This weekend I celebrated my birthday with lots of fun activities. Part of the weekend included crafting with my sisters and making these adorable paper dolls inspired by Claudine Hellmuth.
We met at a wonderful art store in Marin called Once Around, and they allowed us to use their classroom to make these dolls as a private class.
My sister, Diana, helped coordinate the event - she made the samples for us and provided many of the supplies - thank you Dee! If you're ever in Mill Valley, make sure to check out this store called Once Around - it's very cool!
Prior to the crafting event we had a wonderful lunch at Blue Barn at Corta Madera, one of my favorite spots for lunch...
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| Picture of me & my sisters and my niece Natalie |
On Friday, I took the day off and spent some time in Petaluma antique shopping and also taking a class from Eileen Hull at Cathe Holden's amazing barn. Below are a few shots from her barn.
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| Cathe Holden and I |
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| My sister Maryl and teacher Eileen Hull |
What great inspiration for redoing my craft room someday! Cathe you've collected some amazing pieces and your barn is a dream...love it all! Here's a picture of the project I made in the class.
We used a Sizzix die to cut out the cover and pages.
Thank you Eileen for a fun and inspiring class!
Another nice bday surprise was being published in the Oct/Nov/Dec issue of Somerset Life.
One of my recent necklaces that I constructed from several necklaces was featured.
Thank you friends and family for all the bday wishes and thoughtful and generous gifts! It was a wonderful weekend of celebrations!
We met at a wonderful art store in Marin called Once Around, and they allowed us to use their classroom to make these dolls as a private class.
My sister, Diana, helped coordinate the event - she made the samples for us and provided many of the supplies - thank you Dee! If you're ever in Mill Valley, make sure to check out this store called Once Around - it's very cool!
Prior to the crafting event we had a wonderful lunch at Blue Barn at Corta Madera, one of my favorite spots for lunch...
We used a Sizzix die to cut out the cover and pages.
Thank you Eileen for a fun and inspiring class!
Enjoyed celebrating your birthday with you and the sisters! Eileen's class was a lot of fun and Cathe's barn was really something! Dee's art project was so cute and they all turned out amazing.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on getting published again...your necklaces are spectacular!
What a fun way to celebrate your birthday - several days of crafting. Enjoyed seeing photos of Cathe Holden's barn and your finished project. What an amazing place she has. Congrats on having 5 of your pieces published.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I got to help you celebrate part of your birthday.
happy belated bday connie!! oh I wish we weren't so busy that weekend I would have loved to have seen you while we were up there! looks like a fabulous day! xo
ReplyDeleteI was so inspired by YOU at Eileen Hull's class on Friday. I just loved hosting it and meeting you and your sister. I'm honored to have been a part of your birthday weekend. I'm looking forward to crafting with you again in the near future!
ReplyDeleteConnie looks like you had a FAB birthday celebration!
ReplyDeleteYour necklaces look beautiful in the magazine CONGRATS once again and well deserved~~~~ I love all of your projects the last few posts....amazing...
Happy Belated Birthday XO Laura H :)
love those paper dolls, and it looks like you´ve had a great time - belated birthday greetings!
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