Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Designing with scraps!











Designing with Scraps" starts October 5th at http://www.mycreativeclassroom.com/For more info go tohttp://www.mycreativeclassroom.com/course/info.php?id=301finally, for all of you that do not live local to San Diego, you can now take one of my classes!Designing with Scraps: Finally learn great tips and techniques for using those annoying scraps we all have! Instead of digging through your scraps looking for a piece of paper to use on your project, saying "Where is that piece of paper?".... learn to start with your scraps and say "What can I make with this?". You will create a card and a mini book using only scraps! In this 4 week course we will discover new ways to use those little leftovers. You will rethink tossing out a 1"x2" piece of paper. Learn how to make the perfect bow, ideas for ribbon, and ways to store your scraps.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Focus On Photos Starts Today (Sept 16th)!!

I am so excited about my next two classes at My Creative Classroom! if you have never been to the web site, you will loooove it! they have Cricut classes, scrapbooking classes, photography, quilting, beading....The best part is you take the classes in the comfort of your own home - on your own schedule, AND you use up all those supplies you have laying around!! YAY! (or sometimes there is a kit available).
Focus on Photos starts today, but you can still sign up even after the start date. Each lesson is recorded and so you can view each lesson at your own pace. I have seen many students wait until the second or third week to get started :)




My next class starts FOCUS ON PHOTOS class starting September 16th. My class will be offered online in 4 parts, the great part is that you can take the class at home, on your own time. Each segment is about 2 hours long, it is narrated with a Flash presentation (power point that moves with the narration) and includes a set of notes and a message board to ask questions & receive feedback. There is also a gallery where you can upload your work or upload photos that you have questions about.The course is presented in plain language, this course is designed for the average parent/person who just wants to take more consistent photos! I have condensed 5 years of college into a few hours of practical information!
Johanna, I loved the FOCUS ON PHOTOS class!!! It is helping me so much!
Awesome class!!! Everyone should take it!!!
Johanna - thank you so much! I am so excited to actually take my camera OFF auto, to turn the flash off indoors and get some good photos! I never knew what all those settings were on my camera! Thanks!
For more information, just email me back or go to http://www.mycreativeclassroom.com/or http://www.mycreativeclassroom.com/course/info.php?id=338 to sign up. just click on the link.

And the winner is.....

the winner of my Orange Blog Hop prize is "goldyfish" :)!! Yay, congrats!! I will be sending it out early next week! (goldyfish, if you see this post, email me your address so I can send it out)

johanna

Monday, September 13, 2010

Rocks

this is what the rocks look like before tumbling
this is sort of a before & after. After we polish the rocks, the colors and fractures are revealed.
The rocks are so reflective, they were a bit hard to photograph.
typically we only tumble similar rocks in hardness and size together. granite and basalt will beat up softer rocks.



I really like this conglomerate rock, after polishing you can see the quartz in the rock. The quartz is clear like glass, so you can see into the rock in spots.
the rock on the right (the reddish quartz) has a nice white mineral vein that is visble after tumbling :)


As most of you know, we like rocks in this house. It all started with Hallie. Ever since she could walk, she would pick up rocks. she would have boxes of rocks, rocks in my car, and even have a rock in my parents car. Then my brother, who is a chemical engineer and knows his periodic table well started to "collect mineral specimens" (the technical term for rock collecting). Hallie's love for rocks started to spill over onto me, Davi, Sandy and even Sara. Davi is doing well in Earth Science and knew that Basalt is "Extrusive Igneous rock".

As I write this, the rock tumbler is going.

I wanted to share some photos I took of some of the rocks that Hallie has collected over the years and we throw in the tumbler. after about a month or so, we get beautiful, polished mineral specimens. Hallie usually gives them away to her friends, and the rest go in her collection, or in a bowl in our living room. Everyone who comes over to the house runs their hand through the bowl of glassy texture rocks.

some of our last batch need a bit more time in the polish step, but I lost so many rocks to fractures or...I need more rocks to run them with, hard to explain, but if the rock tumbler is too full or too empty, it doesn't work well. we always have rocks that need more time in each step, waiting for the next batch, so I will just add them to the next set :)

Friday, September 10, 2010

BLOG HOPPIN' crepe paper tutorial link






Ok, if you are part of the Orange Blog Hop (Fiskateers) you should have come from
Connie M. 627
http://craftygoodies.blogspot.com/
and then go to
Groovy Deb 2644
http://ifitsgroovy.blogspot.com after me :)


Here is another project I made using the crepe paper flower technique :) I made this for my daughter's 4th grade teacher who had a baby girl over summer.

I taught this as a class and have extra kits, I should post them..*sigh* sooo much to do- so little time! :) the hangars are all painted, the frames are all painted everything- all you have to do is put it together.

If you are interested in getting a kit, leave me a comment and I will email you - the class was cheap! $12 - you could do this on your own, we even have a tutorial on how to make it on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzfHMYIfoOA

BLOG HOP PRIZE!

Leave a comment here and I will pick a winner Monday morning!! (9/13)
If you win - I will send you one of my crepe paper wreath kits, even the glue sticks!! I have red & pink, so in your comment let me know what color you would like
Oh, don't forget to leave me your email address so I can email you back! :)
**I will moderate the comments, so no one will see your email addy or real address or anything

the next blog is: http://ifitsgroovy.blogspot.com

BLOG HOP

If you are just Hopping by on the Fiskateers Blog Hop- you are in the right place!
If you did not start at the beginning go to http://fiskateers.com/blog/
NEXT go to Groovy Deb 2644 http://ifitsgroovy.blogspot.com

Thursday, September 09, 2010

Designing with scraps





"Designing with Scraps" starts October 5th at http://www.mycreativeclassroom.com/
For more info go to
http://www.mycreativeclassroom.com/course/info.php?id=301
finally, for all of you that do not live local to San Diego, you can now take one of my classes!
Designing with Scraps: Finally learn great tips and techniques for using those annoying scraps we all have! Instead of digging through your scraps looking for a piece of paper to use on your project, saying "Where is that piece of paper?".... learn to start with your scraps and say "What can I make with this?". You will create a card and a mini book using only scraps! In this 4 week course we will discover new ways to use those little leftovers. You will rethink tossing out a 1"x2" piece of paper. Learn how to make the perfect bow, ideas for ribbon, and ways to store your scraps.

crepe paper wreath




Here is a wreath that I made using about 2 rolls of crepe paper and a Styrofoam wreath. oh, and like 25 mini hot glue sticks. I am working on a tutorial for how to make the flowers.
check back later in the week.