Earlier this month, I spent a week in Anaheim. No, not at Disneyland - at the crafty version of Disneyland - the Craft and Hobby Show. It's a great time to see the latest craft products, connect with colleagues, and learn some new techniques.
This year I worked with one of the new exhibitors, Eye Connect Crafts. Erin, the owner and designer of the Totem Poppets and Lace-Ups, took photos of the booth from set-up to tear-down. You can see those on her blog.
I wasn't able to walk the show as thoroughly as I have in previous years, but I caught a few booths in photos. Here's the Beadalon booth for us jewelry makers. They had displays featuring trends on each corner of their booth.
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| Beadalon - Animal Prints |
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| Beadalon - Tassels |
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| Beadalon - Shades of Gray |
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| Beadalon - Geometry |
One of the most popular was the booth created by Spinrite Yarns. They created their version of Narnia in yarn - Yarnia! You could walk through the wardrobe and into the snow scene with the battle scene along side. It featured many different yarns used in everything from animal fur to chainmail! My favorites were the animals!
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| Through the Wardrobe |
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| Beavers |
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| A Wolf |
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| An Owl |
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| The Fox |
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| Yarnia in the Snow |
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| Ready for Battle |
And, I was able to take one class on layering using mixed media. I had a great time and actually finished the project! Seth Apter was a great teacher and kept us moving along as we used paint, stamps, stencils and masking to create our artwork. Since I had never worked in this way and didn't have a clue on how to start, this was a great introduction to layering one technique over the other.
Here's how mine turned out:
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| My Class Project from Mixed Media Layer Conveyer with Seth Apter |
Happy Crafting!
Terry
Nice photos! And so nice to spent time with you at the show....
ReplyDeleteThanks for the highlights. Love the Narnia scenes! And your work, as always, is beautiful. :)
ReplyDelete~ Karen W