Tomorrow, I am having an egg party. I’ve asked a group of friends to come by and have their kids color boiled eggs while the adults work on hollowed out ones to make keepsake eggs. I’ll have dyes, glitters, paints, collage items all out to tempt everyone to make something special.
We’d had a group that got together semi-regularly for "Craft Night" with wine and projects and it has fallen away, with everyone so busy with their own lives. I am hoping that this egg decorating party will trick them all back into the habit of crafting together!
My buddy, Beth, http://bethleintz.typepad.com/gathering_dust/ , and I do projects together quite often. Sharing ideas and tips with another artist can be inspirational, educational and also provides the social outlet that often, artists miss. We all work alone so much. Here is a ATC that I did with Beth this week, the gold on the crown was her idea to add. Sometimes a friend has the eye to point out just the touch you need to finish something up right!
Our Craft Night Group is a mix of different medias. Diane is a photographer and she brought her equipment and we all learned how to take portraits of each other. Here I am, in my paint clothes. (most of my clothes do have paint on them). Diane is not only a photographer, she is a really GOOD, professional photographer. I worked with her on a Romantic Homes shoot, she does beautiful work.
Shanna is a mosaic/stained glass artist. She shared her expertise to teach everyone mosaic principles. Here is a bird bath I started one Craft Night, then was hooked and stayed up all night to finish.
See why I want to get the group back together? So much to learn, so much fun to have together!