You will have to excuse the admission, but I have a big vice… junking! Love to cruise the aisles of the least discriminating mercantiles, flea markets, antique malls, et al when I have a chance… looking for that ONE needle in a haystack find! Having a friend to chat with during these little field trips is a fun bonus, and makes it the perfect relaxing outing (to me anyway!)  Here’s my latest discovery….

From the aisles (aisle 8 actually) of the River City Trading Post on Main Street in nearby Jenks, OK  I found Dorris Levasheff’s creative little pink booth calling my name! Sparling with a feminine fusion of unique handmade paper articles , romantic home decor pieces, and girlie vintage… all with a dash of the France! Above is a small visual sampling~

I learned that these little canisters are part of the secret of her paper art’s glitzy appeal~ German Glass Glitter! I bought one of silver and pink, and can’t wait to “play”!

There was little I could do to resist Dorris’s cute collection, and just had to take a little part of it home with me!
( I know you understand, right?!)

Please share your own  favorite ” finds” and locations! We’d LOVE to hear!

XOXO,

ellen

I am so excited that my very first strike-off’s for my initial fabric offering “Enchanted Damask & Spring Dot”  have arrived this week! Help me celebrate by commenting on which colorway- PINK, CITRUS, or TURQUOISE are your fav! A random number drawing will determine who will win ONE YARD of the “Enchanted Damask & it’s coordinating Spring Dot” as soon as it arrives at the studio! Please let your most beloved quilt shops know about it too, so I can sell out and design lots more fun stuff for us to “play” with!

-ellen

Wow! Two posts in one day… I must have drank too much coffee this afternoon! Ha! No, really, I just need to catch-up with some newsy tidbits from the world of embellishment… Several of you probably know the Kristal I am referring to above… bead designer extraordinaire, Kristal Wick! In a conversation recently I got the scoop on her new product line ready to debut at the winter CHA (Craft & Hobby Association) Show later this month in Anaheim! One of her bracelet creations is shown above, my favorite! Her site is chock full of beading ideas- check outhttp://www.kristalwick.com, and don’t miss her blog at http://kristalwick.blogspot.com/. How she does it all is beyond me! I am excited that she will be presenting a class in Tuscon in early February as a Swarovski Crystal educator for the “Batik Purse”  which uses my Wood Bagette! I am dying to show  you what she created using the Bagette, and hope this link will work!http://www.create-your-style.com/Content.Node/events-and-stores/events/Tucson_Guide.pdf (flip to page 16 to see her blinged out version of the Bagette… love it )!

-ellen

I am behind already! So many fun new items, and acquaintances have been found or renewed recently without mention, so now is the time to bring the blog more up to date, and detail a few.  Several weeks ago Laura Foster Nicholson, from my BlogRoll Links, to be exact, visited the Blog and left several kind comments! Thanks, Laura! This means alot to me, because I am a hopeless ribbon junkie, and have a huge stash of LFN designs! I have added an image of one of my many ribbon storage canisters.. (the hallowed one, actually…. reserved for my favorites!) with several of her latest “to die for” ribbon designs. I LOVE her bright new “Dahlia” (shown above, and right up my alley!!) and the black and white design, “Arabesque” (also above)  especially. Be sure to check out her company’s webiste, http://www.lfntextiles.com, as well as her blog at http://lfntextiles.blogspot.com/ to see some great ribbon ideas and new arrivals.

-ellen