Altered Art Woven Textile Purse Class

We just finished our woven purse class at the Red Shed! These darling purses are made completely from recycled materials and even the looms are made from reinvented items .



There were all kinds of fabric available to mix and match. Some brought their own fabric that had special meaning to them. These purses can be made from an old blouse that you may have loved or an old pair of your kid's jammies.


The fabrics were cut into strips.....

Fun, fluffy yarns are added for texture, color, and softness....

Lots of embellishments to choose from...........

And the ladies are ready to go!

The fabric strips are woven on the loom....

Beautiful linings and straps are added, as well a personalized photos, jewelry and buckles.....

The gorgeous results!

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Soldered Bottle Art Class at the Red Shed in Grapevine, Texas

Everyone may be tired of all of our posts about the Runs with Scissors Art Classes, but they are just so darn fun! It is truly amazing, all the gorgeous altered art that is being created at the Red Shed!

This last Thursday's class was Soldered Bottles. It was adding embellishments and art elements to an interesting bottle, for display or to give as keepsakes or great gifts.

Once again, Jeannie and Michele had tons of options for the ladies to choose from.

Lots of bottles........



Fun ingredients to put inside the bottles, for interest or to add to a theme....

Sand, glitter, rice, salt, so many choices and interesting textures....





Lots of gorgeous embellishments to add to the top........Charms, shells, rhinestones, crystals....what a great way to recycle broken crystals or glass stoppers!



With the choices made, the teaching began......

After the bottles are filled and decorated,

Foil, burnish, and solder the tops.......

The foil and solder the embellishment.................

Then solder the whole thing together, add interesting texture and dots. Michele and Jeannie where there the whole way to stimulate creativity and keep burned fingers at bay!
The ABSOLUTELY Gorgeous results!

Gayle made this with a wedding photo, rice, and the words "Cherish" inside. The broach is from their anniversary party...

Lisa found this interesting bottle....

That became the dress for her "dolled" up delight!

Jaymi went all GLAM....

This one is a crack up! Andrea put her dog's TEETH in a vintage Listerine bottle! The charm says "angel" on one side and "devil" on the other.....she says that perfectly describes her dog.

Love this one, reminds me of the Tin Man in Wizard of Oz....

Mari's bottle is Pretty in Pink and Blue........

Gigi made this great bottle, with her mom and brother also framed in solder...

Aren't they all absolutely gorgeous?

We want to thank everyone who has made the art classes so successful! We sold out every class the entire year, which is fabulous for a venture only a few months old.

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Adorned Wooden House Plaques Art Class 4 at the Red Shed

Thursday found us at another great "Runs With Scissors" altered art class at the Red Shed. This class was so great because we learned so many new and fun skills. Teachers Jeannie and Michele had our kits ready so that we could jump right in and learn the skills.
We had lots of photos to choose from, and some participants brought their own...
We learned several different faux rusting techniques....
We learned all the different steps to paint and antique our plaster birds (molded from an antique original)....

We learned how to flatten a vintage silver spoon and how to metal stamp the spoon with words.......

So we began cutting...............

Jeannie taught us how to distress and age our wood..........

Everyone's favorite part was smashing and metal stamping the silver spoons. Just whack them flat with a big hammer and an anvil, then align and pound your metal stamps to form your words. Very thereapudic to take your agressions out!

Isn't it exciting to see women using a BIG Hammers?

Then back inside and start assembling and gluing.......

The picket fence sections weres made a great surveyor's measuring tape purchased on ebay...

Jeannie and Michele teach the fine points of adding dimension, motion, texture, and interest to each piece.....(My favorite line from Jeannie.."Make sure that no glue shows because it will take away the mystery of the piece...")
Every person went home with a finished project, and they were GORGEOUS! The bird apears to be carrying the spoon, which the girl is riding. The spoon says "Dream" and "Soar" and "Believe".........

Now we can "Believe" in projects of the future...........