My little granddaughter Molly came to my studio after school yesterday to collage a journal. This year her class is doing daily journal writing so they were required to bring a journal from home. She wanted to make her journal really unique so she collaged a composition book. I'm anxious to find out what everyone thought of it when she took it to school today! I think it turned out just beautiful!
This past Friday night two very cool girls (Aubrey and Halie) stopped by the studio to create wonderful pieces of art! They immediately chose their projects and started creating. The studio door was open so we were able to hear the live band on the street below which was part of the "Friday Night Music Series" here in Morgan Hill.
Aubrey chose to decoupage a wooden hand mirror and Halie chose to collage a personnel journal.
This was Aubrey's first time collaging and her project turned out so awesome! She made a beautiful Audrey Hepburn themed hand mirror that she will always cherish!
Halie's journal turned out beautiful! She chose to collage pieces of gold, purple and animal print tissue paper adding a picture of the Eiffel Tower, vintage postcards and a Paris window. She used an embossing pen and powders to make a raised design around the edges of her journal. Exotic!
Thanks for coming by girls! It was another fun Friday night at Collage Cafe Art Studio! Remember every Friday night 7pm to 9pm is Open Studio. Bring some friends or come and make new ones. Space is limited so come early! Can't wait to meet you all!
After she finished the perfume bottle she made a collage on a canvas board for her bedroom!
It's a very intense process you know!
Molly loves being in the studio just like her Grammy!
Her little puppies Weanie (don't ask me why she named it that), Cuddles and their son (I forgot his name) love to watch their "mommy" doing collage. She has had these puppies since she was born. She takes them everywhere she goes even to school in her backpack. I asked her why she does this and she told me "just in case there's ever a fire she doesn't want to loose them"! Yikes, I hope there's never a fire! I think it's so cute how special they are to her though! My daughter and I had actually bought "back-up puppies" (the exact same kind) in case these were ever lost. A couple of times through the years she did lose them so we had to give her the "back-ups" which were all new and clean so she was sceptical about them being the "real" thing. We told her that they had just gotten back from the Spa! LOL! She really believed it back then! She hasn't lost them now for many years, thank God because I don't think they make these puppies anymore! It is soooo fun being a Grammy!
Here is my granddaughter Molly having her 11th Birthday party at Collage Cafe Art Studio!
She had invited eight girls and they painted and collaged wooden plaques for there bedrooms!
They had so much fun. One of Molly's friends brought her IPod so they listened to all of their favorite tunes on my IPod player and munched on goodies while they collaged. That's my daughter Natasha (Molly's Mom) looking up from the table. She almost looks like she's the same age as the girls! lol!
Here is Molly's finished plaque. She loves puppies as you can see! Below is her friend Izabella's plaque. It was so interesting to see how each of the girl's plaques were so unique to their personalities. They all had a great time and got to take home a beautiful piece of art!
I think there is really something to this birthday party idea. I would love to do more of these. It's exciting to see the girls really come out of their shells! I think I'll start promoting these kinds of parties! I also have such a place in my heart for teens and young people. I want them to come to the studio and do their art and bring their music (Ipods) and hang out and express themselves through collage!!!!!! YES!!!! I'm thinking this might be my mission or part of it anyway!
I didn't bring my cape or my hair cutting scissors so we wrapped him in a flowered sheet and I used my craft scissor. They're kind of dull from cutting paper but they worked! He had gone out that day and bought a Vidal Sassoon trimer so that helped.
Yikes, his hair is very straight and sticks out like a porcupine. It was kinda scary there for a minute. Good thing I had that glass of wine before hand to calm my nerves, lol!
It ended up turning out really cute! It also helps that he's so damn handsome (and single I might add)! Anyone? Anyone? He'd probably kill me if he saw this (JK)!
Hello there tall (6"3'), dark and handsome with a terrific new haircut! Ah yes, I am an artist in so many ways! Mwah ha ha ha!
We were just going to base coat our canvas' because it was getting kind of late but then we got on a roll and collaged until 5:00am! Yikes! Time flies when you're collaging and having fun with your sister! Here is her very first ever collage on canvas! Good job E~ (aka, Elizabeth)!
The feather on her collage came from her very talkative bird Pascal (below). It's spring so he's molting. He's an Amazon Parrot and he's quite the flirt! Sorry the picture's kind of dark.
I had an awesome trip to Salt Lake City, Utah to visit my wonderful beautiful "baby (she hates it when we call her that) sister" Elizabeth (aka E~ just like Elvis... we used to think she was his love child, lol)! We had a great time eating out almost every day and night and shopping at cool boutiques and thrift stores in her little artsy town of Sugar House! We had just finished eating (above) at Mazza Restaurant where they have the best middle eastern food and Lebanese wine! My face is starting to turn red (red wine does that to me) and my teeth are looking slightly purple! lol!
On our way home we spotted this funky little thrift store (above) called Abode Paris Flea Market so we quickly pulled over! Skreech! We were in heaven! There's nothing like good food, good wine and good junk! That certainly makes for a GOOD DAY!
This is the street where my sister lives in Sugar House, Utah. The weather is very different from California that's for sure! It snowed twice while I was there and this is suppose to be spring!
This is my sister's cute house. She has a claw foot bathtub. I just love claw foot bathtubs! I think she should collage it! Darn, I should have gotten a picture of it! The red building next door is a cool, funky hair salon.
Here is my (first time) entry for the Gilroy Garlic Festival Poster Contest! I feel like I've already won something just by doing it and turning it in! Yay for me because I'm usually such a procrastinator! I didn't get time to do as much shading as I would have liked, but what the heck. There was a deadline so I had to turn it in as it was. I did some highlighting with gold and silver paint and Pearl Ex powders but they didn't really show up in this picture. Usually the entries that are chosen have been pretty conservative in the past so it will be interesting to see if mine gets in. I think this would look cool on a t-shirt, don't you?
I was inspired by these ornaments in Somerset Studio Magazine this month. I've decided to make them one of the projects for Collage Cafe "Open Studios" during the months of November and December! Here are the class examples I've made!
Here is the sign I made for "Collage Cafe Art Studio". I'm going to hang it out on the street in front of my studio.
Here it is sitting on an easel. I think it turned kind of cool!
Here I am in the process of doing the first layers on the sign.
Here is Melissa working on her "shabby chic" Paris collage!
Roxanne and Melissa are base coating their cigar box lids to prepare for the first layer of their collages. Roxanne has decided to do a vintage nature themed collage.
Michelle and Denie are excited about beginning their evening of art, wine and creativity!
Roxanne and Melissa are ready for a night of collage, hors d'oeurves and fine wines!
Michelle has base coated her cigar box lid in preparation for her wine themed collage.
Denie is discussing ideas for her vintage themed collage with Roxanne.
Here are the ladies with their finished collages. Each piece turned out uniquely beautiful and all agreed they were amazing reflections of their own personalities! It was a great night of art, wine, food and fun at Collage Cafe Art Studio!
