Our crafty Monday

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We celebrated Labor Day around here by making some wreaths based on those Lori Oles taught at Birdsong Three.
That's me, Rebecca and Kathy sitting amongst my piles!  We had a blast!
We used all different kinds of tags...and glued ephemera, linen, lace and even stenciled with modeling paste, just like Lori taught.
Here are a few of mine in progress...I decide to do a neutral palette with some greens and reds in a Christmas theme!
Rebecca did a Christmas theme, also, and added a lot of soft blue to her tags.
Kathy did the neutral theme and got much further than we did with decorating her actual, round wreath -- isn't it gorgeous?!
I always love how different artists can sit and work with the same materials and yet...it's all their interpretation!  I love everything we made that day!
A close up of some of mine after I'd foofed them more.
Do you love ephemera as much as I do?
It was such happy play -- for all of us, I think!  Afterwards, the husbands and kids joined us for a cookout.  Now that is my kind of Labor Day!
I used modeling paste and these plastic doilies as stencils.
Here's a close up of that effect on a tag I made for the Tag Tuesday blog; I love the look and the texture of it!
I have a bit more decorating to do on the wreath itself -- I'll show you the finished project when it's done!  Did you get to create this weekend?

Comments

JoJo said…
Beautiful work! I so wish I had the room to stretch out and really do paper crafts. I really can't create altered art without having everything spread out, and if I put the stuff on the floor, my dogs take that as an opportunity to tread or lay on it.
September 8, 2013 at 10:28 AM
Dee in N.H. said…
Wow! Beautiful tags!!
September 8, 2013 at 11:15 AM
Kathy said…
What a fun way to spend the day - oh a Labor of love!!
September 8, 2013 at 3:26 PM
Lisa said…
Oh! How fun~ I love all the tags!
September 8, 2013 at 5:52 PM
Marrianna said…
The tags and the wreaths are beautiful. You ladies did a fine job. Me? I relaxed most of the Labor Day Weekend and got caught up on some organizing and sewing. Not a lot of fun but necessary.
September 9, 2013 at 11:31 AM
Kelli Davidson said…
I'm running so late on reading! I loved you tags and looks like fun was had by all!
September 15, 2013 at 11:56 AM
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