Luna's Memories

An Amazing Class!

My 10 year old daughter and I took an amazing class with Connie Andrews today!  It was an intermediate collage class called extreme layering, and here's what we made:

Clara's creation "Story Time" tells the story of this baby's life.  My creation, "Wings" tells of the transformative potential of art.  It certainly felt like a transformative day!

From Blank to Beautiful!

Sign ups are now OPEN for the pre-crop prep class for the October Crop.  This sold out last time, so call Luna's or stop by to sign up soon. Here's one of the blank layouts side-by-side with a decorated one.  At the PreCrop Prep class, we prepare 8 blank pages (four two-page layouts) which you can then finish with your pictures and embellishments during the crop.  One new mom at the last crop took the blank layouts home because she figured they were things she could actually finish, even with two little ones under foot!  For the PreCrop Prep class, you can either bring your own paper (scroll back to prior blog entries to find this month's gather list), or you can use the papers that I have selected for the class.  Whatever you choose, you will have a wonderful time, and complete the class ready to complete four stunning layouts! 

See you in October!

Maria

Four new precrop prep layouts

Here's the four yummy layouts I've put together for the October Pre-Crop Prep class.  Hope to see you there.

Maria

Gather List for October PreCrop Prep

If you want to bring your own paper to the PreCrop Prep, please bring the following.

For Layout 1 (Surfboard): One 12x12 piece of patterned paper. Three pieces of 12x12 solid cardstock in two different colors (two of one color and one of a different color). The solid colors should coordinate with the patterned paper. (4 pieces of paper total - 1 patterned and 3 solid in two different colors).

For Layout 2 (Pumpkins):  One 12x12 piece of patterned paper. Two pieces of 12x12 solid color cardstock in the same color. One piece 12x12 solid color cardstock in a different color. The solid colors should coordinate with the patterned paper (4 pieces of paper total - 1 patterned and 3 solid in two different colors).

For Layout 3 (Fall):  Two pieces 12x12 patterned paper. Two pieces of 8.5x11 solid color cardstock in two different colors (4 pieces of paper total - 2 patterned and 2 8.5x11 solid in two different colors).

For Layout 4 (Floral):  Two pieces 12x12 solid colored cardstock in the same color. Two pieces 8.5x11 solid color cardstock in the same color, but different than the 12x12 solids. Two pieces of 12x12 patterned paper in two different, but coordinating patterns. (6 pieces of paper total - two 12x12 solids in one color, two 8.5x11 solids in one color, two patterned in two different patterns).

Dominoe Mania!!!

Dominoes were one of the first art medias in which I dabbled, and I still love working with them.  On Wednesday, I started a big batch of them, while playing with Connie Andrews.  Here's what I came up with:

Love them?  You can make your own by buying dominoes (in a bucket at Luna's) and coloring with either alcohol inks, stayz-on ink or chalk in (heat set with your heat tool) and then stamping with a good quality dye ink.  Two of these contain images from flea market collage sheets. I protected them all with a layer of glossy accents or crackle accents.

Love them but don't have time to make them yourselves?  These and other treasures (like the collage sheets) will be available at the Luna's Memories Flea Market on November 8th.

Maria

Things that make me happy at Luna's

This makes me happy . . .

It's the cool stuff I bought at the Flea Market last weekend.  Some of Connie's dynamite collage sheets; also, keys, fish eye lenses and a great big spoon from Tom the wacky post office guy.  We're having another flea market on November 8, so mark your calendar.  Here's something else that makes me happy . . .

They're completed pages made during the Pre-Crop Prep class and completed during the crop. We had a great time. It really opened up several people to the possibility of completing pages. Look for another pre crop prep class before the October class.  Here's a sneak peek of the paper for one of the layouts:

and the final thing that makes me happy . . .

This cool, very organized box of embellishments for the Dias de los Muertos Slide Shrines and Halloween Box class that I'm teaching in October.  Hope to see you there.

Maria