Lost Art Creations

Another Gift!

I was snowed in today so I made this for my SIL.  It is made from sterling, Swarovski crystals in Pacific Opal, pearls in natural and blue.  Hope she likes it!

Mom & Dads 50th Anniversary Gift

It is a 5 panel banner about 8" wide and almost 3' long.  I used peach and a salmon pink silk because those were the colors of their wedding.  Images are transferred onto ivory silk.  The printed fabric is actually fabric paper (technique from Beryl Taylor).  LOTS of hand stitching & beadwork using beads, TINY pearls, vintage metal sequins and a fancy gold bullion.  I also made tulle pockets for the metal 5 & 0 which I stamped with a floral pattern in Stazon Ink.  All the panels are finished with a cotton batik that I found that uses the EXACT same colors I chose for the panels - pretty lucky huh?!

The images came from my parents wedding album which my brother as able to sneak out of their house and pass onto me so I could scan the images into my computer. VBG!  My mom is so beautiful & dad is so handsome (still are too!).

Hope they like it!

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays everyone!

Terrie

Merry Christmas!

To all those that celebrate the holiday! 

Never lose the wonder of the day.

Terrie

Merry Christmas!

To all those that celebrate the holiday! 

Never lose the wonder of the day.

Terrie

My Banner!

I tied together all the banners from the Lost Art Creations Yahoo Group swap.  They are on display in the sunroom/foyer and they are the 1st thing people see when they come into my house.

A Winter Wonderland!

This is what I woke up to this morning.  Thank goodness DH is home so I don't have to shovel all of this!

 

 

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

First, I have been a very BAD blogger!  It has been TO long since my last post.  I have been busy, busy, busy!  Making gifts, decorating the house, putting up the tree and finishing up some end of the year swaps.  And I managed to catch a chest cold which has sapped most of the energy I had.  While I still have a terrible cough I seem to be improving daily.  Now I am pretty much caught up - almost.

Tonight I am waiting impatiently for the snow to start.  I really do hate the cold, but falling snow is so pretty and as long as I don't have to drive through it, snow on!  The weather people are saying 1 1/2' to 2' is possible.  Yippee!  I'm just gonna hole up in my house, relaxing and playing!  If I can get any good pics I will share.

Now for a few season pics:

 

I made these for all my office mates!

This is my fav I think!  It looks like Earth!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Terrie

P.S.  I finished my parents 50th anniversary gift which they will get on Christmas Eve, SO on Christmas Day I will post pics of what I made them.  I am very happy with how it came out and I am sure both me and mom are gonna have a good cry(happy of course!).  Hope they like it!

Playing With Beads & Metal

I just finished a necklace & earring set for a 1/1 swap for the Altered Art Guild.  I am paired up with Michelle, the group owner.  This is a bit late, but that seems to be the norm lately. 

Where does the time go?  I've always felt like as I get older time seems to spin faster and faster - it's just not fair (whine, whine, I know)!  Anyway, I am ALMOST caught up on overdue projects.  Just have to get busy on my Christmas cards, of which I am only making 16.  So if you are on my Christmas Card List and you get a handmade card consider yourself blessed.  Typically I make about 50.  The thought of making 50 cards gives me the shudders - I just don't have time!  Still working on Mom & Dads 50th Anniversary gift.  They should have it in time for Christmas.

Back to the jewelry.  The necklace is constructed from bits of chain, potato & rice pearls, topaz crystals & glass faceted beads, micro seed beads, one of my new XL beadcaps, wire, head & eye pins and bronze AB metallic faceted beads.  I like it so much I will have to make a version of it for me.  That's an "I've caught up and I'm stuck at home because there's a blizzard outside" project.  VBG!

Here it is!  Tell me what you think.  Please be kind!  Jewelry is something I do for fun and do not, by any stretch, consider myself a jeweler.

Cyber Monday Sale!

Only on my Picturetrail site.  All ordering and shipping info in the Collage Sheets #1 album.  Maybe you'll find an item of two to use on your handmade holiday gifts!  Some items have VERY LIMITED quantities so it is first come, first served.

Winter Banners

On my Yahoo group; lost_art_creations I am hosting a Winter Banner Swap.  Banners are so much fun to make!  These banners are made of paper but I am also doing another swap (different group) and have to make 20 banners primarily of fabric (another addiction!).

For these banners I used Basic Grey paper and thier Snowflake Doilies, a laser cut paper with a delightfully intricate pattern cut into the paper.  I ran the solid paper through the Xyron so that the right side would be the sticky side.  Applied the doilie on top and covered the remaining sticky with clear German Glass Frit (aka glass glitter, just a little finer).  The glitter really catches the light!  To bad it doesn't really show up in the scans - darn it!  Images are Lost Art Creations as are the vintage Blue Iris Gelatin Souffle Sequins and vintage Tinsel Ribbon (which is silver even though it looks gold in the scan). I also used LAC's Robin's Egg Blue ribbon for the ties.  Vintage baby ric rac, silver snowflake ribbon and tiny silver star charms and quote finish of each banner.