CREATE and Leighanna Light

I drove up to Costa Mesa on Thursday to attend a class led by Leighanna Light called Metal Deck. This is one of the classes at the art retreat CREATE

It was a great class and fun to work with metal and tools. Leighanna, to me, is a great assemblage artist that is low-keyed and shares her knowledge.

We each got 10 pieces of 4 x 3 tins. We sanded each piece front and back and began our journey altering the metal and collaging. We used some new tools and know I will be making a trip to Harbor Freight for some cool shopping :}

Even though I knew most of the techniques, I learned some good tips and how to use what I have already differently. Can't wait to do more.

May Art Meetup ATC's Anyone?

The creative ladies came over today to play and I decided we would just make something from nothing. Lemonade from Lemons I called it. I gave each lady a little envelope with some pieces of "this and that" and said "go to it" and create....and create they DID!

They never seem to disappoint.

Their inspiration.........



Sally made this cutey.





Debi made this one, bullseye, embrace PEACE NOW :}



June got vampy on us!



Matina sweet and special.



Margo made Lemonade from Lemons....some religious people came to the door passing out pamphlets and she took the pamphlet and used the print to make her card... Will Humans Ruin This Earth?



Lynn made a couple styles...VavaVoom :}




Kat worked on her project from another art meetup. I think it turned beautiful.



Geo....Georgia made her own creation and helped make the lemonade (and yes, Sally I know you helped too! :)




No I didn't make anything yet! but soon ha I do love watching and seeing what everyone creates....A M A Z I N G!

Grand Opening of My Store

Since I've been going through my STUFF, I realized I need an outlet to either sell some of this STUFF and give me a "healthy" reason to be shopping :} Or, if it doesn't work out, maybe I'm going in the wrong direction.

To that end, I rented a tiny, tiny space at Country Flowers in Escondido. Today I went in and hauled some of my STUFF in to sell. I had fun setting up my space and deciding what goes where.

If you're in the area, come on by and check out my STORE as well as all the other fun furniture and goodies to be had. WARNING, unfortunately there is no air conditioning so pick a cooler day to check it out or wear your cute summer top.

Country Flowers, 523 West Valley Parkway, open Tuesday thru Saturday 10am to 5pm, lots of parking. This store is located on a one-way street heading west so mapquest it first before going if you have never been there before.


BEFORE A Blank Slate to work With.


AFTER my cupboards are filled :}




I sold 3 things while I was setting up sooooooooooooo exciting. Hope you get by.

We had a REAL good time, soldering and collaging

April 30th Rita of Mammabellarte and myself taught a class fabric Collage with Soldering accents.

5 students came and in the morning Rita led our the ladies through the steps of soldering words like AMORE, LOVE, MOTHER each letter an individual piece that would be sewn to the fabric collage we did in the afternoon.

Rita came with a slow cooker full of meatballs with yummy sauce, bread and we added ceasar salad yummmmmm!

In the afternoon, we worked on our fabric collages and I must say each turned out unique and beautiful.

Layers of lace and material and embellishments helps bring a story to each person's center piece....... a picture of loved ones.

Stay tuned later this summer for Fabric Collage class Suzi style :}

Getting Ready for Class

Rita and I will be doing our Fabric Collage with Solder Pieces on April 30th. I can't wait to see what the ladies come up with. I am always inspired by other people's work because although we each see something together we create differently.

Check out the preparation, next post the finished art. Have a wonderful week.

This is the kind of fabric collage we're going for



First a little coffee staining of material and lace.






Then a little line drying in the sun:






We'll be adding lace, fabric, jewels and soldered pieces....can't wait!

Nice Weekend in San Diego

Last weekend I went to Matilda's Mouse and Urban barn TWICE. They are just so yummy I love to go and went on Friday and Saturday with different friends.

On Saturday, after Urban Barn we even went to the Flower Fields to see Rita. It was a lovely, warm weekend.