a small section about reading and decoupaged it to the back side of a square glass charm and added a turquoise camio to the front.

Next it was time to create a whimsical paper weight from a smooth rock. I painted a cute little owl and finished it off with a clear acrylic top coat.
Finally, I added in a ribbon bookmark to the gift set. It was very simply embellished with a pearl bead on one end and a tiny picture frame on the other.

So there you have it, a book themed gift set inspired by the collection of vast and  wonderful ideas on Pinterest. I hope the recipient enjoys it!

And maybe you will be inspired to create your own themed gift for someone special in your life....hmmm, any occasions coming up soon?

....yes, maybe for Valentines Day

A Holiday Open House Party

My college roommate, who is a very dear friend of mine hosted a Holiday Open House this past weekend and invited me to be one of her vendors. I was so blessed to be a part of the event and got to spend the day with a group of really great ladies. Thank you Abby.

This was my booth display, with some of my new artwork.

 I spent most of last week creating new stuff for this party..... unfortunately not everything got photographed. Here are a couple of things though (they will soon be listed in my etsy shop).

 Thanks again Abby. We may have to make this a holiday tradition.

Love ya roommate! ;)

Creative Late Nights and a Whole LOT of Caffeine!

Ok, I promise myself that starting today I will disconnect my IV drip of iced coffee and start getting more than 3 hours of sleep a night.... I promise.

But it has been so much fun. I have worked the last week like a mad woman.

I have immersed myslef in screenprinting, sewing and painting and have loved every exhausting minute of it.

Here are a few snapshots of projects that have graced the countertops of my studio, my kitchen, my living room....well, pretty much everywhere.

 I was also very excited to receive my promotional postcards in the mail from vistaprint and have already sent many of them out (be looking for them they have a discount sticker for my etsy shop!)

P.S. If you are not on my mailing list and you would like to be send me an e-mail with your name and mailing address to jackiepatton@excite.com

 I made clothes and accessories for homecoming week, screenprinted shirts, onesies, pillows, sketchbooks and canvases.

I sewed and painted and worked with leather and lace (ooh la,la) 

The only thing is..... all that caffiene and non-sleeping did kinda lead to a teeny-tiny mistake or two.

Do you notice anything different in these two pictures?

Yeah, I didn't notice till Jeremy pointed it out but I did at least go back and fix it before I posted the apron for sale on etsy so people wouldn't think it said something like

"So many Artsy & Crafy (or accidentally think it said crappy) things to Make so little Time" 

pretty funny, it was 1am when Jeremy came in from his football game and pointed out my mistake and I was so hyped up on iced coffee and delerious I couldn't stop laughing.

Love & Creative wishes to all!

P.S. Don't forget to stop by http://www.artfultrinkets.etsy.com/ to see all the new stuff I have listed.

Upcycled Leather

I love upcycling projects and recently I've showed you guys a few leather bands and cuffs that I've made like this one here:

I've been putting my metal stamps to good use by incorporating scriptures and positive words or phrases and I love how it looks with a little distressing.

 So, recently I scored big on a bunch of old leather belts at a resale shop and I made a little something for myself.

My new leather watch. Inspired by Fossil, but only a fraction of the cost, yay!!!

5 Days of Art - Part 2: Leather Arm Bands

I've made leather arm bands and cuffs before and I love upcycling projects. I enjoy turning old belts into cool new arm bands but this time the project was just a little bit different. This time I took out some metal letter stamps that I've had forever and used them to hammer words and scriptures into my bands of leather.

 This one has one word "Forgiven" on one side with a silver snap closure. I accentuated the lettering and textures by rubbing black paint into the crevices then I roughed it up using coarse sandpaper for a more earthy and rustic feel.

 This one is similar but without any holes punched in it and it has the words "Not ashamed of the gospel of Christ" on it.

 I also did a couple that were really long (almost 30") strips that wrap around your wrist and secure with snap closures. This one is the Proverbs band. Proverbs 16:9 A man's heart plans his way but the Lord directs his steps, and Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart.


P.S. This one sold within 15 minutes of listing it in my Etsy shop! Awesome!

 And this one is the John 3:16 bracelet "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have life everlasting"

 I also love the simplicity and urban look of this last one. I used part of a belt buckle and sewed a strip of the soft green leather to one side and fastened it with a snap closure on the other side.

Now I'm on the lookout for old belts and more scrap leather to create with, so if you were thinking of taking any to Goodwill.... hint,hint. ;)