junque bows and rhonna designs

a little bit of junque bow decorating over here.
i am totally inspired by Margie and her SparkYourChristmas2012...again.
i think you can still purchase her video classes...
she is thee queen of thee junque bow...
and with some serious ChristmasJunque inspiration from RhonnaDesigns...

i decorated my LadyEve with a junque bow and ChristmasJunque background papers + ChristmasJunquePieces.

details today over at RhonnaDesigns...
plus Amy's fabulous way with TheMegaBow.
(note to self...make sure you get ALL the hot glue webs BEFORE photographing!!!)

hope this inspires you to go and junque up your Christmas.

the spark continues

as inspired by margie's spark your christmas...which is still available...

this little tree scape is sitting on my dining room table.
literally...it is this and that found around my house/studio/christmas boxes.
for me, that has been the most fun of all.
and seriously inspired by margie. oh how she rocks the beauty and spark of christmas!!!

the trees are sitting on a cardboard circle that i cut from a cereal box.
seriously...i never throw cereal or graham cracker boxes away (think costco size, folks...we got 5 kids here afterall.)
the styrofoam christmas cones are upcycled...will tell that little story in a second.
i took a scrap of a strip of burlap and a strip of silver tissue paper and then sewed them together. that was then hot glued to the circle base in a ruffle. love how that turned out.
then the christmas trees found a home inside:
these trees are covered with rhonna's christmas junque background paper, and the other with more scrap burlap.
the burlap tree has a bit of a junque bow, felt snowflake, a little bling, and then a banner from rhonna's christmas junque tags n flags .
the papered tree has a doily, scrap of a die cut label, paper shreds, dyed seam binding, and a die cut glitter star.
the rest of the table scape includes spray painted pine cones, small silver and glittered ornaments, and a bit of floral beads. i love when the simple things found here and there come together and make something beautiful.
well...i think it's beautiful anyway.

so here is my funny little story.
do you see those two trees in this magazine?
the mag is Holiday Cards from 2008.
yep. 2008.
4 years ago.
well...as i was debating whether i should upcycle the styrofoam christmas trees for the above table scape, it was those two trees i was holding in my hand.
then it dawned on me...the green patterned paper (tree on the left) was from autumn leaves...and it was a Rhonna Farrer design!
have i not been stalking, worshipping, inspired by that woman for but a very long time?
it made me smile.
and i am thrilled to be a part of her creative team, and continue to paper my styro trees with her designs.

spark your christmas

I have so much I wish to share with you.
But today it will be some simple inspiration.
by way of Spark Your Christmas.

I was gifted this fabulous class by a friend who could tell I needed...well...a little spark.
And she was so right.
The week really caught up with me in a bad way.
Spark Your Christmas re-directed some creative passion...and here is a small result::

As inspired by Margie's chipboard letters...

these letters 'were' covered in green and red patterned paper.
not workin' for me and my decor this year.
Margie covered hers in fabric and yarn...beautiful.
and i covered mine in simply what I could find around here.
patterned tissue paper.
burlap scraps.
book paper.

and then junqued them up just a bit...

scraps of silver netting from a previous gift received.
tulle. i just always have tulle.
coffee died seam binding.
chipboard stars: the stars were die cut from scrap chipboard (read salvaged cereal box).
                          then they were covered in silver wrapping paper.
                          and then they were hot glued to the junque bow.
                          i have pearls and assorted beads from here and there...more hot glue (i see now why margie uses low temp glue...note to self!) and they added to the glam of the project.

so use what you have.
re-junque it up.
have fun...

off to upcycle some styrofoam christmas trees.