ARTvent/day thirty-one

harriet swindell's artfuliciously covered notepad!
thank-you,harriet!

linked by art

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 1, 2006
Belle Armoire


"Inspired by our *Charming Charm Bracelet* swap,
the mavens of The Creative Underground and Angela
Cartwright were asked by Somerset Studio to do a
linked by Art and Friendship charm necklace. The result
is featured in the Sept/Oct issue of Belle Armoire magazine!
Us mavens (Sarah, Efrat, Lori, Sue,Christi), and a few of our
swap participants, ie. Angela Cartwright, Deb Trotter, Delta
Waters, Denise Lombardozzi,Shari Schwarz, and Tiffini Electra X
were asked to recreate charms for the necklace. Our very own
Lori (aka Lolita)designed and created the necklace that you see
pictured on the yahoo home page!This necklace is now on display
at Timeless Creations and The Creative Underground. We will be
auctioning off the necklace mid October, and all proceeds will go to
benefit The Crossroads Safe House Battered Woman's Shelter of
Northern Colorado. Information on the auction will be posted on our blog at www.thecreativeundergroundftc.blogspot.com.We would appreciate
your help in posting this link on your blogs, or sending information to your
artsy friends!A huge thanks to Angela for writing the article, and big KUDOS
to everyone who contributed a charm, and most especially to Lori for the super
fantabulous design and execution of the necklace!
Way to go ladies, and Congratulations!
Christi
The Creative Underground at Timeless Creations
1636 S College Avenue
Fort Collins, CO 80525
970-419-3186
www.thecreativeundergroundftc.blogspot.com "


this was a real honor for me to be among
these artists and for such an important cause.
please visit the creative underground blog or
angela's site for updates on how you can help out...
i will also keep posting here as well!
p.s. lovely charm angela is wearing...don't you think?!! ; )

the "swaggin'" summer garland!

here it is in all of its swaggin' glory!i have never seen anything
so cool as this...it reminds me of a ginormous version of the
infamous creative underground charm bracelet that so
knocked our socks off a few months ago! thanks all you mavens
for yet another dynamic swap...and all ye participants...xoxoxo!

ARTvent/day thirty

margie randall made this functional artful piece and i have
decided to gather all of my old found keys and keep them all in
one place...on this nifty keyring! thanks,margie...i needed this!

ARTvent/day twenty-nine

from the fabulous envelope to the teenyist detail,
julie snidle's artvent gift is a treasure! many thanks,julie
i will enjoy this notebook very much!

pure poetry

"returning" by laurie doctor (altered image by picasa2)

i am so excited to be taking part in an upcoming artful
weekend of workshops with laurie doctor ,i greatly admire
her and her work,so i was thrilled to find out about the
classes on oct 20,21 & 22! the first two days will be her
Poetry of Painting at the foundry art centre.the last day
will be the Poetry of Handwriting also at the foundry and
in partnership with rock,paper,scissors...the handwriting
class is particularly intriguing to me,i am a text,font,alphabet,
handwriting,penmanship,calligraphy sort of nut....hope to see you there!

ARTvent/day twenty-seven

sunny rudy's wonderful interactive project! what a great idea,
i will take this along with me on my upcoming trip and post
the finished piece upon return!

ARTvent/day twenty-six

pat brewer's simply,beautifully,lovingly created bookmark,
featuring one of her many handcarved stamps,i love the
details...the butterfly,the stitching,the gorgeous colors!
i placed it in one of pat's coptic stitched books!
thanks,pat! LOVE THIS!

ARTvent/day twenty-five

fran mc candless created this fabulous hand dyed fabric
tissue holder...just stunning! thank~you fran,i love this!

ARTvent/day twenty-four

handstitched by kristen winter,i adore this,i hung it
on my work table lamp and after reading kristens
explanation will use it as a symbol and be eternally grateful
for the power of electric!
kristens explanation follows:
Dear Artventers,
Once upon a time I asked Karyl to let me have August 24
as my artvent day. Since my birthday is December 24 I thought
I might do a Christmas themed gift and it would be
"your Christmas and Artvent present" . This would have been a
play on the phrase, "This is your Christmas and birthday present."
a phrase I have heard once or twice. My procrastination had a
collision with the storms and subsequent blackout. I didn't even
get an idea for my gift till the Friday before they were due.
Since I had been thinking Christmas I had also been thinking
ornaments. I experimented with some polymer clay but that didn't
work for me--lucky that, since I lost power about 3 hours after that
experiment. After I lost power I decided I would hand sew whatever
ornaments I was going to make. Looking through my fabric stash
I not only found the fabric that you see before you --but-- I found
some fabric with Chinese lanterns on it. In the blackness a lone light
bulb appeared, if only in my head. I would make Christmas ornaments
that looked like Chinese lanterns. The joke to me was building 34 lanterns
and still not being able to see in the dark. So here is your Artvent gift,
Christmas ornament, and homage to the black out of 2006, hope you like it.
Kristen

meet sam

sam came to rock,paper,scissors today to photograph
an artist trading card how-to for the st.louis post dispatch,
should be in the lifestyle section early fall.i still need to do the
actual interview,but sam was a great man to work with,he truly
was interested in the atc phenomenon and "got" the whole concept!
there are soooooooo many ways that an atc can be done,so many ways.
it was hard to come up with one idea,the one constant is the size...
that is the easy part!
thanks nancy & corey....oh,and thank-you,sam!

all packed and ready to go

i hope i am not forgetting anything for the photo shoot/interview
today.....more about this later,stay tuned!!!!

ARTvent/day twenty-three

a very functionally lovely gift for day 23...will be put to good use!
many thanks mickie kiefer!

ARTvent/day twenty-two

i am always a sucker for a good atc,this one is a beaut!
thank-you,cathy flesher!

ARTvent/day twenty-one

mary lou kimble created 6 gorgeous,funky,elegant notecards
...these will only be sent to those who appreciate such niceties!
thanks,mary lou!

too too cool!

too too faux on s.main street....take a look!

page after page

the book i made yesterday in pat's rps workshop,the pages are
really great,as is the cover paper,each persons book "kit"
was different and filled with vibrantly patterned,colored
papers,i am going to run with the burnt orange and powder blue
for inclusions in the book...thanks for the fun pat & corey!

ARTvent/day twenty

p.j.dutton....so charming! thanks a million! xo,d

the luscious art of pat brewer

my friend,pat brewer.a filled to overflowing,wonderful,
thoughtful,generous,ultra-talented,energetic,beautiful artist!
today i will be in attendance as pat expertly teaches a
bookmaking class.the 6x6 handbound book will be filled with
pages and pages of handpicked rps decorative,double sided
paper and covered with equally splendiferous stock!look for
an encore of this workshop in the fall/winter line up at
rock,paper,scissors. look also for pat's upcoming workshops
on paste paper play,wax resist,a coptic stitch book,
a pageless portfolio and technique pages how-to!
Pat will also be doing a FREE demo on her funky butterfly books
on oct 7th,part of a big day of festivities and free demos planned for
the 1 year anniversary of rock,paper,scissors!
STAY TUNED for updates on this event!

ARTvent/day nineteen

shari vogt's take out offering is so clever! all of the contents
are yummy,felt and foam and foil fortune cookies,papers rolled
around a chopstick,coins and more...so fun,so thoughtful!
thanks,shari!

ARTvent/day eighteen

WOW!
this is a gorgeous glass & metal brooch made by jane steiger,
simply stunning,i have just the sweater to adorn with this!
many thanks,jane!

ARTvent/stash

there was an unplanned dropout at the last moment.
so in true karyl fashion..she saved the day by coming up
with "stash day" to replace the missing offering for the 17th.
if you wanted to swap stashes with someone ,you needed to
create one to swap in return.
i have been waiting not so patiently to open this envelope from
pat brewer! {i knew that it was pat's because we had both
purchased this wonderful stamp set at a local convention a couple
of months ago.}
the contents of this envelope are wonderfilled,with pat's truly
stunning wax resist papers,hand carved stamped snippets and
two little books...one of pat's famous bound butterflies and a nifty
folded/beaded beauty...i will enjoy these great goodies completely!
many thanks,pat AND to you,karyl for saving the day with this terrific idea!

p.s. pat is teaching a double-sided decorative pages bookbinding class at
rock,paper,scissors this saturday,there are a couple of spots still open and
the fesitval of the little hills will be in full swing also...make a day of it on the
st.charles riverfront!

ARTvent/day 16

karyl howard's beautifully,delightfully practical offering!
i know what's for supper tonight....i thank-you & so does tom!
off to dierberg's...
xoxo,
d

ARTvent/day fifteen

heidi wallace's wonderfully whimsical,highly useful gift!
this girl does the most adorable things with felt,needle & thread,
fabric...you name it!
many thanks,heidi,this will become my new companion....: )

ARTvent/day fourteen

teresa holt's magical little book,i adore the cover paper and
the crisp,clean folds of the insides! lovely,lovely,lovely!
thank-you,teresa!

ARTvent/day thirteen

beth holt's delicious,delightful earbobs! john was given cuff links!
thanks,beth....these are toooo fun! visit beth here

ARTvent/day twelve

me! i'm #12.................................................................................
after all was said and done,i really had a good time using
the paste paper techniques that i learned from my precious
friends pat brewer & mary beth shaw(wish you were here this year!),
to create these little petal pouches,dragonflys & flowers!
all die cut at rock,paper,scissors .....hope you enjoy them!

ARTvent/day eleven

from dana zatman...so bloomin' clever,thank~you,dana!

new blog in town

have a look! what's NEw at Rock,PAPER,sciSSors

ARTvent/day10

nancy connelly's beautiful peace!
intricately woven with scalloped(how'd you do that?) edges,
laced together with a luscious length of ribbon,heavenly scented
and presented in the coolest paper shaped box...truly a treasure
to behold...i love it,nancy...thank~you very much!
xo,
d

ARTvent/day 9

WOW...this is jane johnson's a-mazing finger labyrinth,
done with such precision and love...isn't it great?!
thanks so much,jane!

happy birthday,my firstborn!

andy is 23 today...happy,joyous & free,
and newly shorn!
so much love 2u,
momma

ARTvent/day eight

maureen doerr's delicate,delightful,sanded,gessoed,painted
writing disc!a beautiful embellishment,thank~you,maureen!

funday

the american art alliance reception with judge
timothy orikri was yesterday....it was very well attended
and a good time was had by all!

my "sepia eyes" took fourth place at the show hanging
at the university city library gallery until august 28

tony doing his best interested art aficionado impression
pondering my "4u" piece

eric's newest tatoo...my favorite so far

german chocolate cake and fun at cicero's after the reception
many thanks & much love to all who contributed to this fun day!