Birthday Class for My Sister

Last week was my sister Pat's birthday. As with all sister birthdays, it's been our tradition for us to get together and do a craft class at one of our houses. Pat requested a class from Diana Giambrone, a wonderful artist from Folsom, to teach us her Marie Antoinette crown. Here's our finished projects - they're all so beautiful!

Diana is a great teacher, everything was so organized and prepped for us to get started right away.

I hosted the b-day party at my house. Below are pictures of the work table..

Here's Ruby, our honorary sister

Thanks to Lana and Maryl for helping me with the decorations!

Here's the Birthday Girl, my sister Pat

Me and Diana G. (the teacher of the day)

Here's the kit and how we started...

Diana made the base crown from chicken wire and pre-cut many of our embellishments.

My sisters Pat, Maryl and Diana

Pictured from left to right: my sisters Diana & Pat, teacher Diana, sister Frances and close friend Ruby

Pictured from left to right:  Diana, Ruby and Lana

Here's the crown that Diana G. made for us to use as a sample - beautiful of course!

Below is a picture of my crown in progress - I chose to do a black theme.

We all had a great time! Diana is a wonderful teacher, so talented, organized and entertaining.

My sister Pat asked for two things for her birthday: 1) a paper doll and 2) a sister related Haiku poem. Here's a picture of the paper dolls she received, all so cute!

Haiku poems have a 5-7-5 syllable line. We all attempted to created these poems for her, however not everyone understood the Haiku structure. But, it's the thought that counts and the words were all so great and original!

Another fun day with my sisters. Thanks Diana for a wonderful class, we all had such a fabulous time and we LOVE our finished projects! Happy Birthday Pat!