Merry Christmas!

Things I plan to do over the Holiday break...
- Organize my studio. Clean out the closet and inventory everything I have!
- Knit with the kids in front of the fire.
- Learn more about Adobe Photoshop. (so far I only know how to open it!)
- Spend tons of time with my sister and brother.
- and take time to GO & Dream about the New Year, make Wishes for my kids, and Adore everyone and everything around me.

Whatever you may celebrate, no matter how...
we wish you a very HAPPY HOLIDAY.
A sincere greeting to all of our friends, both old and new,
our families and customers (who we consider our friends!).

Hope your days are filled with great fun and laughter and
maybe a little glitter and glue!


SEE YOU IN 2009!

-Allison

Resting the Creative Mind

I don't know about you guys, but right about now I am feeling a little overloaded. Like Allison, I have a million different ideas floating in my mind...

barrettes with eyelets and vintage jewelry...knitting with soft cottons...

You get the idea...SO MANY IDEAS!!!! If I could ask for one thing for Christmas this year, it would be for an extra 3 or 4 hours in a day. Wouldn't that be great?

I'm looking forward to the kids being off school and hanging around the house. I am hoping to do some organizing of my studio, enjoy some knitting and read more of the Twilight series.

I think that when you have some down time it lets you rest your creative mind....so watch out for next year! Lots of new ideas will be coming! I hope you and your families have a wonderful holiday season. Rest those minds & I'll see you next year!

Stacie

what's coming up?

We have been brainstorming like crazy... I can't stop discovering new projects!

Ok. So... "what are you thinking about?" you ask?
-Scrabble Tile pendants
-Vintage inspired knob pulls
-more and more light switch designs
-something soft, perhaps felted projects!
-more collage! Learning the art if distressing...
-hardback and soft back hand bound journals...
And this is just in my head! Stacie's head is full as well!!!

how about a gameboard inspired line. Monopoly? Bingo? Scrabble?

January is going to be a fun month!
So for now... the rest of this month will be spent organizing my chaotic "mess-terpiece" and knitting! I am in a frenzy making funky scarves and hats for my family! Stacie introduced me to embellishing on knittings... so I can't wait to check out more if it this Fri!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! We had fun... my whole family joined us here for our annual cookie exchange and tree trimming party! The kids also had guests of their own. Making ornaments and a kids talent show! It was SOOOOO much fun! These kids have energy to spare!

I am a little tired... but excited for the holidays. I think I am finally getting into the spirit!!!

Have a great day and hope you have a creative fun time!

Cell phone charms!

OK, we are a bit obsessed with Twilight!!! But, we are having fun! That is the point of art and creating, right?

Check out these great cell phone charms that Allison made. The charms can also be used on IPods too. We already sold one on Moonflower!

We donated a few to my son's middle school for a Christmas shopping spree. They should be a hot ticket item.

Allison did get away from the Twilight scene long enough to make this beautiful cell phone charm.

Well off to get the day started. Hope you have a good one! Thanks for checking back in with us.

Stacie

COME AND VISIT US AT THE SPRING RIDGE HOLIDAY BAZAAR!

I have the info on the Holiday Shoppe we will be at this weekend! Fri and Saturday!

Friday, December 12^th from 5-9pm

Saturday, December 13^th from 9-2pm
Spring Ridge Elementary-Cafeteria

Shop vendors like: Bath & Body, Emma Elizabeth – Custom Handbags, Stacie Jewelry, Cookie Lee, Silpada, Allison Papercrafts, MoonflowerArt, Karen Craney Designs, Creative Memories, Pewter Designs, Face Painting by Vicki, Saint Loup Designs and more!

*Please Note: In the event of bad weather, these events will be cancelled but plan for next year!

Friday, December 12^th, enjoy crafts with the kids. We
will be doing a milk carton/gingerbread house. Donation
to cover expenses will be $1 per house.

Write a letter to Santa and we’ll drop it at a Macy’s to support Believe and the Make a wish foundation. Macy’s will donate $1 to every letter received.

Spring Ridge Elementary Chorus will sing from 5-5:30pm

Karaoke will be available for kids after 6pm! Come sing carols!

Students will be able to shop some vendors who will
have items for $5 and under.

Bring your camera Saturday, December 13^th!!

Santa will be available for photos from 10am-Noon, $3 ea.

We will have a box available to collect a new,
unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots and we will be accepting
canned goods for the Frederick Food Pantry on both days..

Come on out for a great time and some last
minute shopping!

as for other crafting news... I am creating new CELL PHONE charms! I don't have a photo today but I will post one as soon as I have them ready!

We have new lower prices at our MoonflowerArt store online just in time for the last minute holiday shopping. We always ship for free, no tax and all instock items will ship within 24 hours of your purchase!

Have a great day (stay warm!) and we'll see you back here soon!

I Won the Battle Against Resin!!

More Resin Bottlecap Designs!!

Ok....I finally did the resin! It worked out great. Allison was a very good teacher and we had a fun time creating new bottlecap designs. Check out the new High School Musical designs.

These will be really popular for the kids for Christmas gifts!

Speaking of Christmas, here are some new ideas for holiday magnets...
check out Rudolph's nose!

For those of you that remember TV from a time a little before High School Musical, here are some fun I Love Lucy designs!

Off to the studio for more new magnets and necklaces! Stay tuned for new products and ideas next week.

Thanks again for visiting Moonflower Art Blog! Make sure to check out the website often...we are posting new products just about daily!

Stacie

More Creations Coming Soon!

Allison and I have scheduled two work day sessions this week to combine our talents and create more exciting products!

Allison has promised to help me overcome my fear of resin and I'm going to teach her the world of photo transfer. So look forward to seeing some new products by the end of the week! Who knows what we will come up with together!!!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!

Stacie