at our office holiday luncheon last week, we celebrated with a secret santa gift exchange. our sales manager, sandy, had drawn my name. she knows i am an artist and a crafter, so she headed to the mixed media aisle at our local art store to shop.
now...sandy's not so much into these kinds of creative pursuits herself...she said she was totally flummoxed by all the different products and couldn't decide what to buy. a couple of our craftier co-workers helped her choose things in the end, reassuring her that she doesn't need to know what to do with it herself to know that i will love it!
she selected three large sheets of gorgeous collage papers, some decorative brads, postage stamp embellishments, hinge clips, and rub-ons of great words like "adventure." everything was fabulous, she could not have picked more perfect treats for me.
so it only made sense for me to use a little of everything she gave me to make this thank-you card for her. now she will know what we do with this stuff!
made another batch of earrings for my coworkers - they're all getting scooped up for quick and easy gifties - i sure hope the women who get them enjoy them! i'm particularly fond of the long rolled paper beads in the lower left corner.
a few of my co-workers have asked me to make a batch of earrings so they can buy some stocking-stuffers for their friends...so i am spending the day blissfully buried in beads!
i experimented with white embossing powder on a black paper maché box...did some rough striping, then coated it with glossy pouring medium. the top is grungeboard painted with iridescent white, then accented with black metallic dots and a white plaster flower that i edged in black.
