December creating!

December can be such a busy time. Do you find time to do some creativity at this time of year? As busy as it was I surprised myself with how much I was able to get done. Here are a few of the projects I got done this month.

Altered tin

I started a few of these altered tins last year so it was fun to get them out and finish them. The one above is my oldest son when he was one year old.  

This is made with a photo of my two boys and nephews from over 20 years ago.

Gingerbread house

Often in the past we have bought Gingerbread house kits to make. This year we couldn't find any in the store by the time we went looking so we decided to try our hand at making one from scratch. I think it turned out pretty good for our first try. 

Christmas card

This is one of a few card that I finished this month. You can see more over on Dragonfly Dreamers Monthly Exploration FB page.

How was your December. I'd love to see some of your creations. Share them in the comments or over on the FB group page.

Happy Creating!

Wendy

Button and Lace Trees workshop

I've lost count of how many trees I've made and workshops I've taught for it, in the last few years but it's still one of my favourite things to do. It's fun and relaxing and always interesting to see the end results whether it's mine or a students. They are always uniquely individual. Here are this years creations so far.

Diane

Janice

Kim

What do you do with all your buttons?

Keep Creating!

Wendy

Fun with buttons and lace.

The Button and Lace tree is usually a pre-Christmas workshop but by request I did one yesterday. It was fun to do it out of season although I think these trees don't need to be just for Christmas. They're a beautiful to have out all year round. 

As with many creative workshops it was fun to see the variation of trees at the end of the afternoon.

Deborah

Kathi

Kathy

Stephen

Are you finding some creative time this winter? Next weekend is the Tag book workshop. It will be another fun afternoon creating with students in the studio.

Happy Creating!

Wendy

Button and Lace Trees

I had a great time this past weekend teaching this small group of ladies how to make Button and Lace Trees. This was such a fun way to get in the holiday spirit. I just love doing these trees. The ladies did a fantastic job.

Angela

Kathy

Kim

Have you done any seasonal creating yet?

Keep Creating!

Wendy

Recycled Christmas card ATC's

   I can't believe it's almost a week into January. Happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas holiday with friends and family. With the kids home for the holidays the time went all too fast here. It was great to have time with family.

   Now I need to back track a bit. I seemed to have forgotten to share out December ATC swap. The theme was recycled Christmas cards. 

Wendy

Kathy

Louise

Lucie

Marie

Olive

Veronica

Virginia

Did you find some creative time over the holidays? I didn't get too much so I'm anxious to get back at it. Time to finish up a few projects from last year and get working on some new ones.

Happy Creating!

Wendy

More button and lace trees

Last workshop of the year...another day of button a lace trees. It's so fun to see how each person,s tree turn out. 

Michelle

Nancy

Sheila

I'm working on my second one now and hope to have a third done for Christmas. Have you done any creating for your Christmas decor this year?

Happy Creating!

Wendy

Button and Lace Trees

What a great way to start the holiday season by making a button and lace tree. This was last Saturdays workshop in the studio. I got to make one too!

Cindy

Julie

Sandra

Sharon

Wendy

If you wanted to make one but couldn't make it for this one, we're doing it again on Dec. 14. There is still a couple of spots left, register for it on the workshop page.

Happy Creating!

Wendy

Last years catch up...

Happy New Year everyone. I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and brought in the new year in your favourite way! For the Tin Man and I it means a quiet cozy evening in front of the tv. I even managed to stay awake till midnight, woohoo! 
So now it's time to look ahead to the new year...but wait I'm not ready for that yet. I just realized I forgot to share Decembers ATC's with you. Well you know the Christmas thing kind of took up all my time for a bit, but now that that is over it's time to do some January clean up and catch up. So first on the list is those ATC's. The theme for December was Aurora Borealis Christmas ornament. So that meant it didn't have to be your typical flat ATC but something to hang on a tree. I thought this was a lot of fun although some how I forgot the Aurora Borealis part but Olive was nice enough to point out that the bead on the top of my ornament was an Aurora Borealis crystal. I love when things work out that way.

Linda

Louise

Marie

Nancy

Olive

Peggy

Virginia

Wendy

I'm not positive but I think that just about wraps up 2013 for me. I'll be back with a little look forward to 2014 soon. 

How is 2014 looking for you? I hope it's a creative one;)

Keep Creating!

Wendy

Last studio workshop for the year

Tags inspired by my students.

I can't believe we've come to the last workshop in the studio for this year. It's been a great year here in the studio for lots of creating. This past Sunday was a really fun day of doing some Christmas Mega Tags. These tags are something I've been playing with for a few years. sometimes getting a few friends together for a play day of making Christmas tags, so when one of my students asked if I was going to be doing a workshop with them I was delighted to accommodate. This is really just about playing with Distress inks, Glimmer Mists, stencils and embellishments. My hope was that each person would get about 5 tags finished so I think we did pretty good and the results speak for themselves.

Cindy

Josee

Kim

Nancy

Sharon

It was a great way to get me into a creative Christmas mood. As usual after class the creative vibes continued and I got a few more tags and some cards made.

What's your favourite go to Christmas creations?

Happy Creating!

Wendy

Christmas Open House

It's that wonderful time of year again when I open the doors to my home and studio and let in some of my creative friends for you to meet, mingle and shop. This year I have 5 friends coming to show you their creative side. So there will be lots to help you with your Christmas shopping list.

Check out some of the lovelies that will be here on Sunday.

Graphic and colour pencil art by Sheila Cain-Sample

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Knitted socks and scarves by Sharon Michaelson.

Prints by Bruni

Clare's Old Farm House Soap

Gabry Road

And me Dragonfly Dreamers

I will have a purge table of items that need to go to a good home for a good price. .

Also you can be the first to view and sign up for the winter workshops.

If you'd like to get a reminder on your facebook page you can you can join the event page.

Hope to see you Sunday.

Happy Creating!

Wendy