There is still time....

to sign up for a great workshop in beautiful Seymour, CT at Zoe & Floyd Gallery. This coming Saturday, November 10th, I will be teaching Fruits & Nuts...Holiday Glitter 101, at which we will be making my signature golden pear ornament (complete with glitter, vintage style leaf, wired ribbons and hand-forged hanging hook)and a nifty papier-mache walnut box, perfect to hide a handful of chocolate inside!!! I know, I know, I need to shoot a picture of the walnlut box...just haven't had time! T'will be fun, I guarantee, and you WILL get glitter on your face!

Stop by and see what's new at the gallery, Zoe & Floyd. They have been busily hanging great art on the walls and stocking their display spaces with fantastic handmade holiday gift items ( Candles, jewelry, paper products, pottery, ornaments and much more.) Bronwyn has designed a wonderful space there...a beautiful gallery space for the art...and right next door is a great workshop space with individual work stations, perfect for jewelrymaking and crafting. I'd love to move right in there, myself! Hope to see you there on Saturday...

Lookey here!

I love to see pictures of projects folks have done at home...and this Halloween Tree was made by Kathy, after watching me make one with Martha last month. She found an urn (glitter to come, she assures me!) wire, plaster and sheet moss and made herself one fancy tree upon which she displayed all her cool H-ween stuff! Way to go, Kathy. Great job!You know, you can also put Cristmas ornaments on those trees...or mini glittered dreidels or Easter eggs or hearts for Valentine's day. I am an "equal-opportunity" glitter-er! And the glitter color on the base can be any color you want to fit the holiday! Untreated over time, the copper wire will develop a nice patina..It will actually oxidize to a brownish color but you can polish it if you want to keep it shiney and even spray it with Krylon sealer to keep it shiney, or you can spray paint it any color you'd like with Rustoleum paint. And, yes, you can also glitter the branches...it takes a while, but it gives it an entirely different look.
I'm doing another workshop at Tinsel Trading Company in NYC December 15th, and we're doing a Holiday Fantasy Tree, perfect to display any type of holiday decorations, from glittered butterflies and bees, or little Santas, to glittered dreidels & stars. I think I'll be demonstrating how to make a bumblebee bed out of a leaf and German wire tinsel. (Bees have gotta sleep somewhere, ya know!) There is no limit, short of your imagination, as to what you can put on those trees. And Tinsel Traders puts out the coolest stuff to work with. Tassels, trims, tinsels...you name it, and you'll probably find it there. We'll be using antique white cast iron urns, which we will glitter in antique silver glass glitter to make it extra festive! Am counting the days....