One of the coolest perks of being the Coordinator of Paper Cowgirl Art Retreat, is that I get to work with some pretty amazing gals. Being surrounded by all that talent can be very intimidating. Or very inspiring, just depending on how you look at it. Me? I'm inspired.
If you remember this little project, it was fun. And I loved the concept of the whole little hanging pocket. But the colors, never quite sat well with me. And I love color. LOVE!
So, inspired by my (amazing, might I add) friend, Lisa Mac, over at Tarnished and Tattered, I decided to re-do the little pocket, in neutrals. Eek. I'm a color kinda girl. Neutrals hard. All vintage...even harder.
But, really....it was fun! And kinda freeing! Because I was staying neutral, it made choices of what to use, easier. Even though it was a little harder to stay our of my scrabooking bins, they are usually my go to.
The finished pocket above...
And here. One of my favorite details, was that I attached the (real! gasp!) photo to some recycle cardstock (Salt-tine box), and then cut the edges. As I was looking for toys to fill the pocket, I grabbed a piece of white writing chalk. I decided to just chalk the edges of the cardstock the photo was adhered to for some additional detail. It turned out to be my favorite thing.
I tucked in some "inspirational" toys. I wanted the pocket to be an inspirational piece. I made shred by repeatedly printing out this Picasso quote:
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.
And then I cut it all to use as filler. And I also did a hand-lettered card that read the same thing. All sorts of "toys" bits of a bingo card, a fortune, a wish ticket, kiddie park tickets, etc. All to inspire one to "play".
Here it is stuffed and ready to be wrapped.
By then, I was really in the neutral groove and added a hand-made tag to match.
And here it is, all wrapped and ready to go!
If you've never been over to Lisa Mac's world, go check her out. Her blog is truly a trip down the rabbit hole into a wonderful, dream of cream, wonderfuland.
I'm so honored to have this talented gal be involved in Paper Cowgirl again this year. To check out her class at Paper Cowgirl in June, go to: http://papercowgirl.blogspot.com/, and look at the amazing class she will be teaching this year! You too will be, like me, inspired!
-c
Love it!
Posted by: karin | February 11, 2011 at 09:45 AM
yummy!
Posted by: sherri | February 11, 2011 at 04:17 PM
I'm planning on "crashing" again this year. Y'alls talent always blows me away. Saltine box and chalk...genius!
Debbie
P.S. I'm working my hind end off getting ready for Warrenton. Are you coming to the blog party?
Posted by: debbie york | February 12, 2011 at 03:37 AM
Love this-You are an inspiration!!
Posted by: suesue | February 15, 2011 at 02:46 PM
Wow Cin, you make me feel so improtant! I dont think anyones ever done a post like that about me. You know I love my nuetrals, you'll grow to love them I promise. Of course your birghts will be there waiting for you. I love the 'play' concept. It turned out beautiful. Lisa
Posted by: lisa | February 16, 2011 at 07:38 PM
That was beautiful in neutral!
Posted by: deedee | March 19, 2011 at 07:47 PM