I hope you all had a memorable Memorial Day weekend! We went to a family BBQ and graduation celebration, saw a movie, planted the garden, I worked in the studio, and we also got to spent two afternoons on the lake. And even though the boat died in the water and we were stranded for a while, it was still a great time.
On Friday, we had both of our fairy babies over, it doesn't get any better than that. Not a bad kick off for a 3 day weekend.
While my husband played golf on Saturday, I was able to work in the studio a while. I'm making up some books to take to vendor night at Paper Cowgirls, but while I was at it, I made a few dress form tags too, since these gals have been on my mind so much while I am getting ready for the class in Texas and setting up the online tutorial. (by the way, that gorgeous wallpaper is one of the papers provided in the online class)
Details are in the previous post, or you can find them on my side bar, by clicking on the Dress Form Workshop button.
Thanks to all of you who already purchased the class!
Today, I start packing up my kits. And just in time, I got this order of vintage lace! Hundreds of feet of it. I think I might have plenty for the kits, huh?
There are 3-1/2 giant sized rolls of the stuff. These two are my faves. The others are a bit mundane, but useful anyway.
I'll be making up kits for the class itself, some to sell on vendor night, plus extra for the Boutique. I'll let you know when I get them done. Each kit includes a free entry to the online class, as well as vintagey goodies to make your dress form. No two will be exactly the same, since I am using ephemera, but each will be of equal value and style.
I'll be able to use up some of that lace to tie the Birdsong tag books together too. We are over 100 participants, but I still have room for more. If you are interested, details can be found on my side bar by clicking on the Bird Song Tag Book button.
Here are some scanned French chocolate cards with birds on them, for you to print. Click on them to save as a larger size first.
ps-My pal, Mary is having a sale on her online tute, and she is the queen of gluebooks if you are wanting to learn. Check it out here.
Lovely birds, thank you! I know what you mean about a lifetime of lace — a friend got rid of all her mother’s craft supplies (to me) and there is enough lace of a lifetime there, too! You may be seeing lace on my bird swaps!
Cute tags Karla! Sounds like a fun weekend…even with the boat break down. Some of our funnest family memories are when a vehicle has broken down and we have to amuse ourselves until we can get going again. Families (faults and all) are great!
Oh my goodness, those chocolate cards are to die for!!! Thanks for the shout-out, you’re a pal.
Love the dress form tags!
Beautiful!
Sandra Evertson
Thank you for continuing to share the life’s adventures at The Cottage with us! It is always fun to see Sugarwings, the Dorkies, and best of all – the rare shot of cute Karla. ;->
Good luck with the upcoming Paper Cowgirls!