A Sneak peek

I've been neglecting my blog this last week or so.  I've been super busy re-organizing my studio and putting together a mixed media painting for a charity event hosted by the Junior Achievement of Arizona.  I'm going to be putting together a tutorial for how I put this piece together, but I wanted to give you a sneak peek of just a portion of this painting.  I call it "Dans le jardin" (In The Garden).  Stay tuned later this week for the tutorial, and I wanted to share all the goodies I got in a Paper Swap with Hope from Paper Relics!  It was amazing... You can check out her site here:  http://www.paperrelics.com/index.html and here is her blog post where she showed what I sent.  It was quite a swap, I got so much lovely stuff, i can't wait to show you all pictures! Till later, here's a little sneak peek of my new painting for the charity auction...

Art, Craft, Vintage, and Antiques Show this Weekend - March 13, 2010

This coming weekend in Queen Creek, Arizona will be a Huge Arts and Crafts Festival!  I'm going to have a booth at this show, and I've been working very hard to put together some amazing goods for this event!  I have some very unique vintage paper items, some new mixed media paintings, and more!  I'm sharing my booth with my mom who creates fabulous jewelry http://vickisdesertjewels.etsy.com/.  So, come on out, it will be fun for the whole family, with live music, bull riding, food, and more!

LOVE days like this!

I just love days like this... I found some AMAZING vintage goodies today! I just had to share pics, I was so excited with all the lovelies I came home with. :)

Some of the awesome finds include:
*4 very cool old pocketwatches... hmmm, how should I work these into a project? They are so great, they even work still.

*Really old set of Bingo cards! How fun are these? I can see some cool art journals being made out of these... hmmm... ideas are running through my head.

*A bunch of old rubber stamps... super cool, cant wait to use these!

*6 old rusty horseshoes... Might make something really great for the upcoming show in Queen Creek at the Equestrian Park :)

Lots more too... Check out the pics, leave your comments! :)

Featured on a Blog

I'm so excited, My vintage French paper packs have been featured on a lovley blog: Studio Haus
Stop by this lovely blog and vote on which item is your favorite!

http:studiohaus.blogspot.com

It's Time for a GIVEAWAY!

I just love when it starts getting just a little bit cooler and the mornings start to feel crisp! It's October, and that means it's time for Oktoberfest! In honor of Oktoberfest and my partial German heritage, I've decided to offer my super fabulous Vintage German paper pack as a giveaway! These papers would be so perfect for scrapbooking about your favorite October memories or to make your fall cards.

Just leave a comment with your favorite thing about fall AND become a follower of my blog, and I'll pick someone at random on October 12th!

Please be sure you have a valid email address. Winner will be notified by email.


You can also find these fabulous vintage paper packs and others for sale in my etsy store.

STOCK UP & SAVE SALE!

It's that time of year when everyone is having sales, back to school, end of summer, yada yada. So, I figured I'd jump on the bandwagon and offer some pretty good sales as well!

From now until the end of August, Buy ANY 2 packs of vintage papers from my etsy store: And get ANY 1 pack FREE! It's your choice! Just let me know in the notes section when you check out which one you would like, and it's yours - FREE!

http://katieblue.etsy.com