Lisa Kaus's Class

This is a collage painting I did in Lisa's class at Art and Soul in Las Vegas.

I did not think I would like painting so much but Lisa has really inspired me

to keep taking painting classes and I hope I get another opportunity to take

 one of her classes.  We used beeswax to coat the top of our paintings

 and it smells so nice and has a soft rich texture.  I wish I would have taken

pictures of everyone's so I would have more pics to post.

Sally Jean Alexander's Class

  

I went to Art and Soul in Vegas and had fun spending time with some really fun girls

that I met last year at Art and Soul.  We had so much fun taking Sally Jean's Perfume bottle class.

 This is Kim and she is so cute and fun to hang out with, here she is working on her Perfume bottle.

Here is Carol sporting some of her really nice jewelry. She has so much talent.

This is a cool picture of hollywood aka: Anne. She looks so cute in her glasses

and as you might have guessed she is really outgoing and fun to hang out with.

This is a picture of Sally's perfume bottle it is really great, It is made

with white vintage rosary beads and chandelier crystals.  I wanted to steal it.  

All of the necklaces turned out really nice, but some of them are

not put together yet. I will post some more of them as soon as I they are finished 

and I receive pictures (hint, hint).

Don't you just love the way she finished it?  It is hard to tell how 

beautiful it is because my camera did not show all of the details.

Time Capsule Necklaces

This is one of the necklaces I created for an upcoming issue of Belle Armoire Jewelry. It will be in the summer 2011 issue along with two others ones.   One has an ocean theme and the other one with a vintage Paris theme. This necklace is called Dream and has several little sterling hearts dangling from the base. I have been having so much fun making these and have created six more pendants that still need to be embellished with ribbon, chain, beads and findings.  All of them are slightly different sizes and have different words on them.  I did one with Cherish, Inspire, Artist, Mon Tresor (my treasure), Discover, and Destiny. I am planning on making several more to take with me to Petaluma, CA this fall for the Art-is-You retreat.  If you have not checked this out, it is on line at: http://www.art-is-you.com  It is the inaugural event for the west coast and there are some wonderful instructors that will be teaching there.  Included are some of my favorite instructors such as Nina Bagley and Stephanie Lee.  I will have a table there to sell my jewelry.  Watch for me to post some of the new designs in progress in an upcoming post.