getting back to my roots...

I've been doing a lot of multi media and three dimensional art lately and felt the need to do something a bit simpler and more collage-y. So, I grabbed one of the adorable Hidden Drawer Book Box - ATC Size and a brand spankin' new Saucy 6x6 Paper Pad and got to work creating this sweet "Let's Eat" shrine.

With the exception of one tiny little pitcher of milk, the whole thing is made of paper. Some of the paper is from a new collage sheet I created just for this project. It has lots of kitschy images of food and people eating and goes great with the Saucy paper.

I also begged Leslie to have a little set of chipboard kitchen shapes cut, thus giving birth to Tiny Kitchen Items :)

Don't they look adorable painted black?

Inside my little shrine is a darling little girl, dressed for Sunday dinner, with a straw hat perched jauntily on her head. It appears dinner is just being served...

Haha! Looks like my kind of dinner! Yummy cupcakes and a glass of milk, what could be sweeter? And there's that tiny Pitcher of Milk I spoke of earlier.

On the back is an old advertisement for sugar...

 I hope you enjoyed my kitschy sweet Let's Eat shrine and it will inspire you to either go out and eat a dozen doughnuts or, better yet, make a shrine of your very own!

Here's a link to the products I used ;)

Maison de l'Amour...

or the House of Love is a lovely little market stall run by Madam Sophie and her dog Giget. Madam sells gifts of love and really makes a killing during the week leading up to Valentine's Day. Let's take a look at her wares...

The shop is quite festive with it's red, black and white wallpaper and signage.

 Madam Sophie is proud of her French heritage and you can see this in the Eiffel Tower paper she has covered her back wall with.

 Awww, there's little Giget, waiting to serve the next customer!

 Yum! Don't those candies look tempting!

 

Madam Sophie carries a wide variety of wonderful things...

 she's also open late to better serve her customer's needs.

I hope you have enjoyed my tour of the Maison de l'Amour... if you'd like to create a miniature house of love for yourself you can click here for my supply list. Wanna know how I made those tiny heart shaped candy boxes? Well, I have a Snapguide to show you how :)

 

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day!

white mice and Christmas...

 go together like black cats and Halloween... in my humble opinion. 

So I have been creating lots of Christmas art featuring mice. What could be cuter than a hidden drawer book box with a mouse perching among the holly?

 or a sweet, tiny, mouse warming his paws at the fireplace, inside the hidden drawer book box.

If you're not into cute and sweet, perhaps, a mouse driving a steampunk sleigh is more your style...

 Don't you just love that gorgeous plaid paper?

And just look at his little face!

Ooops! He's missing his whiskers because one of my cats thought they were fun to chew on. Bad, kitty :(

Speaking of the plaid paper... it's from a new company called Photo Play Paper Co. and we have some of their Dear Santa line at alphastamps.com. I fell in love with the kitschy mid century vibe and used some paper from the 6" x 6" pad to create this sweet shabby chic mini sleigh...

Dang! I forgot to put a mouse in that one! Oh, well, I guess I can add one to it later ;)
Thanks for dropping by and reading my post, if you'd like to view a list of supplies I used on each of these projects just click on the name below:
Christmas Mouse Book Box
Steampunk Mouse Sleigh

Sweet Shabby Chic Sleigh (below)

Dear Santa 6x6 Paper Pad
Chipboard Sleigh - Ornament*
Tim Holtz Mini Paper Rosettes Die
Miniature Clay Dough Peppermints
Miniature Rusted Bells
Sweet Christmas Collage Sheet
Bakers Twine - Red
Holly Berry Garland
Diamond Stickles*
Distress Paints - Picket Fence
Tim Holtz Trophy Antlers 

Kitschy Bitch Television Shrine...

New and fabulous at www.alphastamps.com is the Altered Metal Frame - Television! I am in LOVE with this kitschy little shadowbox! It's the perfect shade of mid-century aqua and looks like an old TV with rabbit ears. I adore kitsch, so I begged Leslie to carry this frame from Prima Marketing just so I could create something totally over the top and tacky as all get out. I even created two new collage sheets for the occasion and dug up all the red and aqua treasures I could find in my hoarded stash.

 I think we can all agree the resulting shrine is pretty tacky, gaudy and lots of fun. It was also very easy to create as the back of the shadowbox opens up so you can easily apply paper and other decoration. My favorite thing about this piece is the letterpress letters that spell out kitschy along the top. I used some red acrylic paint on them to make them really pop.

If you'd like to create you own version of this "masterpiece" click here for a list of the supplies I used.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you've enjoyed this little bit of kitsch.