Wednesday, September 14, 2011

home is where the ♥ is!

a little while ago, the lovely and amazing marisol gave me a very cool set of three alterable "art blanche" panels attached by rings, which turned out to be the PERFECT setting for an idea that had been trying to take shape in my head for quite a while. in retrospect i realize the reason it was "stuck" was that up until then, i didn't have the right ingredients for it!

flash forward to the arrival of september's TECOLOTE pixie dust kit... with EXACTLY the right mix of colors and patterns... and SHAZAM! i knew i could finally make it work. the result is one of those rare and cool times when the finished project was actually EVEN COOLER than the version that was inside my head!

not that you can really TELL from this photo, taken in the only spot with enough blank wall, or rather closet door... but not quiiiiiiiiiiiite enough light... to do it justice:


here's a photo that doesn't show the length, but you can see the details a bit better:


but really, you need to head over to the pixie dust paperie blog to see ALL the photos--there are some good close-ups and lots more text! plus, as always, there's DAILY inspiration from m'colleagues, and cool things like challenges and giveaways... you know, if ya like that sorta thing... :) :) :)

11 comments:

  1. ACK! I love this, and further more, I cut a tree using the exact same MME paper and I also used the background paper you have in your "heart is" panel. I have not quite evolved it into a card, but how cool that I had a similar creative thought to YOU, my paper crafty idol! This is really a beautiful project, L.

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  2. Your GENIUS never ceases to AMAZE! This is just THE CUTEST!!!

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  3. This is so great... if I had the talent to copy this, you can bet your boots I would. I really, really like this hanging, Lauren! Another terrific use of a Pixie Kit.

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  4. WOW!!! girl this is fantastic and super cool :) shazam??? lol

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  5. What an adorable project! Love how you put it all together!

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  6. Such a fun project, Lauren and something you could feast your eyes on daily. Love all your paper choices (that tree is to die for!) and how the heck do you make your catywampus letters look so danged artsy. You have the EYE for sure. Love this project--sheer genius!!! xoxo

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  7. Wow! I'm loving this. You are getting really good and doing tons of altered home projects. I love it. It totally inspires me to do something too.. if only I could think of what exactly I'd want to do. I really like this and want to almost copy it completely. Its great! The birds are my fav part.

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  8. Well damn, how cool are you?!? If I send you the other one (which, to my dismay, quit inspiring me as soon as I got it home) will you send me a copy? ;D
    LOVE the birds, the colors... just the whole feel of it!

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