This is what love looked like to me this Mother's Day.
A daughter. Two grandchildren. Blessed beyond measure.
This one truly had me at "hello". The sly smile and the souldful eyes. The wisdom way beyond his years. All boy, with a tender heart. Total love.
And, oh my, this one. Eerily like her mother in every possible way. Girly and funny and sweet, with a touch of diva thrown in for good measure. Be still, my heart.
I am grateful every day.
Today is a truly a gift. Crisp sunshine and soft breezes wafting through the studio windows.
We are basking in the bright new season by bringing out the Battenburg lace and pearls. A needle and a bit of thread.
Simple and sweet. A breath of fresh air.
Have a wonderfully creative first day of Spring!!
xoxo Debbie & Shea
Oh, Happy Day!! We are absolutely "giddy" with the excitement of announcing:
"Spellbound... create your dreams".
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A fantastical weekend of paper-crafting, jewelry-making, fiber arts, stitching, painting, swapping... and dreaming!
Hosted at the gorgeous and historic Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, California.
Thursday evening Welcome Dinner.
Classes Friday & Saturday, with a fabulous "Mercantile" Friday evening.
Saturday afternoon Luncheon (between classes).
Culminating on Sunday with a short trip on a luxury bus to the world famous
Rose Bowl Flea Market!
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More details and specifics to follow. Classes are shaping up to be absolutely amazing, and you will not want to miss this kick-off to a wonderful, "Spellbound" 2012 Holiday Season!! Mark your calendars and stay tuned! :)
xoxo Debbie & Shea
"We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity, and it's first chapter is New Year's Day". ~ Edith Lovejoy Pierce
May your book be filled with all of the blessings and successes that your heart desires.
The time is now. Create opportunities. They are everywhere.
We love a new chapter, don't you?
xoxo
Photos by Martha Schuster of iseethemoonphotography.com.
Today is December 2nd. The day after December 1st, when we should have had Stash Society photos for December posted.
All I can do at this point is show you the Pirate, the Princess, and offer an apology.
Because it is December. I should have seen this month coming, but it always hits me with the full force of it's might. This month we have birthday, birthday, birthday, Christmas, anniversary. New Year's Eve, but let's not even think about that right now.
I present to you the objects of my fall-behind-schedule. The Pirate and the Princess both have birthdays in these next two weeks, and for now we have been able to give them a joint party.
That party is this Sunday. That party is being shot for a magazine, had to be moved up one week unexpectedly, and has consumed all of us in the studio all this week.
Consumed us.
There are wands. Glittered tulle balls, handpainted dowel handles, and bells hanging off of dyed seam binding and tulle streamers. Bonus? There will be a tutorial coming for these.
Our studio assistant has become an expert in applying German glass glitter to a small forest of trees.
And paper crown buntings. And feathered birds. Nothing escaped the glitter.
It may look like only the Princess is getting cool decor, but trust me when I tell you that the Pirate will have his fair share of the action. Things are being built by actual guys.
And so I must leave you with this. I have no Stash Society photos to share with you yet. Not everything has been picked up. My regret is profound, and I have stressed about it every day for the past week. I thought it would miraculously get done, but alas, no.
There is a bright spot! We are doing a fabulous crown tutorial/project with this month's kit, and there is a very special present for each of you that will be included in the box!! From us, because we cherish and appreciate each of you more than you know. And because it is the Holidays, and we love the Holidays!!
So stay tuned for this party in a future issue of Mingle, and stay tuned here early next week for the photos of December Stash Society! :)
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If you would like to join us for The Gilded Girls Stash Society beginning this month, which will ship December 12th, go here for details!
xoxo Debbie
The Holiday Season just keeps getting better and better! This Thanksgiving week, we are so very grateful for the incredible friends we have made and the doors that have opened for us in our creative lives.
When Christy Tomlinson asked us to participate in her "12 Artsy Ornaments of Christmas" video workshop, we were overjoyed. Christy is one of our very favorite people and an amazing artist, so we knew she would put together something fun and fabulous!
Below is the project that we Shea will be teaching on video. :) A lovely, sparkly winterland cloche... perfect for your mantel or a gift for someone special. We think they will make the perfect teacher gifts. Shhhhh....
Here are the details:
***The 12 Artsy Ornaments of Christmas.. a five day mini workshop***
Introducing a new holiday mini workshop! We are so excited to be participating in a new workshop by Christy Tomlinson, "12 Artsy Ornaments of Christmas"... just in time to get your creative juices flowing for the Holidays! We have teamed up with 10 artsy designers to participate in a 5 day workshop that begins on December 5th. This class will be featured on Christy’s private website and each day 3 new artsy ornaments and home décor projects will be posted by 3 new designers! We will dive into all sorts of creative play including fabric, clay, glitter, metal, glass and more! Day 5 of the workshop will include bonus projects as well as a few fun PDF downloads for you to use as well! Come join us and our creative friends for some artsy fun to celebrate the Season!
Click on the link below to register! We hope you can join us!!
12 Artsy Ornaments of Christmas ~ a five day mini workshop
$19.95
We are so very honored to be a part of one of the most inspirational magazines ever! We have a story in the Spring issue of Where Women Create, which is on the newsstands now!
A huge "Thank You" to the amazing Jo Packham and the entire staff at Stampington. We are grateful beyond words for the privilege of working with all of you.
xoxoxo
Three days in June with Jo and our photographer/friend Andrew Matusik was a dream come true.
Love to both of you for all of your tireless inspiration and encouragement.
We are so happy that the painting by the very talented Kelli Murray-Larson, given to us to celebrate our new space, was featured so prominently! Go and check out her work, and tell her her aunt & cousin sent you!
And please stop by your local bookstore and pick up this copy of Where Women Create. There are lots more pages of our studio, and eleven other great spaces to read about!!
**UPDATED to correct dates!!**
It's that time again!!
We are planning and arranging and dreaming and putting the details in place for our dreamiest and most amazing art event ever!!
Save the dates of June 3rd-5th, 2011, and plan to be in Dallas for a weekend you won't soon forget!!
We are going back to Canton on the luxury bus (!), the amazing Lesa Dailey will be our visiting instructor, and Shea has a gorgeous project planned for you... Project sneak peeks will follow.
And of course the Vendor Night Cocktail Party is not to be missed!
Registration will open this Thursday, January 27th.
This may very well be our only event at the "church" in 2011. We hope you are able to join us!!
~The very Happiest of Thanksgivings to each and every one of you~
We are beyond thankful for this cyber-community of kindred spirits, this lovely online world that has enriched our lives and expanded our horizons beyond anything we could have ever imagined. This past year has unfolded in such a wonderful and surprising way, and so many of you have encouraged us, supported us, and helped us when we needed it most.
So, thank you. Thank You. You are loved and appreciated more than you could ever know.
"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow." ~ Melody Beattie
