Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Crown Embellishment Swap




I am excited to be part of an international (well Australia-United States at least) art swap. We are making elements to decorated a crown. I went back and forth about what to make, and finally decided on fabric tags. I painted the fabric with Lumiere, stamped, colored in, and then sewed them together. The ribbon is hand dyed and stamped and I made the iridescent beads out of fabric, Fantasy Film and Angelina fiber. What I love about doing swaps is that they make me get moving, and I usually try out a new technique. These beads were a first for me, and I made them mostly because I was afraid to send glass beads in the mail, and these babies are indestructible. Plus, if I have never said before, I like melting stuff.

9 comments:

  1. Wow! Truly amazing. Artistic and so creative. Can't wait! xxx libby

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  2. Gorgeous Laura, can't wait to receive mine!!! <3

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  3. beautiful blog...like entering another world here :) butterflies touch home for me on many levels.. Your are so creative, and do wonderful work Laura! How much fun it sounds being in this swap!

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  4. Hey Laura...these are way cool! Love them! I didn't have an email address for you so I thought I'd post on your blog. Thanks so much for leaving a comment on my blog! I really appreciate them!
    <3 Candy

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  5. You always come up with the coolest ideas! I really like these

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  6. hi laura! these are awesome and so so so beautiful!!

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  7. wow these are amazing! Hugs Juls

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  8. the photos do your work little justice...as a lucky member of the swap, I am thrilled to bits to own an adornment from you x

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  9. thanks for visiting Life in the AZ Desert and commenting on my ArtFest blog posts; stop back again sometime! I would HIGHLY recommend ArtFest to anyone creative- just being there was such great inspiration.

    I love all your artwork!! I'm impressed that you're doing the calendar journal; I gave up on that one after about the first two weeks... lol!

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